JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan has hired Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey as his new head coach, the team announced. Mularkey, who went 14-18 as coach of the Buffalo Bills from 2004-05, is Khan’s first major hiring as new owner. “The Jaguars have hired Mike Mularkey …
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MELBOURNE, Australia – His tennis attire now splashed with pink, Roger Federer was trying to recruit support for his next match. Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be a problem. Federer is one of the most popular athletes in Australia, where he has won four of his 17 Grand Slam titles. The only …
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HOUSTON – John O’Korn was 22 of 27 for 263 yards and three touchdowns and Houston forced a late fumble to beat South Florida 35-23 on Thursday night. Deontay Greenberry caught four passes for 106 yards and a touchdown, and Kenneth Farrow had rushing and receiving touchdowns for Houston (7-1, …
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According to the Chicago Blackhawks’ official twitter feed, coach Joel Quenneville said this morning that center Dave Bolland will return to the lineup for tonight’s crucial Game 4 against the Vancouver Canucks (8 ET, VERSUS, CBC, RDS). Chicago, the defending Stanley Cup champions, trail Vancouver 3-0 in the first-round series. …
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CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs at least are sprinkling hints of better days to come even though they keep piling up losses. Never mind that they fell 4-0 to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday and got shut down by Jake Odorizzi, there were a few good signs. Javier Baez …
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PITTSBURGH – Madison Bumgarner pitched a four-hitter with 10 strikeouts and Brandon Crawford hit the first grand slam by a shortstop in postseason history as the San Francisco Giants routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-0 on Wednesday night in the National League wild-card game. San Francisco will face NL East champion …
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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next Friday, August 15, for the first in-person meeting between leaders of the U.S. and Russia since Moscow launched its deadly 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The leaders are expected to meet in Alaska, Trump said in a post on Truth …
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Two German warplanes were scrambled overnight from Romania after Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack in Ukraine less than a mile from the NATO borderline. Romania’s Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday that two German Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, stationed at Romania’s Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base as part of …
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As the debate heats up over the delivery of aid into Gaza, Israeli officials have once again questioned the United Nations over its data, specifically aid getting stolen or intercepted and the number of trucks entering the enclave from Israel. As of Aug. 12, the U.N. Office for Project Services …
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday appeared to acknowledge for the first time that the troops he sent to fight Ukraine for Russian President Vladimir Putin have suffered losses en masse. In a ceremony depicting the faces of 100 North Korean soldiers and attended by their family members, …
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