Bengals linebacker suspended 5 games
CINCINNATI — Linebacker Vontaze Burfict missed the first three games last season because of his hit to Antonio Brown’s head in the pl...
QB becomes NFL's highest paid player
Matthew Stafford’s deal is done, and the Detroit Lions quarterback is - for now, at least — the highest paid player in NFL history.
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HOUSTON — Hurricane Harvey has forced both the Houston Astros and Houston Texans to play home games miles away from the flood-stricken city with players wondering when t...
HAMILTON, Ontario — The Canadian Football League and Hamilton Tiger-Cats say former Baylor coach Art Briles will not be joining the team as an assistant coach after all....
CHICAGO — Mike Montgomery pitched six-hit ball into the eighth inning and helped himself at the plate, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 6-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pira...
NEW ORLEANS — The Saints have acquired veteran long snapper Jon Dorenbos from the Philadelphia Eagles for a seventh-round draft pick in 2019.
Dorenbos is a two-time for...
MIAMI — During his home run binge, Giancarlo Stanton is also content to settle for singles.
Stanton went 8 for 10 to lead the Miami Marlins to a three-game weekend sweep...
Mayweather stops McGregor in 10th
LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. figured out a 50th opponent, letting Conor McGregor have the early rounds before stalking him late and ...
CINCINNATI — Andrew McCutchen was angry that plate umpire Jeff Kellogg wouldn’t let him call time to get ready to hit in the fourth inning.
McCutchen didn’t need Kellogg...
LOS ANGELES — Brewers minor-league infielder Julio Mendez suffered a heart attack Saturday night when hit in the chest by a pitch while playing for the rookie-ball club ...