By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer The Major League Baseball playoffs are approaching and a Shohei Ohtani vs. Aaron Judge matchup in the World Series looms as an enticing October possibility. But first, the National League needs to get its waterlogged mess of a playoff race out of the ...

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer UNLV's football program, which rarely finds itself in the national spotlight, found it twice in a week for reasons both bad and good. Last Tuesday, starting quarterback Matthew Sluka announced he would sit out the rest of the season because he ...

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Raiders entered their matchup against the Browns with the NFL's worst running game and without star players Maxx Crosby and Davante Adams. Plus, Las Vegas was coming off a loss to the previously winless Panthers that drew the ire of ...

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Even after all the success the San Francisco 49ers had the past few seasons, a two-game skid and a string of injuries early in the season can raise some doubts for any team. Considered those answered for one day at ...

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Derrick Henry was off and running from the first time he touched the ball. There was no way the Buffalo Bills were stopping the Baltimore Ravens after that. Henry busted out the longest run in the team's 29 years in Baltimore on the way ...

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Verdugo hit a go-ahead, two-run single with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth inning and the New York Yankees ended the regular season with a 6-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. Struggling for most of the ...