After winning back-to-back American League Player of the Week honors, it seemed George Springer finally was settling in with the Toronto Blue Jays. But the outfielder got a scare Saturday night after sustaining a left-ankle injury while trying to catch a ball hit by Seattle's Ty France in the seventh inning. With the Blue Jays leading by a run, Springer leaped high against the fence in right-center field in an attempt t
Mark Stallworth
After a strong first half at Chicago, the Miami Dolphins came up short in their 2021 preseason opener by a score of 20-13 against the Bears at Soldier Field.
In a tale of two halves, the Dolphins starters played well to begin the game, leading 13-3 at halftime. Tua Tagovailoa was in control of the offense, completing 8 of 11 passes for 99 yards and one interception. Tagovai
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NBC Sports Peter King joined the Bengals Booth Podcast and why he thinks Cincinnati will be one of the most exciting teams in football.
Also, broadcaster Dan Hoard interviewed safety Jessie Bates III about training camp and talked to quarterback Kyle Shurmur about playing in the first preseason game.
Podcast highlights include:
2:06 - Which Hall of Fame quarterback King compare
Geoff Hobson
TAMPA, Fla. - The Bengals head into their first preseason game in two years Saturday night (7:30-Cincinnati's Channel 12) literally in the eye of the storm with Hall-of-Fame traveling exhibit Tom Brady supposed to take the first couple of snaps for the Super Bowl champion Buccaneers.
Brady figures to be on the field slightly longer than the first commercial break and the bulk of Tropical Storm
Geoff Hobson
TAMPA, Fla. - Bengals rookie running back Chris Evans threw a bevy of moves at the Super Bowl champion Buccaneers in Saturday night's preseason opener and his one-yard run with 13 seconds left in the first half gave them a 7-6 lead.
Evans, a sixth-rounder out of Michigan, had seven carries for 17 yards, many of them coming on slithering second efforts, before putting his head and down and slam
Geoff Hobson
TAMPA, Fla. - The Bengals had their rookie show last week for the veterans, but they brought their show on the road with a little help from the vets in Saturday night's preseason opener in a 19-14 win over the Super Bowl champion Bucs.
Rookie running back Chris Evans rushed for a touchdown, rookie defensive end Joseph Ossai had a sack and undrafted rookie linebacker Darius Hodge registered fiv
Geoff Hobson
TAMPA, Fla. _ Even behind Chris Evans' stylish glasses, his eyes were wider than the impact the rookie running back had on the Bengals roster during Saturday night's 19-14 win over the Buccaneers in the preseason opener.
"I don't remember," said Evans of the third-and-one he converted early on for six, slithery yards despite two Bucs penetrating into the backfield. "I played so many plays. Spe
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The Oakland Athletics will look for their ninth win in 10 games when they visit the Texas Rangers on Sunday afternoon. The teams have split the first two games of the three-games series in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers ended Oakland's seven-game winning streak on Friday night with an 8-6 victory, and the A's bounced back Saturday, scoring four in the seventh en route to an 8-3 win. They are two teams heading in opposite
When Whit Merrifield was chasing and then surpassing George Brett's Kansas City Royals' record for consecutive games with a hit in 2019, eventually getting to 31 games, there was a daily pregame ritual in the clubhouse. Reporters would gather around Merrifield's locker and try to figure out a different way to ask him the same question: How do you plan to get a hit tonight? As Merrifield chased and eventually passed Alci
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The New York Yankees and host Chicago White Sox will square off in the final game of an emotional three-game series when they meet in the weekend finale Sunday afternoon. It has been a dramatic first two games for the teams, who met Thursday night in the "Field of Dreams" game in Dyersville, Iowa. The White Sox rallied for a 9-8 win in that nationally televised contest, and the Yankees responded with a 7-5 win Saturday n
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