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Updated: November 2, 2022 @ 3:08 pm Celtic's Cameron Carter-Vickers, centre, reacts after the Champions League Group F soccer match between Celtic and Shakhtar Donetsk at Celtic park, Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022.
Celtic's Cameron Carter-Vickers, centre, reacts after the Champions League Group F soccer match between Celtic and Shakhtar Donetsk at Celtic park, Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022.
American defender Cameron Carter-Vickers missed Glasgow Celtic's Champions League match at Real Madrid on Wednesday, the latest injury concern for the U.S. team ahead of the World Cup.
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou said during a news conference Tuesday that Carter-Vickers was sore after playing 90 minutes during Sunday's 3-0 Scottish Premier League win at Livingston, which has an artificial turf surface.
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There are 14 Black women leading women's basketball programs at Power Five conference schools this season.
That is one more than last season.
While that doesn't show much improvement, five of the 12 openings at those conferences in the offseason did go to Black females.
The Atlantic Coast and Southeastern conferences have led the way.
Each has five Black head coaches.
Jalen Hurts was born in Houston and grew up about 25 miles from NRG Stadium.
As a child he dreamed of playing at the stadium the Houston Texans call home.
On Thursday night he’ll finally get that chance when he leads the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles against the lowly one-win Texans.
Hurts and the Eagles look to improve to 8-0 for the first time in franchise history.
The 24-year-old Hurts has been great for Philadelphia, winning 19 consecutive regular-season games, the longest active streak in the NFL.
This weekend has some momentous games in the SEC.
Top-ranked and defending national champion Georgia hosts No. 2 Tennessee in a marquee showdown likely to determine the East Division winner.
No. 6 Alabama visits No. 15 LSU in a battle for West supremacy.
Those four schools are all in the top 10 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, too.
Wednesday The Philadelphia Eagles look to improve to 8-0 for the first time in franchise history when they visit the one-win Houston Texans.
Quarterback Jalen Hurts has been great for Philadelphia, winning 19 consecutive regular-season games, the longest active streak in the NFL.
He threw a career-high four touchdown passes last week to lead the Eagles to a 35-13 win over Pittsburgh.
First-year transfer quarterbacks are struggling to adjust to life in the ACC.
Pittsburgh's Kedon Slovis and Virginia Tech's Grant Wells have found the sledding more difficult than they imagined.
Slovis, who came to Pitt from USC last winter, has thrown just five touchdowns for the 4-4 Panthers.
Wells, a Marshall transfer, has been up and down with the Hokies.
Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi says first-year transfers are put in a difficult spot.
Narduzzi has praised Slovis' leadership during a difficult stretch and expects Slovis to take a step forward in his final year of eligibility in 2023.
Jacksonville's Trevor Lawrence has a matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders, a team that is allowing 258.1 yards per game through the air, eighth most in the NFL.
Cordarrelle Patterson is expected to return to be the lead in a backfield committee for the Atlanta Falcons, thus pushing Tyler Allgeier into Tier 3.
In Week 8, Michael Carter had a majority role in the New York Jets’ backfield, yet James Robinson will have another week to get acclimated to the offense.
That makes Carter’s role a bit tenuous.
Romeo Doubs’ stock is up and down.
The rookie has had target totals of five, three, eight, eight, five, nine, four, and seven in his eight games and has maxed out at just 73 receiving yards despite largely steady volume in recent weeks.
Notre Dame has turned its season around by leaning on the ground game.
Now the Fighting Irish are about to find out if they can keep grinding it out against one of the nation’s top run defenses.
After losing two early games and starting quarterback Tyler Buchner to a season-ending shoulder injury, Notre Dame rebounded behind a strong running game that will face its biggest test Saturday against No. 5 Clemson, seventh nationally against the run, allowing 87.9 yards a game.
Germany striker Timo Werner went off injured while playing for Leipzig against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.
The incident came with three weeks left until Germany’s opening game at the World Cup.
Werner reacted with pain after controlling the ball in the 17th minute and quickly gestured to his team that something was wrong before sitting down on the field.
He was substituted in the 19th by Emil Forsberg and walked off along the touchline apparently unaided.
The 26-year-old Werner rejoined Leipzig this season after an inconsistent two-year stint with Chelsea.
Germany plays Japan on Nov. 23.
The College Football Playoff and the Bowl Championship Series before it have made the No. 1 vs.
No. 2 rather routine in the postseason.
Back in the days of the old bowl system, everything needed to fall into place just right so No. 1 could play No. 2 for a national title.
Then the postseason was rebuilt to create that outcome , which was a good idea.
The No. 1 vs.
No. 2 regular-season game is still fairly rare.
No. 1 Georgia faces No. 2 Tennessee in the 25th meeting between AP’s top two teams in the regular season, and fifth this century.
Overall, No. 1 is 16-6-2 against No. 2 in regular-season games.
All Times EDT Atlanta Falcons running back Cordarrelle Patterson has returned to practice after missing four games following knee surgery.
The Falcons designated Patterson to return from injured reserve, opening the 21-day window where he can practice before returning to the active roster.
If he has a good week of practice, Patterson could return as soon as Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Falcons coach Arthur Smith has indicated he expects Patterson to return early in his window of eligibility.
Patterson opened the season as Atlanta’s starter and ran for 340 yards and three touchdowns in four games.
Finally, there’s some new players in the best bets for the week.
Discover which players are making their first, but possibly not last, appearances as the best bets to score in Week 9.
All Times EDT Things were much different the last time Stephen Curry played in four consecutive road losses.
It was nearly a decade ago, from late February through early March 2013.
He hadn’t made his playoff debut yet.
He was tied for 180th on the NBA’s all-time 3-point list.
He wouldn’t become an All-Star until a year later.
A loss Tuesday night in Miami, despite a triple-double from Curry, dropped Golden State to 3-5 overall and 0-4 on the road.
It’s too early to push the panic button.
But it’s not the start Curry wanted or expected.
Canadian defender Scott Kennedy will miss the World Cup after injuring a shoulder.
The 25-year-old, who has eight international appearances, was hurt Saturday while playing for Regensburg against Rostock in the German second tier, leaving the match in the seventh minute.
Atiba Hutchinson, a 39-year-old midfielder and Canada’s captain, hopes to be regaining fitness along with midfielder Jonathan Osorio, who is coming back from a concussion.
In the World Cup for the first time since 1986, Canada opens Group F in Qatar against Belgium on Nov. 23, before facing Croatia four days later and Morocco on Dec. 1.
The wife of two-time Super Bowl-winning coach Tom Coughlin has died after a lengthy battle with an uncurable brain disorder.
Coughlin and his family released a statement announcing that Judy Whitaker Coughlin died early Wednesday.
She was 77.
Coughlin was Jacksonville’s first coach in 1995 before leading the Giants to Super Bowl championships in 2008 and 2012.
He revealed last year that his wife had been diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy.
Jalen Hurts and the undefeated Eagles are looking for the first 8-0 start in franchise history while the rest of Philadelphia is focused on beating another team from Houston.
When the Eagles visit the Texans on Thursday night, the Phillies will host the Astros in Game 5 of the World Series.
It will be a potential Series-clinching game for the Phillies if they can win Game 4 Wednesday night.
The Eagles rarely take a backseat to another team in Philly, but they understand they haven’t accomplished anything yet.
The Eagles are the largest among eight road favorites in Week 9.
They’re 13 1/2-point favorites, per FanDuel Sportsbook.
Pro Picks considers this a second bye in three weeks for the Eagles.
The United States will start preparations for the 2026 World Cup with exhibitions against Serbia and Colombia in the Los Angeles area in January.
The U.S. will play Serbia on Jan. 25 at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles and meet Colombia three days later in Carson, California.
The matches are not on FIFA international dates, which means most Europe-based players will not be available.
The U.S. roster will include players from Major League Soccer teams preparing for the season.
Europe-based players will return for CONCACAF Nations League matches in March.
Alex de Minaur beat fourth-seeded Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 in the second round of the Paris Masters.
Medvedev saved the third match point for de Minaur with a service winner before double-faulting on the fourth and angrily throwing his racket to the ground.
De Minaur will next play Frances Tiafoe, who beat Jack Draper 6-3, 7-5.
Fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Daniel Evans 6-3, 6-4 and Lorenzo Musetti defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4, 6-2.
The NFL's Washington Commanders could soon be for sale.
Owners Dan and Tanya Snyder say they have hired Bank of America Securities to consider potential transactions.
Asked if the Snyders were considering selling part or all of the team, a spokesperson said, “We are exploring all options.” The Commanders are worth an estimated .6 billion, according to Forbes.
That ranks sixth among the league's 32 teams.
Snyder’s ownership in Washington has come under increased pressure recently amid investigations by the league office and Congress into the team’s workplace culture and potential financial improprieties.
Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry expects suspended quarterback Deshaun Watson to play on Dec. 4 in Houston , against his former team , when his 11-game ban ends for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
Watson, who played four seasons with the Texans, was suspended in August when he settled with the league after being accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women in massage therapy sessions.
Watson can begin practicing on Nov. 14, and as long as he meets provisions in his deal with the league, he’ll return to face the Texans.
It will be Watson's first regular-season game in 700 days.
Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder hires investment bank 'to consider potential transactions' involving team.
Kansas has suspended Hall of Fame coach Bill Self and top assistant Kurtis Townsend for the first four games of the season.
The Jayhawks also imposed several recruiting restrictions as part of the fallout from a lengthy FBI investigation into college basketball corruption.
Norm Roberts will be the acting coach for the defending national champions beginning with their opener Monday night against Omaha.
Self and Townsend also will miss games against North Dakota State and Southern Utah along with a high-profile showdown between the No. 5 Jayhawks and No. 7 Duke in the Champions Classic.
Kansas imposes four-game suspension on basketball coach Bill Self, top assistant Kurtis Townsend.
American defender Cameron Carter-Vickers missed Glasgow Celtic’s Champions League match at Real Madrid, the latest injury concern for the U.S. team ahead of the World Cup.
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou said Carter-Vickers was sore after playing 90 minutes during Sunday’s 3-0 Scottish Premier League win at Livingston, which has an artificial turf surface.
U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter plans to announce his 26-man World Cup roster on Nov. 9.
Forward Josh Sargent, midfielder Weston McKennie, goalkeeper Matt Turner, midfielder Luca de la Torre, and defender Chris Richards also are hurt, and injured defender Miles Robinson will miss the tournament.
All Times EST All Times EST All Times EST All Times EST All Times EST This Date in Baseball, Nov. 3-Greg Maddux wins 16th Gold Glove Today in Sports History, Nov. 3-Jerry Rice becomes the first player in NFL history to reach 1,000 receptions Today in Sports History-Week Ahead, Oct. 28-Nov. 3, Take Two A Dutch supermarket chain has scrapped a television advertisement linked to the World Cup in Qatar that included scenes showing people dancing on scaffolding at a building site.
The Jumbo supermarket advertisement for a shopping bag that doubles as an orange sleeveless sweater that supporters can wear when they cheer on the Dutch national soccer team drew criticism for making light of the plight of migrant workers in Qatar.
Human Rights Watch spokesman Jan Kooy called “tasteless and tone-deaf.” Jumbo says it was immediately halting the campaign because it realizes “that a link can be made between this advertisement and the appalling working conditions in Qatar and that was never our intention.” Bayern Munich and Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer says he was previously treated for skin cancer and had to undergo surgery.
Neuer says he has a scar near his nose and that he was “operated on three times.” He was appearing in a video launching a new skincare line with former top-ranked tennis player Angelique Kerber.
Neuer didn’t say when the operations took place.
He was pictured last year wearing a plaster over the affected area.
Steve Nash might be the big winner in this latest chapter of Brooklyn Nets drama.
He's out of it.
The team's phrasing that he and the Nets are parting ways is a fancy way to say he doesn't coach there anymore.
Some will call it a firing.
Others will call it a fortunate break.
Whatever happens next in the never-ending string of Kyrie Irving developments won’t be taking up Nash’s time.
That's the silver lining for Nash now that this chapter of his basketball life is over.
The last remaining spots in the knockout stage of the Europa League and Europa Conference League are up for grabs.
In the Europa League only those who finish in first place in the eight groups qualify directly to the last 16 and four teams have done that.
They are Real Betis, Union Saint-Gilloise, Freiburg and Ferencváros.
Manchester United and Arsenal are among those looking to seal top spot in their groups.
In the Conference League West Ham can be the first team to win all six games at the group stage since the competition was launched last year.
Not every soccer star will be competing at the World Cup.
Some big names will be missing from the tournament because of injuries or because their countries didn't qualify.
Players like Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah, Gianluigi Donnarumma, N’Golo Kante, Diogo Jota, David Alaba and Luis Díaz will all be watching from afar.
UNDATED (AP) , Tennessee, Ohio State, Georgia, and Clemson were the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season, four days before the Volunteers and Bulldogs square off on the field.
Michigan was fifth, followed by Alabama and unbeaten TCU.