By MICHAEL MAROT, AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cleveland Browns coach Hue Jackson sees the Indianapolis Colts as a perfect match. They, like the Browns, will start a young quarterback who is still getting acclimated to a new system. They, like the Browns, are still trying to work ...

By GENARO C. ARMAS, AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Just three weeks into the season and the Cincinnati Bengals are already at a crossroads. About the last thing that the struggling team needed was a trip to Lambeau Field on Sunday to face the Green Bay Packers. Injuries that could ...

By ERIC OLSON, AP College Football Writer Purdue football is showing new signs of life on the field and on the airwaves, too. Jake Query, who co-hosts an afternoon radio show on Fox Sports 975 in Indianapolis, said the Boilermakers didn't stimulate much, if any, audience participation the ...

By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — No. 14 Miami's official stance is that the team wasn't able to practice for more than a week because of Hurricane Irma. That's technically true. The full team wasn't together. But in actuality, quarterback Malik Rosier and some ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals rinsed the bad taste of being swept by the Chicago Cubs the best way they could — sweeping the Cincinnati Reds. Dexter Fowler delivered again, hitting two doubles and a single as St. Louis overcame Scott Schebler's two home runs to beat the Reds ...

By STEVE DILBECK, Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — It's time for the 2017 Cleveland Indians to be introduced to the one and only . 1884 Providence Grays. They share some unlikely history, the two teams, which played a mere 141 years apart, are the only two clubs to have ever won 27 ...

KENT, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio coroner has ruled exertional heat stroke caused the death of a Kent State University football player after an offseason morning workout. The Portage County coroner's office released the findings of an autopsy of Tyler Heintz on Monday. Heintz died June 13 after ...

By TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback DeShone Kizer said his vision was affected by a severe migraine headache in Sunday's loss at Baltimore. Kizer was removed from the game in the first quarter after coach Hue Jackson noticed something ...

By TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Corey Coleman's second NFL season is off to an eerily similar start to his first. Cleveland's top wide receiver broke his right hand again during Sunday's loss in Baltimore, and Browns coach Hue Jackson said the 2016 first-round pick is ...

By TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — They raised a flag and then raised some hell. After only partying on the road in the postseason last year, the Cleveland Indians finally got a chance to throw a bash in their own home. For an hour or so, they sprayed each other with ...

WOOSTER, Ohio (AP) — Officials say a football player at the College of Wooster has died after being hospitalized after a game Saturday when he complained he didn't feel well. A college spokesman says 21-year-old Clayton Gelb died Sunday afternoon at a hospital in Wooster. He was a senior ...

BOSTON (AP) — New Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving says he doesn't care if anyone took it personally that he left Cleveland, even Cavaliers star LeBron James. Appearing Monday on ESPN's "First Take," Irving said he doesn't feel like he owed James an explanation for asking for a ...

By JOE KAY, AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Andy Dalton thought there might be some changes after two horrid games on offense. He was surprised that they started at the top. A few hours after its 13-9 loss to Houston on Thursday night, Cincinnati fired offensive coordinator Ken ...

By BRIAN DULIK, Associated Press BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Joe Thomas weaved his way through reporters in the locker room, surveying the group before stepping behind a podium. "I'm not sure what all the commotion is about," the 10-time Pro Bowl left tackle said Thursday. "I'm just a guy that ...

By TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — On a winning streak that just won't stop, the Cleveland Indians have posted shutouts, blowouts and routine wins. All that was missing were a walk-off victory and extra innings. "Check those two off," closer Cody Allen said. "We're ...

By JOE KAY, AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — A black tux and bowtie. Deshaun Watson decided to dress in style for his first NFL start, one that came in prime time on his 22nd birthday. The clothes and the moment were a perfect fit for the national champ. Watson scrambled 49 yards for ...

By MITCH STACY, AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State players likely will be a little cranky when Army visits for the first time on Saturday afternoon. The No. 8 Buckeyes were smoked by Baker Mayfield and Oklahoma at Ohio Stadium last week and will be looking for an outlet for ...

By DAVID GINSBURG, AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — In his NFL debut, Cleveland quarterback DeShone Kizer went up against the Pittsburgh Steelers, whose reputation for playing rugged defense began long before the Browns rookie was born. Having survived that test, Kizer on Sunday will ...

By JOE KAY, AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — No Bengals team has been so bad on offense to start a season. Not many in the history of the NFL, either. Cincinnati failed to get into the end zone again — make it 25 possessions and counting — during a 13-9 loss to the Houston Texans on ...

By ANDREW SELIGMAN, AP Sports Writer EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Just like last year, Northwestern is struggling in the early going. Don't think coach Pat Fitzgerald is buying the comparisons, though. The Wildcats come into Saturday's game against Bowling Green trying to shake off a blowout ...