Month: September 2022

Boston College and Virginia Tech both hope their Atlantic Coast Conference openers go better than their season openers did. The Eagles led Rutgers throughout until a 22-yard scoring run with 2:43 left boosted the Scarlet Knights to a 22-21 victory. The Hokies lost 20-17 at Old Dominion when the Monarchs got a 1-yard touchdown run

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Adrian Peterson still wants to play in the NFL after he fights Le’Veon Bell in the boxing ring. A four-time All-Pro running back, Peterson is taking on the two-time All-Pro back Bell on Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. It’ll be the first boxing match for

By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (9-8) at HOUSTON (4-13) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS OPENING LINE: Colts by 7 1/2, according to FanDuel SportsBook. SERIES RECORD: Colts lead 31-9. LAST MEETING: Colts beat Texans 31-0 on Dec. 5, 2021, in Houston. COLTS OFFENSE: OVERALL (16), RUSH (2), PASS (26), SCORING (9). COLTS DEFENSE: OVERALL (16),

By The Associated Press The Tennessee Titans have won six of the past seven in this series against the New York Giants. The Titans are looking to follow up winning the AFC’s No. 1 seed by earning a fourth straight playoff berth. Only Kansas City has a longer active streak of winning seasons at nine

By The Associated Press Syracuse, which routed Louisville 31-7 at home in its opener, visits UConn in the Orange’s only road test before an Oct. 22 visit to No. 5 Clemson. UConn, which beat Central Connecticut 28-3 last week, is trying for its first win over an FBS opponent since beating UMass in October of

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer The 13th-ranked Utah Utes aren’t looking back at their 29-26 loss at Florida that dented their College Football Playoff hopes. They’re locked in on Southern Utah for the home opener this weekend at Rice-Eccles Stadium. The Thunderbirds are a team that recently joined the Western Athletic Conference and enter

NICE, France (AP) — The start of a match between Nice and Cologne in the Europa Conference League was delayed because of fights among supporters in the stands at Allianz Riviera stadium. UEFA said the kickoff was pushed back by 55 minutes to 7.40 p.m. local time because of crowd disturbances. TV footage showed fans

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer No. 23 Wake Forest visits Vanderbilt on Saturday with quarterback Sam Hartman set to return from a blood clot. Hartman was out indefinitely and missed the opener against VMI. He received medical clearance to return earlier this week. Hartman helped the Demon Deacons create one of the nation’s top

MILAN (AP) — Greece got another win, and a small scare as well. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 25 points in 19 minutes before leaving midway through the third quarter with an ankle issue in Greece’s 90-69 win over Estonia in the Group C finale for both teams at the EuroBasket tournament. Antetokounmpo was clearly limping after

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR is returning to one of its original venues that it left more than a quarter-century ago. The stock car body and owner of North Wilkesboro Speedway announced that the track will host the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star race next May during NASCAR’s 75th anniversary

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MONZA, Italy (AP) — There will be a new look for Ferrari at the Italian Grand Prix but some things remain very much the same as the famous Scuderia heads into its home race plagued by problems. A strange season full of botched strategy decisions and bizarre incidents continued