Month: December 2021

By MITCH STACY, AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers know how to bounce back after a tough stretch. They've been doing it all season long. Herbert passed for three touchdowns and Tevaughn Campbell returned a Joe Mixon fumble 61 yards for a score, helping the Chargers hold off Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals for a 41-22 victory on Sunday. Herbert was 26 of 35 for 317 yards as Los Angeles (7-5) rebounded after losing 28-13 at Denver last weekend. Mike Williams had five receptions for 110 yards, and Keenan Allen caught two of Herbert’s TD passes. The Chargers got off to a 4-1 start this season, and then Hey Dude Shoes  dropped four of six. So when Cincinnati turned a 24-0 deficit into a tight game, Herber...

By DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Sean Johnson high-stepped his way up the stairs at the back of a makeshift stage as his New York City FC teammates parted to let the standout goalie slide through the gap. He crouched and then burst straight up with the MLS Eastern Conference championship trophy as New York danced and shook the floor with good reason — a shot at its first championship is on deck. Talles Magno scored in the 88th minute to send New York into the MLS Cup final with a 2-1 win over the COVID-19-restriction-ravaged Philadelphia Union on Sunday. New York will play at the Portland Timbers on Saturday for the MLS Cup. “This team, they don’t stop,” coach Ronny Deila said. “They keep on going. Now we are in the final, so we’...

Jets kicker Alex Kessman missed his first two extra point attempts during his NFL debut after he signed from the practice squad Saturday to replace the struggling Matt Ammendola. Ryan Succop (Buccaneers), Dustin Hopkins (Chargers), Evan McPherson (Bengals), Chris Boswell (Steelers) and Robbie Gould (49ers) also had missed PATs. As bad as it's been, it’s not close to the 13 extra points kickers collectively missed during Week 5. That week also had 14 missed field goals, making it the highest number of combined misses since Week 11 of the 1987 season. ___ 5:55 p.m. Seattle’s Adrian Peterson has moved into a tie with Jim Brown for 10th all-time in total career touchdowns. Peterson’s 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter against Sa...

By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars were the cure for just about everything that ailed the Los Angeles Rams throughout November. Matthew Stafford and the Rams hope they can stay up at this level when their stretch run gets a whole lot tougher. Cooper Kupp, Van Jefferson and Odell Beckham Jr. caught touchdown passes from Stafford, and the Rams snapped their three-game losing streak with a 37-7 victory over Jacksonville on Sunday. Stafford passed for 295 yards while Sony Michel rushed for 121 yards and a score for the Rams (8-4), who rebounded from a winless month with a solid Hey Dude Women's Shoes all-around effort against a struggling opponent. Kupp had his 100th reception of a remarkable season among his ...

By TIM BOOTH, AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — For all the late-game mistakes and missed opportunities throughout their disappointing season, the Seattle Seahawks continue to believe there is something worth playing for. They showed the San Francisco 49ers exactly that Sunday. “No matter how people bash us and say we're done and all this we always believe,” Seattle safety Quandre Diggs said. Russell Wilson played his best game since returning from finger surgery, throwing for 231 yards and two touchdowns, and the Seattle Seahawks made a late Skechers Shoes Outlets goal-line stand to beat the 49ers 30-23 on Sunday. Seattle (4-8) snapped a three-game losing streak but it wasn’t easy as a number of mistakes gave the 49ers a chance for a tying touchdown ...

By WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — If the end is near for Ben Roethlisberger, he's not telling. Not publicly anyway. The longtime Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback insists he won't make a final decision about his future until January at the earliest. Until then, he is intent on savoring each moment as it comes. Moments like the giddy postgame locker room on Sunday night inside Heinz Field, when a surprised Roethlisberger received the game ball following the 39th fourth-quarter comeback of his career, Hoka Sneakers ,a 20-19 victory over Baltimore that will be remembered for Roethlisberger's vintage second-half play and a gutsy — if ultimately fruitless — decision by Ravens coach John Harbaugh to go for the win in regulation. “You should always try to...