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Patriots win Jerod Mayo's debut as coach, beating mistake-prone Bengals 16-10 09/08/2024 07:15pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Jacoby Brissett didn't have to be spectacular in his first start for the Patriots. The journeyman quarterback had Rhamondre Stevenson to run the ball against the Cincinnati Bengals, who didn't put up much of a fight. Stevenson rushed for 120 yards and a first-quarter touchdown, J A season of high expectations begins with a thud for the Atlanta Falcons 09/08/2024 07:07pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A season of high expectations began with a thud for the Atlanta Falcons. Kirk Cousins struggled in his debut, hardly looking like a $180 million quarterback. Mercedes-Benz Stadium was sold out, but sounded more like Pittsburgh South at times. And even with the Steelers forced to go Bengals have issues beyond Ja'Marr Chase's holdout in dud of a season opener 09/08/2024 06:58pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Ja'Marr Chase's holdout and limited preseason practice time were hardly the only issues for the Cincinnati Bengals in their dud of a season opener. Chase took the field Sunday against the New England Patriots after leaving everyone guessing about whether he would. The star receiv Derek Carr and the Saints rout the Panthers 47-10 in Klint Kubiak's play-calling debut 09/08/2024 06:52pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It took Derek Carr and the Saints' new offense one series to produce a touchdown on an explosive play — and one half to score 30 points. New Orleans' defense didn't look too bad, either. Carr passed for three touchdowns and the New Orleans Saints scored on their first nine pos Santiago Espinal hits 2-run double to lift Reds over Mets 3-1 09/08/2024 06:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Santiago Espinal hit a tie-breaking, two-run double in the ninth inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-1 victory and snap the New York Mets’ nine-game winning streak on Sunday. Minutes after the Mets lost, the Atlanta Braves beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 to move into a tie w Freeland works 6 solid innings, Hillard and Goodman hit homers as the Rockies beat the Brewers 4-1 09/08/2024 05:51pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kyle Freeland pitched one-run ball for six innings and Sam Hillard hit a three-run homer as the Colorado Rockies beat the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 on Sunday. Freeland (5-7) allowed an unearned run on three hits and struck out four for his ninth quality start of the Braves rally to beat Blue Jays 4-3 in the 11th, move into a tie with Mets for final NL wild card 09/08/2024 05:25pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Sean Murphy's infield ground ball with the bases loaded scored a sliding Eli White in the 11th inning, and the Atlanta Braves rallied for a gritty 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. The Braves now have 12 extra-inning wins, which leads the big leagues. They took two of th Wacha tosses 7 innings of 4-hit ball, Royals top Twins 2-0 for sweep of closest AL wild-card pursuer 09/08/2024 05:15pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Michael Wacha pitched seven innings of four-hit ball, Garrett Hampson and Salvador Perez drove in runs and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 2-0 on Sunday to complete a series sweep of their closest pursuers in the AL wild-card race. Wacha (12-7) struck out se Paralympic Games end with a Parisian electro-dance party after 2 world records on final day 09/08/2024 05:09pm • PARIS (AP) — The Paralympic Games ended Sunday with two world records and a spectacular light show during a closing ceremony dominated by French electronic music Jean-Michel Jarre got the party underway at the Stade de France, coaxing dance moves from athletes, volunteers and spectators on a day w CFP Bracket Watch: More Southeastern Conference teams in 12-team field after Week 2 09/08/2024 02:16pm • Haters of the Southeastern Conference got a glimpse of a nightmare College Football Playoff scenario two weeks into the season. Using the AP Top 25 to set a projected 12-team bracket, half of the field would be SEC teams, including two-thirds of the top nine seeds. The SEC surge comes on the heels o College Football Corner: Terps tumble, Cavaliers come up big, plus 'buyer beware' in South Bend 09/08/2024 02:14pm • What is the Latin phrase...caveat emptor? Part of the economics of the sport of college football is the "buy" games regarding non-conference foes. For example, while Virginia Tech and Marshall swapped home sites the last two years (Maryland and Virginia will do the same) many schools will pay a l AP Top 25: SEC grabs six of the first seven spots in rankings as Notre Dame tumbles to No. 18 09/08/2024 01:58pm • After the first shake-up of the college football season, the Southeastern Conference grabbed six of the top seven spots in the AP Top 25 — a first in the 88-year history of the rankings — and Notre Dame tumbled all the way to No. 18 on Sunday after being stunned at home. Georgia received 54 out America's Cup races postponed to Monday because of bad weather in Barcelona 09/08/2024 01:27pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Switzerland’s Alinghi Red Bull Racing and France’s Orient Express Racing Team will have to wait another day to see who gets eliminated from the America's Cup after races were postponed to Monday because of the weather. Organizers said “some dynamic and fast-moving con Temple or museum? How Diego Rivera designed a place to honor Mexico's pre-Hispanic art 09/08/2024 01:24pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — In the 1940s, Mexican artist Diego Rivera had a dream: to build a sacred place to preserve and display his lifelong collection of pre-Hispanic art. The Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this month, is everything he hoped for. Inch by inch, Jets coach Robert Saleh prepares for a reunion against Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers 09/08/2024 01:18pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Robert Saleh and Kyle Shanahan spent four years going up against each other on the practice field when Saleh served as defensive coordinator under Shanahan on the San Francisco 49ers staff. Now Saleh's defense gets to match up with Shanahan's offense on a far bigger stag