By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard will be sidelined at least one week with swelling in his left knee, the team announced Tuesday. The seven-time All-Star was scratched about an hour before Toronto’s 117-94 road loss Sunday to the Minnesota Timber
Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois play their final OVC men's soccer matches of the regular season this week as the conference tournament field is set to be decided Sunday.
By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Purdue men’s basketball coach Matt Painter signed a contract extension through the 2030-31 season on Tuesday. The deal announced by the school includes increased annual compensation plus retention and performance bonuses. ESPN reported the contract i
By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Packers center Sean Rhyan likely will be sidelined at least a month with a high-ankle sprain, CBS Sports reported Tuesday. Rhyan, 26, sustained the injury during the first quarter of Sunday’s 20-17 loss at Detroit and did not return to the game. Rhya
By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Home favorite Naomi Osaka held off Italy’s Jasmine Paolini for a 6-3, 7-6 (4) first-round win on Tuesday at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The seventh-seeded Osaka, who won the WTA 500 tournament in 2019 and was runner-up in 2016 and 2018, save
By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Baltimore Ravens rookie guard Vega Ioane is nursing an MCL sprain and is expected to be sidelined in the short term, NFL Network reported on Tuesday. Ioane sustained the injury during Baltimore’s 35-13 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. He was
By Shrivathsa Sridhar BENGALURU, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Frenchman Terence Atmane’s admission that he has been struggling with his mental health after an outburst at this month’s Shanghai Masters highlighted the pressures lower-ranked tennis players face as another demanding season draws to a close. Atma
By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Donovan Mitchell hit a tiebreaking midrange jumper with 48 seconds left in overtime as the host Cleveland Cavaliers rallied from a 15-point deficit to defeat the previously unbeaten Minnesota Timberwolves 127-125 on Monday night. Timberwolves superst
By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Tiger Woods’ team will be on display for a season-opening doubleheader when the TGL opens for play on Dec. 27. The Tomorrow Golf League is a tech-infused golf league that features six three-member teams composed of PGA pros and top golfers competing
By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – Projected to be one of the top picks in the 2026 NFL Draft before returning to Oregon for his senior season, quarterback Dante Moore is expected to miss the rest of the season because of a concussion. Ducks coach Dan Lanning made the announcement Mon
By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay? More like Whitefish Bay, as in the Milwaukee suburb. With the Brewers two wins away from their first World Series title and ticket prices for Games 1 and 2 at American Family Field over the weekend topping $2,000, Mi
Oct 27 (Reuters) – Leading men’s doubles players have called on the ATP Tour to reconsider plans that would reduce the size of the doubles competitions at events and move prize money to the singles format. In a letter addressed to the ATP board and management and signed by 137 active players, 33 for
LOS ANGELES, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Jay-Z will headline the 2027 Super Bowl halftime show in February, the National Football League announced on Monday. The show at the NFL championship game is the most-coveted showcase in the world of music. US television ratings for the halftime performance often top
By Field Level Media Oct 27 (Field Level Media) – The St. Louis Blues on Monday released a statement condemning “vile messages of hate,” relating to anti-Israel banners that were present at a recent home game. Protestors on Thursday unfurled banners that read “Free America from Israel” and “Israel k
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – No. 5 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia stormed back from down a set and a break to defeat the Czech Republic’s Tomas Machac 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in opening- round action at the Erste Bank Open on Monday in Vienna, Austria. The 10th-ranked player in the worl
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – The Oklahoma City Thunder will be down two starters for the foreseeable future as both Jalen Williams and Cason Wallace are headed for surgery, general manager Sam Presti said Monday. The Thunder revealed Williams suffered both a fractured fibula and
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – Baltimore Ravens coach Jesse Minter is optimistic that star quarterback Lamar Jackson will return from an ankle injury to play against the host Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Jackson has missed the past three games due to the high left ankle sprain sustain
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – A four-game losing streak will not force the Raiders to make a change at quarterback. Head coach Klint Kubiak cleared the air on Monday with a strong commitment to keeping Kirk Cousins as the starter despite Las Vegas losing for the fourth consecutiv
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – Orlando Magic point guard Jalen Suggs will sit out at least two weeks after sustaining a mild bone bruise in his right knee during Orlando’s victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday. There was no structural damage to the knee, according to the team
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – The “early returns are positive” surrounding the knee injury that Seahawks wide receiver Rashid Shaheed sustained on Sunday night, coach Mike Macdonald said in a radio interview on 93.3 KJR on Monday. Shaheed, 28, exited in the first half of Seattle’
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacy will miss Saturday’s game against Auburn with a shoulder injury, head coach Pete Golding confirmed Monday. According to multiple reports, the junior star sustained a dislocated shoulder after a hard tackle in Saturday
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – Former Dallas Cowboys star Dez Bryant says a police officer pointed a gun at him in front of his daughters during a weekend incident in Southlake, Texas. In an interview with Outkick, Bryant said he got into a confrontation outside a restaurant on Su
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones avoided a significant knee injury on Sunday and is considered day-to-day, ESPN reported Monday. Jones aggravated a left knee injury during the fourth quarter of the unbeaten Vikings’ 16-10 home victory again
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – The National Collegiate Athletic Association has been sued in a proposed class action by current and former athletes alleging it illegally prohibits schools in its largest division from offering athletic scholarships. Here are the details: • The plain
Oct 26 (Reuters) – World number one Jannik Sinner will make his comeback at the Six Kings Slam in Saudi Arabia following the tournament’s postponement to December due to security concerns, organisers said on Monday. Italian Sinner, winner of the previous two Six Kings, announced this month that he w
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – The New England Patriots are releasing veteran punter Bryce Baringer, multiple outlets reported on Monday. Baringer, 27, has been on injured reserve since the start of the season but reportedly is now ready to return. Mitch Wishnowsky is expected to
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – LeBron James is playing center for the first time in a long time and holding his own in the unfamiliar role for the Philadelphia 76ers. But don’t expect the 41-year-old veteran’s run as a big man to last any longer than necessary. “Well, s–, we got a
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – Hungary’s Anna Bondar knocked out top-seeded Daria Snigur of Ukraine 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Guangzhou Open on Monday in China. Bondar served eight aces, converted four of eight break points and posted a 22-12 edge in winners to complete t
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – The Houston Astros are interviewing former Washington Nationals executive Mike Rizzo for their vacant general manager job, USA Today reported Monday. Rizzo, 65, was the architect of the Nationals’ 2019 World Series championship, when Washington beat
By Field Level Media Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – Rocco Baldelli has withdrawn from consideration for the Seattle Mariners’ vacant managerial job, citing “family considerations,” The Athletic reported on Monday. Baldelli, 45, managed the Minnesota Twins for seven seasons and was considered a front-r
