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By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Ron Rivera knew how good his Washington Commanders had played in the second half. He also knew they had been abysmal in the first two quarters Sunday. The Commanders trailed the Detroit Lions 22-0 at halftime but pulled within 29-21 in the fourth quarter before losing 36-27.

By DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson’s record-breaking afternoon included a long touchdown run, three scoring passes and another 100-yard rushing performance to pass Michael Vick for most by a quarterback. It was no small measure of redemption against a team that last season left the 2019 MVP beaten and embarrassed. About

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Joe Flacco’s 15-yard touchdown pass to rookie Garrett Wilson with 22 seconds left rallied the New York Jets to a 31-30 win over the Cleveland Browns who blew a two-touchdown lead in the final two minutes. On third-and-10 Flacco, who had four TD passes, found a

MILWAUKEE (AP) — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 58th and 59th home runs of the season, moving within two of Roger Maris’ American League record with 16 games remaining. Judge’s 11th multihomer game tied the season record set by Detroit’s Hank Greenberg 1938 and matched by the Chicago Cubs’ Sammy Sosa in

By The Associated Press For the second straight week, DirecTV’s “NFL Sunday Ticket” package is experiencing problems for those trying to view games through the app or online. DirecTV said via social media that customers trying to stream Sunday’s 1 p.m. EDT games were unable to through the app. Shortly after 4 p.m. EDT, they

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Stuart Fairchild homered and Luis Cessa tossed five shutout innings to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals and Albert Pujols. Pujols is sitting on 698 home runs and went 0 for 4. He is fourth on the all-time home

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Adley Rutschman hit a two-run single in the ninth inning and the Baltimore Orioles turned the 15th triple play in team history, rallying to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 to avoid a three-game sweep. Jesús Aguilar hit a solo homer as Baltimore won for the second

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Lionel Messi and Neymar took only five minutes to combine for Paris Saint-Germain’s goal in a 1-0 win at Lyon as leader PSG moved two points clear of second-place Marseille in the French league. Messi started and finished the slick move after exchanging passes with Neymar

BERLIN (AP) — Spain has beaten France 88-76 to win the EuroBasket gold medal. Almost all of the names on the roster for Spain’s national team have changed in recent years. The expectations didn’t. And neither did the results. Juancho Hernangomez scored 27 points and his brother Willy Hernangomez added 14 and won tournament MVP

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance was taken off the field on a cart after injuring his right ankle. Lance went down after running the ball on the second drive of the game against the Seattle Seahawks. A cart came out on the

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Rookie Spencer Strider took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning and struck out 10, William Contreras hit a tiebreaking homer and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 for a three-game sweep. Strider didn’t allow a hit until Alec Bohm homered to tie the

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Graham Gano kicked a 56-yard field goal with 3:34 to play and the New York Giants beat the Carolina Panthers 19-16. New York is 2-0 for the first time since 2016. The Panthers lost their ninth straight, the longest active streak in the NFL.

By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sandy Alcantara pitched his major league-leading fifth complete game, a seven-hitter that led the Miami Marlins over the Washington Nationals 3-1 to avoid a series sweep. Alcantara struck out seven and walked one, throwing 104 pitches. His 2.37 ERA is second in the National League to the

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Canelo Álvarez’s trilogy-ending victory over Gennady Golovkin was not an unforgettable classic in the ring. Neither fighter scored so much as a knockdown in the entire trilogy. The 40-year-old Golovkin looked tentative and older, while Canelo grew weary in the late rounds and couldn’t finish

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw two touchdown passes to Christian Kirk, and Jacksonville dominated short-handed Indianapolis 24-0 on Sunday for its eighth consecutive home victory in the series. The Jaguars sacked Matt Ryan five times, intercepted three of his passes, held reigning NFL rushing champion Jonathan

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A week after Nebraska fired head coach Scott Frost, the team’s defensive coordinator is out. Interim head coach Mickey Joseph said Sunday that defensive coordinator Erik Chinander was fired a day after Nebraska gave up 580 yards and 49 points in a lopsided loss to No. 6 Oklahoma. Chinander had led

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Wirter NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans and Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore both were ejected for their involvement in a several-player, after-the-whistle scrap in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s meeting in the Superdome. This marked the second time since 2017 that Evans has been thrown out of a

By JAMES SCHMEHL Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Andrew Vaughn hit his first career grand slam, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 11-5. Eloy Jiménez and AJ Pollock also connected as Chicago won for the third time in four games. Jiménez finished with three hits and three RBIs, and Gavin Sheets had

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Premier League club Brighton is hiring Roberto De Zerbi as its new head coach on a four-year contract. The club said Sunday that the 43-year-old Italian agreed to the deal after meeting owner Tony Bloom and other senior executives in London earlier this week. The deal is still subject to De

MILWAUKEE (AP) — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 58th home run of the season, moving three shy of Roger Maris’ American League record with 16 games remaining. Judge drove a sinker from Milwaukee’s Jason Alexander with a 2-0 count to the opposite field in right in the third inning. a 414-foot drive