11:14 PM ET Sarah Barshop Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Packers for ESPN Milwaukee Marquette University graduate Alaina Getzenberg INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Buffalo Bills beat the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams 31-10 as the NFL season kicked off on Thursday night at Sofi Stadium. Buffalo Bills After going into halftime tied
8:33 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Iga Swiatek will face Ons Jabeur in the US Open women’s final after the No. 1-ranked player came back to beat No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka in the second semifinal on Thursday night. Swiatek grabbed the last four games, and 16 of the last 20 points, to
8:24 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — There was more than one opportunity for sibling rivalry Thursday in a Milwaukee Brewers–San Francisco Giants doubleheader that featured two sets of brothers. Brewers left-hander Taylor Rogers and Giants right-hander Tyler Rogers are twins who were warming up at the same time late in the opening game. Giants
4:38 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The injury-riddled New York Yankees placed infielder DJ LeMahieu on the 10-day injured list Thursday with inflammation of his right second toe. LeMahieu had been dealing with the injury for several weeks but managed to play through the discomfort until recently, missing the first three games
6:57 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Jung can’t even describe the whirlwind of emotions he has gone through the past seven months, since shoulder surgery that took away the top prospect’s opportunity to compete for a spot on the Texas Rangers roster in spring training. Now after initially thinking he might not
9:33 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Chicago White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease could win the American League Cy Young award and Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen has thrown 41⅓ consecutive scoreless innings, but both trail the leader in
5:09 PM ET The Major League Baseball competition committee is set to vote Friday on rule changes that would begin in 2023 and include a first-ever pitch clock, the elimination of the shift, bigger bases and a limit to how many times a pitcher can disengage from the rubber, according to sources familiar with the
11:00 PM ET Change is coming to the major leagues! On Friday, Major League Baseball’s competition committee is set to vote on rule changes that would begin in 2023. All of these rules have been in place in the minor leagues over the previous seasons, leading to wide-ranging changes in pace of play and on-field
8:40 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC 279 news conference was canceled Thursday at MGM Grand Garden Arena after several altercations broke out backstage among fighters on the card and their teams. UFC president Dana White attempted to keep the news conference going by bringing up the six fighters separately in twos, per fight.
8:36 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has started his season with a bang, finishing a perfect first drive with a 26-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Gabe Davis to take a 7-0 lead on the Los Angeles Rams. On third-and-1 from the Rams’ 26-yard line, Allen, on the