4:23 PM ET Darwin Nunez joined Liverpool from Benfica in June. Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images Darwin Nunez‘s superb header broke his Anfield goal drought and earned Liverpool a narrow 1-0 victory over West Ham United in the Premier League on Wednesday. The mood was buoyant after Liverpool’s win over champions Manchester City at the
5:04 PM ET Federico Valverde, Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio scored to give Real Madrid a comfortable 3-0 win at bottom side Elche in LaLiga on Wednesday and the leaders also had three goals disallowed by VAR for offside in the build-ups. Madrid top the standings with 28 points, six ahead second-placed Barcelona who have
5:07 PM ET Manchester United moved within a point of the Premier League’s top four after a dominant 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Wednesday. After failing to get the goal their control merited in the first half, United broke the deadlock in the 47th minute when Fred‘s 20-yard effort deflected in
6:19 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Commanders quarterback Taylor Heinicke said he’s a different player than last season. Now he’ll get a chance to prove just how much. When Heinicke starts against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, he’ll be able to draw upon his 2021 experience, when he started 15 games for the
5:47 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Pro Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi, a runner-up for the Heisman Trophy at Georgia who went on to lead the Cardinals to their most recent NFL championship in 1947, died Wednesday. He was 100. The University of Georgia announced that Trippi died peacefully at his Athens home.
6:13 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady was shown on TV directing an expletive-laden tirade at his offensive line in last Sunday’s 20-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, but center Robert Hainsey said Wednesday that it’s what we wants, and it’s what their unit wants. “Everyone can call it what they want,
4:58 PM BST Fly-half Finn Russell has been omitted from Scotland’s squad for November’s autumn internationals and Stuart Hogg stripped of the captaincy as flanker Jamie Ritchie was named to lead the team in Tests against Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Argentina. Russell, once seen as a talisman for the team, was left out as
3:56 PM ET New Orleans Saints coach Dennis Allen declined to name a starting quarterback for Thursday night’s game against the Arizona Cardinals, although signs point to Andy Dalton making his fourth straight start of the season. “I think we’ll just wait ’til game time,” Allen said. Allen ruled out wide receivers Michael Thomas and
4:54 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold returned to practice Wednesday for the first time in almost eight weeks sporting a full red beard and a left ankle healed enough to give him another shot at starting in the next couple of weeks. But whether he gets a second chance to
4:59 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Cardinals wide receiver Marquise Brown will miss at least a month with a left foot injury, coach Kliff Kingsbury said Wednesday. His status beyond that is still unknown. The Cardinals will reevaluate Brown then, said Kingsbury, adding that Brown is out “indefinitely.” Brown, who injured his foot late in