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“We’re sitting here 2-0 but we’re struggling,” Emmanuel Sanders after the Broncos eked out a 20-19 win over Oakland on Sunday on Brandon McManus’ 36-yard field goal with 6 seconds left. It was their only lead on a sweltering afternoon in which the temperature at kickoff was a record 92 degrees. The Broncos, who overcame a 12-point second-half deficit, hadn’t opened a season with back-to-back fourth-quarter comebacks since 2007. Last week, they rallied past Seattle 27-24 in Case Keenum’s Denver debut....

The 76ers – who could have as much as $25million in cap space during free agency, finished the regular season with a 52-30 record and made the playoffs for the first time since 2011-12. Philadelphia topped the Miami Heat in their opening-round series in the Eastern Conference before falling to the Boston Celtics in five games. Brown said he believes the Sixers will need to add to their core of Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid if they want to compete for titles amid links with Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James....

Where there is fire to go with the smoke fogging the question, the topic continues to draw attention. Saturday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Pettine got his say in the situation. In a word: Whatever. Pettine called rumor "noise," preferring to focus on a job that was his, not one for which he was possibly a second choice … or worse. Harbaugh, coach of the San Francisco 49ers, remains in his job....

Pryor’s current one-year deal worth $1.67 million is set to expire at season’s end, when he would become a free agent unless he is re-signed by the Browns. The team has nearly $50 million in salary cap space. WEEK 7 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has been in Cleveland recently, the report notes. Pryor, who leads the team with 33 catches, 413 receiving yards and four total touchdowns, said that last month he wants to remain a member of the Browns as long as Hue Jackson is coach....

Cleveland has battled injuries and COVID-19 concerns to curb the momentum of making the playoffs last season. Pittsburgh hasn’t been as ravaged, but the concerns there have been a struggling run defense and not enough offense. That’s led to both teams teetering around .500, despite high levels of young and veteran talent. The Browns want to finish with another winning record at the least. The Steelers, who won the division in 2020, are starting at going first to worst....

The 54-year-old coach has been in the organization since 2008, starting out as an assistant with the Providence Bruins before becoming the head coach for five seasons prior to joining Boston as an assistant in 2016. He then took over head coaching duties for the Bruins as interim coach in February 2017, helping Boston to an 18-8-1 record to finish the season and clinch a playoff berth for the first time since 2014....

“I don’t wish to offer any other commentary on the U.S. election,” Johnson said in a press conference in a direct response to a question about whether Trump should concede. “Our friends in America have their processes and it’s not for me to offer commentary on it though clearly, we want to congratulate President-elect Biden.” In a different section of the press conference, the British prime minister had been keen to show that the “special relationship” between the U....

The pop icon, 39, kicked off her Britney: Piece of Me show at Sin City’s Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in 2013, going on to gross an estimated $138 million across nearly 250 shows, according to Billboard. And while she may have entertained legions of fans and pulled in eye-watering amounts of cash during her stint, the star has revealed that she went out socially just twice over the course of her run....

DeMarcus Ware will undergo surgery Tuesday to repair a fractured ulna suffered Sunday against the Colts. Coach Gary Kubiak said Monday that Ware will be sidelined four to five weeks. The 34-year-old pass-rushing specialist currently sits 10th in NFL history with 136.5 career sacks and has been named to the Pro Bowl nine times. MORE: Fantasy football Week 3 waiver wire must-haves While Denver will miss his experience, the luxury of being able to promote Shane Ray to the starting role leaves the Broncos in better shape than other teams would be in a similar situation....

A judge accepted the deal on Monday during a brief hearing in Denver. Ward previously pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault and disturbing the peace charges for allegedly throwing a glass mug at a female bartender at PT’s All Nude Club in May. Ward told the judge he understood the conditions of the program but said nothing else. A judge will review the status of the case on Oct. 31....

“Just got off the phone with the @WhiteHouse. I appreciate @POTUS reaching out to offer his administration’s support,” Elliott tweeted with a photo of him on the phone. Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, died Sunday afternoon after being shot by a Minneapolis police officer during a traffic stop in the suburb of Brooklyn Center. The shooting sparked unrest late into the night during a time when the city is already on edge amid the trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin, who is standing trial for the death of George Floyd....

Just over a week after a tense press conference at the U.S. Open in which the four-time major champion dodged questions on the LIV Golf Series, the Saudi-backed tour welcomed Koepka as its newest member. Koepka turned questions on media during that press conference, blaming members of the press for giving the LIV controversy “more legs.” He already has familial ties to the circuit, as brother Chase has made the circuit home....

Garrett told Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot on Monday that he has been thinking for months about requesting a one-on-one meeting to try to get beyond the incident. Garrett tore Rudolph’s helmet off his head and hit him in the skull with it late in the fourth quarter of the AFC North rivals’ Week 11 game. Garrett insists he was reacting to hearing Rudolph call him the N-word; Rudolph has denied the slur allegation and has threatened through his attorney to sue Garrett for defamation....

He became an overnight TV star. Haley was impossible to miss in the second episode of HBO’s “Hard Knocks.” He was everywhere, whether berating Corey Coleman for drops and lack of effort before the receiver asked to be traded; making fun of Carl Nassib’s parents for naming their baby “Carl”; hanging upside-down in coach Hue Jackson’s office on an inversion table or telling Pro Bowl receiver Jarvis Landry to mentor rookie Antonio Callaway....

A day after Cleveland ended a promising turnaround season following a winless 2017, general manager John Dorsey said he will interview interim coach Gregg Williams and offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens in his search for the Browns’ ninth full-time coach since 1999. Dorsey’s pursuit will start internally and quickly expand. “Why not go and look at everybody?” Dorsey said Monday. For once, the Browns can be picky. Their coaching vacancy is more attractive than it’s been in the past....

Gordon was taken into custody after being pulled over for going 50 mph in a 35 mph zone on U.S. 70 in northwest Raleigh around 3 a.m. Saturday, police spokesman Jim Sughrue said. PHOTOS: Disgraced athletes The police report on Gordon’s arrest wasn’t finished, so Sughrue didn’t know what type of vehicle Gordon was driving or what led the officer to suspect he had been drinking. Gordon was released on bail....

Unlike the official forecasters at the National Weather Service and elsewhere, Cohen, director of seasonal forecasting for Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., doesn’t base his prognostications on crude indicators such as the status of El Nino. His research shows that something much subtler—the amount of snow cover in Siberia around the end of October—is the best crystal ball ever discovered when it comes to predicting winter weather in the U....

That doesn’t sit well with Bruce Arians and Larry Fitzgerald. MORE: Best Cardinals of all time | Who are these Arizona cheerleaders cheering to? “It drives me crazy that, after two (great) years, we come into a game with a 10-2 record and an opportunity to close out the division, and we still have 20,000 Vikings fans in the stadium,” Fitzgerald told the Arizona Republic, referring to last week’s game against Minnesota....

Pfizer, which is partnering with German biotechnology company BioNTech SE in the development of the vaccine, said its vaccine is “more than 90 percent effective” at preventing COVID-19 after an initial analysis of data from a large trial. Boris Johnson said the U.K. has ordered enough of the Pfizer vaccine for a third of the population but warned the public that it is not ready yet. At a press conference held at 10 Downing Street, the PM said: “Of course it’s good news, but there’s a long way to go before we’ve got this thing beaten....

The “Oops I Did it Again” singer was the subject of a much-talked-about documentary earlier this year titled Framing Britney Spears. Now in a new Instagram post, the 39-year-old admitted she “cried for two weeks” after she watched the film. Spears admitted in the caption, posted on March 30, that she didn’t watch the whole documentary, but was upset by the parts she did see. “My life has always been very speculated …watched … and judged really my whole life !...