By Field Level Media Sep 07 (Field Level Media) – The New York Giants are signing defensive lineman Dean Lowry to their practice squad, ESPN reported Monday. The 32-year-old veteran was released by the Pittsburgh Steelers as part of their 53-man roster cuts on Aug. 30. Lowry missed the entire 2025 s
NEW YORK, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Highlights of the ninth day at the U.S. Open on Sunday (times GMT): 1510 PLAY BEGINS World number five Mirra Andreeva began her fourth-round match against Austria’s Anastasia Potapova. U.S. OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON MONDAY (prefix number denotes seeding): ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM
By Field Level Media Sep 07 (Field Level Media) – The Atlanta Falcons will start Tua Tagovailoa in the season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. He will be the sixth different Week 1 starter for the Falcons in six seasons. Tagovailoa, 28, got the Week 1 nod over the 2025 starter, Mich
By Frank Pingue Sept 7 (Reuters) – The 2026 NFL season kicks off on Wednesday with a Super Bowl rematch, launching a wide-open title chase that will include a record nine international games played across four continents before a champion is crowned on Valentine’s Day in Los Angeles. The road to Sup
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Aaron Donald’s retirement in 2024 sparked cheers at the San Francisco 49ers but his return to the LA Rams had the opposite reaction, coach Kyle Shanahan said on Monday. Three-time Defensive Player of the Year Donald will travel with the Rams for their seas
By Field Level Media Sep 07 (Field Level Media) – Former Chicago Bears fullback Matt Suhey, a starter on the Super Bowl championship team in the 1985 season, has died at age 68, according to multiple reports on Sunday. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the team confirmed Suhey died on Sunday. Chic
By Field Level Media Sep 07 (Field Level Media) – Mookie Betts hit a go-ahead three-run home run with two outs in the eighth inning and rallied the host Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-5 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday night to move 1 1/2 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers for the best re
By Field Level Media Sep 07 (Field Level Media) – Lucas Carneiro drilled a 48-yard field goal as time expired for ninth-ranked Ole Miss, which escaped Nashville with a 41-38 victory over No. 24 Louisville on Sunday night in the Music City Kickoff. Trinidad Chambliss threw for 336 yards and three tou
By Field Level Media Sep 07 (Field Level Media) – Ole Miss star running back Kewan Lacy left Sunday night’s 41-38 victory over No. 24 Louisville with a leg bruise, according to reports. Lacy was gang-tackled after a 2-yard run with 6:34 remaining in the third quarter. The junior was helped off the f
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have arrived in Australia, mostly gotten over the impact of the long flight and now are getting prepared to open their season Friday in Melbourne against the Los Angeles Rams. The Niners left California last Wednesday, arrived in Australia on Frida
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, Sept 7 (Reuters) – San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan is not entirely sure what day it is after the long-haul trip to Australia but says his team is fired up for their NFL season-opener against the Los Angeles Rams. The 49ers and Rams will play the first NFL regular-sea
By Janina Nuno Rios NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – American Emma Navarro returned to the U.S. Open quarter-finals with a 6-4 6-2 win over Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Navarro, the 26th seed, had reached the last eight in New York in 2024 when she made it to the semis. She
By Shrivathsa Sridhar NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Ben Shelton’s run to the U.S. Open quarter-finals dealt a blow to tennis traditionalists on Sunday after his win over Stefanos Tsitsipas left the men’s draw without a one-handed backhand and ended a 149-year Grand Slam streak. The elegant stroke has
By Field Level Media Sep 07 (Field Level Media) – Daniel Schneemann singled home automatic runner Angel Genao in the 10th inning, giving the Cleveland Guardians a 3-2 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon. Patrick Bailey led off the inning with a single up the middle off Kyle Finn
By Field Level Media Sep 07 (Field Level Media) – Western Michigan president Russ Kavalhuna revealed Sunday that he searched for a way to challenge the outcome of the Broncos’ last-second loss to Michigan, but the university won’t be moving forward with an attempted appeal. “I did want to find a way
No. 17 Washington struggles on offense but pulls out 24-10 Apple Cup win over Washington State SEATTLE (AP) — Demond Williams Jr. threw for 268 yards and a touchdown, and No. 17 Washington survived offensive struggles in a 24-10 victory over Washington State in a season-opening Apple Cup on Sunday.
By Shrivathsa Sridhar NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Eighth seed Ben Shelton outshone Stefanos Tsitsipas under the U.S. Open spotlight on Sunday, sealing a 6-2 6-3 6-4 victory to reach the quarter-finals and boost home hopes of a first American men’s Grand Slam champion in more than two decades. Shelt
By Field Level Media Sep 07 (Field Level Media) – The Los Angeles Dodgers placed catcher Dalton Rushing on the 10-day injured list on Sunday due to right elbow discomfort. The move, which was retroactive to Saturday, made for a brief return to the ballclub for Rushing, who was reinstated from the in
By Janina Nuno Rios NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – American Jessica Pegula clinched a resounding 6-3 6-4 win over Sorana Cirstea on Sunday to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals, as the Romanian player made her final Grand Slam appearance. The 2024 runner-up kept alive her bid for a maiden major title,
By Janina Nuno Rios NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz believes he can capture a second consecutive U.S. Open title after shaking off any lingering injury concerns, cruising into the quarter-finals with a high-voltage performance on Sunday. The 23-year-old kept rolling at Flushing Meadows,
By Field Level Media Sep 06 (Field Level Media) – Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani wasn’t in the starting lineup Sunday night against the Washington Nationals, marking his fourth consecutive missed start due to right biceps, left knee and neck ailments. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told report
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – American Frances Tiafoe outclassed former champion Daniil Medvedev 7-6(1) 6-4 7-6(6) to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals on Sunday, bringing his best level to finally get the upper hand on an all-too-familiar foe. Tiafoe trailed Medvedev 1-6 in career he
By Field Level Media Sep 06 (Field Level Media) – Charlie Woods battled to a 1-under-par 71 on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass to finish in a tie for eighth at The Junior Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Woods went 1-under 215 over the course of the three-day event, finishing seven shots behin
Sept 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. survived a tough test against Italy at the FIBA Women’s World Cup on Sunday, with their narrow 55-52 victory serving as a further sign of growing competitiveness in the women’s game. Italy held the U.S. to their lowest points total in 42 years and were up 50-48 with less
By Field Level Media Sep 06 (Field Level Media) – The New York Giants agreed to two contract extensions with key veterans on their roster Sunday. Backup quarterback Jameis Winston signed a two-year, $13 million extension, while starting left guard Jon Runyan inked a two-year extension of his own wor
By Field Level Media Sep 06 (Field Level Media) – The Houston Astros optioned right-handed reliever Kai-Wei Teng to Triple-A Sugar Land and recalled right-handed reliever Miguel Ullola from Sugar Land on Sunday. Teng, 27, is 5-7 this season with a 4.76 ERA in 30 appearances (10 starts). He allowed a
By Shrivathsa Sridhar NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz beat American 20th seed Tommy Paul 6-4 6-3 6-4 in a high-voltage hit-fest on Sunday to reach the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open and remain firmly on track for back-to-back titles at Flushing Meadows. The seven-times Grand Slam champi
By Field Level Media Sep 06 (Field Level Media) – Josh Hill hit a bunker shot to 3 feet and birdied the 18th hole to win his singles match and secure Great Britain & Ireland’s upset of the United States in the Walker Cup on Sunday at Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland. The 22-year-old Englishman defeated
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has agreed on a four-year contract extension that runs through the 2030 league season, ending on March 31, 2031. The NFL’s Compensation Committee notified the full ownership of the agreement on Sunday. In a memo sent to owners that was obtained by The Associated Press,
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka will take on Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova in the U.S. Open quarter-finals, after the two battled their way into the final eight with confident wins on Sunday. World number one Sabalenka broke down the defences of 96th
