What looked like it would be a back-and-forth game between the Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers, but the Packers have run away with it, scoring 21 unanswered points since mid-way through the second quarter.
They added to their lead with a four-yard receiving touchdown from running back Josh Jacobs on their opening drive of the second half. Jacobs now has two touchdowns in the game, one rushing and one receiving. This is his first game with multiple touchdowns since Green Bay's loss to the Denver Broncos last season.
Here is a look at Jacobs' receiving touchdown, courtesy of the NFL's official social media:
The Panthers had not scored since their touchdown on the first play of the second quarter. Since then, they have punted the ball twice, and quarterback Bryce Young has thrown an interception. Their opening drive of the second half ended in a turnover on downs at midfield. However, the Panthers were able to get a field goal on their next drive, making Green Bay's lead only 14 points.
This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: WATCH: Jacobs scores 2nd TD vs Panthers to give Packers 17-point lead

#panthers #touchdown

Bayern Munich has made progress towards generating income from its campus this summer, with multiple sales of academy talents contributing to Bayern's overall summer transfer income — estimated at over €50M, per Transfermarkt.
It has been called the 'summer of the century' by Bayern honorary president Uli Hoeneß, according to an interview he gave to Kicker. However, the Bavarians are naturally hoping for more first team-ready products to emerge for themselves, to follow in the recent examples of Aleksandar Pavlović and Lennart Karl.
Via Kicker journalist Frank Linkesch, as captured by iMiaSanMia:
Speaking to kicker, Uli Hoeneß says he's very happy with the funds the club managed to raise in the summer by selling Campus players. Hoeneß has even called it "summer of the century", saying that when the Campus was established, he was thinking more about producing players for the first team than generating transfer revenue from sales.
Hoeneß calls the resulting income "a nice side effect," adding that the academy has long since paid for itself. And in an era of exorbitant salaries, it can also help ease the financial burden on the first-team budget.

#generating

There is only one way to describe Greg Rousseau's effort for the Buffalo Bills against the Houston Texans in Week 1: Game changer.
The Bills (1-0) took a 36-31 win on the road in their season opener in Houston.
The Texans' offense soon won't forget Rousseau any time soon.
Rousseau dominated the game. Despite Buffalo's shortcoming on defense by allowing 31 points, Rousseau consistently stood out.
Rousseau had four tackles, including two for loss, five quarterback hits, with two strip sacks including the game-winning takedown of Texans quarterback CJ Stroud. Rousseau knocked the ball out of Stroud's hand and it was scooped up by linebacker Terrel Bernard with only seconds left on the clock.

#bills #soon #including

Orioles 3 Jays 7
That was a much better game.
The Jays went up 2-zip in the first. Brett Bateman started the game with a walk, and scored on Vladimir Guerrero's double off the wall. Then Alejandro Kirk singled Vlad home.
And we got three more in the third. Bateman started this inning with a home run. George Springer singled and, an out later, Kirk homered. 5-0 and we could coast.
We got one in the sixth: Josh Smith was hit by pitch and Andrés Giménez doubled him home. We should have scored more that inning, but on a single Giménez rounded third, and, after Orioles third baseman faked a throw to first, tossed to SS Christian Encarnacion-Strand (covering third) and Giménez was tagged out. Not good baserunning, but that seems to be a theme lately.

#game

It's the middle of September and Pat Kelsey and company are still active in the transfer portal.
LJ Wells, a 6'8 power forward who played the last four seasons at Northern Kentucky, has committed to play for Louisville in 2026-27. Wells is the namesake plaintiff in the ongoing Wells vs. NCAA case in Jefferson County Circuit Court that earned a fifth-year of eligibility for players like Wells, D'Angelo Hutchinson, Jabari Mack, and Missouri hooper Mark Mitchell.
Wells started all 33 games for the Norse last season, posting career-best averages of 15.0 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. He also earned All-Horizon Tournament Team honors after averaging 22.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.7 ***** ists while helping NKU to the Horizon League semis, where they fell to eventual champion Wright State.
It feels weird to be adding players like this, especially when you can't be 100 percent sure if they're even going to be able to play this winter, but this is a nice depth add at a position where U of L could definitely use some additional depth.
Welcome aboard, LJ.

#last

Today, of course, is the anniversary of an event that means so much more than baseball. Twenty-five years ago, the September 11th attacks rocked the US, especially in New York. There are commemorations of all sort taking place around the country today. While the tragedy of that day in 2001 means more than baseball, in New York, the two baseball teams will honor the day in their own way: playing baseball. Starting tonight, the Subway Series is back for a weekend set, beginning on the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
To go to the baseball for a minute, Carlos Rodón will get the start for the Yankees in this one. For the season, Rodón's numbers are generally pretty good, but his habit of taking a little too long to put away batters tends to prevent him from going long. While the Yankees didn't have to use too many crucial arms, the bullpen did have to pitch a decent amount of innings yesterday, so they could use a good day from Rodón.
As for the rest of the lineup, Aaron Judge is back after getting last night off, while Anthony Volpe is at second again after his five RBI performance.
For the Mets, Nolan McLean will take the mound. He's been really good for them, posting a 3.06 ERA in 161.2 innings. Across his last dozen starts, the rookie has been even better, with an even lower ERA of 1.87.
Here's everything to know on how to catch tonight's action, and we hope you'll come join us in the game thread.

#back

Over the past few days, several national college football publications and websites have released power ranking lists for all 138 FBS college football teams following Week 0 and Week 1 of the 2026 college football season. None of these sites have been particularly kind to Rutgers following their season-opening 37-21 loss to UMass, with almost all of them dropping the Scarlet Knights by double-digit rankings. The most brutal of these sites was The Athletic, which dropped Rutgers 57 spots from 79 to 136.
First off, the ******* le of the article is "Re-ranking 138 college football teams after Week 1: LSU starts on top, Rutgers hits a new low"- not a fun start by any means. The rest of the parts of the article that mention Rutgers aren't much better.
"The most shocking win was, of course, UMass' 37-21 victory at Rutgers, ending a 16-game losing streak and 23-game Football Bowl Subdivision losing streak. For that, the Minutemen rise to No. 100. It's the first time since early in the 2025 season that UMass is not ranked last, and it's the first time in 10 years of these rankings that UMass is inside the top 100. The Minutemen's previous high was No. 102 late in the 2018 season. Congrats to UMass," said Athletic writer Chris Vannini in the article.
"Rutgers falls all the way to No. 136 for that blowout loss to UMass, which wasn't as close as the 16-point final margin would indicate. This is the new lowest position for a Power 4 team in 10 years of these rankings," said Athletic writer Chris Vannini in the article.
While Rutgers' performance against UMass is inexcusable and has put the Knights in the same ranking bracket as teams like Bowling Green, Northern Illinois, Utah State and Charlotte in the eyes of the Athletic. While Rutgers' loss to UMass is an incredibly tough pill to swallow, being rated in the bottom three teams in the country still seems a little low. Even a terrible Big Ten team should be able to stay out of there.

#Athletic

Borussia Dortmund "remain keen" on the prospect of bringing Jadon Sancho back to the club, according to a report from TEAMtalk.
The 26-year-old is still searching for a new club after leaving Manchester United and is free to join any team he wants despite the transfer window being closed, as he is currently a free agent.
Although Dortmund responded to Giannis Konstantelias' long-term injury by bringing in Ethan Nwaneri on loan from ******* nal on deadline day, the German club are still considering a move to bring Sancho back, if the report is to be believed.
It's also claimed that Sancho is in talks with at least two Premier League clubs, who have made fresh approaches for the England international in recent days.
Clubs from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the UAE are reportedly also monitoring Sancho's situation.

#clubs

MADRID (AP) — Barcelona stayed perfect in the Spanish league by cruising to a 5-0 win at Valencia on Sunday, with Lamine Yamal scoring another brace for the Catalan club.
Arsenal rallied to beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League, while Manchester United was stunned in added time to draw 2-2 at Everton.
Augsburg moved to the top of the Bundesliga by winning 4-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt, and American midfielder Giovanni Reyna scored in Strasbourg's 6-2 rout of Troyes in France.
Barcelona won its fourth game in a row at the start of the Spanish league and is the only team with a perfect record after four rounds.
Yamal scored a goal in each half following his first two goals of the season in the win against Rayo Vallecano in the previous round.

#perfect #madrid

We will update weather conditions and status of the game as information is provided.
The Middle Tennessee State football season opener against visiting Murray State on Sept. 5 is currently in a weather delay.
The delay was announced at approximately 5:25 p.m. CT — kickoff originally was scheduled for 6 p.m. CT — meaning the start still could be relatively close to schedule if no other lightning strikes are detected in the area. The teams will still have to have some warm-up time once the delay is over.
The Blue Raiders are coming off back-to-back 3-9 seasons but won their final two games last year. Murray State (0-1) opened its season Aug. 27 with a 28-14 loss to Eastern Illinois after going 1-11 in 2025.
LIVE UPDATES: MTSU football vs Murray State, live updates and scores for Week 1 game

#updates

AS Monaco have announced the squad for their upcoming UEFA Europa Conference League campaign. Folarin Balogun has been notably omitted from the squad. It comes following the breakdown of his move to Everton on transfer deadline day.
Monaco announced their UECL squad on Thursday. Balogun was not in it. Whilst Nice-Matin have reported that the USMNT international is likely to remain at Monaco, at least until the winter, there is still the possibility for him to depart. The transfer windows in Turkiye and Saudi Arabia, notably, remain open.
Balogun returned to training for Monaco on Thursday, ahead of Friday night's game against Paris Saint-Germain. He has not been included in the matchday squad for that game, however. A fitness issue had been evoked by Filipe Luís pre-match. The Brazilian manager could not give a timeline for the striker's return. This, as well as the uncertainty over his future, could explain Balogun's surprise absence from the Europa Conference League list.
Matthis Abline, Paris Brunner, and Mika Biereth are the recognised senior options at Luís' disposal.
GFFN | Luke Entwistle

#thursday #notably

Anton Harrison spent most of training camp at left tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and that is where he will stay.
This move from right tackle to left was a product of Cole Van Lanen being sidelined on the PUP list for much of camp.
Nearly every one of Harrison's regular season snaps in his first three NFL seasons have come at right tackle. So how has the transition to the left side of the line gone for him?
"I think that he is naturally someone who fits the bill for the left tackle spot," GM James Gladstone said. "And I think he would tell you that as well. It's where he's most comfortable, naturally. And I don't think anybody would say that they're concerned or have some sense of questioning whether or not he can perform at a high level there or any different than he did at right tackle."
Gladstone also mentioned that he believes right tackle best suits Van Lanen. Once he is a full-go, that is where he will be lining up.

#right #camp #naturally #anton

Shaker football coach Greg Sheeler joins the Section 2 Sports Podcast this week to discuss the upcoming 2026 season for the Blue Bison, including its season-opening game this Friday at Niskayuna.
In addition, Times Union high school sports expert James Allen joins to show to discuss the overall outlook for the 2026 Section 2 football season and other hot topics around the Capital Region high school sports scene.
With host Sean Martin, the Section 2 Sports Podcast provides a weekly look at Section 2 sports.
We strive to highlight stories focusing on teams, coaches and the student-athletes from around the Capital Region. Also, veteran Times Union high school sports reporter James Allen makes regular appearances.
New editions come out on Wednesdays.

#podcast

Lamine Camara (22) is currently undergoing a medical ahead of a move to Chelsea from Monaco before the transfer deadline, according to a report from Fabrizio Romano. As reported by RMC Sport, the Premier League club have reached an agreement in the region of €50m plus bonuses to sign the Senegalese international midfielder before the transfer window closes.
Chelsea had been in negotiations with Les Monégasques throughout deadline day to sign the 22-year-old as they searched for a replacement for Enzo Fernández (25), who looks set to join Manchester City for a record-equalling British fee of £125m. The Côte d'Azur outfit originally commanded a fee in the region of €70m, due to their lack of need to sell with Folarin Balogun seemingly joining Everton. However, after the USMNT forward failed his medical, the club have been forced to negotiate with the Blues at a much lower price in order to raise funds before the end of the window. Everything now points towards Camara joining the Blues.
GFFN | Liam Wraith

#medical

The Pittsburgh Steelers finalized their initial 53-man roster, but keeping four quarterbacks, Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Will Howard, and Drew Allar, came with severe systemic trade-offs.
On a recent episode of the "Locked on Steelers" podcast, host Christopher Carter of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sounded the alarm on how ****** ding signal-callers has severely compromised positional depth across the rest of the team.
"If you keep four quarterbacks, it's going to leave some holes somewhere that you're going to have to fill," Carter explained. "And lo and behold, they kept four quarterbacks and there are some serious holes that got to be filled."
The structural crunch is felt most acutely on the offensive line and in the secondary. The Steelers enter the regular season carrying just three active offensive tackles: starting left tackle Troy Fautanu, likely starting right tackle Dylan Cook, and rookie Max Iheanachor.
With Jack Driscoll relegated to short-term injured reserve, Pittsburgh lacks a true, proven swing tackle.

#steelers #holes

INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts have already addressed the team's glaring need for an experienced backup center behind Tanor Bortolini.
Indianapolis has traded a 2027 sixth-rounder to Buffalo to get Sedrick Van Pran-Granger and a 2027 seventh-round pick.
Van Pran-Granger, a 2024 fifth-round pick out of Georgia, has spent the last two seasons as Buffalo's backup center, making one start in each of the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
Buy Colts tickets
Indianapolis had to do something to address the backup center position. The Colts are set with a rising young star, Tanor Bortolini, in the middle, but Indianapolis lost former backup Danny Pinter to a starting opportunity in Baltimore this offseason.

#colts #pick

The NASCAR Cup Series Chase field was set after the ****** e Zero 400 race on Aug. 29 at Daytona.
Ryan Preece clinched a Chase spot via his first career win in a frantic final lap at Daytona.
Austin Cindric joined him, clinching with a sixth-place run. Shane van Gisbergen dropped out of the top 16 following a 27th-place finish, giving up track position with a pit stop before the overtime restart.
Denny Hamlin clinched the Chase's top seed last week at New Hampshire and goes into the Chase with a 25-point lead.
Here's a look at the 16 NASCAR Cup Series Chase drivers, with the 10-race Chase beginning next week at Darlington:

#week #zero

Nottingham Forest have launched an ambitious bid to sign Everton's teenage midfielder Harrison Armstrong.
Forest are keen to strengthen before the end of the transfer window and, as reported by The Athletic, are preparing to offer £40m plus a potential sell-on clause to clinch a deal for Armstrong.
It would be a major surprise should Everton sanction a deal, but there is hope at Forest that they can pull off the move to prise away the elegant England under-19 star, who is regarded as having a big future ahead of him.
Armstrong, 19, has made 23 appearances for Everton and started in their 2-0 Premier League win against Crystal Palace last week.
As yet, there are no indications as to whether Everton will agree to sell.

#forest #everton #deal #premier

Bolton Wanderers have signed Gent midfielder Atsuki Ito for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal.
The 28-year-old ****** an international scored six goals in 63 league appearances for the Belgian side.
Ito is the 11th player to join Bolton, who host Lincoln in the Championship on Saturday, in this summer's transfer window.
"I had a really passionate approach from the club and it made me want to play here," he told the club website.
Meanwhile, the club have terminated the contract of defender Cyrus Christie by mutual consent.

#club #bolton #belgian

Bears coach Ben Johnson makes bold claim about D'Andre Swift originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
D'Andre Swift joined the Chicago Bears back in 2024, signing a three-year free-agent contract. Now, he's back with Ben Johnson, whom he worked with during his time at the Detroit Lions, and things are going swimmingly well, according to Johnson.
Chicago wants to get to that final game, and Johnson is obviously an offensive-minded coach. With that in mind, it's an important year for Swift and time for him to step it up.
Johnson believes he'll do just that. In fact, the head coach is giving Swift some major props going into the fresh season.
Speaking with the press on Thursday amid the team's joint practice, Johnson sang the praises of Swift.

#back #year

Braden Smith said he was never worried that there would be room for him on the Pacers' roster. It took nearly two months for ***** e to open up so that the Purdue All-American point guard could sign the two-way contract he was told on draft night was coming, but he never believed they would pull the offer. "Though the whole process, I knew it was going to end up like it did," Smith said Monday before the Pacers Foundation Charity Softball Classic at Victory Field. "I already had an idea. Plus, the contract doesn't really need to be signed until November-ish, so I was just like, 'Stay with it. Get in. Get better.' That's the main focus."
This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: "I already had an idea. Plus, the contract doesn't …

#Pacers #already #idea #braden

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- The San Diego Padres' (71-62) offense was again non-existent against the Pittsburgh Pirates (65-69), who did just enough to squeeze out a 1-0 victory.
In what had been a scoreless game in the top of the ninth inning with two outs, Padres closer Mason Miller threw a 98 mph changeup that Oneil Cruz launched into right field. His 17th home run of the season gave the Pirates the game's only run.
"He's human," Padres manager Craig Stammen said.
Miller had the quote of the night.
"Humans can be idiots sometimes," Miller said. "Tip your hat. Good swing. Crushed it obviously. But I just can't be throwing that pitch (a changeup) in that spot."

#Padres #miller #diego #pittsburgh

Some stories you know will take off, generating so much reader response that my text message group here with IndyStar readers will overheat. History – 12 years on this job – tells me that. Any time I write about the Indiana Fever, for example. Or about Indianapolis Colts QB Anthony Richardson. Just one of those things you know will happen, before it happens.
Other stories, you know will take off – not from the topic's ubiquity, but its uniqueness. A column on Warren Central two-sport athlete-turned-broadcast journalist Michael Grady, who scraped and hustled his way to the top of this media market and is now doing the same nationally with the WNBA, NBA and NFL? That column is going to take off. People love reading about a local who's made it big.
And then there are stories like the Indiana Pacers coming to terms with DAZN on a deal that guarantees Pacers fans access to games on local TV and guarantees the streaming experience – a problem for Pacers games since 2021 – will be of the highest quality.
That column? You write it, because it's important, but you figure it won't generate a huge response. The column is obvious and happy, and readers would rather complain about Fever trolls or Colts QB's or whatever. Some things, you just know.
But sometimes you're wrong.

#stories

One Liverpool player felt the wrath of both Andoni Iraola and Virgil van Dijk during the 2-2 draw against Newcastle on Sunday.
Milos Kerkez is now the undisputed first choice at left-back for the Reds after Andy Robertson's summer exit for Tottenham Hotspur, but the Hungarian endured a difficult afternoon at St James' Park.
He was outpaced by Anthony Elanga for the Magpies' opening goal in the first five minutes and struggled to make much of an impact going forward, with his performance criticised by Liverpool Echo reporter Ian Doyle.
In an article for the Liverpool Echo on Monday, that same journalist noted two separate instances involving the 22-year-old which earned him an earful from his head coach and his captain.
Doyle observed how Iraola 'struggled to keep his emotions in check' as Kerkez 'took an eternity' to close down Elanga before conceding a corner kick, with the Basque left remonstrating on the touchline as he was 'not a happy camper – at all'.

#first #andoni

The Alabama high school fall sports season has begun, and The Tuscaloosa News is back with our Athletes of the Week.
Readers can decide which athlete from the Tuscaloosa area had the most impressive performance each week. Below are our Boys Athlete of the Week nominees and poll for the beginning of the fall sports season, Aug. 20-21. There is a separate poll for The Tuscaloosa News Girls Athlete of the Week.
Nominees for athlete of the week come from our top performers list the week before. Coaches and team stat keepers can send in stats to nominate players for top performer lists to sportstuscaloosanews.com by 11 p.m. Friday.
Voting will last until noon Thursday, Aug. 27.
TOP PERFORMERS: Hale County's Marcus Bryant Jr. leads top performers with 6 touchdowns

#tuscaloosa #nominees #alabama

San Francisco (52-76) opened a three-game series against Boston (69-59) on Friday. The Red Sox won the series opener, 6-4, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
Former Vol Drew Gilbert started in center field for the Giants and went 2-for-3. He hit a two-run home run 389 feet off former Vanderbilt pitcher Sonny Gray in the fourth inning.
Gilbert totaled two RBIs, one run and one strikeout against the Red Sox.
Gray (16-3) earned his 16th win of the season and pitched six innings. He recorded six strikeouts and 97 pitches, including 60 strikes, against 27 batters.
San Francisco designated hitter Rafael Devers and Boston first baseman Willson Contreras also hit one home run each in the contest.

#Friday #fenway #park

Welcome to the 2026 football season!
Tonight's the night as 10 of our 14 teams take the field for the first time. Stay with us all night as we update the scores live and bring you any other news that pops up.
Let's see how the first Friday unfolds together.
Santa Rosa Academy at Cathedral City
Desert Hot Springs at Tahquitz

#Friday #academy

SOUTH BEND — Former Notre Dame football defensive end Junior Tuihalamaka might get another crack at college football after all.
After going undrafted and unsigned in the spring, Tuihalamaka was among 16-plus football players named in a successful class action lawsuit on the part of 2022 signees who were not given a fifth year of eligibility under the NCAA's new age-based eligibility parameters.
According to On3.com, the 6-foot-2, 255-pound edge rusher has entered the transfer portal as of Thursday afternoon, Aug. 20.
A product of Granada Hills, CA, Tuihalamaka has a younger brother, Alifeleti, who gave his nonbinding commitment to USC in early May as part of the 2027 recruiting class. The younger Tuihalamaka is a four-star defensive lineman listed at 6-4 and 260 pounds.
Niuafe "Junior" Tuihalamaka was credited with a combined 45 quarterback pressures over his final two seasons with the Irish. A core special teams performer in his first three seasons, including his freshman year in 2022, Tuihalamaka backed up Boubacar Traore off the edge in 2025.

#class #year #eligibility

Caitlin Clark already owns a lot of basketball records, is bound to set more and is seeking a WNBA championship with the Indiana Fever.
The numbers and trophies aren't prominent in what she hopes her legacy will be when she stops playing basketball, Clark said before the Fever's game Tuesday night, Aug. 18, against the Toronto Tempo.
"And I hope, you know, when I'm done playing one day, that's what people remember the most about me, is the way I've been able to unite people to cheer on basketball and love a game, or bring people together to, you know, love a sport in a way that they've maybe never have before," Clark said.
Clark averages 22.1 points (third in the league), 8.3 ******* ists (first) and 3.8 rebounds per game as the Fever have won five straight games and stand third in WNBA standings.
Buy Caitlin Clark merch!

#game #know

For all the hoopla about LSU football's claim to the DBU moniker, the program is more of a wide receiver factory than anything else. Jack Marucci, the program's Director of Program Innovation, found that since 2000, LSU wide receivers who start at least 10 games for the Tigers have an 86 percent chance of making it to the NFL.
Even with LSU's anemic offense in 2025, Zavion Thomas still went top-100 in April's draft, while Barion Brown was a seventh-round pick. With Lane Kiffin, Charlie Weis Jr., and new passing game coordinator George McDonald calling the shots, explosive plays downfield ought to be on the menu for the Tigers in 2026.
Today we preview LSU's wide receivers and tight ends.
Player
Height/Weight

#tigers