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Here’s a look back at Week 1’s action and fantasy advice for the week ahead:

WEEK 1 RECAP

Eagles 24, Cowboys 20: Dallas’ first two drives both ended with a touchdown by Javonte Williams. Who’s to say how things ...Read more

Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups and makes his predictions for Week 2 of the NFL season.

Last week, Farmer posted a 10-6 record (.625).

Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, ...Read more

Two things are true about last week, chronologically: 1). The Dolphins in their 33-8 loss in Indy stunk like Limburger cheese left in a car trunk. It was top-to-bottom ineptitude so flagrant it was the talk of the league. ...Read more

NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Wednesday pulled back the reins as allegations swirled about the Clippers circumventing the salary cap by orchestrating an endorsement deal for star forward Kawhi Leonard.

Silver, speaking ...Read more

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson will not face discipline from the NFL for shoving a Bills fan during Sunday night’s season-opening loss to Buffalo at Highmark Stadium, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed to The ...Read more

BALTIMORE — It wasn’t a walk-off this time, but the win counts just the same.

The Orioles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Thursday as Dylan Beavers, the latest walk-off hero from their victory Wednesday night, came...Read more

Former Nets center Jason Collins is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor, his family announced Thursday in a statement released by the NBA.

“NBA Ambassador and 13-year NBA veteran Jason Collins is currently undergoing...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — As if the depth and breadth of Jalen Carter’s dumbness in spitting on Dak Prescott wasn’t immediately apparent Thursday night, the NFL’s oldest and wisest defensive coordinator spent a few minutes ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — It's possible that Sidney Crosby has softened his stance on being a Penguin for life. It'd be understandable, too. But I also have to wonder if Crosby might be quarterbacking a power play to get Mario ...Read more

SEATTLE — Let's start with disclaimer No. 1: Seahawks general manager John Schneider did not trade DK Metcalf and Geno Smith because he thought they weren't skilled. He simply thought they weren't worth the money each ...Read more

MIAMI — This era (or error) of the Miami Dolphins franchise is terminal.

You know it. I know it. The national media knows it. And if we’re being honest, deep down the players know it, too.

Owner Steve Ross also knows...Read more

PITTSBURGH — If you listened closely enough this summer, the Steelers weren’t fretting over their receiving corps the way many on the outside were.

General manager Omar Khan made his feelings known on the first day of...Read more

At some point, the Dodgers hope, they will be able to field a fully healthy lineup.

A late scratch on Wednesday to catcher Will Smith, however, meant it would have to wait at least a couple more days.

Despite activating ...Read more

The longest night of the season had the strangest of endings for the Mariners.

Leo Rivas hit a walkoff, two-run home run on the first pitch of the bottom of the 13th inning, sending the Mariners to a 4-2 victory over the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Padres are dragging at what would seem to be the wrong time.

Maybe it will turn around. Virtually every team that has played in a World Series could look back at a stretch in the waning months of the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Just imagine if these games mattered in the standings.

The magic is back in Baltimore, and the Orioles are hardly losing. And they can’t stop winning in walk-off fashion.

The Orioles did it again ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Harrison Bader has played for the Phillies for all of 41 days, and already, he has a catchphrase.

What a gift.

It’s a gift, Bader said, that the Twins traded him before the July 31 deadline — and to ...Read more

NEW YORK — As Gleyber Torres prepared for his first game back at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, the Tigers’ second baseman said that he didn’t harbor any ill will for his former employer.

“I know it’s a business,”...Read more

CHICAGO — A team that says it’s going all out to win every game in a bid to make the postseason can’t load the bases on three walks to start the second inning and not get any runs.

Nor can that team allow five runs ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams faced some notable struggles during the season opener Monday in a loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

He led the Bears on a 61-yard touchdown drive to open the game, but ...Read more