GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs still has the support of his coach and general manager, who remain optimistic the three-time Pro Bowler will come off the commissioner's exempt list and play sometime this season. Jacobs was placed on the exempt list after being ...
BERLIN — The U.S. women's national team is short on practice time heading into a major competition where anything less than winning a gold medal is considered a failure. The Americans will have to jell quickly if they hope to win a fifth straight FIBA women's World Cup. The tournament begins Friday, when the U.S. plays China in one of eight games in Berlin. The Americans already have had a couple of practices in Berlin since their staggered arrivals, marking the first time that the 12 players on the squad were together as a team. The U.S. is working in a bunch of young, new players ...
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings have signed 13-year veteran outside linebacker Kyle Van Noy to their practice squad, adding some needed depth and experience at the edge rusher position. Van Noy, who was a free agent after playing the last three seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, agreed to join the Vikings on Tuesday night after visiting team headquarters. He was among four additions to the practice squad announced by team on Wednesday. Van Noy, who joins his fifth team in seven years, has 57 sacks in 173 career regular-season games after playing primarily on the inside earlier ...
After its soft launch last week, college football holds its grand opening on Labor Day weekend. It's certainly not as grand as last year, when there were three Top 25 matchups, but fans hungry for football will find motivation to tune in as the race for the College Football Playoff ...
English soccer flexed its unrivaled spending power by embarking on an unprecedented $4.7 billion outlay on players in the summer transfer window — and Manchester City saved the biggest signing of the lot right to the very end. Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez became one of the most ...
TEMPE, Ariz. — An Arizona State hockey player and St. Louis Blues draft pick is still hospitalized nearly two weeks after collapsing during an offseason workout and an attorney representing his family is searching for answers. Defenseman Matthew Mayich is still incapacitated from an Aug. 20 on-campus workout and his condition is highly unlikely to change, according to attorney Rob Carey. "He is twenty-one years old," Carey told The Associated Press on Tuesday night. "His family is at his side, and they are grateful for the support they've received from the hockey community and from ...
