Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Drew Rasmussen took a perfect game into the ninth inning of Sunday's 4-1 victory against the Baltimore Orioles before yielding a double to Jorge Mateo on the first pitch of the inning. Mateo ripped a cutter just inside the third-base line to end Rasmussen's pursuit of perfection. Mateo later scored on a wild pitch to end the shutout. "If you can find a way to complete it by making good pitche
Tampa Bay's Drew Rasmussen pitched a perfect game for eight innings and Randy Arozarena hit a three-run home run as the Rays defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4-1 on Sunday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla. Rasmussen (7-4), who struck out seven and didn't allow a walk on 87 pitches, was flawless until Jorge Mateo doubled in the ninth inning. Mateo then scored on a wild pitch by Rasmussen. Prior to Mateo's hit, Rasmussen di
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The Chargers began their preseason schedule with a 29-22 loss to the Rams at SoFi Stadium.
Here are five observations from Saturday night's preseason opener:
1. Rumph flashes on defense
Chris Rumph II's focus has been on making daily progress as he heads into his second season.
The outside linebacker stacked up another good day Saturday night, as he was among t
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Below are three takeaways from podium sessions after the Chargers preseason opener:
Staley evaluates young running backs, backup quarterbacks
After spending nearly two weeks practicing against each other at training camp, the Chargers faced their first opponent of the 2022 preseason Saturday night.
Although the Bolts fell to the Los Angeles Rams in their exhibition
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The Chargers played their first preseason game of 2022 on Saturday night at SoFi Stadium.
Here are five players that stood out against the Rams:
Guard Zion Johnson
Rookie Zion Johnson more than held his own in his first NFL action. Although he only played in the first three drives, the rookie held strong in both the run and pass plays.
"It was a good opportun
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A special honor: Former Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert was honored pregame when he was presented with the Daniel M. Rooney Ambassador Award.
Steelers President Art Rooney II and Jim Rooney presented Colbert with the award, which is given to an individual who reflects Rooney's leadership, love of Pittsburgh and contribution to the community.
The award was introdu
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"He's a complete back."
Those were the words of Coach Mike Tomlin when the Steelers selected running back Najee Harris in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft, and those words held true all last season.
Harris proved to be a complete back, with his ability to contribute not just in the ground game, but in the passing game and as a blocker all season.
Harris was voted the winner o
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COIN TOSS: Seattle calls tails. It's heads. Steelers win the toss and elect to receive.
7:12 p.m. - What Went Right: It was the way. You want to start, whether there is a quarterback competition being conducted or not. Receiving the opening kickoff and starting at their 10-yard line because of a penalty on Cody White, Mitch Trubisky drove the team 90 yards in
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KENNY PICKETT
Quarterback
In his first NFL game, in the city and stadium where he played his college football, in front of over 48,197 paying customers who were chanting his name, Kenny Pickett delivered.
Pickett completed 13-for-15 for 95 yards, with two touchdowns, no interceptions, and a rating of 132.6 in playing the whole second half, but more significant was
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Playing to win: The Steelers pulled off a fantastic finish in their preseason opener, defeating the Seattle Seahawks 32-25 in an exciting game at Acrisure Stadium.
The Steelers turned the ball over on downs with 1:17 to play when Kenny Pickett was sacked on fourth-and-one. The defense came through on the next play when Mark Robinson recorded a strip-sack of Drew Lock and Tuza
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Well, that settled absolutely nothing.
After three weeks of practice at Saint Vincent College, Coach Mike Tomlin was itching to get his team into a stadium, take the training wheels off, and throw the players into an unscripted exercise against an opponent certain to have malice in its heart. This was necessary, everyone understood, because despite facing the usual summertime task of whittling
The Minnesota Vikings announced on Sunday that the team would be missing 13 players for the preseason opener against the Las Vegas Raiders. Among the notable scratches are running back Dalvin Cook, cornerback Patrick Peterson, quarterback Kirk Cousins, wide receivers Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen, tight end Irv Smith and safety Harrison Smith. Most of those players are being held out without reported injuries, but a
Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Drew Rasmussen took a perfect game into the ninth inning of Sunday's contest against the Baltimore Orioles. Rasmussen struck out six while retiring the first 24 batters. He has tossed 79 pitches through the eighth inning. Rasmussen, 27, retired Austin Hayes on a grounder to first to end the eighth. Rasmussen is looking to join Matt Garza (2010) as the only Rays' pitchers to throw a no-hitter
ZAGREB, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- One was killed and another injured in a traffic accident on Sunday afternoon in Turcin near the northwestern Varazdin in Croatia, the Varazdin Police Department announced.
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Blake Snell struck out 10 batters across six shutout innings as the visiting San Diego Padres beat the Washington Nationals 6-0 on Sunday afternoon. Wil Myers had three hits, two of them driving in a run. Manny Machado also had two RBIs to go with two hits as the Padres took two games of the three-game series. The series concluded with Padres outfielder Juan Soto, who returned to play in Washington less than two weeks a
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], August 15 (ANI): Recognising the outstanding services of the Punjab Police, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (GOI), on the eve of 76th Independence Day, announced the names of the Punjab Police officers/officials, to be awarded the prestigious President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service (PPMDS) and Police Medal for Meritorious Service (PMMS), informed the officials on S
Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], August 15 (ANI): Manish Pandey scored an unbeaten 86 for the Gulbarga Mystics, but it was Abhinav Manohar's counter-attacking unbeaten 55 off 25 balls which stole the show as Mangalore United won an absolute nail-biter by 3 wickets on Sunday evening. Asked to bat first, the Mystics had Devdutt Padikkal and Rohan Patil looking solid early on as they played some stylish shots in the first couple
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LANDOVER, Md. - For Amaré Barno, the education continues.
And as he does most things, he's learning in a hurry.
The Panthers rookie defensive end was in on a pair of key plays in Saturday's preseason win over Washington, recovering a fumble early and then setting up an interception by pressuring Commanders quarterback Taylor Heinicke into a bad throw.
"Just doing something I lo
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CHARLOTTE - The Panthers made five roster moves Sunday to get to the roster limit for this week, before they leave for joint practices with the Patriots Monday.
The Panthers waived running back Darius Bradwell, tight end Nate Becker, linebacker Kamal Martin, offensive lineman Wyatt Miller, and cornerback Chris Westry.
The moves get them to 85, ahead of Tuesday's deadline for the first red
New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson will have arthroscopic surgery on Tuesday in Los Angeles to repair the torn meniscus in his right knee. Prominent orthopedic surgeon Neal ElAttrache will perform the surgery. Wilson was flying west on Sunday in preparation for the procedure. The Jets are hoping ElAttrache will only need to trim the meniscus, but the actual extent of the surgery won't be known until he gets a closer
Baltimore Orioles first baseman Ryan Mountcastle wasn't in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays due to left wrist soreness. Mountcastle was plunked in the wrist/hand area in Saturday's game by Rays right-hander Jimmy Yacabonis, a former Baltimore pitcher. Mountcastle, 25, tested the wrist prior to Sunday's contest by hitting and playing catch before deciding he was unable to start the game. H
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NASHVILLE - The Titans took the field for practice No.12 of training camp on Sunday at Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park.
Here's a look at what stood out:
-It was jog-through speed practice on Sunday, so not a lot of highlight-reel videos or plays coming out of this one. But still, there was plenty of work done on a day that also featured some funny and light-hearted momen
DENVER - With 90 players on the roster, there are plenty of guys to evaluate in Saturday night's game with the Broncos.
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(Nota: El articulo original fue escrito por Kurt Daniels, escritor para DallasCowboys.com, y traducido al espanol para SomosCowboys.com)
Lo mejor de este juego fue quizas saber que ninguno de los titulares clave de los Dallas Cowboys estuvo involucrado.
Con jugadores como Dak Prescott, Zack Martin, Micah Parsons y Trevon Diggs tomando la noche libre, los Cowboys se abrieron camino a tro
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The best thing about this game was perhaps knowing none of the Dallas Cowboys' key starters were involved.
With the likes of Dak Prescott, Zack Martin, Micah Parsons and Trevon Diggs taking the night off, the Cowboys stumbled their way to a 17-7 loss to the Denver Broncos in their first preseason game of 2022. As is often the case in these exhibition affairs, the play was often sloppy with lar