PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matt Olson could have picked any number of milestones that stood out as his favorite in a season where his 51 homers matched the best in Braves' history. Olson even considered Atlanta's 281 total homers — a number stretched when the Braves hit three more against the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Crammed into the visitor's clubhouse, the Atlanta Braves puffed on their championship cigars, showered each other with bubbly, shot-gunned beers and danced in alcohol puddles — until the music briefly paused. "Turn the music up! Some people want to party!" shouted ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Reynolds watched Washington Nationals rookie pitcher Jackson Rutledge try to gather himself after taking a throw off the back of his head from a teammate and wondered if a little baseball justice was about to be served. Rutledge had tried to make himself as small as ...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Jalen Hurts walked off the field following the Eagles' season-opening victory unsure of what the offense he leads can achieve this season. He likes what he has to work with, though. Hurts threw a touchdown pass and Darius Slay had a 70-yard interception return for a ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — CJ Abrams can put on a show during batting practice, sending balls to the far reaches of a ballpark with relative ease. The shortstop's power is starting to translate when the pitches come in considerably faster and the stakes are markedly higher. The 23-year-old Abrams ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matt Olson was raised an Atlanta Braves fan and appreciated the significance of the stars he passed on the way up the franchise's single-season home run list. Hall of Famers such as Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews, both sluggers left behind as Olson crushed one homer after ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow made history as the new top money-earner in NFL, then played the worst game of his career so far. Whether it was the miserable, rainy conditions in Cleveland, a calf injury that wiped out training camp for him, or the distraction of contract negotiations, the Pro ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Nola insisted the one big inning that has plagued him in so many starts this season — the latest, when the Phillies right-hander was spotted a 5-0 lead and still couldn't finish the fifth inning — is not some sort of mental block. He says it has nothing to do ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. and the Atlanta Braves were agitated before the end of the first inning. It proved to be the start of a long night. Bryan Reynolds had three hits, including a two-run homer, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Atlanta 8-4 to prevent the Braves from becoming the ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kyle McCord throwing touchdown passes to Marvin Harrison Jr. seems natural to the two Ohio State teammates who played high school football together at St. Joseph's Prep in Philadelphia. But it hadn't happened in college football until Saturday. McCord, starting for the ...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson threw for 136 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Razorbacks to a 28-6 win over Kent State on Saturday. Arkansas' offense was not especially sharp most of the game, finishing with a modest 308 yards of total offense against a team ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds lost their third straight game and dropped 2 1/2 games behind Arizona for the last NL wild card berth as Willson Contreras homered for the third straight game and drove in three runs Saturday night in the St. Louis Cardinals' 4-3 victory. "I'm feeling ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Corey Kiner is keeping receipts. The Cincinnati running back stuck around after former coach Luke Fickell bolted for Wisconsin last winter following a hugely successful run with the Bearcats. There was a sense — outside the program anyway — that Fickell's departure ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Logan O'Hoppe and Randal Grichuk homered, Tyler Anderson earned his second win since the All-Star break and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 on Saturday night. The teams combined for 11 hits, with six going out of the park — including four ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Hudson Clement's performance impressed Neal Brown so much that the West Virginia coach put him on scholarship immediately after the game. The redshirt freshman caught three of Garrett Greene's career-high four touchdown passes in his first college appearance and West ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State running backs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen want to break opposing defenses with their combined physicality. So far, the sophomores are off to a good start. Singleton ran for three touchdowns while Allen added 103 yards and another rushing score as No. ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Willson Contreras hit a three-run, first-inning homer, Luken Baker added a three-run double and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Cincinnati 9-4 on Friday night, dropping the Reds 1 1/2 games back for the NL's final wild card berth. Nolan Arenado had three hits and snapped a ...
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Myles Garrett was in an unfamiliar, vulnerable position. Flat on his back. Accustomed to shedding blockers to knock down quarterbacks, Cleveland's All-Pro defensive end looked as if he might be ready to take a nap as he stretched out on a padded landing mat inside the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jacob Stallings hit a two-run home run, Jesús Sánchez also went deep and the Miami Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Friday night to open a three-game series. Bryan De La Cruz added a pair of hits for Miami, a half-game behind Arizona for the third and final ...
Oregon State and Washington State on Friday filed a complaint in Washington state court against the Pac-12 and Commissioner George Kliavkoff, seeking to prevent departing members from getting in the way of their efforts to rebuild the disintegrating conference. The breach of bylaws complaint ...