Ravens Rule Lamar Jackson Out vs. Bengals; Tyler Huntley Makes Third Straight Start
The two-time MVP will miss a third straight game with a high ankle sprain, saying he doesn't want to play if he can't move like himself.
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The two-time MVP will miss a third straight game with a high ankle sprain, saying he doesn't want to play if he can't move like himself.
Owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon said a leadership change was needed to meet a championship standard, ending Ballard's tenure that began in 2017.
Court records show the backup quarterback was charged after an Oct. 12 traffic stop in Carmel, Ind. He was not arrested, and a bench trial is set for Jan. 4.
Jalen Williams scored 21 and Chet Holmgren grabbed 17 rebounds as OKC won its home opener, but SGA's record run of 20-point games ended with 17 points.
Darian Mensah threw for 387 yards and four touchdowns, three to Malachi Toney, as the top-ranked Hurricanes moved to 7-0.
Northwestern rushed for 283 yards, with Komolafe running for 150, as the Wildcats improved to 6-1 and clinched bowl eligibility.
Former Brewer Drew Rasmussen starts for Tampa Bay against Logan Henderson on Saturday night in Milwaukee after the Rays lost Game 1 3-2.
Austin Reaves had 28 points and nine assists and Walker Kessler added 22 points and six blocks as the Lakers moved to 2-0. Luka Doncic scored 23 but committed a career-high 11 turnovers.
Jayson Tatum scored 25 of his 36 points after halftime and hit three straight late buckets to give Boston its first win of the season.
The Eagles say Hurts has deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary emboli and cannot take part in contact activity while on blood thinners. Tanner McKee, a Stanford product, takes over.
Milwaukee took Game 1 at American Family Field as Jacob Misiorowski got the win and Trevor Megill closed it out after a dramatic ninth-inning review. Game 2 is Saturday night on Fox.
Cole Tabb ran for a career-high 173 yards as the Bearcats improved to 5-2. Texas Tech fell to 6-1.
The only touchdown came in overtime. It was Indiana's first win in Ann Arbor since 1967; Michigan freshman Tommy Carr made his first start.
No. 15 Stanford beat Duke 26-24, 25-22, 21-25, 31-29 in Durham to improve to 13-6 and 6-3 in the ACC. Next up: Sunday at No. 23 North Carolina.
San Jose, already in the MLS playoffs, visits FC Dallas at 5:30 p.m. PT Saturday. A win would move the Quakes up to third in the West.
Golden State built a 16-point halftime lead, held off an Atlanta rally and evened the WNBA Finals at two games each. Game 5 is Monday at home.
Cal led 20-17 at halftime in Dallas, then SMU scored 42 straight points. Kevin Jennings threw three touchdown passes and Kendrick Raphael scored three times.
The unbeaten 49ers will play the Falcons without Mike Evans, Nick Bosa and Deebo Samuel. Kyle Shanahan expects to have fewer than 48 players available, and Christian Kirk is set to make his season debut.
San Jose State (4-3, 2-1 Mountain West) plays at Nevada (2-4, 1-2) on Saturday at 2 p.m. on MW+. The Spartans have the nation's second-most sacks.
Golden State plays in Phoenix at 7 p.m. PT on NBC, the night after losing a late lead and the home opener to Memphis. Curry said he will 'probably not' play.
The Warriors are exploring trades for Kristaps Porzingis, ESPN's Shams Charania reported. Porzingis is away from the team and seriously considering his future as he deals with POTS.
The 49ers take their 6-0 record to Atlanta on Sunday. Kickoff is 10 a.m. PT on FOX, and the injury list includes Deebo Samuel (out) and Mike Evans and Nick Bosa (questionable).
The A's named Taylor Smith president of baseball operations on Oct. 19. Smith, 31, spent two seasons as an assistant GM with Boston and seven with Tampa Bay.
Stanford hosts NC State Friday at 7:30 p.m. PT on ESPN. The Cardinal are trying to get back to .500 after a 34-7 homecoming win over Elon.
Cal starts a run of three straight ACC road games at No. 23 SMU on Saturday at 9 a.m. PT on The CW. The Bears upset SMU in Berkeley last season.
The Giants are heading into a key offseason after losing 97 games. Buster Posey says the team can contend in 2027 with Tony Vitello as manager, but the pitching staff needs work.
Stephen Curry scored 23 but the Warriors trailed by as many as 35 in a 127-105 loss to the Lakers. Golden State plays its home opener against the Memphis Grizzlies at Chase Center on Friday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m.
After back-to-back blowout losses, the Golden State Valkyries trail the Atlanta Dream 2-1 in the WNBA Finals. Game 4 is Saturday, Oct. 24, at 10 a.m. PT in Atlanta on NBC and Peacock; Game 5 returns to the Bay Area on Monday.
Collin Graf and Jacob Trouba each had a goal and an assist and goalie Yaroslav Askarov was busy all night as the San Jose Sharks beat Ottawa 6-2 for their first regulation win of the season. San Jose is 6-4-1.
The Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-64 at Chase Center on Saturday, Oct. 17, for the first WNBA Finals win in franchise history. Gabby Williams scored 26 points despite a late knee knock. Game 2 is Monday at Chase Center.
Jackson Brousseau, filling in for an injured starter, led a 75-yard drive capped by Ashten Emory's 2-yard score as Cal won 25-20 in Berkeley. Stanford had a rougher day, losing 58-7 at No. 3 Notre Dame.
Macklin Celebrini came back from a lower-body injury and scored his first goal of the season at SAP Center, but Edmonton scored twice early in the third period and won its fourth straight.
Golden State beat Las Vegas 87-77 in OT to finish a 3-0 semifinal sweep. The Finals against the Atlanta Dream open Oct. 17 at Chase Center.
PWHL San Jose revealed orange-and-sky-blue home jerseys ahead of its Dec. 5 debut at SAP Center against the Minnesota Frost. The team name and logo are still to come.
Golden State and Atlanta both swept their semifinals and will meet in a best-of-seven Finals. Neither team has ever won a WNBA championship.
The former Phillies GM withdrew from the A's search after being offered the president of baseball operations role, ESPN reports.
The 23-year-old guard's rookie-scale extension starts at $18.9 million next season, barely above his cap hold, preserving the cap space Golden State is saving for summer 2027.
Golden State went without a field goal over the final 3:47 as Memphis closed on a 17-0 run. Cameron Boozer hit the go-ahead jumper with 20 seconds left.
The Cardinal improved to 4-4 and 4-1 at home Friday night, recovering an onside kick in the final 1:23 to hold off the Wolfpack.
Fresh off their first regulation win of the season, the 6-4-1 Sharks face the 8-2-1 Bruins at TD Garden, the team that beat them 6-3 earlier this month.
Michael Penix Jr. threw three touchdown passes and Atlanta scored 13 points off San Francisco turnovers. The 49ers fall to 6-1.
Resting Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Brandin Podziemski and Al Horford on the back end of a back-to-back, Golden State lost 131-122 in Phoenix.
Tipoff is 5 p.m. PT Monday on USA and Peacock.
Boston scored three times in 3:33 of the third period. The Sharks finished their six-game road trip 3-2-1 and host Buffalo on Tuesday.
Petar Musa scored twice late and former Quake Daniel De Sousa Britto kept a clean sheet. San Jose hosts Colorado on Wednesday.
Curry, Green and Podziemski are expected back Monday in Denver after resting in a loss at Phoenix.
San Jose (6-5-1) returns to SAP Center after a 6-4 loss in Boston; Buffalo (4-4-3) has lost four of five.
The 49ers fell to 6-1 with four turnovers in Atlanta and now head into their bye.
Bella Devey scored in the 70th minute; Stanford hosts NC State on Thursday.
Milwaukee came back from a four-run first inning to win Game 2. The series moves to Tropicana Field for Game 3 on Monday with Freddy Peralta on the mound.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 150 receiving yards and Seattle's defense held Patrick Mahomes without a red-zone trip as the Seahawks improved to 4-3.
Sunday's NFL Week 7 slate saw the 49ers lose for the first time, the Vikings stay perfect and the Bucs rout the Panthers. Cowboys-Eagles closes the week on Monday night.
Luka Doncic hit eight 3-pointers and scored 52 points as the Lakers came back from 18 down to beat Utah on Sunday. Los Angeles is 3-0.
The Brewers are two wins from their first title as the World Series moves to Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay starts ALCS MVP Freddy Peralta, a former Brewers ace, against lefty Robert Gasser.
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli won the United States Grand Prix in Austin by 13.078 seconds over Charles Leclerc, with Max Verstappen third, and now leads the championship by 123 points.
Miami held No. 1 with 59 of 70 first-place votes, idle Ohio State rose to No. 2 after BYU's loss, UCLA reached No. 7 and USC fell out of the AP poll after losing at Wisconsin.
After the 29-20 loss in Atlanta, the 49ers hope to get Nick Bosa, Mike Evans and Deebo Samuel back after the bye, while kicker Eddy Pineiro's misses and the cornerback spot could bring changes.
Matthew Stafford threw three touchdowns to become the Rams' career leader as Los Angeles beat Las Vegas 35-21, dropping the Raiders to 3-4 with four straight losses. Coach Klint Kubiak didn't rule out a switch to rookie Fernando Mendoza.
Bay FC's privately funded training center on Treasure Island, with a gym, kitchen and lap pool, is set to open in January ahead of the 2027 NWSL season, ending the club's shared practice setup at San Jose State.
The Cowboys and Eagles, both 2-4, meet Monday night in Philadelphia. The Eagles have lost four straight and are without Jalen Hurts, while Dallas has scored just 29 points in two straight losses.
San Jose State fell to 4-4 after a 28-13 loss at Nevada on Saturday. The Spartans went 1-for-14 on third down and host New Mexico on Oct. 31.
The revived Oakland Skates, a semi-pro 'Senior A' hockey team, open their first regular season Friday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. at Oakland Ice Center against the Santa Rosa Growlers.
Cal was picked 15th of 18 in the ACC preseason men's basketball poll. Mark Madsen's Bears return one starter, Lee Dort, and open Nov. 2 against Adams State at Haas Pavilion.
Stanford (4-4, 2-3 ACC) visits Louisville on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 12:15 p.m. PT on ACC Network after wins over Elon and NC State. Stanford won the only meeting, 38-35, in 2024.
The WNBA set Game 6 of the Finals for 12:30 p.m. ET, 9:30 a.m. Pacific, on Thursday, Oct. 29, at Atlanta's State Farm Arena. A Game 7, if needed, would be Saturday at 5 p.m. PT at Chase Center.
The 2026 All-WNBA first and second teams were announced Saturday with no Golden State Valkyries players, even though the second-year team is in the WNBA Finals against Atlanta.
No WNBA team has won a title without a first- or second-team All-WNBA player. The second-year Golden State Valkyries, two wins from a title against Atlanta, could be the first, leaning on depth and the league's best defense.
The Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream are tied 2-2 in the WNBA Finals. Game 5 is tonight at 5 p.m. PT at Chase Center, after Golden State won Game 4, 67-62, and held Angel Reese to 8 points.
On Oct. 29, 2014, Bumgarner threw five scoreless innings on two days' rest as the Giants beat the Royals 3-2 in Kansas City to win the World Series.
On Nov. 1, 2010, the Giants beat Texas 3-1 in Game 5 for their first title since 1954.
San Jose is fourth in the West after a 3-0 loss at FC Dallas. The top four get home field in the best-of-three first round, which starts the week of Nov. 20.
Kiah Stokes and Veronica Burton scored 13 each as the Valkyries won Game 5 at Chase Center and moved one win from their first championship.
After an 0-3 start, Golden State won 134-114 in Denver on Monday night behind 31 points from Yaxel Lendeborg.
Fresh off their first win, the Warriors visit Minnesota on Wednesday, Oct. 28 with three rotation players listed out.
San Jose and Vancouver meet for the first of four times this season, with both teams missing a goalie to injury.
Cal has lost three of its last four and heads to Raleigh as a road underdog for an early Halloween kickoff.
The Spartans try to bounce back from a loss at Nevada against a Lobos team that has won only once in San Jose since 1969, and that was a tie.
San Jose hosts Ottawa at 1 p.m. on Halloween, its 10th annual Los Tiburones celebration, a little over a week after beating the Senators 6-2.
Kiah Stokes' three blocks in Game 5 gave her 17 for the series, a WNBA Finals record.
A win would have sent Oakland Roots SC to the USL Championship playoffs. Instead, Sacramento Republic FC scored in the 81st and 90th minutes of Saturday's regular-season finale to win 3-2 and end the Roots' 2026 season.
The league's coaches picked Santa Clara to win the 2026-27 West Coast Conference men's basketball title. It's the first time the Broncos have been the preseason favorite since 1995-96.
Saint Mary's has won four straight West Coast Conference titles and enters Mickey McConnell's first season as head coach picked second, behind Santa Clara.
Stanford women's basketball was picked 13th of 18 teams in the ACC preseason poll. The Cardinal are trying to get back to the NCAA Tournament after missing it the past two seasons.
A media panel picked Stanford 13th of 18 in the ACC men's basketball preseason poll. Kyle Smith is rebuilding after point guard Ebuka Okorie went 16th overall in the NBA Draft.
No. 15 Stanford was up two sets to one at No. 23 North Carolina on Sunday, then lost setter Logan Parks to an injury and lost the match in five. It was UNC's first win over the Cardinal since 2015.
Back from a 3-2-1 road trip, the San Jose Sharks practiced Monday with rookie Ivar Stenberg on the top line with Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith, plus new defense pairs.
Cal senior guard Lulu Twidale, already the program's record holder for 3-pointers, was named to the Preseason All-ACC Team. Cal was picked 10th in the league.
WCC coaches picked the University of San Francisco third in the men's basketball preseason poll, the fourth time in five years the Dons have been picked third. Forward Ndewedo Newbury, who missed all of last season with an injury, made the preseason team.
Media picked San José State seventh of 10 teams in the reshaped Mountain West. Tim Miles' Spartans went 9-24 last season and lost all five starters.
Running back Micah Ford leads the nation in rushing over the last two weeks, and quarterback Davis Warren is fifth in the ACC in passing yards.
Buckner, 32, has four sacks in seven games this season. The 49ers released cornerback Jack Jones to make room for him on the roster.
Hockey is an indoor sport, but in March 1995 the Guadalupe River jumped its banks next to the arena. The NHL postponed the game in the interests of safety.
Olen Zellweger scored 50 seconds into the second period and Zach Benson added an empty-netter. Next up for the Sharks is Vancouver at home on Thursday.
Cal has lost 11 straight matches to Stanford and hasn't beaten the Cardinal since 2020. Both teams lost in North Carolina last weekend.
San Jose was outshot 40-23. Next up is Vancouver at SAP Center on Thursday, then the Los Tiburones game on Halloween afternoon.
Trailing 2-1, Natalie Nakase started Hayes and Charles in place of Cecilia Zandalasini and Kayla Thornton. The Valkyries have won both games since.
The Highlanders led 14-13 after three quarters before No. 7 Terra Linda scored twice in the fourth in San Rafael on Oct. 28.
Stanford Athletics is staging dorm takeovers, free food and shirts, student DJ sets and a halftime show at both games to pack Maples Pavilion.
Kezar hosted the 49ers through the 1970 season and the Raiders' first home games. 'Little Kezar' opened in 1991 and still hosts the Turkey Bowl and the Bruce-Mahoney game.
Stephen Curry scored a season-high 44 points and the Warriors survived a fourth-quarter comeback led by former Warrior Jonathan Kuminga to beat Minnesota 119-114 on Wednesday night.
The San Jose Earthquakes came back from a goal down while playing a man short to draw the Colorado Rapids 2-2 Wednesday night, a result that clinched the club's first home playoff game since PayPal Park opened in 2015.
The Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 80-69 in Game 6 of the WNBA Finals at State Farm Arena on Thursday morning, Pacific time, tying the series 3-3. Gabby Williams scored 26 for Golden State, which shot 31% from the field. Game 7 is Saturday at 5 p.m. at Chase Center.
The first Game 7 in WNBA Finals history tips off Saturday at 5 p.m. at Chase Center, and resale prices show the demand. Thousands of fans already took the morning off for Thursday's Game 6 watch party.