1:40 AM ET OAKLAND — Some 56,000 jilted and full-throated hometown fans let short-time former Oakland Raiders receiver Antonio Brown know how they felt about him with derisive chants of “F— AB!” on every big Oakland play Monday night against the Denver Broncos — and there were many in the course of the Raiders’ 24-16
Month: September 2019
6:17 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — There is nothing quite like one last trip to the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum to deflate the optimism of summer as the mistake-prone Denver Broncos wobbled early, stumbled later and couldn’t rebound in a season-opening 24-16 loss to the Oakland Raiders First-year coach Vic Fangio certainly passed the offseason test as
It is the 83rd minute of India’s World Cup qualifier against reigning Asian Champions Qatar. The score is 0-0 (and stays that way). Doha is growing impatient. Over the past year, the home fans have gotten used to seeing their side swat away opponent after opponent. Lebanon. North Korea. Saudi Arabia. Iraq. South Korea. The
12:48 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Despite trading for left tackle Laremy Tunsil right before the start of the season, the Houston Texans‘ offensive line struggled in Houston’s 30-28 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Monday night. In 2018, quarterback Deshaun Watson was sacked an NFL-high 62 times, for an average of 3.9 times
12:32 AM ET OAKLAND — Oakland Raiders cornerback Gareon Conley sustained a neck injury and was strapped to a gurney and taken off the field on a cart with 5:06 remaining in the third quarter of the Raiders’ season opener against the Denver Broncos on Monday night. Conley gave a thumbs up with his right
12:17 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Another controversial officiating mistake nearly cost the New Orleans Saints in their return to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Monday night. NFL senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron admitted that the Saints should have had 15 more seconds to work with during their hurry-up drive at the end of
The Socceroos have beaten Kuwait 3-0. Australia commenced their World Cup qualification campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win over Kuwait on Tuesday. Aaron Mooy put an emphatic punctuation mark on Mathew Leckie‘s first-half brace to give the Socceroos the ideal start on the road to Qatar 2022. Positives With the opponent and sweltering conditions in
12:06 AM ET Marshawn Lynch said he has joined the ownership group of a new professional arena football team that will call Oakland, California, its home starting next spring. Lynch, speaking to The Mercury News, said the idea and opportunity to help keep football in his native city was born when he was watching his
12:01 AM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — Zack Greinke struck out five in six strong innings, Robinson Chirinos and Yordan Alvarez each homered twice as Houston hit a major league-record six home runs in the first two innings, and the high-scoring Astros routed the Oakland Athletics 15-0 Monday night for their fifth straight victory.
French Football Association President Noel Le Graet does not want games stopped for anti-gay chants. French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet said he wanted referees not to interrupt matches in case of anti-gay chants, despite new rules introduced by the FFF this season that permit such interruptions. The FFF introduced new rules this season