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By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was knocked out of the Broncos’ 23-7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens with a concussion. Bridgewater was replaced by former starter Drew Lock whom he beat out in training camp. The 28-year-old Bridgewater was hurt just before halftime on a hit up

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — One week ago, the Los Angeles Rams were considered the NFC favorite after beating the defending Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Then the Arizona Cardinals came to town. After three weeks of resembling the team that reached the Super Bowl in Sean McVay’s second

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Private Mission won the $200,000 Zenyatta Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita as part of a 1-2 finish in the Grade 2 race for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. Ridden by Flavien Prat, Private Mission ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.77 and paid $4.20, $2.40 and $2.20 as

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Playing as a visitor at Gillette Stadium wasn’t the only big change for Tom Brady on Sunday night. He also was booed. Often. And when Brady was sacked by Matt Judon in the second quarter, the crowd went wild. Even when the Buccaneers quarterback

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers finally found the end zone in the first quarter but couldn’t get back there until the game was out of reach. Pittsburgh failed to capitalize on its quick start and fell 27-17 to the Green Bay Packers for its third consecutive

By The Associated Press NFL Today, Week 4

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Spectacular plays have been Brandon Crawford’s signature all season long for the San Francisco Giants. It’s been the same dazzling defense that has defined the 34-year-old him while winning three Gold Glove awards. Crawford largely credits one of his best seasons yet to taking advantage

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Garoppolo did his best to try to play through an injured right calf before finally calling it quits at halftime. Now Garoppolo is dealing with another early season injury that could force him to miss time. Garoppolo says he’s been “in this

By EDDIE ELSTON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Second-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway beat Cameron Norrie of Britain 6-0, 6-2 on Sunday in the San Diego Open for his ATP Tour-leading fifth victory of the season. Ruud, ranked No. 10 in the world, had little trouble turning back Norrie, ranked No. 28, to go

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Playing as a visitor at Gillette Stadium wasn’t the only big change for Tom Brady on Sunday night. He also was booed. But when the Buccaneers quarterback set the record for yards passing in a career on a 28-yard completion to Mike Evans in

By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer The pairings for the baseball playoffs are all set. The field came together Sunday without the need for any tiebreakers. The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees both won on the final day of the regular season, and they’ll meet Tuesday night at Fenway Park in the AL

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez has left the team’s regular-season finale against the Washington Nationals in the sixth inning with a sprained left ankle. Martinez is usually a designated hitter but was playing right field in an NL park. Boston replaced him with a pinch-hitter

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — George Springer hit two home runs, including a grand slam, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. launched his 48th homer as the Toronto Blue Jays romped to a 12-4 blowout of the Baltimore Orioles that wasn’t enough to avoid playoff elimination. Toronto needed to win, and a loss by

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Father and son got it done for the Penrith Panthers. Ivan Cleary won a National Rugby League grand final for the first time after two previous defeats as a coach and his son Nathan was named the player-of-the match as the Panthers beat the South Sydney Rabbitohs 14-12 in the championship

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Trea Turner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston’s Yuli Gurriel won their first batting titles in a season of boom and bust that saw four teams lose 100 games for only the third time, and four 90-game winners in the AL East alone. Shohei

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have clinched a playoff berth on the regular season’s final day and will host the New York Yankees in the AL wild-card game after coming back to beat the Washington Nationals 7-5 on a tiebreaking two-run homer by Rafael Devers in the

By GUERRY SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints quarterback Jameis Winston and safety Malcolm Jenkins say they’re disappointed with how their respective units finished the fourth quarter in their first game back in the Superdome since Hurricane Ida. The Saints squandered an 11-point lead in a 27-21 overtime defeat to the previously winless

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jaroslaw Niezgoda came off the bench to score on a header in the 83rd minute and the Portland Timbers beat Inter Miami 1-0 on Sunday to extend their undefeated streak to eight. The fourth-place Timbers (14-10-4) moved within two points of third-place Colorado, with

By JONAH BRONSTEIN Associated Press ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Rookie quarterback Davis Mills and the Houston Texans were left embarrassed in a 40-0 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Mills threw four interceptions and oversaw a sputtering offense that generated 109 yards and six first downs in what became the most lopsided defeat in Texans