When the Los Angeles Lakers open the 2025-26 NBA season, they’ll be missing the league’s all-time leading scorer. The Lakers announced Thursday, Oct. 9 that LeBron James has been dealing with a sciatica issue on his right side and will be reevaluated in three-to-four weeks. The Lakers had previously said that James was dealing with […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Usually, with less than 10 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and the New York Giants playing in prime time, the fans heading to the exits at MetLife Stadium are their own. Not on “Thursday Night Football” Oct. 9 against the Philadelphia Eagles. With the Giants doubling up the Eagles 34-17 […]

The New York Giants grounded the Philadelphia Eagles on ‘Thursday Night Football.’ New York handed its division rival a 34-17 loss in Week 6, an eyebrow-raising, lopsided victory for New York. It was all working for the Giants on Thursday night: rookie passer Jaxson Dart looked on-target, with a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown […]

LOS ANGELES —The Los Angeles Dodgers popped some champagne Thursday night, chugged Bud Lights and hugged one another while half-dressed. But as far as celebrations go, well, there may have been more jubilation at a senior citizen bingo parlor than the Dodgers’ National League Division Series clinching party. The Dodgers felt more relief on this […]

For four games, the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners have been exchanging gut punches, leading to one final test for a berth in the American League Championship Series. Their AL Division Series is knotted 2-2 entering the decisive Game 5 on Oct. 10 at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park, and the winner-take-all match seems as evenly matched […]

PHOENIX — The Las Vegas Aces are one win from sweeping the Phoenix Mercury in the 2025 WNBA Finals. Aces center A’ja Wilson lifted her team to a 90-88 Game 3 victory over the Mercury on Wednesday with a game-winning jumper to take a commanding 3-0 lead. This may be the first best-of-seven WNBA Finals series, […]

From Sept. 29, 2024 through last Saturday, the Philadelphia Eagles lost two just regular season games. They’ve now equaled that in the last five days. Philadelphia went on the road to take on NFC East foe New York on ‘Thursday Night Football’ and it was the Giants – led by their star rookies – who […]

LOS ANGELES – Raja Jackson, the son of former Ultimate Fighting Championship champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from an alleged attack on a professional wrestler, his lawyers told USA TODAY on Oct. 9. Raja Jackson, 25, faces one felony count of battery with bodily injury and one misdemeanor count of […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – A near-nightmare situation for the New York Giants unfolded on MetLife Stadium’s much-maligned turf Thursday night against the Philadelphia Eagles.  Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart, making his third professional start, stayed down after taking a sack from Eagles defensive lineman Patrick Johnson late in the third quarter and with the Giants leading […]

The Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 at Wrigley Field in Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Oct. 9 to force a winner-take-all showdown in Milwaukee. The Cubs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on Ian Happ’s three-run homer and the score stayed that way until Chicago […]