3:23 PM ET Associated Press WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice says defenseman Dustin Byfuglien will be “out for a while” after leaving Saturday’s game with a lower-body injury in the third period. Maurice, speaking to reporters on Sunday, said Byfuglien will not need surgery, but likely will not play until after the
7:17 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Atlanta Falcons waited a while, but offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian pulled out some trickery in the season finale. Quarterback Matt Ryan caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Mohamed Sanu off a trick play in the third quarter against the Buccaneers. It was Ryan’s first career reception and, of
3:09 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Giants top pick Saquon Barkley set a rookie running back record when he caught his 89th reception of the season in the second quarter of Sunday’s home game against the Dallas Cowboys. Barkley passed the previous mark set by Reggie Bush (88) in 2006 with the New Orleans
3:14 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers acquired defenseman Alex Petrovic from the Florida Panthers on Sunday for defenseman Chris Wideman and a conditional third-round pick in the 2019 draft. Petrovic, 26, has one assist in 26 games with Florida this season. Petrovic has appeared in 254 games over his five-year
7:13 AM ET The Miami Dolphins sparked their struggling offense right before halftime Sunday by pulling out their version of the Philly Special setting up a Kenny Stills-to-Ryan Tannehill touchdown. Tannehill handed the ball off to Kenyan Drake, who ran to the left side of the field and pitched to Stills. The veteran receiver, running
7:13 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Detroit Lions might not have anything to play for Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, but they did run one of the more surprising plays of the season. In the second quarter against Green Bay, the Lions ran a direct snap fake field goal that led to
8:47 PM ET If it’s cliched to suggest that New Zealand are greater than the sum of their parts, and that their team spirit adds a dynamic dimension to their game, it’s because they keep providing examples of their cohesiveness. Take what captain Kane Williamson said was the key moment in New Zealand’s victory in
2:48 PM ET LOS ANGELES — After defeating Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 on Saturday, Jon Jones made a point to say (multiple times) there is no asterisk attached to this result or his renewed status as the UFC’s light heavyweight champion. And when it’s all said and done, maybe he’ll be right. Maybe history
2:15 PM ET Associated Press Referee Walt Coleman is officiating the final regular-season game of his 30-year career at the Patriots–Jets game. Appropriately, it’s in Foxborough, Massachusetts. New Englanders remember Coleman from the snowy 2002 playoff game against Oakland in which he cited the then-obscure “Tuck Rule” to overturn a fumble call and keep the
2:22 PM ET PASADENA, Calif. — Had Ryan Day not emerged as such a capable replacement, Urban Meyer said it would have been tough to walk away from his job as the head coach at Ohio State. “Yeah, I don’t think I could,” Meyer said at Rose Bowl media day. “Because there’s too many —