The No. 23 BYU Cougars will look to continue their winning ways after a 4-0 start to the season on Friday against the visiting West Virginia Mountaineers. Quarterback Bear Bachmeier leads the Cougars with 697 passing yards and six touchdowns this season. Running back LJ Martin leads the Cougars’ rushing attack with 400 yards and a touchdown on 55 carries. ...

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson is out this week. Jackson suffered a hamstring injury in Week 4 against the Chiefs. Cooper Rush will get the start against the Texans. The Baltimore Ravens are hoping to snap their two-game losing streak at home in Week 5 against the Houston Texans. They’ll have to do so without their two-time MVP quarterback. The Ravens ...

In the 32-year existence of the UFC, dozens of records have been set, smashed and set again. Then there are thresholds, one of which is ready to be broken at UFC 320 Saturday, Oct. 4 in Las Vegas. Merab Dvalishvili can become the first fighter to score 100 takedowns. He needs only three more to reach the century mark heading ...

October has arrived, which means conference play is now in full swing in college football. The Week 6 slate isn’t quite as jam-packed with marquee contests as the most recent menu was, but there are still plenty of juicy tidbits to keep us entertained on Saturday. Our weekly viewers’ guide to the most important and potentially compelling matchups will begin, ...

Good news on the injury front for the Washington Commanders. Quarterback Jayden Daniels will start the Commanders’ Week 5 game against the Los Angeles Chargers. Daniels missed the previous two games while recovering from a knee injury suffered during Washington’s loss to the Green Bay Packers on ‘Thursday Night Football’ in Week 2. He practiced fully earlier this week and looks to have progressed ...

LAS VEGAS — After the Las Vegas Aces punched their ticket to the WNBA Finals for the fourth time in six years on Tuesday, head coach Becky Hammon said ‘there’s little time to celebrate.’ ‘We play again in two days,’ Hammon said. ‘That’s a really quick turnaround.’ The postseason is moving at a blistering pace, with the best-of-three first-round series ...

Don Rae Jr., the president of the PGA of America, officially apologized via email to 30,000 golf professionals on Thursday regarding comments about the chants directed at Team Europe during the Ryder Cup. Rae initially compared the vulgar remarks to those typically heard at a youth soccer game, but he has since retracted those statements in his apology. ‘Let me ...

The Phoenix Mercury have traveled to Las Vegas to face the Aces in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Friday, Oct. 3 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN). When the season opened, it was fair to wonder if either team would be here. The Mercury saw the end of the Diana Taurasi-Brittney Griner era but reloaded by acquiring Alyssa Thomas and ...

AI-assisted summary The Vanderbilt football team is no longer the easy opponent it once was in the SEC. Alabama players and coaches have stated they are not overlooking Vanderbilt after last season’s upset. Quarterback Diego Pavia has emerged as a key player, elevating the team’s performance. Here we go again. Football isn’t the story, excuses are.  It started with Alabama ...

AI-assisted summary The Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles are the only undefeated teams remaining in the NFL. Rookie Dillon Gabriel will make his first career start for the Cleveland Browns in London. The Denver Broncos’ top-ranked defense will face the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles’ offense. There are only two. The Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles are the NFL’s last two remaining ...