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Penn State marks Joe Paterno milestone amid criticism over sex abuse scandal

Penn State University will honor the late coach, Joe Paterno today vs. Temple to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first-game Paterno ever coached. "A lot of them are just shouting we want Paterno. and they're saying this because it's the P...

Pascoe wins second gold at Rio Paralympics

Nigerian athletes have won six of their seven medals so far in powerlifting, which sees athletes within a certain weight category bench press. It's Pascoe's third medal of the Rio Paralympics , adding to the gold she won in the 100m backstroke on ...

Pep Guardiola forced into changes for Man City against Bournemouth

According to ESPN , the new agreement will see Aguero sign on until June 2020, by which point he will have just turned 32 years of age and have been a City player for nine full seasons. Asked why he had chosen the La Liga side, Nasri replied rathe...

Matt Forte leads Jets over Buffalo

The last time Fitzpatrick was here, in January, it was a nightmare. Manuel in the game - then didn't convert a fourth down run after the timeout. All that became a distant memory on this night. It was the Jets' first win in Orchard Park since 2011....

Brazil ousts the right-wing lawmaker who pushed for Rousseff's impeachment

Former President of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies Eduardo Cunha addresses a plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia Sept. 12, 2016. Cunha has warned he could tell all in a plea bargain that could compromise many in a discredited polit...

Cobb wins for first time since 2014, Rays beat Jays 8-1

He's 0 for 23 with seven strikeouts in that span. "Yesterday, I would have said no, but the fact that it's lingering, we'll know more after we get an MRI", Atkins said. The game started out on an encouraging note for the Blue Jays as Marco Estrad...

Giles, Astros lose 3-2 to Rangers

He settled for a no-decision on August 7 after allowing one run and five hits in seven innings but suffered the loss on September 3, when he was hammered for five runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 frames. In the previous two games, the team had chance...

Chargers blow 21-point lead in frustrating OT loss to the Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) greets running back Spencer Ware (32) after Ware scored a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Sept. "You've got to keep...

Manning hits Cruz for go-ahead TD, Giants top Cowboys 20-19

But he and Cole Beasley weren't good enough to convert a TD on the first possession and Dez Bryant couldn't hold onto a catch that was overturned in the end zone. If it's on the FM dial it's something you can win with. "Couldn't describe what was...

Donaldson sits out Blue Jays series opener

Smyly is 3-2 with a 2.70 ERA in nine career outings, including six starts, against the Blue Jays. Liriano, prone to bouts of wildness and inefficiency throughout his career, was the exact opposite, effectively cruising through six innings until Eva...

Case Keenum on Rams' Week 1 offense: 'This is not us'

With the San Francisco defence loaded up to stop Todd Gurley and the Los Angeles Rams running game, quarterback Case Keenum was unable to capitalize. From then on there has been plenty of questions, and concerns for the future franchise quarter...

Big 12 narrows expansion list down to 12 schools

Obviously, Colorado State's status as a Mountain West program casts doubt on the Blaudschun report as well. While they aren't conference games, Big 12 football begins Friday September 2nd when Baylor hosts Northwestern State and Kansas State visits...

Real begin Champions League defence, Leicester make bow

Along with Leicester, there are nine previous winners of the European Cup participating in the competition, including current holders and eleven time winners Real Madrid. Leicester go into the match at Jan Breydelstadion on the back of a 4-1 loss a...

Ex Boyer stands by Colin Kaepernick during national anthem

Despite the open lack of support, he was joined in San Diego by team-mate Eric Reid in taking a knee. Kaepernick hopes to be the 49ers' starter, but he is likely also in competition for a roster spot after a disappointing 2015 season during which h...

Kenny Stills: Dropped TD "an opportunity to make me stronger"

So, instead of harping on the bad of Sunday (I think most of us already did that after the game), let's focus on the positives we saw from Miami in game one of the Adam Gase era. Four plays later, Wilson hit Baldwin in the corner of the end zone ...

Stan Wawrinka wins US Open after defeating Novak Djokovic

He's not going to catch up to the top three players of the so-called Big 4 ( Federer has 17 Grand Slam championships, Nadal 14, Djokovic 12), but tennis historians might be arguing for years over whether Murray or Wawrinka is the fourth player...

Trump condemns Clinton's 'deplorables' label on his backers

He accused Clinton of having a "happy trigger", and said he would be "much slower" in making important military decisions because sending US troops into harm's way is "the most hard decision you could ever make". Clinton hit Trump on Thursday as...

Lorenzo takes record 64th career MotoGP pole position

However, once he changed the tyre, he was able to do even better, stopping the clock with a record time of 1.31 " 898, that translates as nearly 2 tenths better than the 1.32:146 the Yamaha rider set on the way to obtaining last year's pole: "I wan...

Conte: I can turn Luiz into top defender

We know that David can improve in defensive situations, but it's good and I'm very happy he has come here. "He's a positive guy", Conte said. "I'm very pleased for this". Also, I find him competitive like Barzagli. "I think you can see that last se...

Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook

Brook (36-0, 25 KOs) is bravely moving up two weight divisions to face Triple G, which makes him a massive underdog. Dominic Ingle , trainer to Kell Brook , compassionately threw in the towel before the fifth round was out to save his man from ...

US Open: Jamie Murray succeeds where brother Andy fails by reaching final

The duo only teamed up late previous year. Murray and Soares had each lost in the Flushing Meadows final with a different partner - Murray a year ago with Australian John Peers, and Soares in 2013 with Austrian Alexander Peya. Their 6-2 6-3 victory...

Steph Curry says he supports Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem protest

CURRY: I love that. In a recent interview , Kaepernick clarified these rumors and said that the scrutiny he is experiencing from the public is related to society's Islamophobia. Whether he believed that or not, I dont know, but I say that because if...

US Open 2016: Angelique Kerber beats Karolina Pliskova in final

While it's a total bummer that Serena Williams didn't make it into the U.S. Open women's final, we'll still be treated to an awesome match between Karolina Pliskova and Angelique Kerber . Kerber last won on the hard courts at Stanford in 2015, but...

Tim Tebow signs minor league contract with New York Mets

Finally on Thursday, Alderson announced that they officially offered Tebow a spot in the team, clarifying that their decision was not merely a publicity stunt. Since 2013, Tebow has been a college football analyst for ESPN . Tebow won the 2007 Hei...

MLB Rumors: New York Mets Thinking Financially by Signing Tim Tebow

Lucie, Florida, to tend to his broadcasting duties with ESPN's SEC Network, which only makes this move seem sillier. Tebow is 29, and he last played the game a dozen years ago as a high school junior. Tim Tebow can officially call himself a prof...

Mourinho, Guardiola stay cordial ahead of Manchester derby

If he is ready, he will play". "In this moment, he doesn't play". "It's a very good squad". In the style of a DraftKings fantasy football line-up, (that's one goalkeeper, two defenders, two midfielders, two strikers, and one utility player) let's t...

Manchester City boss Guardiola happy to share drink with Mourinho

So, believe me, it's on the pitch, with the players, the bigger stars. I love my job because I am with them. "It's simple like that". Arguably the two greatest coaches in the world, the pair face off at Old Trafford both armed with expensively-asse...

Serena Williams shocked by Karolina Pliskova in U.S. Open semifinals

There are, however, some key differences, including that the earlier one was at a run-of-the-mill event and the upcoming one is at a Grand Slam tournament. She was also runner-up to Serena at Wimbledon and has led the WTA Tour in match wins this seas...

Llorente backs Conte for Premier League success

Former Chelsea coach Ray Wilkins has called David Luiz "a penalty just waiting to happen". We invested in David, and I'm very happy. "David can improve in defensive situations, but I am very happy to have him here". Chelsea have made a B£6millio...

Morales homers twice, Royals score 7 in 9th to beat Twins

Gee's bounced in and out of the rotation, tossing a scoreless inning last week after giving up one earned run over six innings in his last start (against the Yankees). He now has 10 home runs against Kansas City this season, two more than any other R...

WWE Backlash 2016: Match Card, Predictions For SmackDown Only PPV

How can tonight's episode of SmackDown excite the WWE Universe for their first brand-specific Pay-Per-View? American Alpha defeated the Usos to advance to the finals of the SmackDown Tag Team Championship tournament on "WWE Backlash", but...

Midfielder: Why new Man Utd signing surprised Jose Mourinho's squad

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has bought a "welcome to Manchester" present for Claudio Bravo ahead of Saturday's derby! He was bought for £17.1m from the La Liga giants on a four-year deal - a move that paved the way for Manchester City's first choice keeper ...

IOC will co-operate with Brazilian Olympic ticket probe

He has instead appointed South Africa's Sam Ramsamy as the official representative of the IOC at the Opening Ceremony, but his absence means the sitting IOC President will miss the event for the first time since 1984. Mr Hickey (71) was arrested on A...

Record Attendance at State Fair

After enjoying the fair, we then traveled across Central and Western New York for a few days, having not been in the region since attending SUNY years ago. The Fair generates approximately $100 million annually for the local economy, and employs more...

Eagles' Rowe-to-Pats deal almost done

On the Eagles' depth chart, released Tuesday before the trade was made, Rowe was listed as the third-string cornerback, behind starter Leodis McKelvin and seventh-round draft pick Jalen Mills . Kline appeared in 14 games-starting 13-for the Pa...

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Dustin Johnson wins PGA Tour player of the year

Johnson won three times, including claiming his first major at Oakmont. The closest competitors behind Johnson in the balloting were Jason Day, Adam Scott, Rory McIlroy (who edge...

Penguins star Crosby taking it "day by day" after concussion

Such is the timeline involving concussions. If you're ready, you're ready. He certainly knows they don't come every year. Not the doctors. Not the Penguins. Now those staff members...

Ohio State opens as 9-point favorites vs Wisconsin

Ronald Reagan was finishing up his presidency, John Cooper was in his first year of coaching the Ohio State Buckeyes, and Urban Meyer was an assistant coach at Illinois State...

Tim Kaine speaks with 6abc about VP debate

During Tuesday night's vice-presidential debate, Mike Pence , the Republican, advocated an aggressive policy toward Syria, calling for a no-fly zone and strikes against the forces...

49ers name Colin Kaepernick starting quarterback

Kaep spent the first five weeks languishing on the bench because of 49ers coach Chip Kelly electing to go with Blaine Gabbert over him at the QB position. "I'm ready to go", Kae...

Kroos agrees new six-year Real Madrid deal

Kroos, who won the 2016 Champions League with Los Blancos , had his contract extension confirmed on the club's website on Wednesday afternoon. Kroos joined Real in 2014 for an i...

Green scores again, US settles for 1-1 draw vs New Zealand

His participation in that tournament meant that he was provisionally "tied" to represent only Germany in global competition. The New York Red Bulls midfielder had previously fal...

Johnny Gaudreau Signs with the Flames!

The Flames are being picked by many to return to the playoffs this season, and Gaudreau is a key part of the team's future. Gaudreau's new deal is similar to the one signed earli...

Giants WR Odell Beckham fined $24309 for taunting penalty

Odell Beckham might not be such a big fan of the number right now, though. Beckham said repeatedly Thursday he can only control what he can control. "All discussions between O...

Walcott keen to continue fine form with England

England won their opening World Cup 2018 qualifier 1-0 thanks to an injury-time victor from Liverpool's Adam Lallana. "It was a bit of misunderstanding after the last game, w...

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Formula One: Hamilton's reputation repaired but not his title challenge

Formula One: Hamilton's reputation repaired but not his title challenge

Mercedes lodged a protest against Red Bull's Max Verstappen after an aggressive move that prevented Lewis Hamilton from snatching second place at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday....

Alleged beer-throwing Blue Jays fan turns himself in

A video seen by The Associated Press appears to show Pagan throwing it. "We are confident we have made a positive ID", Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu said Thursday. Pagan, a sports cop...

NFL Football Houston Texans at Minnesota Vikings Start Time, Betting Odds

NFL Football Houston Texans at Minnesota Vikings Start Time, Betting Odds

He's also the first Viking to have two punt return touchdowns in one season. Houston is going without J.J. Watt, which will hurt a bit. Jadeveon Clowney recorded eight tackles ...

Mercedes technical chief rejects claims of sabotage

Hamilton complained of a lack of power early in FP1 and by the end of the session he was 0.215 seconds adrift of Rosberg. Red Bull and Ferrari battled for best of the race, but u...

Ross Fisher leads at halfway stage of Dunhill Links

Ross Fisher leads at halfway stage of Dunhill Links

Fisher carded seven birdies and three bogeys to take the lead after 36 holes, with Noren's compatriot Joakim Lagergren a shot back after following up his 66 on Carnoustie with a 68...