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Mike Sielski: DeVonta Smith wants the ball and wants to win. Can the Eagles do both?
PHILADELPHIA — There was this aspect of DeVonta Smith’s touchdown catch in Super Bowl LIX — the 46-yard “dagger,” as Fox’s Kevin Burkhardt called it in the moment — that has stuck with me ever since. It was ...Read more
Red Sox demolished by Guardians in bullpen game gone awry
BOSTON — It’s one game out of 162, but Wednesday night was about at bad as it gets.
With no healthy starting pitchers they could trust ready and available, the Red Sox attempted to piece together a bullpen game for ...Read more
Orioles blast 3 straight homers to beat Padres, 7-5, and complete sweep
SAN DIEGO — The last time the Baltimore Orioles hit three consecutive home runs, it was Gary Sánchez, Ramón Urías and Ryan O’Hearn who teamed up to achieve the rare feat in June.
Sánchez is on the injured list. Ur...Read more
Giants' Matt Chapman suspended for role in benches-clearing incident vs. Rockies
Major League Baseball handed out the harshest punishment for Tuesday’s benches-clearing incident at Coors Field to Matt Chapman.
The San Francisco Giants third baseman was suspended for one game for his role in the ...Read more
Going back to New York is 'just another game' for Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers
PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers might have escaped New York, but seven months after his release by the Jets, he still can’t escape the back pages of the New York tabloids.
There he was Wednesday morning on the back page of...Read more
Greg Louganis sells Olympic medals as part of his journey to self-discovery (and Panama)
LOS ANGELES — Greg Louganis is starting a new chapter in his life.
The U.S. diving legend has auctioned off three of the five Olympic medals he won between 1976-1988, sold his home and is parting with most of his other ...Read more
Mike Bianchi: Magic have two Hall of Fame inductees -- Dwight Howard and, um, Billy Donovan
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic are celebrating a milestone this weekend that few NBA franchises can claim — two Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductees in the same class. For a franchise that’s spent most of ...Read more
Greg Cote's Thursday night NFL pick
The NFL’s 106th season is the 35th anniversary year for our picks in the Miami Herald, and also marks King Sport’s 20th season of kicking off in prime time on a Thursday. (Sadly, an even older tradition than the ...Read more
Angel Reese wants the Sky to do more in WNBA free agency: 'We can't settle for what we have this year'
CHICAGO — Few players are more fixated on the upcoming WNBA free agency cycle than Angel Reese.
More than 100 players will enter free agency this winter as the tumult of a two-team expansion draft and a new collective ...Read more
Fantasy football Week 1: Start, sit and sleepers
All the drafts are officially in the rearview. It’s time to see what all that studying (or lack thereof) got you.
I’m managing five fantasy teams myself — six if you count the Saturday Night Live fantasy league I’...Read more
Tigers salvage series finale vs. Mets, but Kyle Finnegan appears injured
DETROIT — It’s never nothing with these Tigers.
On a day when Casey Mize gave his most encouraging performance in a month, reliever Tommy Kahnle, entrusted again with leverage work, got some clutch outs and the Tigers...Read more
Jets guard Alijah Vera-Tucker suffers arm injury ahead of season opener: source
NEW YORK — The injury bug has hit the Jets ahead of the 2025 season.
Jets right guard Alijah Vera-Tucker has an arm injury, which could put his season in jeopardy, sources confirmed to the New York Daily News.
He is ...Read more
Red Sox rookie Roman Anthony to miss 4-6 weeks due to oblique strain
BOSTON — Ever since he debuted, Roman Anthony has been one of the driving forces behind the Red Sox’s success, and now it appears the club will have to go on without him for the remainder of the regular season.
During...Read more
Clippers deny that a firm paid Kawhi Leonard $28M for no work to evade the salary cap. NBA starts investigation.
LOS ANGELES — The Clippers forcefully denied allegations detailed in a podcast published on Wednesday that a discredited global tree-planting company paid Kawhi Leonard $28 million to pad the star forward's contract and ...Read more
Marcus Hayes: The Eagles are still the NFL's best team. Here's how they win another Super Bowl.
PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles remain the best team in the NFL.
They lost their offensive coordinator and a handful of players who served in supporting roles, but they return a Tier 1 quarterback, the best running back, the ...Read more
Chip Scoggins: As playoffs near, Cheryl Reeve must balance rest vs. rust
MINNEAPOLIS — Cheryl Reeve expressed mock delight when informed that Paige Bueckers used her homecoming to introduce Dallas Wings teammates to the Minnesota State Fair on Sunday.
Bueckers’ social media posts showed ...Read more
Jason Mackey: Mike Tomlin's description of his defense could live in infamy
PITTSBURGH — It could've been as simple as backing his players, something every coach obviously strives to do. But Mike Tomlin — intentional or not — upped the ante on the Steelers' defensive hyperbole.
No, check ...Read more
Troy Renck: Peyton Manning on potential for Bo Nix sophomore slump: 'He's made of the right stuff'
DENVER — Peyton Manning cried when he retired, but his tears paled in comparison to those shed by Broncos Country over his successors.
It took 14 attempts for the Broncos to find his long-term replacement.
The Broncos ...Read more
With baby girl in stands, Tyler Wells leads Orioles to 6-2 win over Padres
SAN DIEGO — In the span of a few months, Tyler Wells’ life was turned upside down — for good and bad.
In January 2024, Wells and his wife, Melissa, got married. Three months later, he suffered an injury that ...Read more
Padres go down early again, lose again to Orioles
There has been a fair amount of talk, in and around the Padres, about a lack of energy.
No concrete reason has been given except the theory that lack of results, both individually and collectively, have led to some ...Read more
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