HOUSTON – Tarik Skubal kept up his stellar season with a sensational playoff debut and the Detroit Tigers got to Framber Valdez early in a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros in their AL Wild Card Series opener on Tuesday. The Tigers, swept in the American League Division Series in their last trip to the … Read more
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – NFL scouts filled an entire row of the Michigan Stadium press box to get a look at some of the top prospects in the upcoming draft when the Wolverines beat Southern California two weeks ago. The NFL had representatives from 13 teams and three franchises sent two people to the marquee … Read more
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The high school football regular season is off and rolling. News4JAX Varsity 4 Super 10 is here. It will be published on Tuesday through the end of the regular season. Think we’ve got a team ranked too high or a program not ranked at all? Send us a message on Instagram (@Sports4Jax) … Read more
Nico Hischier grew up in Switzerland dreaming of playing in the Winter Olympics. “I’ve never gotten to experience that,” he said. The countdown is underway for Hischier, who hopes to join the NHL’s best at the Olympics in Milan in February 2026. This season serves as a leadup to that long-awaited return since the NHL … Read more
PITTSBURGH – Russell Wilson ‘s balky right calf is improving. It just might not heal in time for him to wrest the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback job away from Justin Fields, at least in the short term. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday he expects Wilson to see an uptick in his workload during practice this … Read more
Stade Brest had never played in the Champions League before this season. On Tuesday, the French team routed Salzburg 4-0 away for its second win in as many games in Europe’s premier competition. Senegalese forward Abdallah Sima netted twice to take his tally to three goals in two games after he scored in Brest’s tournament-opening … Read more
DETROIT — Dan Campbell bashfully stared down at the lectern in front of him, looking like a toddler who knows he’s guilty. He nervously stacked a couple of sheets of paper in his hands, as he was asked about his quarterback’s performance. He then took a deep breath, preparing to own up to his mistake, … Read more
The Houston Astros left three-time Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander off the roster for their AL Wild Card Series against Detroit but did include injured slugger Yordan Alvarez. Verlander struggled in his return after missing almost two months with a neck injury this summer. The 41-year-old right-hander went 2-2 with a 9.26 ERA in … Read more
At the heart of the doping case against Jannik Sinner, the top-ranked men’s tennis player in the world, is an existential debate about the policing of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sport. Are the primary goals to catch cheats and prevent athletes from gaining unfair advantages over their peers? What happens when the enforcers of the … Read more
Follow live coverage of Arsenal vs PSG in the Champions League today When European club competition was originally devised back in 1955, it was in the form of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the predecessor to the UEFA Cup and Europa League. As the name hints, the competition was originally designed to promote European trade fairs, … Read more