MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami wide receiver Tyreek Hill has been taken to a hospital after suffering a dislocated left knee. Hill was hurt when he made a catch and got tackled near the New York Jets’ sideline with 13:21 left in the third quarter Monday night. He was running toward the sideline and planted his left foot, and his knee appeared to twist severely as he was getting pulled down. Players from both teams took a knee while Hill was tended to. The Dolphins said Hill was going to the hospital “for imaging, evaluation and observation.”
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kawhi Leonard said he didn’t receive all of the money he was owed from a company he had an endorsement deal with in a business relationship that is under investigation by the NBA, but he insisted there was no wrongdoing. The Los Angeles Clippers superstar spoke Monday for the first time publicly on the matter at the team’s media day after a report earlier this month alleged the team violated the league's salary cap rules involving a $28 million endorsement contract between Leonard and the now-bankrupt California-based sustainability services company called Aspiration Fund Adviser LLC. The league has hired an outside firm to run its investigation.
Victor Wembanyama is back in action for the Spurs after recovering from deep vein thrombosis. Kyrie Irving and Jayson Tatum are also on the mend, though their return dates remain uncertain. Tyrese Haliburton and Damian Lillard don't plan to play again until next season. Injuries have been a major topic in the NBA, even before most training camps open. Irving and Tatum are hopeful about their recoveries, while Haliburton and Lillard focus on healing fully. As camps open, players like Wembanyama are channeling their frustrations into rigorous training, eager to return stronger.
The Indianapolis Colts haven't learned their lessons when it comes to costly goal-line mistakes. On Sunday, wide receiver Adonai Mitchell lost control of the ball at the 1-yard line, turning a potential 76-yard touchdown against the Rams into a touchback. This error contributed to the Colts' 27-20 loss, knocking them from the ranks of the unbeaten. Mitchell's mistake is reminiscent of a similar blunder by Colts star running back Jonathan Taylor last December. Coach Shane Steichen has emphasized maintaining possession until reaching the end zone.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bruce Bochy will not return as manager of the Texas Rangers after a three-year stint that began with the franchise’s first World Series championship in 2023 before missing the playoffs in both seasons since then. The Rangers announced Monday night that the team and Bochy had mutually agreed to end his managerial tenure. He has been offered a front-office role in an advisory capacity. The move came a day after finishing 81-81 at the end of Bochy’s three-year contract. It’s the first .500 finish in the franchise’s 65 seasons, and a first for the 70-year-old Bochy in 28 seasons overall managing San Diego, San Francisco and Texas. He is baseball’s winningest active manager at 2,252 wins.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have fired manager Rocco Baldelli, ending his seven-year tenure that included three AL Central titles but only one playoff appearance in his final five seasons. The Twins finished 70-92 this year. Baldelli’s firing came following a season marked by a major selloff leading up to the trade deadline. The Twins went 19-35 after the deadline passed following the departure of 10 players from their major league roster. Only the Colorado Rockies fared worse over the final two months. Baldelli is 44. He went 101-61 and won the AL Manager of the Year award as a rookie in 2019.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Manager Bob Melvin has been fired by the San Francisco Giants after the club missed the playoffs for a fourth straight season. Giants President of Baseball Operations Buster Posey had shown his confidence in Melvin by exercising the veteran manager’s contract option for the 2026 season on July 1. But Melvin said after Sunday’s 4-0 victory against Colorado to conclude his second season that he had received no assurances about managing in 2026. The Giants finished 81-81 for one more victory than in Melvin’s first year.
DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos routed the Cincinnati Bengals 28-3 to snap a two-game skid and send Cincy to its second straight blowout loss since losing star quarterback Joe Burrow to a toe surgery. J.K. Dobbins recorded Denver's first 100-yard rushing game since the 2022 season finale with 101 yards on 16 carries. The Broncos visit the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles next weekend, and the Bengals host the Detroit Lions.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Darren Waller had a pair of touchdown catches in his first NFL game in nearly two years, and Tua Tagovailoa threw for 177 yards to lead the Miami Dolphins to their first win of the season, 27-21 over the New York Jets. The Dolphins lost star receiver Tyreek Hill to what appeared to be a serious knee injury in the third quarter. Hill was carted off and taken to a hospital. Tagovailoa completed 17 of 25 passes and didn’t have a turnover Monday night as he moved to 7-0 against the Jets as Miami’s starter. The Dolphins are 1-3 while the Jets fell to 0-4.
Democratic senators are proposing a bill that would rewrite a 1961 law prohibiting college sports conferences from banding together to sell their media rights. It's a move they say is designed to protect athletes, Olympics sports and smaller leagues that could be getting priced out of an increasingly expensive era of name-image-likeness deals. The Student Athlete Fairness and Enforcement Act is an attempt to give lawmakers an alternative to a bill on the House side that has yet to come up for a vote in front of the entire chamber.
Finals
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Final Miami 27 N-Y Jets 21
Final Denver 28 Cincinnati 3