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
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
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.
By Alan Baldwin AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Max Verstappen fears the bumpy ride at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas is out of control and could do long-term damage to his spine. Red Bull’s four-time world champion joked to reporters after he won the Singapore Grand Prix, the race before Austin
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet is going on injured reserve with a season- ending knee injury, head coach Ben Johnson confirmed on Friday. Kmet was carted off the field in the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s 30-24 home victory against the New En
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield is expected to start Sunday’s road game against the Carolina Panthers, head coach Todd Bowles said Friday. “(He) looks like he’s ready to go,” Bowles said of Mayfield, who has missed the last three game
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Chase Elliott ended his streak of eight consecutive NASCAR Cup Series Most Popular Driver awards to honor the late Kyle Busch. The National Motorsports Press Association confirmed on Friday that Elliott opted to remove his name from the 2026 ballot.
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – The New Jersey Devils acquired three-time Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender Connor Hellebuyck from the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. The trade comes on the same day as the conclusion of Hellebuyck’s suspension for failing to report to training camp. The Je
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers added right-hander Brandon Woodruff to the World Series roster on Friday following his unexpected comeback from a shoulder injury. The Brewers replaced right-hander Chad Patrick, the only change to the 26-man roster
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Trailblazing executive Kelly Krauskopf stepped down from her second stint as team president of the Indiana Fever on Friday, the team announced. She was the franchise’s original president and general manager, guiding the Fever from an expansion team i
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Rams receiver Puka Nacua sustained a calf injury in practice Thursday that is not expected to be serious, NFL Network reported. Per the report, his status is “up in the air” for the Rams (2-4) for Sunday’s road game against the Las Vegas Raiders (3-3
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Indianapolis Colts backup quarterback Anthony Richardson Sr. is facing a misdemeanor charge for marijuana possession. According to court records obtained by ESPN, Richardson was arrested following a traffic stop on Oct. 12 in Carmel, Ind. Richardson,
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Jacksonville Jaguars left tackle Anton Harrison will miss the rest of the season with a torn right ACL, NFL Network reported Friday. The report comes one day after Harrison underwent arthroscopic knee surgery. Harrison, 24, was injured while blocking
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – World No. 1 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan advanced to the Ningbo Open semifinals with a three-set win Friday against Poland’s Katarzyna Kawa in China. In a match with a combined nine service breaks, the top-seeded Rybakina completed her 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Top Sports Headlines*** >>Bears Take Down Patriots On TNF To Kick Off Week Seven (Undated) — The Bears took down the Patriots 30-24 on Thursday Night Football to kick off Week Seven of the NFL regular season. Meanwhile, an international-first takes place on Sunday. The Steelers square off against th
By Streisand Neto LONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Global indoor fitness race company Hyrox is teaming up with new player Xenom to expand participation and maybe one day even be accepted into the Olympics, the companies’ executives say. Hyrox, founded in Hamburg, Germany, in 2017, and Xenom, a CrossFit-in
PARIS, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The NFL would have cancelled its first regular-season game in Paris, scheduled for Sunday, if the situation were unsafe, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said on Friday, referring to the recent protests in the French capital. France experienced some of its wors
By Pearl Josephine Nazare Oct 23 (Reuters) – Kenya’s world marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned blood booster EPO in a sample taken before her Sydney Marathon victory, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. The AIU add
By Rohith Nair Oct 23 (Reuters) – MotoGP will forge ahead with next month’s Qatar Grand Prix despite Middle East tensions and concerns from some riders over safety, while others said they trusted organisers Dorna to ensure the race could be staged safely. The race at the Lusail International Circuit
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (By Adam Zielonka, Field Level Media) – PHILADELPHIA — Thursday night proved that even at 41 years old and near the end of a legendary career, LeBron James can still experience “firsts” both career and personal. Hours after he was introduced for his first regular-season h
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored a shootout goal to complete a special return to the lineup as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 6-5 on Thursday night. Nugent-Hopkins also notched a goal and an assist in regulation in his season
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui described his appointment as Yomiuri Giants manager as a homecoming on Friday, as he returned to take charge of the team where he started his career more than three decades ago. The 52-year-old succeeds Shinn
(Refiles to fix media identifier, no change to text) By Irene Wang TOKYO, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Asian Football Confederation head Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa endorsed Gianni Infantino’s bid for reelection as FIFA president on Friday, just two months after describing his plan to sell a stake in
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – Pro Football Hall of Famer and Southern University coach Marshall Faulk revealed that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and has been managing the condition for approximately 18 months. Faulk, 53, discussed the diagnosis on an episode of “The
By Field Level Media Oct 23 (Field Level Media) – MILWAUKEE — Drew Rasmussen has been the epitome of an ace for the Tampa Bay Rays this postseason. In three playoff starts, the right-hander is 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA, allowing three runs over 21 innings, striking out 23 and walking three. After he last
By Field Level Media Oct 22 (By Adam Zielonka, Field Level Media) – PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles were sent scrambling when blood clots sidelined Jalen Hurts, likely for the year. The Flyers opened their season with nine losses in a row. Now, with an all-time great on the premises, the stage is set for
By Field Level Media Oct 22 (Field Level Media) – Second-seeded Jiri Lehecka of Czechia served nine aces without a double fault while soaring to a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Belgium’s Raphael Collignon in the BNP Paribas Fortis European Open at Brussels. Lehecka won 26 of 30 (86.7%) first-serve points an
By Field Level Media Oct 22 (By Jim Hoehn, Field Level Media) – MILWAUKEE — After almost a decade as a franchise cornerstone, Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff hopes his comeback from his latest injury leads to a spot on the club’s 2026 World Series roster. But the team’s current longe
By Vincent Daheron and Amy Tennery PARIS/NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) – The Pittsburgh Steelers cancelled a weekend fan event in Paris on Thursday as French authorities prepared for fresh protests ahead of the NFL’s first regular-season game in the capital. France experienced some of its worst urban u
By Field Level Media Oct 22 (Field Level Media) – Veteran umpire James Hoye was named crew chief for the 2026 World Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers, Major League Baseball announced on Thursday. Hoye, 55, will be an umpire in the World Series for the third time and this will b
