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Browns activate RB Dylan Sampson from IR

By Field Level Media Oct 24 (Field Level Media) – The Cleveland Browns activated running back Dylan Sampson off injured reserve Saturday. Sampson, who was placed on IR Sept. 15 with a knee injury, will not have an injury status for the Browns (4-2) in their game against the host Tennessee Titans (1-

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Browns activate RB Dylan Sampson from IR
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Eagles WRs DeVonta Smith, Dontayvion Wicks not spotted at practice

By Field Level Media Oct 24 (Field Level Media) – The Philadelphia Eagles could be without star DeVonta Smith and fellow wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks for Monday’s home game against the rival Dallas Cowboys. Smith (hamstring) and Wicks (ankle) were not spotted at the portion of practice open to the

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Eagles WRs DeVonta Smith, Dontayvion Wicks not spotted at practice
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Steelers activate S DeShon Elliott from injured reserve

By Field Level Media Oct 24 (Field Level Media) – Pittsburgh Steelers safety DeShon Elliott returned to the active roster for the first time in 12 months on Saturday. Elliott, 29, was activated from injured reserve ahead of Sunday’s game in Paris against the New Orleans Saints. Elliott is returning

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Steelers activate S DeShon Elliott from injured reserve
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Penguins place D Samuel Girard on injured reserve

By Field Level Media Oct 24 (Field Level Media) – The Pittsburgh Penguins placed veteran defenseman Samuel Girard on injured reserve Saturday. Girard, 28, sustained a lower-body injury during a 6-2 road loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Oct. 17. He has one goal and six assists through nine games i

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Penguins place D Samuel Girard on injured reserve
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Report: Indiana RB Khobie Martin to return vs. Michigan

By Field Level Media Oct 24 (Field Level Media) – Indiana running back Khobie Martin is expected to return from a six-game absence and play against Michigan on Saturday afternoon, ESPN reported. Martin has been sidelined since sustaining a broken forearm in the Hoosiers’ season-opening 52-16 victory

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Report: Indiana RB Khobie Martin to return vs. Michigan
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Ex-NBA G Malik Beasley negotiating plea in gambling case

By Field Level Media Oct 24 (Field Level Media) – Malik Beasley’s attorney says the former NBA guard is working on a plea deal in his federal betting and bribery case. Attorney Steve Haney told ESPN on Saturday that Beasley, 29, is negotiating with Department of Justice prosecutors and a decision is

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Ex-NBA G Malik Beasley negotiating plea in gambling case
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Alpine skiing-US veteran Moltzan opens World Cup season with first career win

SOELDEN, Austria, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Paula Moltzan started the World Cup Alpine ski season with a first career victory at the age of 32 on Saturday after US teammate Mikaela Shiffrin blew a giant slalom first-leg lead and finished seventh in the Austrian resort of Soelden. The 2026 Olympic team comb

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Alpine skiing-US veteran Moltzan opens World Cup season with first career win
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Tennis-Holder Rybakina sets up Fernandez clash in Ningbo final

Oct 24 (Reuters) – Defending Ningbo Open champion Elena Rybakina overcame Russian sixth seed Diana Shnaider 6-3 7-5 in the semi-final on Saturday to reach another title clash and remind rivals of her threat ahead of next month’s WTA Finals. The world number one will face Leylah Fernandez in the fina

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Tennis-Holder Rybakina sets up Fernandez clash in Ningbo final
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Late 17-0 surge carries Grizzlies to comeback win over Warriors

Ty Jerome scored a game-high 28 points and the Memphis Grizzlies used a 17-0 fourth-quarter spurt to rally for a 111-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco on Friday. Rookie Cameron Boozer added 25 points, 13 rebounds and six assists for Memphis, which won its second straight ga

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Late 17-0 surge carries Grizzlies to comeback win over Warriors
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NBA roundup: Hawks crush Hornets, set franchise mark for largest win

Jalen Johnson and reserve Aaron Wiggins each scored 19 points as visiting Atlanta blew out the Charlotte Hornets 128-81 on Friday, the biggest margin of victory in Hawks history. The 47-point gap topped the old record of 46 set in a 126-80 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Nov 15, 2017. Nickeil A

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NBA roundup: Hawks crush Hornets, set franchise mark for largest win
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ATP roundup: Alexander Bublik survives thriller to reach Almaty semis

By Field Level Media Oct 24 (Field Level Media) – Third-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan rallied past fifth-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in Friday’s Almaty Open quarterfinals in Kazakhstan. Bublik hammered 21 aces and finished with 49 winners in his first match of the to

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Brewers Take Game One In World Series Vs. Rays

(Milwaukee, WI) — The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in Game One of the 2026 World Series Friday night. The Brewers took down the Rays 3-to-2 at American Family Field in Milwaukee. Christian Yelich and William Contreras got the scoring started for the Brewers in the first inning, with

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Mavericks awaiting update on star Cooper Flagg (shoulder)

By Field Level Media Oct 24 (Field Level Media) – The prognosis for Dallas forward Cooper Flagg, who exited the Mavericks’ Friday game against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis due to left shoulder soreness, was unclear following the contest. “He’ll be evaluated in the next couple of days,” Maveric

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Mavericks awaiting update on star Cooper Flagg (shoulder)
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Duke QB Walker Eget returns after apparent hand injury vs. Virginia

By Field Level Media Oct 24 (Field Level Media) – Duke quarterback Walker Eget returned to begin the second half of Friday night’s game at Virginia after leaving on the team’s first possession with an apparent hand injury at Charlottesville, Va. The transfer from San Jose State missed the rest of th

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Duke QB Walker Eget returns after apparent hand injury vs. Virginia
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Gymnastics-Blakely wins world all-around title after injury setbacks

ROTTERDAM, Oct 23 (Reuters) – American Skye Blakely won the women’s all-around title at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships on Friday, completing a comeback from an Achilles injury that derailed her bid for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 21-year-old scored 55.733 points across vault, uneven ba

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Gymnastics-Blakely wins world all-around title after injury setbacks
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Tyrrell Hatton, Ian Poulter join LIV Golf exodus

By Field Level Media Oct 24 (Field Level Media) – LIV Golf lost two more big-name players, with Englishmen Tyrrell Hatton and Ian Poulter announcing Friday they will not sign on for LIV 2.0. Hatton, 35, posted a brief statement to Instagram announcing his decision. “Wanted to confirm that I will not

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Tyrrell Hatton, Ian Poulter join LIV Golf exodus
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Legendary Rams RB Lawrence McCutcheon dies at 76

By Field Level Media Oct 24 (Field Level Media) – Legendary Los Angeles Rams running back Lawrence McCutcheon died Friday after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 76. McCutcheon was a Pro Bowl selection in five straight seasons (1973-77) for the Rams and still ranks fourth all-time on the clu

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Legendary Rams RB Lawrence McCutcheon dies at 76
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Ice hockey-Time for Canadian newcomers to step into spotlight, says Ruggiero

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Canada are entering a critical rebuilding phase ahead of next month’s ice hockey Women’s World Championship, retired US great Angela Ruggiero told Reuters, after falling to the US in the Milano Cortina Olympic gold medal game. Canada have often had the upp

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Ice hockey-Time for Canadian newcomers to step into spotlight, says Ruggiero
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Fever GM Amber Cox follows team president out of Indy

By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Fever general manager Amber Cox followed team president Kelly Krauskopf out the door in a major shakeup of the front office on Friday. Kraskopf resigned earlier in the day and Cox was let go hours later, with the Fever saying the franchise was announ

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Oregon State breakout WR Jesse Legree re-signs with school for 2027

By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Oregon State star freshman receiver Jesse Legree announced Friday that he has re-signed with the Beavers for the 2027 season. Legree made the announcement at his former high school, Saint Frances Academy in Baltimore, partly because he was lightly re

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Oregon State breakout WR Jesse Legree re-signs with school for 2027
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Dale Brown dies at 90; coach turned LSU into national power

By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Dale Brown, who guided LSU men’s basketball to two Final Fours in the 1980s and transformed the program into a national power during his 25-year coaching tenure in Baton Rouge, died Friday, the university announced. He was 90. Brown guided the Tigers

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Ravens list QB Lamar Jackson (ankle) as questionable vs. Bengals

By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was listed as questionable for his team’s home game Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals because of a left ankle injury. Jackson was limited at practice for a third consecutive day on Friday because of an i

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Ravens list QB Lamar Jackson (ankle) as questionable vs. Bengals
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Baseball-Former MLB stars help kids swing for the fences in cricket-mad Mumbai

By Revathi Hariharan MUMBAI, Oct 23 (Reuters) – When former New York Yankees player Nick Swisher watched a schoolgirl with braided hair smash a series of home runs at a Mumbai playground, he was struck by how readily the cricket-mad youngsters could adapt their skills to baseball. The girl was among

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Baseball-Former MLB stars help kids swing for the fences in cricket-mad Mumbai
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Motor racing-Leclerc fastest for Ferrari in US GP Friday practice

By Alan Baldwin AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc led the way in US Grand Prix practice on Friday, with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli a close second ahead of a race that could make him Formula One’s youngest champion. Leclerc set the pace of one minute 35.291 seconds in a sunny

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Motor racing-Leclerc fastest for Ferrari in US GP Friday practice
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Knicks signing Dalton Knecht to a 2-way contract

By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – The New York Knicks are signing former first-round draft pick Dalton Knecht to a two-way deal. The 25-year-old forward’s agents with Excel Sports Management confirmed the move to ESPN on Friday. The Los Angeles Lakers selected Knecht, known in colleg

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Knicks signing Dalton Knecht to a 2-way contract
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NFL closes Paris pop-up shop ahead of planned protests

PARIS, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The NFL will close its Paris pop-up shop on Saturday because of planned demonstrations in the French capital ahead of this weekend’s regular-season game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints, the league said on Friday. The store on Rue Saint-Merri had been

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Bills’ Sam Franklin Jr. wins appeal, suspension reduced to fine

By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Buffalo Bills safety and special teams captain Sam Franklin Jr. won his appeal to overturn the one-game suspension he initially received from the NFL for allegedly spitting at an opponent. The league announced Friday that it reduced the punishment to

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Bills’ Sam Franklin Jr. wins appeal, suspension reduced to fine
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Packers LB Zaire Franklin out Sunday with shin injury

By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Green Bay Packers linebacker Zaire Franklin will miss Sunday’s game at Detroit with a shin injury sustained in Thursday’s practice. “Unfortunately, Zaire, there was a little collision — he got kneed in the shin,” head coach Matt LaFleur said Friday.

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Packers LB Zaire Franklin out Sunday with shin injury