Most of the top players for both teams sat out the preseason opener between the Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which allowed lower-on-the-depth-chart players an opportunity in the Dolphins’ 26-24 exhibition win on Saturday night at Raymond James Stadium. Quarterback Skylar Thompson, the rookie seventh-round pick who got the start with Tua...
The funny thing about greatness, at least when it comes to starting pitchers, is that it can be defined by the things that don’ t happen. Rather than big, grand spectacles or heroic, one-off displays, a great starting pitcher is more metronomic, repeating the same thing over and over until it becomes wholly expected. He is the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.
Initially, the complex -- started by lightning on Aug. 5 -- comprised 12 fires. There are now five.
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa indeed is not playing the team’ s preseason opener on Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Dolphins listed Tagovailoa among 17 players that won’ t dress for the exhibition, announced 90 minutes before kickoff at Raymond James Stadium. Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel appeared to be leaning that way in his...
BOSTON— The struggle was obvious Friday night. A team that was hitting. 244/. 330/. 442 with a. 771 OPS— second in the big leagues only to the Dodgers— has hit. 220/. 302/. 355 with a. 657 OPS in the last dozen games. Still, the Yankees manager said that he is confident in his lineup and they will be even more so when Giancarlo Stanton comes off the injured list.
The two injured infielders, Jeff McNeil and Eduardo Escobar, were lifted from the game in the same inning on Friday. Escobar experienced tightness in his left side and McNeil suffered a thumb laceration when Phillies’ first baseman Rhys Hoskins stepped on it. Billy and everybody, we’ re kind of prepared if we want to cover some things.
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The man accused in the stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie pleaded not guilty Saturday to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called a “preplanned” crime, as the renowned author of “The Satanic Verses” remained hospitalized with serious injuries.
Guards Aaron Banks and Spencer Burford impressed in the 49ers' preseason opener but injuries impacted other linemen, including potential center Daniel Brunskill.
At his introductory news conference last year, Ravens wide receiver Rashod Bateman was asked whom he models his game after. The first-round draft pick’ s answers made sense: Keenan Allen and Davante Adams, two perennial Pro Bowl wideouts better known for their releases at the line of scrimmage than any scouting combine measurables. In one-on-one work, Bateman...