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Getty Images The Cleveland Browns are reportedly turning to a former No. 1 overall pick to help turn their season around. The Browns are planning to start Jameis Winston at quarterback for Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens, according to Bleacher Report.  Winston is slated to fill in for Deshaun Watson, who will miss the […]

Two teams with ambitions of finishing in the top eight of the league phase will meet despite less-than-ideal starts to Champions League play when Barcelona host Bayern Munich. Each has already dropped a match in this expanded UCL field and while there won’t be issues for either finishing in the top 24 teams of this […]

Another new NIT selection process announced Tuesday by the NCAA will distribute 16 bids to “exempt” teams meeting certain criteria. It marks the second year in a row that criteria for NIT access has changed as the event seeks to solidify its place in an evolving postseason landscape. The move comes amid the advent of […]

Eight weeks into the 2024 college football season, clarity is still hard to come by.  Who will win the Heisman Trophy? Who will make the College Football Playoff? The candidates pool for both has shrunk, but it still feels as wide open as it has in a long time, a credit to the new 12-team […]

PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain once again made a UEFA Champions League game at Parc des Princes harder than it needed to be by falling 1-0 behind to PSV Eindhoven before ultimately fighting back to draw 1-1 on Tuesday evening in the third round of League Phase play. For much of the game against PSV it […]

Getty Images One of the year’s best mixed martial arts fights is on Saturday. Ilia Topuria and Max Holloway fight for the UFC featherweight title in the main event of UFC 308. Topuria (15-0) defends his featherweight crown and undefeated record against former champion Holloway (26-7). Holloway rejuvenated his career after his third loss to […]

Legendary Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela has died, the team announced Tuesday. He was 63. Valenzuela will be honored when the 2024 World Series begins at Dodger Stadium on Friday. “Fernando Valenzuela was one of the most impactful players of his generation,” commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “… We will honor Fernando’s […]

LOS ANGELES — Four minutes left in the second quarter, it was time.  LeBron James and his son, Bronny, rose from the Lakers bench and walked toward the scorer’s table.  The crowd noticed slowly, the noise building incrementally. First as a rustle. Then cheering. Finally there came a rush of excitement that LeBron and Bronny […]

Week 7 of the 2024 NFL season produced crushing injuries for multiple NFC contenders, especially at the wide receiver position. San Francisco’s Brandon Aiyuk suffered a major knee injury and will reportedly miss the remainder of the season, while teammate Deebo Samuel was hospitalized with pneumonia. On Monday, Tampa Bay’s Mike Evans left the team’s […]

Vinicius Junior stole the show on Tuesday, scoring a second-half hat trick for Real Madrid as they completed a come-from-behind 5-2 victory over Borussia Dortmund in UEFA Champions League action. The Brazil international completed his hat trick in 31 minutes, saving his most stunning strike for last. Vinicius received the ball about midway into Dortmund’s […]