By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – The NFL notified Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs and Denver Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper that they will be removed from the commissioner’s exempt list Monday, making them eligible to return in Week 7. Neither player has appeared in a
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald shot down speculation surrounding a switch at quarterback after Sam Darnold pushed his league-high interception total to seven in an overtime loss at Denver on Thursday. Asked during a radio appearance Friday if
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice is out for Sunday’s game against the Chargers. Rice remains sidelined by a right hamstring injury. He left Kansas City’s Week 4 win at Las Vegas after a short reception in the first half when he felt the muscle tighte
By Elvira Pollina MILAN, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Private equity firm Avenue Capital has emerged as the leading bidder for a minority stake in the company that will hold the international media rights of Italy’s top soccer league Serie A, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Serie A is ex
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears are optimistic he turned the corner from hamstring injury recovery to full acceleration this week. But head coach Ben Johnson didn’t want to declare Williams ready to go Friday. Williams missed three games and sai
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – Arizona Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love will miss Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams with an ankle injury. Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur confirmed the rookie’s status on Friday after he missed practice for the third straight day. Love, 2
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. did not receive an injury designation on Friday and is on track to start Sunday’s game against the visiting Chicago Bears. Penix, who has been a full participant in practice this week, sustained a rib inj
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson will miss his second straight game with an ankle injury on Sunday at Cleveland. Tyler Huntley will start under center when the Ravens (4-1) visit the AFC North rival Browns (3-2), the team confirmed Friday.
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – The NBA moved up the tipoff of the Bucks’ home opener against the Chicago Bulls on Oct. 23 to avoid a conflict with Game 1 of the World Series, which will be held in Milwaukee that evening. Per the Bucks, their home opener was moved to 3 p.m. CT. The
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – A North Texas community and an Oklahoma college campus are in mourning following the death of defensive back Tyler Ulrich, who died five days after suffering a traumatic injury in a game. Ulrich, from Azle, Texas, was injured in the game between his
Oct 16 (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic on Friday received a wildcard entry into the Swiss Indoors Basel, setting up his first appearance at the tournament since 2011 as the 24-times Grand Slam champion pursues a place at the ATP Finals and the 103rd title of his career. • The 39-year-old Serbian arrives
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – The suddenly short-handed Philadelphia Eagles are signing quarterback Joe Milton off the Dallas Cowboys’ practice squad, NFL Network reported on Friday. Eagles starter Jalen Hurts will miss Sunday’s game against the visiting Carolina Panthers after b
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – The Dallas Stars signed forward David Perron to a one-year, $850,000 contract on Friday. Perron, 38, will be playing in his 20th NHL season with his eighth team. He totaled 28 points (13 goals, 15 assists) in 65 games last season split with the Ottaw
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – Austin FC signed top scorer Christian Ramirez to a new guaranteed contract through the end of the 2027-28 season on Friday. The 35-year-old forward has tallied nine goals and two assists in 25 regular- season matches (14 starts) this season. The nine
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – The Indianapolis Colts have pulled the plug on the Darius Slayton experiment after less than a month. The Colts signed the veteran wide receiver on Sept. 22 and released him on Friday without ever putting him on the field. Slayton, 29, was brought in
MILAN, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Euroleague Basketball unveiled a 10-year business plan on Friday that forecasts a sharp increase in the value of its clubs and the competition as it presses ahead with expansion after turning down an NBA collaboration offer at a shareholders’ assembly this month. Under the
SHANGHAI, China, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Former world number one Daniil Medvedev downed Tommy Paul 6-3 1-6 6-3 in the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals on Friday, while Spaniard Rafael Jodar toppled Casper Ruud 4-6 6-4 6-3 to become the youngest semi-finalist in the tournament’s history. Russian fifth seed
Top Sports Headlines*** >>Brewers Advance To World Series (Undated) — For the first time since 1982 the Milwaukee Brewers are back in the World Series. The Brew Crew completed the sweep after rallying past the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game Four of the NLCS. Milwaukee will now face either the Cleveland
By Rory Carroll Oct 16 (Reuters) – New York has barely stopped celebrating its first NBA title in 53 years, and the Knicks are already chasing a repeat in a league that is built to stop one. The NBA has crowned a record eight different champions in the last eight seasons. Rules that make it tougher
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – Brady Tkachuk scored twice in the final nine minutes of regulation, then completed his second straight natural hat trick 2:23 into overtime, leading the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday in Sunr
Oct 16 (Reuters) – The Asian Tour postponed its season-ending Saudi International indefinitely on Friday in the aftermath of a deadly attack on the international airport in Riyadh, where the tournament was scheduled to take place next month. Yemen’s Houthi movement has been firing ballistic missiles
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (By Doug Padilla, Field Level Media) – LOS ANGELES — Their rallying cry was “Our way,” and in the end, the Milwaukee Brewers plowed their way into the franchise’s first World Series appearance in 44 years by doing it every way possible. Clutch hitting, pitching and even a
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – The Detroit Red Wings entered Thursday near the bottom of the NHL standings at 1-3-2 (4 points). Captain Dylan Larkin requested a trade this summer, and one of their top defensemen remains without a contract. They still don’t have a permanent general
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – The Vancouver Canucks traded forward Aatu Raty to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday for forwards Brandon Buhr and Jacob Quillan. Raty, 23, has tallied one goal through four games to start this season. Last season was his first time playing in more
By Field Level Media Oct 16 (Field Level Media) – LOS ANGELES — After ending his homer drought with a massive blast in his final game of the year, Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani announced his intention to become a two-way player again next season. Dropped to No. 6 in the batting order on Wed
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – After being waived by the Denver Nuggets earlier this week, Lonnie Walker IV signed with Besiktas in Turkey and the EuroLeague on Thursday. Walker had signed a one-year non-guaranteed contract with Denver in August. He appeared in two preseason games
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – The Colorado Rockies fired pitching coach Alon Leichman after one season, The Athletic reported Thursday. The Rockies allowed a league-worst 944 runs last season and also had the worst staff ERA (5.59) in the majors. Colorado went 58-104 and lost ove
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams was a full participant in practice Thursday, his first consecutive practices since a Week 2 hamstring injury sent him to the sideline. Williams confirmed for the first time Thursday he was dealing with a torn
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) – A Las Vegas-based sports bettor, who was indicted in three high-profile federal gambling cases, pleaded guilty to multiple charges related to betting schemes on Wednesday in federal court in Philadelphia. Shane Hennen’s indictments concerned point-sh
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Geographically dispersed Games are well on their way to becoming the norm, USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland said on Thursday, as the growing scale of the Olympics complicates infrastructure plans for hosts. IOC officials hailed the most recent Milano Cortina Game
