Month: October 2022

By BOB TRIPI DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions announced Sunday that they are constructing an eight-foot tall statue of Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders that will be unveiled in 2023 outside of Ford Field. Sanders, considered one of the greatest Lions player in history, ran for 15,269 over 10 seasons with Detroit.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cristian “Chicho” Arango scored the go-ahead goal for the second straight game and the Los Angeles Football Club advanced to its first MLS Cup final with a 3-0 victory over Austin FC. LAFC will host Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia, a 3-1 winner over NYCFC, in the title match on Saturday. In

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s Younghoe Koo booted a 41-yard field goal in overtime after the Carolina Panthers missed a pair of kicks that could have won the game. That gave the Falcons an improbable 37-34 victory that maintained their hold on first place in the NFC South at 4-4.

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Dustin Johnson has finished his LIV Golf season with nearly $36 million in earnings and the team title. His putt on Sunday at Trump Doral clinched the team victory for his 4Aces squad. Joining Johnson on the winning team was Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch and

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Za’Darius Smith had three sacks to help Minnesota’s defense hang on against Kyler Murray as the Vikings beat the Arizona Cardinals 34-26 for their fifth consecutive victory. Dalvin Cook rushed for a season-high 111 yards and a touchdown and Kirk Cousins passed for two scores

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Fabian Zetterland scored late in the first, Nico Hischier and defenseman Ryan Graves scored 33 seconds apart early in the second and Vitek Vanecek made 20 saves in the New Jersey Devils’ 7-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Defensemen John Marino and Jonas Siegenthaler, Jesper

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Bill Belichick passed George Halas for second place on the NFL’s career coaching victories list and the New England Patriots continued their mastery of the New York Jets by beating them for the 13th straight time, 22-17. Devin McCourty had two of the Patriots’ three interceptions of

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola says he can sense the coming tide and the Manchester City manager will be even more convinced of the new threats to his team’s dominance after the latest round of Premier League games. On a weekend when City briefly moved to the top

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — The miscues of Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence were costly in their 21-17 loss to the Denver Broncos at Wembley Stadium. A goal-line interception ended a promising drive. The next pick ended the game. Lawrence says, “I’ve got to look in the mirror. I’ve got to

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts threw three touchdown passes to A.J Brown in the first half and finished with 285 yards and four TDs overall as the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles raced past the Pittsburgh Steelers 35-13. The Eagles are 7-0 for the second time in franchise history and first

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. wasn’t born in Houston, but he sure loves it now. Hailing from Tampa, Florida, McCullers might be the most vocal an Astro has ever been about his love for the Space City. McCullers will represent his beloved, adopted city when he

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts have activated three-time All-Pro linebacker Darius Leonard and have deactivated quarterback Matt Ryan for Sunday’s game against Washington. Leonard will see limited action in his second appearance this season. Ryan is missing just the fourth game of his 15-year career. He was benched Monday by coach Frank Reich after

SEATTLE (AP) — Wide receivers DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett were both active for the Seattle Seahawks against the New York Giants after each had been listed as questionable. Metcalf was taken from the sideline on a cart last week in Los Angeles after suffering an injury to the patellar tendon in his left knee.

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — No. 2 Ohio State’s win over No. 16 Penn State added to the body of evidence that this could be the most complete Buckeyes team in years. It also showed the Buckeyes can find ways to win on the road even when they are outplayed.

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford scored his 100th goal for Manchester United but it required heroics from goalkeeper David de Gea to secure a 1-0 win for the hosts against West Ham in the Premier League. The victory moves United up to fifth in the league after Erik

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Myles Garrett isn’t planning to dress up as anything but a football player on Halloween. Last year, Cleveland’s defensive star wore a Grim Reaper costume to Cleveland’s game against Pittsburgh. He’s looking forward to keeping the focus on getting to Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and helping

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid has been held by Girona to a 1-1 draw at home in the Spanish league to follow up its first loss of the season in all competitions. Madrid was coming off a 3-2 defeat at Leipzig on Tuesday in the Champions League. It was

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and other members of the sports world are condemning recent incidents of hate speech toward Jewish people — not just the antisemitic comments by the music mogul formerly known as Kanye West, but also outside of a college football game in Florida

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Latavius Murray scored on a 2-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter to help the Denver Broncos snap a four-game losing streak by beating the Jacksonville Jaguars 21-17 at Wembley Stadium. Russell Wilson led two go-ahead scoring drives in the second half on his return

MILAN (AP) — The soccer player who was injured in a knife attack at an Italian shopping center has been released from hospital. Pablo Marí was one of five people who were stabbed in the attack on Thursday. One was killed. The 29-year-old Marí is on loan at Serie A club Monza from Arsenal. The

BERLIN (AP) — Danilho Doekhi headed in the winning goal for Union Berlin with the last act of the game for a 2-1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach which returns Union to top spot. Union was heading for defeat until the 79th minute when substitute Kevin Behrens headed an equalizer to Nico Elvedi’s first-half goal for

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Felix Auger-Aliassime has won his third straight title in October. He beat Holger Rune 6-3, 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday. Auger-Aliassime went through his five matches at Basel without dropping serve and he saved all three break points Rune had. The third-seeded Canadian won the only break-point chance

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders tight end Darren Waller has been scratched for the club’s Week 8 game against the New Orleans Saints after trying to practice this past week. Waller left the Raiders’ Oct. 10 game at Kansas City with a hamstring injury after playing just eight snaps without a catch. He

LONDON (AP) — Arsenal moved back to the top of the Premier League with a 5-0 win against Nottingham Forest on Sunday. But an injury to Bukayo Saka will be a concern to England head coach Gareth Southgate after the forward was forced off in the 27th minute. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta knew victory would

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Yordan Alvarez’s homer that won Game 1 of the ALDS for Houston. J.T. Realmuto’s shot that provided the winning margin for Philadelphia in Game 1 of the World Series. Which of these memorable moments was more critical? There’s actually a way to measure that. It’s a stat called championship

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s human rights envoy says she is postponing an official visit to Qatar, after the Gulf nation reacted angrily to German government comments in recent days. Qatar had summoned the German ambassador Friday over remarks by Germany’s interior minister, who appeared to criticize the decision to award the World Cup to the

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Weston McKennie could miss the rest of Juventus’ games ahead of the World Cup. That adds to the United States’ injury concerns only three weeks before the start of the tournament. McKennie was forced off with a thigh problem at halftime of Juventus’ 1-0 win at Lecce in Serie A on