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NBA sees highest opening-month viewership in more than decade

National NBA games being shown on NBC/Peacock, Amazon Prime Video or ESPN have drawn more than 60 million viewers through the first month of the regular season, the league announced Thursday, noting that is the highest opening total in 15 years. That doesn't include the 2011-12 season, which ...

Rodgers leaves Steelers’ win over Bengals with left wrist injury

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers spent the first half on Sunday trying to will the Pittsburgh Steelers into the kind of offensive rhythm that's been elusive of late. The four-time MVP spent the second half in the locker room, his 41-year-old left wrist aching and his status uncertain for the ...

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Bears beat Vikings 19-17 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Devin Duvernay’s 56-yard kickoff return in the final minute for Chicago set up Cairo Santos for his fourth field goal of the game, a 48-yarder as time expired, to push the Bears past Minnesota 19-17 after the Vikings scored the go-ahead ...

Ohtani is unanimous MVP for 4th time

Two-way star Shohei Ohtani won his fourth MVP award in a unanimous vote for the National League honor on Thursday and Aaron Judge earned the American League accolade for the third time. Ohtani won a MVP for the third straight year, his second in the NL with the Los Angeles Dodgers after two ...

Athletics 1B Kurtz wins AL Rookie of the Year, Braves C Baldwin takes NL honor

Athletics slugger Nick Kurtz was accompanied by a good friend as he joined one exclusive club on Monday night. Kurtz was a unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year, and Atlanta Braves catcher Drake Baldwin won the National League award. "It's a great honor that I'm going to ...