By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills edge rusher Von Miller was suspended four games by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league's personal conduct policy. The NFL did not reveal the reason for the suspension, which comes as Buffalo (3-1) prepares ...

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer Big 12 football figured to seem a tad strange without Texas and Oklahoma hanging around the top of the league standings after the Longhorns and Sooners defected to the Southeastern Conference. No one, however, could have forecast some of the early-season ...

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns rookie defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. was suspended for five games by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league's personal conduct policy following his arrest this summer for a domestic altercation. The league said Hall ...

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper snagged a one-hopper on an infield drill, earning a "nice play, Harp!" from manager Rob Thomson. A two-time NL MVP, Harper later chucked a baseball from first base into the left field seats. "That won't get it done," ...

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — 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 ...

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There were a record-low 26 complete games in the major leagues this season — four fewer than Catfish Hunter threw in 1975 — and the big league batting average dropped to .243, among the five-lowest figures since 1900. Pitchers threw ...

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here. ___ Jared Goff's perfect game is so rare for an NFL quarterback that only one other player ever threw double-digit passes without an ...

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer What used to be one of baseball's most magical numbers — 61 home runs — now sits buried, eight lines deep, in the Major League Baseball record book. The number now at the top of that record book — 73 home runs — is steeped in a steroid-addled ...

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was already a superstar with his hitting and pitching accomplishments over six years with the Los Angeles Angels. Yet every October, Ohtani vanished, with the Angels having a losing record and never making the ...

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83. Stephanie Wheatley, a spokesperson for ...

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer MONTREAL (AP) — Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay have played on five U.S. teams and won four of them, the exception being the Ryder Cup in Rome. The Americans haven't won the Ryder Cup overseas since 1993, the year Schauffele was born. Schauffele ...

By The Associated Press Nashville general manager Barry Trotz spent big this offseason and opened free agency looking to bolster the Predators' scoring depth and power play. He made all those moves after the Preds put together a franchise-record 18-game point streak in coach Andrew Brunette's ...

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The finger wag. The enormous smile. The unmistakable voice. Dikembe Mutombo played defense at a level and with a flair that few others in basketball history ever possessed, all among the many reasons why he's immortalized in the Hall of Fame. On the ...

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani has put up some of the best regular-season numbers in baseball history over the past six months. Bobby Witt Jr. is a precocious 24-year-old who just won the American League batting title. They've both proven they are ...

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have hired former All-Star catcher Buster Posey as president of baseball operations and fired Farhan Zaidi. Team chairman Greg Johnson made the announcement Monday after the Giants finished 80-82 in ...

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Tigers didn't act like a franchise poised to make a playoff run when the trade deadline arrived. Detroit dealt pitcher Jack Flaherty to the Los Angeles Dodgers, outfielder Mark Canha to San Francisco reliever Andrew Chafin and ...

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Michael King made his postseason debut for the New York Yankees in the AL playoff bubble during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season at eerily empty Petco Park, where the only "fans" were a few thousand cardboard cutouts. He pitched two ...

By ANDREW WAGNER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The New York Mets weren't supposed to get this far. Neither were the Milwaukee Brewers. Yet here they are squaring off in a best-of-three NL Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday in Milwaukee. These two teams should know each other well. ...

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — This was supposed to be the easy part of Cleveland's schedule — early, winnable games to get the Browns rolling. Everything has been hard for them. Their 20-16 loss Sunday to the Las Vegas Raiders, who were missing their two best ...

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — A matchup with the banged-up, struggling New England Patriots was just what the San Francisco 49ers needed following back-to-back losses on the road. That doesn't mean there wasn't plenty to clean up for the 49ers once the ...