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Giants hoping to build on Week 1 effort

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams could not have looked worse, while the New York Giants could not have looked better in their respective season openers. Both sides recognize the response to those performances when they meet tonight will be just as important as their Week 1 showings. “They understand, they understood going into the game that it was the first game of a 17-game season, no matter what the outcome is going to be, and that the Rams are going to be next up regardless of what the outcome is,” Giants coach John Harbaugh said. “So, our job is to get better, keep ...

NFL Roundup

Cowboys 37, Commanders 20 ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott threw four touchdown passes to break Tony Romo’s career franchise record, and the Dallas Cowboys beat Washington 37-20 on Sunday after the Commanders’ Jayden Daniels went down with another gruesome-looking injury to the left elbow he dislocated last season. Prescott’s record-breaking 249th TD pass was his second TD of the game to CeeDee Lamb, who had 153 yards receiving. Tight end Jake Ferguson had the other two scoring catches. The Cowboys (1-1) led 17-10 with the Commanders on the Dallas 1-yard line with 3 seconds ...

Steelers prepping for bounce-back Patriots team

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — During his 24 seasons with the New England Patriots, Bill Belichick never held back in expressing his affinity for the Pittsburgh Steelers. From the praise he showered on the Steelers’ ownership, to the team’s success on the field — currently tied with New England ...

Pittsburgh says Porter Jr. will not play on Sunday at New England

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. will not play on Sunday against New England. The club declared Porter out on Friday. Porter was listed as a limited participant during practice all week. The team described Porter’s limitation as conditioning-related early in the ...

Griffin, Lowe power Pirates to win over Royals

PITTSBURGH — Rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin had four hits, Brandon Lowe hit his 32nd homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates surged past the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Friday night. Pittsburgh churned out 15 hits against Kansas City to overcome an early four-run deficit to move back to .500 ...

Malkin returns to Pens for 21st season

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP — Evgeni Malkin remains as passionate as ever about hockey as his 21st season with the Pittsburgh Penguins begins. Whether it’s his last, be it in Pittsburgh or anywhere else, only his body knows. And right now, it’s not telling the 40-year-old Russian star ...