11:35 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After a blowout loss to the Miami Dolphins that many San Francisco 49ers called embarrassing, the Niners spent this past week hammering home the need for a sense of urgency Sunday night against the Los Angeles Rams. Lest their 2020 season slip away before they even reach the
Month: October 2020
9:56 PM ET While considering a move to the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent, center Joe Thornton of the San Jose Sharks sought as much advice as possible. He spoke with family and friends. He spoke with Joe Pavelski and Patrick Marleau, former Sharks teammates who left the team via free agency. But
9:58 PM ET New York Jets coach Adam Gase, trying to keep his winless team from fracturing, wasn’t pleased that defensive coordinator Gregg Williams took a veiled shot at the offense when speaking to reporters on Friday. Gase addressed Williams’ comments Sunday night after a 24-0 loss to the Miami Dolphins, which dropped the Jets
9:15 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Up by a score but looking for more, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan decided to be bold on fourth down early in the second quarter of Sunday night’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. On fourth-and-2 from the Rams’ 44, Shanahan kept his offense on the field.
8:30 PM ET Associated Press NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Jason Kokrak was playing for the 233rd time in his 10th season on the PGA Tour without ever having won, so he didn’t need any reminders Sunday in the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek that anything would come easily. He watched Xander Schauffele stuff a
1:22 AM ET On Saturday night, Teofimo Lopez accomplished what he sought out to do when he began his professional boxing career in 2016: beat Vasiliy Lomachenko and take over the sport. Lopez did that by getting aggressive and building an early lead on the judges’ scorecards in the lightweight unification bout against Lomachenko at
8:14 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins crowd rose to its feet, making more noise than it had at any point during a 24-0 victory over the New York Jets as rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa jogged onto the field for his first NFL action. Ryan Fitzpatrick waved his arms up and down
7:54 PM ET Don’t tell Aaron Rodgers that Super Bowl LV is at Raymond James Stadium. That hasn’t been the Green Bay Packers quarterback’s happy place. Twice, he’s left Tampa Bay injured: a shoulder in 2008 and a calf in 2014. He showed up there hoping for something different, saying this week: “I’m hoping the
7:51 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes, running back Ronald Jones rushed for two more and tight end Rob Gronkowski finally saw the end zone in a 38-10 knockout blow to the undefeated Green Bay Packers on Sunday — the Bucs’ first complete performance of the
7:49 PM ET Associated Press The University of Iowa said it would not pay a demand from eight Black former football players for $20 million in compensation for alleged racial discrimination they faced while playing for the Hawkeyes. The university general counsel’s office released its response Sunday to a 21-page certified letter dated Oct. 5