(Photo credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports) Darlington Nagbe's go-ahead goal in the 50th minute helped the host Columbus Crew to a 2-1 victory over CF Montreal on Saturday night in the regular-season finale for both teams. With the victory, the Crew (16-9-9, 57 points) clinched third place in the Eastern Conference and will have home-field advantage for a best-of-three first-round playoff series against Atlanta Un
(Photo credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports) Julian Fernandez scored a spectacular goal in the 64th minute and New York City Football Club beat the visiting Chicago Fire 1-0 Saturday night in Queens, N.Y., in a match that eliminated both teams from the MLS playoffs. New York (9-11-14, 41 points) will miss the postseason for the first time since its inaugural campaign in 2015. Chicago (10-14-10, 40 points) failed t
(Photo credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports) Sam Mayer claimed his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series oval-race victory in the second half of a NASCAR doubleheader at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday in the Contender Boats 300, holding off last week's race winner Riley Herbst by a mere .227-second. It marks the JR Motorsports driver Mayer's fourth series victory of the season and his career, but most important for
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 22 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer VVS Laxman offered prayers at Sri Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati on the occasion of Brahmotsavam on Saturday. Brahmotsavam is an annual festival, which is celebrated at the Tirumala Temple during the nine days of Navratri. Devotees and cricket fans gathered in the temple premises to click selfies with the iconic test cricketer, who was nicknamed
(Photo credit: Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports) HOUSTON -- While the climactic event from Game 5 of the American League Championship Series served the Houston Astros well, it did not enable them to complete their foremost task. Houston secured a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series after Jose Altuve clubbed a dramatic three-run, ninth-inning homer that yielded a 5-4 victory over the Rangers on Friday and a sweep of all thre
(Photo credit: Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK) Brett Quigley will target his second victory in as many starts as the leader entering the final round Sunday of the Dominion Energy Charity Classic in Richmond, Va. Quigley won his last PGA Tour Champions event, the Constellation Furyk Friends, on Oct. 8 in Jacksonville, Fla. He rested last week and is competing this week at the Country Club of Virgin
(Photo credit: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports) San Francisco 49ers star wide receiver Deebo Samuel will miss the next two games, according to head coach Kyle Shanahan, after he was diagnosed with a hairline fracture in his shoulder. Samuel, who was injured in last Sunday's 19-17 loss to the Cleveland Browns, won't play in Monday night's game at the Minnesota Vikings (2-4) or next Sunday's matchup with the visiting Cin
(Photo credit: Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports) CJ Baxter ran 16 yards for the winning touchdown with 5:37 remaining as No. 8 Texas made the plays it needed down the stretch to outlast host Houston 31-24 on Saturday in Big 12 Conference action. The Longhorns (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) dominated the game's first 17-plus minutes minutes when they roared to a 21-0 lead but sputtered thereafter, with Houston tying the contest at 24 on
(Photo credit: Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK) Dragan Kesich connected on four field goals and Tyler Nubin and Devon Williams each contributed a sack and forced fumble to help visiting Minnesota edge No. 24 Iowa 12-10 on Saturday in Iowa City. Minnesota (4-3, 2-2 Big Ten) snapped an eight-game losing streak in the Floyd of Rosedale trophy series in a contest that featured 18 combined punts -- and a would-be
(Photo credit: Craig Strobeck-USA TODAY Sports) Bucky Irving rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns and also scored on a reception as No. 9 Oregon rebounded from its lone loss of the season to defeat Washington State 38-24 Saturday afternoon in a Pacific-12 game in Eugene, Ore. Bo Nix, who broke the Football Bowl Subdivision record for a quarterback with his 54th career start, completed 18 of 25 passes for 293 yards and
(Photo credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports) Cameron Hite caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from third-string quarterback Santino Marucci with seven seconds left as Wake Forest pulled out a 21-17 victory against Pitt in a wild final stretch at Winston-Salem, N.C. The Demon Deacons (4-3, 1-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) scored two touchdowns andthrew an interception in an improbable final 3:02 in halting a three-game los
(Photo credit: Nell Redmond-USA TODAY Sports) Charlotte Hornets guard Frank Ntilikina sustained a non-displaced fracture of his left tibia and will be sidelined indefinitely. The Hornets said an MRI exam on Friday confirmed the injury, which happened one day earlier during a preseason game against the Boston Celtics. Charlotte said Ntilikina will be re-evaluated in four weeks. The team said it will provide a recovery ti
(Photo credit: Candice Ward-USA TODAY Sports) Securing his 300th career regular-season win has been an elusive hunt for Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. Belichick failed to reach the milestone each of the past three weeks, but he has another opportunity Sunday when the New England Patriots face the Buffalo Bills in Foxborough, Mass.Things have taken a turn for the worse for New England (1-5), which has been outscored
(Photo credit: Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports) The New England Patriots activated cornerback Jack Jones from injured reserve and placed offensive tackle Riley Reiff on the same list on Saturday. Jones, 25, is slated to make his season debut in Sunday's game against the visiting Buffalo Bills. He was placed on IR prior to the start of the season due to a hamstring injury. Jones had two interceptions -- returning one for a t
(Photo credit: Jasmin Frank-USA TODAY Sports) Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev retained his title with a first-round stoppage of Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 294 on Saturday night in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This was a rematch from UFC 284 in February, when Makhachev of Russia won by unanimous decision. Featherweight champion Volkanovski of Australia, taking the fight 11 days earlier, moved up to the 155-poun
(Photo credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports) HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Carson Hocevar secured his first NASCAR CRATSMAN Truck Series Championship 4 appearance with a victory Saturday in the Baptist Health Cancer Care 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway earning all four of his career series wins this season -- the trophy Saturday most impactful among them. Hocevar put his No. 42 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet into the lead with 11 la