National News — Hilton Head Island Perspective

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Arizona never reached the end zone Sunday, and it still left SoFi Stadium with an 18-16 upset of the Los Angeles Rams after Chad Ryland split the uprights from 43 yards as the clock hit zero. The loss drops the Rams, a popular preseason Super Bowl pick, to 2-4 and into last

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Drake Maye threw for three touchdowns and New England kept the Jets out of the end zone every time they reached the red zone, holding on for a 26-19 home win Sunday that pushed the Patriots to 4-2. Maye went 18 for 32 for 235 yards, his third straight outing with at

SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry left the team open practice at Chase Center early on Sunday with a sprained right ankle, a scare that quieted the crowd just days before the regular season begins. Curry, 38, was about 45 minutes into the session when he planted while trying to drive past

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New Orleans Saints piled up 34 unanswered points and then had to survive a frantic finish Sunday, beating the New York Giants 34-27 at MetLife Stadium after backup quarterback J.J. McCarthy nearly erased the deficit. New York opened a 10-0 lead before four turnovers let New Orleans take over. With

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kenneth Walker rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns, and the Chiefs stayed perfect with a 22-6 win over the Chargers on Sunday that left Los Angeles without a victory through six games and its coach promising a full review during the bye week. Jim Harbaugh said after the loss that

MARSEILLE, France — Two of France's top soccer clubs have closed official team shops after rioters broke in and stripped them during a weekend of unrest that swept cities across the country. Olympique de Marseille said Monday that its flagship store on La Canebière, the historic main boulevard of the Mediterranean port city, was looted

TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard is about to start an NBA season in a Toronto Raptors uniform again, seven years after he delivered the franchise its only championship and then left for his hometown Los Angeles Clippers. The Raptors made the reunion official in mid-September, sending forward Brandon Ingram, guard-forward Gradey Dick, a pair of unprotected

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ben Simmons' long road back to the NBA hit another wall Sunday, when the Sacramento Kings guard ruptured the Achilles tendon in his right leg while going through a live practice drill, three days before he was set to play his first regular-season game in well over a year. The Kings said

LAS VEGAS — Officials threw Buffalo safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson out late in the second quarter of Sunday’s game against the Raiders after he spit toward Las Vegas tight end Brock Bowers, though the Bills went on to win 33-30. The two had been jawing between plays when an official threw a flag and announced the

INDIANAPOLIS — Undefeated Nebraska sits at No. 1 in the first in-season top 16 released Sunday by the NCAA Division I women’s volleyball committee, an early look at how tournament seeds could shake out. The Cornhuskers, 19-0, are followed by Pitt at 17-1, Kentucky at 15-3, Wisconsin at 13-5 and Florida at 14-2. SMU, Louisville,

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves enter the new NBA season still chasing the first championship in franchise history, and this time they are betting on a new backcourt to get them there. Minnesota landed point guard LaMelo Ball in a multi-team summer trade that sent Naz Reid and Julius Randle out. Ball, the third pick

CLEVELAND — Andre Szmyt made a 37-yard field goal on the last play Sunday, and the Cleveland Browns came back from a 10-point hole to beat the Baltimore Ravens 13-10. The win lifted Cleveland to 4-2 and into a three-way tie with Baltimore and Pittsburgh for first in the AFC North. All four Browns wins