6:37 PM ET LANDOVER, Md. — Washington Commanders quarterback Carson Wentz defeated his former coach, won his first game with his new team and showed his new one what it’s like to have him as a quarterback — all the bad and the good. In Wentz’s first game with Washington, he threw for 313 yards
Month: September 2022
6:15 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers receiver Keenan Allen left Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders because of a hamstring injury. Allen suffered the injury in
5:10 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla — New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones suffered a back injury in Sunday’s season-opening 20-7 loss to the Miami Dolphins and required X-rays on it after the game. The team canceled his scheduled news conference. Jones finished 21-of-30 for 213 yards, with one touchdown and one interception. He was
4:33 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Baker Mayfield didn’t get his revenge against the Cleveland Browns, but he came close. After looking dreadful for almost three quarters, Mayfield led the Carolina Panthers to 17 fourth-quarter points and the lead before the Browns spoiled his revenge party with a 58-yard field goal by rookie kicker Cade
4:31 PM ET The Pittsburgh Steelers believe star pass-rusher and reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year T.J. Watt suffered a torn pectoral during Sunday’s 23-20 overtime win against the Bengals in Cincinnati, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Watt is scheduled to undergo scans Monday to confirm diagnosis, the source said. 1 Related Both
4:30 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season — we saw it all. Turnovers were the name of the game with the Pittsburgh Steelers forcing five against Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow — including a pick-six. But the teams went back and forth until the Steelers won it in overtime with a
4:10 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa says he is recovering well from having a pacemaker inserted for his heart and is uncertain when he’ll return to run the club. La Russa was back with the White Sox in Oakland on Sunday to celebrate Dave Stewart having
12:53 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Tampa Bay reliever Brooks Raley will miss the Rays‘ five-game, four-day series at Toronto because players must be vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter Canada. Rays manager Kevin Cash said Sunday that Raley will be the only player not making the trip. Raley, 34, will lose $93,407 of
4:56 PM ET Associated Press Anthony Varvaro, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who retired in 2016 to become a police officer in the New York City area, was killed in a car crash Sunday morning on his way to work at the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in Manhattan, according to police officials and his
4:49 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit his 697th home run and moved past Alex Rodriguez for fourth place on the career list, connecting Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pujols hit his 18th home run of the season, a two-run drive in the ninth inning that put the