Sports News

4:54 PM on Sunday, August 31

Buffalo Bills backup defensive tackle DeWayne Carter will miss the season after tearing his Achilles tendon, two people with knowledge of the injury confirmed to The Associated Press on Sunday

4:47 PM on Sunday, August 31

Rafael Devers homered, doubled and drove in two runs to help Justin Verlander earn career win No. 265 as the San Francisco Giants beat the Baltimore Orioles 13-2 to take two of three games in their series

4:24 PM on Sunday, August 31

Pinch-hitter Will Smith homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks that prevented a three-game sweep

4:01 PM on Sunday, August 31

Infielder Luis Urías has signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers after getting released by the Athletics

3:59 PM on Sunday, August 31

The New York Mets ended August with 177 runs and 53 homers, both franchise records for any month

3:50 PM on Sunday, August 31

Ludmila scored in the 67th minute to pull the Chicago Stars into a 1-1 draw with the Washington Spirit in the National Women’s Soccer League on Sunday

3:41 PM on Sunday, August 31

Miranda Wang is the seventh LPGA Tour rookie to win this year

3:32 PM on Sunday, August 31

Pinch-hitter Mickey Moniak hit a walk-off RBI triple, Tanner Gordon struck out a career-high nine and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep

2:54 PM on Sunday, August 31

Lamine Yamal scored from the penalty spot but Barcelona needed goalkeeper Joan García to ensure it left Rayo Vallecano with a point after a 1-1 draw in the Spanish league

2:40 PM on Sunday, August 31

ESPN blamed a transmission issue for fans missing most of the second half of No. 11 Arizona State's game against Northern Arizona

2:13 PM on Sunday, August 31

Sandy Alcantara pitched seven strong innings, Agustín Ramírez hit a two-run homer and the Miami Marlins defeated the New York Mets 5-1 in a game that got testy

2:05 PM on Sunday, August 31

José Soriano and two relievers combined for a two-hitter and Oswald Peraza hit his first home run since a trade from the Yankees to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-0 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday

1:58 PM on Sunday, August 31

Lenyn Sosa hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning, and the Chicago White Sox cooled off the New York Yankees with a 3-2 victory

1:54 PM on Sunday, August 31

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Taylor Ward was carted off the field after crashing into the metal scoreboard in the eighth inning Sunday

1:54 PM on Sunday, August 31

Josef Newgarden has won his first race of the season at Nashville Superspeedway in the IndyCar finale

1:33 PM on Sunday, August 31

Byron Buxton set a career best with his 29th home run and Joe Ryan pitched seven scoreless innings as the Minnesota Twins beat the San Diego Padres 7-2

12:55 PM on Sunday, August 31

Jarren Duran hit an inside-the-park homer at Fenway Park, a three-run shot that gave the Boston Red Sox a 4-1 lead in the fifth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates

12:02 PM on Sunday, August 31

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge hit his 358th career homer in the first inning of their series finale against the White Sox, moving into a tie with Yogi Berra for fifth in franchise history

11:33 AM on Sunday, August 31

The Dallas Cowboys have signed cornerback DaRon Bland to a $92 million, four-year contract extension four days before the NFL opener at defending champ and NFC East rival Philadelphia

8:01 AM on Sunday, August 31

Luka Doncic had a triple-double to power Slovenia to an 86-69 victory over Belgium on Sunday and its first win at EuroBasket