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By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons found themselves down by three in the fourth quarter with a real chance for a potential upset of the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Those hopes were dashed in a disastrous finish that saw the Bucs score 20 points during the final

By The Associated Press Toronto left-hander Robbie Ray leads the majors with 233 strikeouts, tops the AL with a 2.64 ERA and is 12-5 going into this start at Tampa Bay. Shane Baz, who will be making his major league debut after pitching for the United States at the Olympics, starts for Tampa Bay. The

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Derrick Henry ran for 182 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns, Randy Bullock hit a 36-yard field goal midway through overtime, and the Tennessee Titans rallied from a 14-point deficit to stun the Seattle Seahawks 33-30. Down 30-16 early in the fourth quarter, the Titans leaned on

CHICAGO (AP) — Diamond DeShields scored a season-high 30 points and Chicago used a 14-4 to pull away as the Sky beat the Indiana Fever 98-87 in the regular-season finale. Chicago (16-16) is the No. 6 seed and is home Thursday against No. 7 Dallas. Indiana (6-26) finished with the worst record in the WNBA

By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 but went winless in consecutive starts on the mound for the first time since June, and the Oakland Athletics rebounded from a bullpen meltdown to beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 in 10 innings. Jed Lowie hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The New Orleans Saints were plenty short-handed on Sunday. They were without eight assistant coaches because of COVID-19 concerns and seven projected starters because of injuries. But coach Sean Payton said that’s no excuse for the team’s lopsided 26-7 loss to the NFC South rival

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York earned the final playoff spot by virtue of losses by Washington and Los Angeles. The Liberty will visit Phoenix on Thursday in the first round and Chicago will host Dallas in the other opening game. Minnesota beat the Mystics to secure the No.

By PATRICK ROSE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Coming off one of his best games as a pro and facing a defense that struggled in a season-opening loss, Joe Burrow looked as if he might be in for another big outing. Instead, he threw three straight interceptions during a key stretch as the Cincinnati Bengals

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady threw for 276 yards and five touchdowns, helping the Tampa Bay Buccaneers extend their winning streak to a franchise-record 10 consecutive games with a 48-25 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. Brady improved to 9-0 lifetime against the Falcons, who’ve lost seven in a

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyler Murray threw for 400 yards and three touchdowns, and the Arizona Cardinals topped the Minnesota Vikings 34-33 after Greg Joseph missed a 37-yard field goal wide right in the final seconds. It was a fitting ending to a seesaw game that saw the lead

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Greg Zuerlein connected on a 56-yard field goal as time expired to give the Dallas Cowboys a 20-17 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers. After Tristan Vizcaino tied the game with a 29-yard field goal, Dallas went 49 yards in 11 plays to get just

By The Associated Press Top-seeded Belgium recovered from being two matches down to beat Bolivia 3-2 in the Davis Cup World Group. Belgium trailed 2-0 at the start of the day in Asuncion, Paraguay, but advanced to the Qualifiers next year after Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen won their doubles match, followed by singles victories

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale scored 20 points and the Dallas Wings closed the WNBA regular season with an 87-84 win over Los Angeles, which kept the Sparks out of the playoffs, giving the No. 8 seed to the New York Liberty. The Wings led 44-41 at the half and stretched the lead to

By CHRIS HAFT Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Eddie Rosario became the second Atlanta player in a month to hit for the cycle, Max Fried pitched seven strong innings and the Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0 in a matchup of division leaders. The Braves have a two-game lead over Philadelphia in the

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — FC Dallas has fired coach Luchi Gonzalez. FC Dallas has won only six of its 26 games this season and has nine draws. The coaching change Sunday came a day after a 3-2 loss to the Houston Dynamo. Marco Ferruzzi, the club’s director of soccer operations, takes over as interim coach.

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer opened his postgame news conference by thanking fans “for being there.” It was a clear sign of how bad things are for the franchise after just two games. Meyer says “don’t give up on us. Hang in there with

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Houston’s messy quarterback situation got messier. Tyrod Taylor suffered a hamstring injury in the first half and didn’t return after halftime in the Texans’ 31-21 loss to Cleveland. Taylor’s injury forced rookie Davis Mills to play the entire second half. Taylor completed 10 of 11 passes,

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — San Diego center fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. dropped Nolan Arenado’s bases-loaded popup and heaved the ball home, leading to a five-run first inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Padres 8-7 for an eight-game winning streak. Tatis’ brutal error and mental mistake — he chose

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts can easily identity their problem these first two weeks. They need to be more productive in the red zone. On Sunday, Los Angles shut Indy out twice after it moved inside the 5-yard line and the failure to score proved to be the