NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Robert Saleh sees being in the NFL as a blessing no matter if it's the first, second or even third time around with yet another team. "We're the luckiest people in the world," Saleh said. His second chance as an NFL head coach came in Tennessee with the Titans, and he ...
NEW ORLEANS — The Drew Brees of three decades ago was disinclined to indulge fantasies of becoming a pro football star, believing instead that baseball was the sport he'd play in college. "Look, I was 6-foot, 170 pounds," the New Orleans Saints' career passing leader said in an interview ...
GENEVA — Two senior FIFA executives — coaching great Arsène Wenger and CEO-like secretary general Mattias Grafström — distanced themselves Tuesday from their boss Gianni Infantino's failed plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private investors. Wenger said in a statement he knew nothing of the $20 billion plan and that it was "absolutely necessary" to drop the proposal, and Grafström sent an email to all FIFA staff — seen by The Associated Press — calling the last week a "sad and reproachable series of events." He also said it created "turmoil which is ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers landed perhaps the best pitcher in baseball in Tarik Skubal, triggering another round of disgust over how the two-time defending champions seem to get every star they want. Bryce Harper — who might have to go through the Dodgers to reach the World Series with ...
MILWAUKEE — Spencer Horwitz hit a three-run double and the Pittsburgh Pirates extended their dominance over the Brewers this season, beating Milwaukee 4-3 on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series. Pittsburgh has won six of seven games against the NL Central-leading Brewers this season. The Pirates jumped on Brewers starter Brandon Sproat (3-7) in the third. Brandon Lowe and Bryan Reynolds singled and Esmerlyn Valdez walked. Horwitz followed with a bases-clearing double that staked Pittsburgh to a 3-0 lead. The Pirates added a run in the fourth when Endy Rodriguez led ...
The next college football power is being built on campuses from coast to coast. Not tackle, but in women's flag football. New programs are game planning and rosters full of new players will be taking snaps this fall into spring to possibly become your NCAA national champion in 2028. Women's flag football is on the fast track to gaining championship-sport status from the NCAA. There could be a national title game as early as spring 2028, before the LA Games, where flag football will make its Olympic debut. Flag football currently falls under the NCAA's "emerging sports" umbrella ...
