November 29, 2025 4:56 am
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Noah Fifita threw for 286 yards and a touchdown, and Arizona spoiled rival Arizona State’s Big 12 championship game hopes with a dominating 23-7 win. The reigning Big 12 champion Sun Devils entered the most anticipated Territorial Cup game in a decade with a slim chance of reaching the title game again. Arizona squeezed the life out of their chances with a suffocating defense that forced five turnovers and limited Arizona State to 214 total yards. Arizona State quarterback Jeff Sims, making his fourth start for the injured Sam Leavitt, threw three interceptions and lost two fumbles. His botched handoff at Arizona State’s 6 to open the third quarter set up Fifita’s 9-yard touchdown pass to Cameron Barmore.
November 29, 2025 4:55 am
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Devon Dampier passed for 253 yards and three touchdowns, leading No. 14 Utah to a 31-21 comeback win over Kansas. Elijah Davis added a 97-yard interception return for a score. The Utes, now 10-2, kept their Big 12 championship hopes alive. They need several outcomes to go their way to play for the title. Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels passed for 187 yards and a TD, but also threw three interceptions. Utah’s defense capitalized on Kansas’ mistakes, securing the win. Kansas ends its season with a 5-7 record, missing bowl eligibility for the second straight year.
November 28, 2025 4:45 am
BALTIMORE (AP) — Joe Burrow threw two second-half touchdown passes in his return for Cincinnati, and the Bengals snapped Baltimore’s five-game winning streak with a 32-14 victory over the fumble-prone Ravens. Baltimore lost three fumbles in the first half and turned the ball over five times in the game. Although the Bengals didn’t take full advantage of those miscues, Burrow and his receivers began to click in the final two quarters. Tanner Hudson made a terrific one-handed grab in the end zone for a 14-yard touchdown to put Cincinnati up 19-7, and after the Ravens answered with Keaton Mitchell’s 18-yard touchdown run, Burrow threw a 29-yard scoring pass to Andrei Iosivas in the third quarter.
November 28, 2025 4:44 am
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott threw for two touchdowns, Malik Davis sprinted 43 yards for a score and the Dallas Cowboys overcame two fourth down TD throws from Patrick Mahomes in a 31-28 Thanksgiving victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. CeeDee Lamb scored the first Dallas touchdown and finished with 112 yards on seven catches four days after drops plagued the star receiver in a victory over defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia. The Cowboys (6-5-1) have won three straight, knocking off both of last season’s Super Bowl teams in the past five days, and they dropped the defending AFC champion Chiefs (6-6) back to .500 in a matchup of playoff-chasing teams. Mahomes had four touchdown passes.
November 28, 2025 4:44 am
DETROIT (AP) — Jordan Love converted a pair of fourth downs with touchdown passes in the first half and finished with a career-high-matching four touchdown throws, leading the Green Bay Packers to a 31-24 win over the Detroit Lions on Thursday. The Packers swept the season series to earn a potential tiebreaker in the NFC North. The two-time defending division champion Lions entered the game out of the playoff picture, then fell further back in the hunt with a third loss in five games.
November 28, 2025 4:46 am
Masters and U.S. Open champion Fuzzy Zoeller has died at the age of 74. Zoeller was one of golf’s most gregarious characters and great champions. But his career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke he made about Tiger Woods at the 1997 Masters. Woods was on his way to the most dominant victory in Augusta National history. Zoeller in a CNN interview jokingly said for Woods not to serve fried chicken at the Masters Club dinner. He apologized. He says he got death threats. He said years later he had come to realize that moment would never go away.
November 27, 2025 4:57 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Rust and Kevin Hayes scored in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Wednesday night to snap a two-game losing streak. Hayes tapped in Erik Karlsson’s pass from the top of the crease with 7:26 remaining to give Pittsburgh a 3-1 lead. Jack Quinn trimmed the deficit for Buffalo with 4:18 left, and Connor Dewar had an empty-net goal for Pittsburgh in the final minute. Mathew Dumba also scored for Pittsburgh. The Penguins have won just three of last 10 games since an 8-2-2 start. Karlsson had an assist to tie Brad Park for the 12th-most assists by a defenseman in NHL history with 683. Jason Zucker also scored for Buffalo.
November 27, 2025 5:02 am
Free-agent pitcher Dylan Cease and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $210 million, seven-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical and had not been announced. Cease would join a terrific rotation with the reigning American League champions that also includes Kevin Gausman, Trey Yesavage, Shane Bieber and José Berríos. The right-hander, who turns 30 next month, went 8-12 with a 4.55 ERA in 32 starts last season for the San Diego Padres. He struck out 215 batters and walked 71 in 168 innings.
November 26, 2025 4:26 am
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes will receive a record $3.4 million from this year’s pre-arbitration bonus pool, raising his two-year total to $5.5 million under the initiative to direct more money to top younger players. Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez was second at $2.6 million, followed by Houston Astros pitcher Hunter Brown at $2.2 million, Seattle pitcher Bryan Woo at $1.5 million and Arizona outfielder Corbin Carroll at $1.3 million, according to figures compiled by Major League Baseball and the players’ association. Also topping $1 million were Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz, Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, Atlanta catcher Drake Baldwin, Milwaukee second baseman Brice Turang and Tampa Bay third baseman Junior Caminero.
November 26, 2025 4:28 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers and his broken left wrist could play on Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Buffalo Bills. Rodgers sat out Pittsburgh’s 31-28 loss in favor of Mason Rudolph. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin called the decision to sit the four-time MVP a “prudent” one. There seems to be a greater chance of Rodgers returning when Pittsburgh tries to snap out of a midseason funk against the Bills. Whichever player is at quarterback will have a new face protecting his blindside. Left tackle Broderick Jones will sit out with a neck injury.
