October 18, 2022 3:51 am
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) – Dustin Hopkins kicked four field goals, including a 39-yarder with 2:38 remaining in overtime, and the Los Angeles Chargers rallied for a 19-16 victory over the Denver Broncos. The Chargers have won three straight to improve to 4-2. They are tied with Kansas City atop the AFC West. The game appeared to be headed toward a tie until Denver’s Montrell Washington muffed JK Scott’s punt at the Broncos 32-yard line. It was recovered by Deane Leonard at the 28.
October 18, 2022 3:49 am
NEW YORK (AP) – The decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees has been postponed by rain after a 2 1/2-hour delay and rescheduled for Tuesday at 4:07 p.m. Both teams took batting practice ahead of the scheduled 7:07 p.m. start. Major League Baseball announced a delay at 6:20 p.m., rain started falling at 7:30 p.m. and the postponement was announced at 9:38 p.m. It was the second postponement of the series following Game 2 at Yankee Stadium being pushed back a day until last Friday. Cleveland or New York will start the AL Championship Series at Houston on Wednesday night.
October 18, 2022 3:53 am
North Carolina is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. The national runner-up from last season returns four of five starters and received 47 of 62 first-place votes. Gonzaga is No. 2, followed by Houston and Kentucky. Kansas and Baylor, the last two national champions, are tied for fifth. Duke, led by new coach Jon Scheyer, is seventh with UCLA, Creighton and Arkansas rounding out the top 10. The Big 12 and SEC lead the way with five teams apiece in the Top 25.
October 17, 2022 3:52 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Mitch Trubisky came on for an injured Kenny Pickett to throw a 6-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and the Pittsburgh Steelers stunned Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-18. The Steelers (2-4) snapped a four-game losing streak by relying on a largely anonymous defense missing almost its entire starting secondary. Brady struggled to take advantage behind an offensive line that had issues protecting him. The 45-year-old completed 25 of 40 passes for 243 yards. His 11-yard touchdown strike to Leonard Fournette cut Pittsburgh’s lead to two with less than 5 minutes to go. Steelers linebacker Devin Bush broke up the 2-point conversion. Pittsburgh sealed the win by draining the rest of the clock.
October 17, 2022 3:50 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett left the game against Tampa Bay after entering the league’s concussion protocol. Pickett’s head appeared to hit the turf after being legally pushed to the ground by Tampa Bay linebacker Devin White just after releasing a pass in the third quarter. Pickett lay on the Acrisure Stadium turf for several seconds before getting up on his own. Pickett was replaced by Mitch Trubisky, who lost his starting job to Pickett at halftime of a loss to the New York Jets on Oct. 2.
October 17, 2022 3:56 am
CLEVELAND (AP) – Gerrit Cole gave New York what it needed, seven solid innings and Harrison Bader hit a two-run homer as the Yankees saved their season and forced a decisive fifth game in the AL Division Series with a 4-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians. New York’s $324 million man, Cole allowed two runs and struck out eight in beating the Guardians for the second time in six days. Bader homered for the third time in the best-of-five series, connecting in the second inning off Cal Quantrill. After blowing Game 3, the Yankees’ bullpen followed Cole with two scoreless innings. In Game 5 on Monday night, New York will start Game 2 loser Jameson Taillon at Yankee Stadium against Aaron Civale. The winner meets Houston in the ALCS.
October 16, 2022 1:28 am
#20 Carnegie-Mellon held Washington & Jefferson to 55 yards offense after intermission and rallied from a 7-0 halftime deficit to beat the Presidents, 12-7. W&J had rolled up 225 yards in the first half but managed only one score, that a 41-yard Jake Pugh-to-Keaton Hall fourth-down conversion. Three times earlier in the half, W&J had the ball inside the Tartans’ 35 yard line including first downs at the Tartans’ 14, 34 and 25 yard lines on consecutive possessions but came away empty. W&J’s defense played well enough to win, holding CMU’s offense to a pair of Cole Hanna field goals. The winning points came midway through the fourth quarter when Colton Jones threw a Pick Six for the second straight week, intercepted by Logan Young and returned 42 yards for the winners’ only touchdown of the game. Including sacks, W&J had -21 yards rushing in the second half and just 76 yards passing, 25 of those yards on a final desperation possession. The loss drops W&J to 3-2 in the PAC and almost certainly out of the race for the conference title and NCAA playoff bid. The win is Carnegie-Mellon’s first in Washington since 1982.
October 16, 2022 7:53 am
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Donovan Edwards ran for a go-ahead, 67-yard touchdown and Blake Corum had a 61-yard run for a score on consecutive snaps in the third quarter as No. 5 Michigan pulled away and beat No. 10 Penn State 41-17. The Wolverines finished with 418 yards rushing against a team that was giving up fewer than 80 yards rushing a game to rank among college football’s leaders. Michigan was dominant for much of the first half but led by just two points because it settled for field goals after stalling at the 5 twice and at the 11 once.
October 16, 2022 7:52 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have placed rookie defensive end DeMarvin Leal on injured reserve. The third-round pick out of Texas A&M is dealing with a knee injury. Leal joins a long list of Pittsburgh defensive players who will miss a visit by Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and cornerbacks Cam Sutton, Levi Wallace and Ahkello Witherspoon are also out due to injury. The Steelers are 1-4 and have dropped four straight since a Week 1 victory over Cincinnati.
October 16, 2022 7:50 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel led the way, as the Pittsburgh Penguins scored four third-period goals to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Saturday. Crosby had a goal and two assists, while Guenztel added a goal and a helper. Danton Heinen and Bryan Rust scored power-play goals, while Jeff Carter and Rickard Rakell also scored for the Penguins, who have outscored the opposition 12-4 in two games this season. Tristan Jarry made 34 saves for his second win, as Pittsburgh routed Arizona on Thursday. Steven Stamkos scored his fourth of the season and Brayden Point his first for the Lightning, who closed a season-opening three-game road trip.
