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Tampa Bay one win away from World Series

CLEVELAND — Drew Rasmussen allowed one run over seven innings for his second postseason win, Tampa Bay’s offense kept on constant pressure and the Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 Sunday night to take a 3-2 lead in the AL Championship Series. The Rays have won the last two games and ...

Cleveland Browns get another win, beat Baltimore Ravens

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have plenty of flaws in coach Todd Monken’s first season. Quarterback Deshaun Watson and the offense are spotty at best. The special teams, too. And while the defense has shown flashes of dominance, it’s largely anonymous. One part of Monken’s plan, ...

49ers’ Brock Purdy set to be top rated quarterback

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brock Purdy has been one of the league’s most efficient quarterbacks in the NFL since stepping into the role for the San Francisco 49ers as a seventh-round rookie in 2022. With five more pass attempts, he will take his place on top of the all-time ...

Shakeup Saturday: No. 8 BYU outlasts No. 2 Notre Dame as five top teams fall

College football has never experienced a Saturday like this. Five of the top seven teams in the AP Top 25 lost on the same day in the regular season for the first time in history. The last time anything even remotely close happened was on Jan. 2, 1989, according to Sportradar, when No. 3 West ...

No big spenders to be seen in World Series

NEW YORK — When Milwaukee defeated the mighty, monied Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night, they set up the first World Series between two of baseball’s smallest spenders in 35 years — just as team owners are arguing that clubs like the Brewers need a salary cap to compete ...

NFL preview capsule: Pittsburgh Steelers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Records: Pittsburgh (3-2); Tampa Bay (1-4) When/where to watch: Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS Latest odds: Steelers by 2.5 Against the spread: Steelers 3-2; Buccaneers 1-4 Last week: Steelers beat the Colts 34-22; Buccaneers beat the Cowboys 24-16 Last meeting: Steelers beat the Buccaneers 20-18 on Oct. 12, 2022, in Pittsburgh Series record: Steelers lead 10-2 Matchup to watch: Buccaneers right tackle Luke Goedeke vs. Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt. The four-time All-Pro Watt is an elite pass rusher who has 119.5 sacks. It’ll be a tough challenge for Goedeke, who had multiple penalties ...