Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst We got some of the most thrilling football of the year last week. Truthfully, the excitement won’t be quite as high in Week 6, but there are still a few games that I think are worth watching and wagering. Let’s take a look at what I’m backing this weekend….
Eric Williams NFL Reporter Before the start of the regular season, a major question for the Los Angeles Rams was whether 37-year-old quarterback Matthew Stafford would be even healthy enough to start the season opener after an aggravated disk in his back limited his availability during training camp. But over the first four weeks, Stafford…
Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist Last month, after U.S. men’s national team coach Mauricio Pochettino summoned a squad half-filled with MLS players for 2026 World Cup tuneups versus Japan and South Korea, he suggested that his next two rosters would feature more of the European-based regulars. Pochettino made good on his word on Thursday, recalling Juventus’…
A day after the Ravens’ 37-20 loss to the Chiefs, which dropped his team into the dreaded 1-3 hole, coach John Harbaugh expressed optimism in Baltimore’s prospects. He spoke of his belief in defensive coordinator Zach Orr, the playcaller of a banged-up unit in crisis. “We’re not too far away on defense,” Harbaugh said Monday….
NASCAR fined Carson Hocevar $50,000 on Wednesday for putting safety officials in danger during the Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. The penalty was listed under a behavioral violation and was for Hocevar revving and spinning his tires while safety workers attended to his car after he spun the No. 77 Chevrolet. The Spire Motorsports…
The Cleveland Browns have made a change at quarterback, benching veteran Joe Flacco and starting rookie Dillon Gabriel, with the hopes that fewer turnovers will give Cleveland a better chance of winning with their defense. Flacco, 40, has struggled in the Browns’ 1-3 start, with two touchdowns against six interceptions. He is last in the…
Quarterback Brock Purdy will miss his third game of the season for the San Francisco 49ers because of an injury to his toe. Purdy missed games in Week 2 and 3 with the injured toe before returning this past Sunday against Jacksonville. He came out of that game with more soreness and will be unable…
Jazz Chisholm Jr. was back in the New York Yankees’ starting lineup Wednesday night in Game 2 of their AL Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox. A left-handed hitter, the two-time All-Star began the opener on the bench with the Yankees facing ace left-hander Garrett Crochet. Chisholm entered on defense in the eighth…
Rookie Dillon Gabriel will get his first NFL start on Sunday when the Cleveland Browns face the Minnesota Vikings in London. The Browns announced on Wednesday that they were benching Joe Flacco after he struggled to lead the offense in the first four games. “From the second he’s been here, he’s been working very hard,…
Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer Two years ago, during the summer of 2023, Penn State head coach James Franklin popped onto a Zoom call from his office inside the Lasch Football Building. He was joining the meeting to conduct an interview with a reporter about the groundswell of excitement reverberating around the…
