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On an early first down Monday night, 38-year-old New York Jets left tackle Duane Brown attempted a poorly executed cut block that resulted in Buffalo Bills edge rusher Leonard Floyd getting a free shot at Aaron Rodgers. New York's pricey new quarterback lacking time in the pocket to operate behind a good left tackle...Read more...

In the wake of Aaron Rodgers' New York Jets career coming to a screeching halt after just four plays, Gang Green's front office has some quick decisions to make. We now know Rodgers suffered an Achilles injury on Monday Night Football, so his season in NYC is over. Now, the Jets must scramble to decide who else...Read more...

This morning, Pro Football Talk tweeted out the first look NFL fans have gotten at longtime NFL reporter Jim Trotter's discrimination suit against the NFL.Read more...

Trying to predict the NFL season was a lot easier when Tom Brady was on the New England Patriots, but that didn't stop ESPN from trying. The Worldwide Leader went all in on Aaron Rodgers coverage - from letting lead network host Mike Greenberg lust after gangrene, to giving Pat McAfee $85 million for his inside access...Read more...

For the second year in a row, Art Briles' name has been associated with a college football program. And for the second year in a row, it's because an idiot, posing as a coach, brought him around. Hue Jackson, meet Jeff Lebby.Read more...

Updated Sept. 12: Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles and is done for the 2023 season, per ESPN.Read more...

You're already hearing it. New York Jets fans pointing out that, on a night when their final piece" quarterback made it four plays before his decaying body snapped, and on a night where the Bills clanked a game-tying field goal off the post and in, the fact that they still pulled it out on an overtime punt return TD,...Read more...

As the leader of America's quarterback delegation, Patrick Mahomes had to comment on social media following Aaron Rodgers' grand opening, grand closing debut as the New York Jets' starting quarterback.Read more...

Remember when the Dallas Mavericks concluded an embarrassing 2022-23 season by not dressing Kyrie Irving and Luka Doni instead of attempting to qualify for the Play-in Tournament? The Mavericks were fined $750,000, and I think that the NBA reached a breaking point in its never-ending saga of star-player rest.Read more...

The Los Angeles Rams were unwatchable last season. Injuries depleted the team, and after starting the 2022 campaign at 3-3, the Rams lost their next six games and were out of the division and playoff hunt by mid-November. Just one year after climbing to the NFL mountain top and winning Super Bowl LVI, the Rams...Read more...

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In February 2020, Mark Dantonio - by far the most successful football coach in Michigan State's history - retired. The stress of managing 120 student-athletes every year wore on him, Dantonio said. He wanted to make his life less complicated, so he was stepping away from football and East Lansing.Read more...

The Eagles entered this season in a position of luxury and everyone knew it.Read more...

LeBron James is back to doing what he does best, flexing those roster construction muscles as the league's greatest shadow GM. According to Shams Charania and Joe Vardon's report in The Athletic, an effort to recruit Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Jayson Tatum and Draymond Green, is being led by none other...Read more...

Jordan Love may have quieted the naysayers for at least one week. In his first start as the Green Bay Packers' unquestioned starter, Love passed for 245 yards and three touchdowns. While he only completed 55 percent of his throws, he didn't give the ball away, which any coach will tell you is most important for a...Read more...

There's been a lot to get excited about in the American League, and a lot of new.Read more...

Two years ago, Mel Tucker blazed a trail for Black head coaches. One day ago, Mel Tucker set them back.Read more...

Was it as good for you as it was for me to hear Scott Hanson say, seven hours of commercial-free football."Read more...

There are a lot of ways to win in tennis. Novak Djokovic has found all of them. Coco Gauff may yet one day, though she found the one for this US Open. While Djokovic has had to vary his game at various points to overcome various challenges, at the base of it all remains the same truth as the day he showed up. It's...Read more...

Bill Parcells was correct when he said you are what your record says you are." In all sports, the champion is decided by who wins the tournament, and the seeding is determined by victories leading up to it.Read more...

The Atlanta Braves became the first team in the majors to clinch a postseason berth on Sunday, but manager Brian Snitker is already focused on the next task at hand.Read more...

The Atlanta Braves became the first team in the majors to clinch a postseason berth on Sunday, but manager Brian Snitker is already focused on the next task at hand.Read more...

Riding a dominant defense and special teams, the Dallas Cowboys embarrassed the host New York Giants 40-0 in Sunday night's season opener in East Rutherford, N.J.Read more...

MLB roundup: Yankees win despite being no-hit through 10Read more...

Thairo Estrada, Mitch Haniger and Joc Pederson hit home runs, Keaton Winn recorded his first big-league win and the San Francisco Giants finished off a much-needed sweep of the visiting Colorado Rockies with a 6-3 victory on Sunday night.Read more...

Substitute Billy Sharp leveled the game in the 82nd minute to help the LA Galaxy rally from two goals down and salvage a 2-2 draw at home against 10-man St. Louis City on Sunday.Read more...

Tyreek Hill's 4-yard touchdown catch from Tua Tagovailoa with 1:45 to play served as the game-winner as the Miami Dolphins survived a back-and-forth fourth quarter and prevailed 36-34 over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday in Inglewood, Calif.Read more...

The Miami Dolphins and Los Angeles Chargers gave us a late Sunday afternoon thriller and lived up to the hype of being the game of the week that most people didn't have available to watch.Read more...

Tyreek Hill's 4-yard touchdown catch from Tua Tagovailoa with 1:45 to play served as the game-winner as the Miami Dolphins survived a back-and-forth fourth quarter and prevailed 36-34 over the host Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday in Inglewood, Calif.Read more...

Jake Elliott made good on three second-half field goals to help the Philadelphia Eagles ward off a comeback en route to a 25-20 victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday in Foxborough, Mass.Read more...

Los Angeles Raiders receiver Jakobi Meyers departed Sunday's 17-16 victory over the host Denver Broncos due to a probable concussion.Read more...

Steve Flesch fired a course-record 9-under 62 Sunday to win the Ascension Charity Classic in St. Louis by three strokes.Read more...

No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic defeated No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 to win the U.S. Open for his 24th Grand Slam title on Sunday night in New York.Read more...

Jordan Love passed for 245 yards and three touchdowns, Aaron Jones tallied 127 total yards and two touchdowns, and the Green Bay Packers rolled to a 38-20 win over the host Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon.Read more...

Kyren Williams rushed for the first two touchdowns of his career as the visiting Los Angeles Rams scored 23 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the injury-riddled Seattle Seahawks 30-13 Sunday afternoon in the opening week of the NFL season.Read more...

Jimmy Garoppolo passed for two touchdowns in his Las Vegas debut, and the Raiders spoiled Sean Payton's first game as Denver's coach with a 17-16 victory over the host Broncos on Sunday afternoon.Read more...

Rarely does heartbreak come dressed as a Week 1 rout over a hapless opponent on your home field, but this is the NFL-and the Baltimore Ravens, specifically-where injuries love mocking the faithful.

Triston Casas hit a three-run home run to help the Boston Red Sox avoid a three-game sweep by beating the visiting Baltimore Orioles 7-3 Sunday.Read more...

Tyler Reddick won a thrilling two-lap dash Sunday afternoon at Kansas Speedway in the Hollywood Casino 400, NASCAR's second playoff race, in Kansas City, Kansas.Read more...

Minjee Lee played a magnificent approach shot on the second playoff hole to defeat Charley Hull and win the Kroger Queen City Championship on Sunday in Cincinnati.Read more...

Miguel Rojas produced four hits and James Outman homered as the Los Angeles Dodgers took the rubber match of a three-game series with the host Washington Nationals, winning 7-3 on Sunday afternoon.Read more...

Giancarlo Stanton hit a tying two-run homer in the 12th inning and Kyle Higashioka hit a game-winning double in the 13th as the New York Yankees beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 Sunday after being held without a hit into the 11th.Read more...

DJ Stewart had a late two-run double and five New York pitchers combined for a four-hit shutout as the Mets overcame 14 strikeouts by Minnesota starter Pablo Lopez to beat the Twins 2-0 on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.Read more...

Marcus Semien had two home runs among his four hits to help the Texas Rangers to a 9-4 win against the Oakland Athletics in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.Read more...

Watching Joe Burrow slinging a wet ball against Cleveland's bloodthirsty defense in Week 1 was akin to noticing a shark fin circling towards a helpless swimmer. Kevin Stefanski hired blitzing connoisseur Jim Schwartz this offseason to install a pressure scheme to activate his lethargic defense an he couldn't have...Read more...

A'ja Wilson scored 36 points and the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces concluded the regular season with a 100-85 victory over the visiting Phoenix Mercury on Sunday afternoon.Read more...

Jewell Loyd scored a game-high 28 points to lock up the WNBA single-season scoring record, but the visiting Los Angeles Sparks rallied from down as many as 19 points to spoil the occasion and beat the Seattle Storm 91-89 in the finale for both teams.Read more...

This hasn't been a great weekend for women in sports. Disgraced Baylor coach Art Briles somehow made his way onto the field of an Oklahoma game to celebrate a win with his son-in-law, Sooners' offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby. Lebby then had the nerve to get indignant when asked why Briles was on the field of an NCAA...Read more...

Ronald Acuna Jr. and Matt Olson each drove in a pair of runs during a four-run, seventh-inning rally, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday as the first team to clinch a playoff spot.Read more...

[Updated at 4:17 pm ET] The Title IX investigation into sexual harassment claims against head football coach Mel Tucker has been ongoing since December of 2022, but it only took a few hours of media scrutiny for MSU to decide to discipline him. Funny how that works.Read more...