By LUKE MEREDITH, AP Sports Writer IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Penn State's James Franklin hasn't coached at Kinnick Stadium before — but he knows how dangerous the Hawkeyes can be at home after dark. The fourth-ranked Nittany Lions (3-0) open Big Ten play against one of their most vexing ...
SUNBURY-ON-THAMES, England (AP) — A decade after discovering the NFL, Baltimore Ravens lineman Jermaine Eluemunor is back where it all started in London. He watched on TV the first regular-season game in England, just a few miles away from where he grew up. Now Eluemunor will step onto the ...
By JOSH DUBOW, AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — What many expected to be a typical Thursday night snoozer between a couple of teams lacking star power turned into quite a thriller. With Jared Goff and Todd Gurley leading a resurgent Rams offense, Brian Hoyer sparking what ...
By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — When training camp opens, the New York Knicks expect Carmelo Anthony right where he's been — in their uniform and in their starting lineup. The Knicks said Friday they plan for Anthony to report next week after not finding a ...
By TOM CANAVAN, AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The NCAA has placed Rutgers on two-year probation and publically reprimanded and censured the university for failing to monitor its football program over a five-year period between 2011 and 2015. The Division I Committee on Infractions ...
By SIMMI BUTTAR, AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Not even Odell Beckham Jr. could save the New York Giants on Monday night. Not with Eli Manning working behind a porous offensive line. Beckham returned from an ankle injury, but Manning was sacked five times and the Giants ...
By The Associated Press A look at what's happening all around the majors today: ___ SUMMER OF THE SLUGGER Major League Baseball is on track to break its season record for home runs with nearly two weeks left in the season. There were 5,677 home runs hit through Monday, 16 shy of the ...
By STEVEN WINE, AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Maybe it was the breather Giancarlo Stanton requested and received, or the move one spot down in the batting order that rejuvenated his home run swing. Perhaps it was Mets pitching. Stanton hit his 55th homer — and his first in nine days ...
By ROB MAADDI, AP Pro Football Writer The New York Giants are finished. Odell Beckham Jr. returned to the lineup but the offense was awful again in a 24-10 home loss to Detroit on Monday night. Eli Manning looks so uncomfortable under pressure that he took a sack without getting hit. It's ...
By DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Kevin Harvick considered the list of young drivers often suggested as NASCAR's next big stars and replacements for departed veterans Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr. He suggested that only one prospect could truly hook a ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Luck will miss his third consecutive game Sunday after being ruled out by Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano on Monday. And there's still no timetable for his return to practice. While Pagano didn't rule out the possibility of Luck coming back Wednesday, Pagano ...
By WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The difference in the Pittsburgh Steelers defense, inside linebacker Ryan Shazier insists, isn't in what is happening after the snap, but before it. The kids like nose tackle Javon Hargrave, cornerback Artie Burns and safety Sean Davis ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Three-time Olympian Sarah Hammer, one of the most decorated track cyclists in U.S. history, is retiring after a prolific career spanning more than two decades. The 34-year-old Hammer announced Monday that she's stepping away from competitive riding to focus on ...
By JOHN ZENOR, AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama can now officially begin its quest for a fourth straight Southeastern Conference title. The top-ranked Crimson Tide has conquered one highly ranked team, Florida State, and produced lopsided wins over a pair of Mountain West ...
By JOE REEDY, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher is glad to get back to a normal game-week schedule after Hurricane Irma forced the 12th-ranked Seminoles to take two weeks off. They are facing an upcoming stretch that is becoming quite ...
By BEN WALKER, AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is reviewing how an umpire got hit this week by a pitch that a catcher missed in a game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. Plate umpire ...
By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Sports Writer The NCAA is in the process of reforming its rules for athletes who transfer — and the mere suggestion of changes that could make it easier for football and basketball players to leave one school and play immediately for another was enough to stir ...
By SCHUYLER DIXON, AP Pro Football Writer The NFL filed an emergency motion a federal appeals court Friday, hoping to get a swift ruling on its request to overrule a judge who blocked a six-game suspension for star Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott in a domestic violence case in ...
By The Associated Press A look at what's happening all around the majors today: ___ RECORD RUN Now that they've set an AL record with 21 consecutive wins, the seemingly unstoppable Indians take aim at the major league mark of 26 in a row by the 1916 New York Giants. Cleveland tries for ...
By The Associated Press Here are a some things to watch during the third week of the Southeastern Conference football season: GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 23 Tennessee at No. 24 Florida: After ending an 11-game losing streak in this annual series last year, Tennessee now gets a chance to send ...