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Oct 12, 2026 - Sports

After three straight game-winning drives, Cleveland’s quarterback was sacked eight times in a dismal defeat that punctured the hype surrounding himI guess the New York Jets didn’t get the memo. This was supposed to be a Deshaun Watson lovefest. A day where, much to the chagrin of those of us with a moral compass and a functional memory, football fans worldwide could declare Watson was “so back” and that the Browns were in some blinkered, alternate universe, a Super Bowl contender. No such luck, as the Browns looked like the Browns – reminding an otherwise jubilant city of Cleveland that they are trapped in the sports equivalent of the Backrooms.Limping along for 155 passing yards and one touchdown, Watson fell to Earth harder than David Bowie in a Nicolas Roeg film (yes, I just watched the Dennis Miller Monday Night Football documentary on HBO). He completed fewer than 50% of his passes and ended the day with a 69.6 passer rating. I should also probably mention he got sacked eight times. Yes, eight times. EIGHT TIMES. He only completed seven more passes than he received punishing hits behind the line of scrimmage. It was a performance NBC NFL writer Patrick Daugherty called “unspeakably bad.” Actually, I think the performance was very much speakable, as I’ve demonstrated here. Stick around for another 400 words. Continue reading...

Oct 12, 2026 - Sports

FOX Sports' Casey Jacobsen shares his men's college basketball preseason top 25 rankings.

Oct 12, 2026 - Sports

State Farm Arena booked for all three home datesDream’s regular arena holds just 3,500 spectatorsAtlanta face Golden State in first finals since 2013The Atlanta Dream are still searching for a venue to host their WNBA finals games against the Golden State Valkyries after scheduling conflicts ruled out State Farm Arena in downtown Atlanta.The Dream are scheduled to host Games 3 and 4 of the best-of-seven series on 22 and 24 October, along with Game 6 on 29 October if necessary. But State Farm Arena, the 17,044-seat home of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, is unavailable on all three dates. Continue reading...

Oct 12, 2026 - Sports

Turang homers off Skubal as Brewers take Game 1Lara’s fifth-inning single breaks 1-1 deadlockMilwaukee end seven-game playoff skid against LABrice Turang homered off Tarik Skubal and Milwaukee’s bullpen shut down the Los Angeles Dodgers after Jacob Misiorowski’s taxing outing, sending the Brewers to a 2-1 victory in the National League Championship Series opener on Sunday night.Luis Lara hit a tiebreaking single off Skubal in the fifth inning as Milwaukee took Game 1 in the first NLCS matchup of 100-win teams since the Cincinnati Reds eliminated the Philadelphia Phillies in 1976. The Brewers had lost seven consecutive postseason games against the Dodgers, including a sweep in last year’s NLCS. Continue reading...

Oct 12, 2026 - Sports

Brice Turang's left-on-left home run to the opposite field off a Tarik Skubal inside fastball awed his teammates, catalyzed the Brewers' offense, and made his extra work in the cage pay off.