Lionel Messi left no doubt on Decision Day.
The Argentine icon s cored a hat trick in a 5-2 victory over Nashville on Saturday night to wrap up Major League Soccer's Golden Boot award with 29 goals this season.
Inter Miami finished third in the Eastern Conference standings and will again face ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin scored two goals, Scott Wedgewood stopped 22 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Thursday night to open the season on a five-game points streak.
Nichushkin scored in the second period on a tip-in and added an ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Mike Tomlin wondered this week why the Cleveland Browns traded Joe Flacco to their AFC North rival, the Cincinnati Bengals.
On Thursday night, Flacco proved Tomlin's worst fears to be well founded.
Flacco passed for 342 yards and three touchdowns as he rallied Cincinnati ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — If Julian Sayin hadn't already established himself as a Heisman Trophy contender, the Ohio State quarterback certainly strengthened his case on Saturday.
"He's the truth," Carnell Tate said after catching two of Sayin's four touchdown passes in the top-ranked Buckeyes' ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Defender Nick Hagglund, Evander Da Silva Ferreira and Brenner Souza all scored and Roman Celentano was untouchable as FC Cincinnati claimed second place in the Eastern Conference with a 3-0 Decision Day victory over CF Montreal on Saturday.
Hagglund found the net for the ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kirill Marchenko scored early in the third period to rally Columbus over the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Saturday night, snapping a three-game skid and giving the Blue Jackets their first home victory of the season.
Kent Johnson scored on his 23rd birthday, and Damon ...
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Brendan Sorsby threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score and No. 24 Cincinnati took control late and beat Oklahoma State 49-17 on Saturday night for its sixth straight victory.
Sorsby completed 20 of 29 passes for 270 yards and Cyrus Allen caught two touchdown ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Catcher Austin Hedges re-signed with the Cleveland Guardians, agreeing Wednesday to a one-year contract worth $4 million.
Hedges, who had been eligible for free agency, gets the same base salary he had this season. He can earn $500,000 in performance bonuses for starts as a ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Timo Meier and Dawson Mercer each scored in the final seconds of power plays to lift the New Jersey Devils over the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Monday night, securing their second straight road win.
Mercer added an empty-netter with 56 seconds left. Jake Allen stopped ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Mayor Justin M. Bibb and the ownership group of the Cleveland Browns have reached a $100 million settlement that will clear the way for the franchise to build its new suburban stadium while preparing the site of the current lakefront stadium for future development by the city ...
The Big 12 has hit the midpoint of its season with a pair of 6-0 teams, and in many ways it is no surprise that No. 7 Texas Tech and No. 15 BYU are in that position.
No. 24 Cincinnati is the only other Big 12 team to win its first three conference games, making the Bearcats (5-1, 3-0 Big 12) ...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Julian Sayin passed for two touchdowns, C.J. Donaldson ran for two scores, and the Ohio State defense forced three turnovers that resulted in 21 points as the No. 1-ranked Buckeyes beat No. 17 Illinois 34-16 on Saturday.
Sayin completed 19 of 27 passes for 166 yards. ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Marchenko had his fourth career hat trick and Elvis Merzlikins made 48 saves in his season debut, carrying the Columbus Blue Jackets past Minnesota 7-4 to spoil the Wild's home opener on Saturday night.
Zach Werenski and Boone Jenner each had a goal and two ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — This time, the Green Bay Packers built a double-digit lead and finished the job.
Josh Jacobs and Lucas Havrisik helped close it out.
Jacobs overcame an illness to rush for two touchdowns, and the Packers held off Cincinnati for a 27-18 victory in Joe Flacco's Bengals ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers knows the Pittsburgh Steelers are hardly a finished product five games into the season.
Yet the parts are starting to come together, and they were on full display over four bruising quarters in a 23-9 victory over Cleveland that made up for in thoroughness ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Making his second start, Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel got harassed by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Gabriel passed for 221 yards but couldn't lead the league's second-lowest scoring offense to the end zone during a 23-9 loss at Pittsburgh on Sunday.
"He's ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan O'Reilly scored a power-play goal early in the third period, and the Nashville Predators opened the season Thursday night by beating the Blue Jackets 2-1 and extending their home winning streak over Columbus to 10 games.
The Predators ' streak on home ice against ...
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Shedeur Sanders has waited patiently for his chance to play for Cleveland. He's real close.
Sanders will back up Dillon Gabriel on Sunday in Pittsburgh, meaning the Browns, who haven't won a regular-season game on their rival's home field since 2003, will face the Steelers ...
Joe Flacco is on the move again.
The Cincinnati Bengals (2-3) acquired the veteran quarterback from the Cleveland Browns along with a 2026 sixth-round draft pick on Tuesday for a fifth-round pick next season.
The 40-year-old Flacco gives Cincinnati another option. Jake Browning has struggled ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Brendan Sorsby passed for 214 yards and two touchdowns, Evan Pryor ran for 111 yards and two TDs and Cincinnati used a 17-point first quarter to beat No. 14 Iowa State 38-30 on Saturday.
The Bearcats (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) beat a ranked opponent at home for the first time since ...