The Jacksonville Jaguars added to their quarterback room on Saturday as they acquired Quinn Ewers in a trade with the Miami Dolphins. 

Jacksonville sent a sixth-round pick to Miami to complete the deal. 

The prize for the Jaguars, Ewers, brings starting NFL experience and a decorated college career to Duval County. In 2025, Ewers started three games for the Dolphins once the franchise was eliminated from playoff contention and decided to bench starter Tua Tagovailoa. He completed 66.3% of his passing attempts for 622 yards and three touchdowns. 

The Dolphins selected Ewers in the 7th round of the 2025 NFL Draft following a trip to the College Football Playoff semifinals with Texas in 2024. Ewers led the SEC with 31 passing touchdowns, and boosted the Longhorns to victories over Clemson and Arizona State in the CFP, before losing to the eventual-champions, Ohio State. 

Quinn Ewers threw for 283 yards, two touchdowns and one interception in Texas’ CFP semifinals loss to Ohio State in 2024. (Photo by CFP/Getty Images)

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He helped Texas reach the CFP semifinals in 2023, as well. 

Ewers appeared in Miami’s first preseason game against Washington, but sustained a groin injury and has been sidelined since. 

Seemingly, Jacksonville saw enough in his 2025 regular-season tape. Despite acquiring Ewers, Jacksonville’s hope is not to deploy him in the same inconsequential situation Miami did last season. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars are looking to improve on a 13-4 season in Year 1 with head coach Liam Coen. Bringing in Ewers gives them an added layer of security at the NFL’s most important position, so that if he were called upon to start, he could help the team continue to contend. 

He joins a QB room that includes Lawrence and veteran Nick Mullens, and Ewers will be on track to be Lawrence’s direct backup. Miami, on the other hand, boasts a quarterback room including Malik Willis, Cam Miller and rookie Mark Gronowski. 

Jacksonville opens the NFL season hosting the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, Sept. 13, while the Dolphins play the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Shohei Ohtani will not pitch Sunday against the Detroit Tigers after experiencing knee discomfort during a Friday bullpen session.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said before Saturday’s 2-1 loss that Ohtani’s knee still isn’t pain free, and he’s also having minor issues with the biceps muscle that troubled him earlier in the inning.

After the game, Roberts said Ohtani would not be used against Detroit and his next pitching outing is up in the air. Tyler Glasnow, who was expected to follow Ohtani, will now start Sunday’s game.

The two-way star hasn’t pitched since throwing six innings in a 4-3 win against the San Diego Padres on July 3, and would have only pitched an inning or two on Sunday.

“The hard part right now is trying to figure out if he’s not 100% in the overall body, is it worth giving him an inning to build him up,” Roberts asked.

Ohtani has been able to hit through the problems – he’s batting .274 with 12 homers in 45 games since his last pitching performance – and the addition of Tarik Skubal has made it easier to win without him in the rotation.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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Juan Soto, activated from the 10-day injured list before the game, had the go-ahead RBI single a pitch after fouling a ball off his right leg Saturday, leading the New York Mets to a 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros.

Soto was tended to by manager Andy Green and a trainer before his hit off Cristian Javier (1-5) capped a seven-pitch battle and sparked a three-run fifth for the Mets, who halted a three-game skid.

Soto returned to the last-place Mets after missing 31 games with a grade 2 strain of his left calf. It was the second IL stint of the season for Soto.

Jared Young added a two-run triple later in the fifth and finished with three hits and a career-high three RBIs. Francisco Alvarez hit a two-run double in the eighth,

Nolan McLean (10-8) surrendered an unearned run and struck out four over seven innings. He is 8-4 with a 2.19 ERA over his last 16 starts.

McLean allowed just two hits, including Jeremy Peña’s double on his first pitch of the game. Peña took third on an error by left fielder Brett Baty and scored on a sacrifice fly by AL Triple Crown candidate Yordan Alvarez.

Peña’s hit was just the second McLean has surrendered to a leadoff batter in his 35 big league starts.

Alvarez hit his AL-leading 38th homer off Daniel Duarte in the eighth.

Astros opener Bennett Sousa allowed one run while recording two outs. Javier was charged with three runs and struck out four in 4 1/3 innings.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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Pete Crow-Armstrong turned two pregame conversations with Sammy Sosa into one of the best days of his career.

Crow-Armstrong homered three times and drove in six runs on Saturday, adding to his case for NL MVP and powering the Chicago Cubs to a runaway 17-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The All-Star center fielder had four hits and scored four times, delighting the crowd of 39,597 at Wrigley Field.

“I think Pete’s having a wonderful season,” manager Craig Counsell said. “It’s a lot of fun to watch. … We’re lucky to be a part of it.”

Crow-Armstrong, 24, saw Sosa in the lobby as he made his way into the ballpark, and the two talked again in the batting cage. Sosa, 57, was part of a pregame ceremony celebrating Chicago’s 150 years as a National League franchise.

Crow-Armstrong said Sosa told him he wanted to see even more out of him, and then told him he wanted him to hit three homers during the game.

“He was like, ‘I want three out of you today. … I need three,’” Crow-Armstrong said. “And sure enough, I don’t know what he passed down to me there.”

Crow-Armstrong continued his bid to unseat Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani as NL MVP after the Japanese slugger took home the honor each of the previous two years. Ohtani hasn’t been able to pitch since July 3 because of left knee soreness and a right biceps injury.

While Ohtani has been limited to designated hitter with Los Angeles, Crow-Armstrong is one of baseball’s top defensive players. And he has turned into a consistent threat at the plate as well, batting .282 with 36 homers, 89 RBIs and 32 steals in 136 games.

“Sometimes you feel it in your bones that you got a day like today in you and I did today,” Crow-Armstrong said.

Crow-Armstrong hit a 435-foot drive to right-center in the first for his eighth career leadoff homer — all this season. He went deep again in the second, sending a two-run shot off the foul pole in right.

It was Crow-Armstrong’s fifth multihomer game this season and No. 11 for his career.

“I think he can change the game in so many different ways,” teammate Alex Bregman said. “I think that one day it’s hitting three homers, the next day it’s making three diving plays or just running down balls that nobody else can go catch out there in center field. Next day, it’s stealing third and the ball going in the left field and him scoring. It’s just so many different things he can do on a baseball field.”

Crow-Armstrong got each of his first three hits off left-hander Andrew Abbott. He is batting .315 with 11 homers and 34 RBIs against lefties this season after he hit just .188 with seven homers and 27 RBIs versus lefties in 2025.

“It’s getting on the dish and learning the strike zone better,” he said. “I’m just, I think I’m getting better naturally as a baseball player overall.”

Batting with runners on first and second in the seventh, Crow-Armstrong hit a 444-foot drive to center off right-hander Tony Santillan. The crowd chanted “M-V-P! M-V-P!” as he rounded the bases.

With Reds catcher Jose Trevino on the mound in the eighth, Crow-Armstrong bounced to second. But the fans cheered anyway, saluting his first career three-homer game with a long ovation.

“The relationship has grown with all these fans,” Crow-Armstrong said, “so I’m just enjoying my time here more and more every day, walking down the street or in my uniform.”

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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The No. 14 USC Trojans advanced to 1-0 with a 42-26 win over San Jose State on Saturday, with 16 true freshmen contributing throughout the day. 

Ahead of Saturday’s Week 0 game, head coach Lincoln Riley started five true freshmen on the depth chart. Riley started wide receivers Trent Mosley and Kayden Dixon-Wyatt, edge rusher Luke Wafle, tight end Mark Bowman and cornerback Elbert “Rock” Hill IV. 

Starting quarterback Jayden Maiava was nearly perfect through three quarters of play, going 25-for-29 passing with 289 yards and three touchdowns. Maiava finished last season as the Big Ten’s leading passer and entered this season as an early Heisman candidate. 

Mosley hauled in seven receptions for 118 yards and a touchdown, and Dixon-Wyatt added a touchdown pass. Notably, Mosley became the first USC true freshmen receiver to record over 100 receiving yards in his collegiate debut since Juju Smith-Schuster in 2014. 

After Maiava finished his time on the field, true freshman Jontez Williams took the field for the final quarter of play, finishing the day going 5-for-7 for 55 yards and one interception. 

On the ground, the Trojans running back corps added three touchdowns from running backs King Miller, Shahn Alston and Riley Wormley.

Defensively, Wafle finished with two tackles with .5 tackles-for-loss and one pass breakup as Hill also added a pair of tackles. 

Despite a 28-0 lead, San Jose State’s Luke Weaver passed for 234 yards and threw fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Jerry McClure and Jordan Anderson before rushing for a late score. 

The Trojans host Fresno State on Friday at 6 p.m. on FOX.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Milwaukee — Alex Palou will have to wait at least one more day before winning his fifth INDYCAR championship.

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver had a shot Saturday in the first race of a doubleheader weekend at The Milwaukee Mile, but rains forced INDYCAR to suspend the race after 90 of the scheduled 250 laps. 

With at least 126 laps needed for an official event, INDYCAR had hoped to resume at 9 a.m. ET on Sunday. But after heavy overnight rains that lingered into the early morning, INDYCAR opted to push it to Sunday evening – after the “second” race of the doubleheader that will run as scheduled at 1 p.m. ET on FOX.

INDYCAR will give teams three hours between the races, and hope to resume the first race at 6 p.m. ET, which should be plenty of time before it gets dark.

“The weather keeps it real interesting for us,” Andretti Global driver Will Power said on the FS1 telecast.

FOX Weather predicts a 10 percent chance of rain the remainder of Sunday.

INDYCAR officials say they need three hours between the events for teams that need to change engines or make any other necessary repairs.

Palou entered the race 91 points ahead of Kyle Kirkwood and 110 points of Christian Lundgaard. He needed to be 108 points ahead of both after the first race in order to clinch the crown. After the doubleheader is completed, all he needs to be ahead by is 54 points as the season ends Sept. 4 at the Laguna Seca road course in Monterey, Calif.

After 90 laps Saturday, Pato O’Ward was the leader, followed by Felix Rosenqvist, Alexander Rossi, Josef Newgarden, Christian Lundgaard and Kyle Kirkwood.

Palou was 13th, one spot behind David Malukas, who had stopped most recently and potentially is in the best position when the race resumes. 

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New York Yankees rookie shortstop George Lombard Jr. was lifted from the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader against Boston because of right knee discomfort.

The Yankees said Lombard was undergoing imaging at nearby New York-Presbyterian hospital.

During his at-bat in the second inning, Lombard checked his swing on a 2-2 pitch from Boston’s Brayan Bello. After the swing, he grimaced and held his right knee.

An athletic trainer and manager Aaron Boone checked on Lombard, who stayed in the game and singled. Lombard also took his at-bat in the third, flying out to left field after the Yankees took a 3-1 lead. He did not take the field in the fourth.

Jose Caballero moved from third base to shortstop, and Amed Rosario entered the game at third for New York.

Lombard joined the Yankees on Aug. 4 and became the first New York shortstop to homer in his big league debut. The 21-year-old is hitting .253 with two homers and six RBIs in 23 games since getting promoted from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre after the Yankees used Caballero and Anthony Volpe at shortstop.

Lombard also has committed seven errors. He became the first Yankee shortstop with errors in six straight games since Roger Peckinpaugh in 1915 when he misplayed a grounder by Yainer Diaz in the eighth inning of Thursday’s 5-1 loss to Houston.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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The Dallas Cowboys have acquired offensive tackle Broderick Jones, a 2023 first-round draft pick, from the Pittsburgh Steelers, a person with knowledge of the deal said Saturday.

The deal includes an exchange of draft picks, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither team made any official announcements the day before NFL rosters have to be cut down to 53 players.

Pittsburgh is sending Jones and its fourth-round pick in the 2027 draft to the Cowboys, in exchange for Dallas’ third-and sixth-round picks.

The Cowboys have acquired offensive tackle Broderick Jones in a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers. (Photo by Jordon Kelly/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Jones was the 14th overall pick out of Georgia in the 2023 draft. He started 38 of the 45 games he played in three seasons with the Steelers.

The Cowboys have had nagging questions at tackle all of training camp. They need Terence Steele, going into his seventh season, to find the form from earlier in his career and for Tyler Guyton to develop as expected in his third season.

The move for Jones indicates they are concerned on both fronts, and with their depth at tackle since none of the others stood out in camp or preseason games.

Jones missed the final six games last year after an awkward hit to his neck on Nov. 23 against Chicago. He then went on injured reserve and had season-ending fusion surgery that required a lengthy rehab.

When the Steelers declined to pick up Jones’ fifth-year option and selected Arizona State tackle Max Iheanachor with the 21st overall pick in this year’s draft, they sent out an unsubtle hint. They were laying the groundwork to move on from the player they once viewed as a major foundational piece.

Reporting by the Associated Press.

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Cavan Sullivan scored in the second half to become the first 16-year-old in MLS history with goal contributions in four straight matches, and the Philadelphia Union beat the New York Red Bulls 3-1 on Saturday night to extend their unbeaten streak to seven.

Sullivan found the net for a second straight match and third time this season in 34 career appearances to give Philadelphia (6-10-6) a 2-0 lead in the 50th minute. He is the third player in league history age 18 or younger with a scoring contribution in four straight matches.

The Union took the lead in the 21st minute on Milan Iloski’s career-high 11th goal. Indiana Vassilev and Danley Jean Jacques both picked up their first two assists of the season on the first two goals.

Teenager Neil Pierre scored in the 65th minute for a 3-0 advantage. It was the fourth goal in seven appearances for the 18-year-old rookie midfielder. Bruno Damiani and Iloski had assists.

The Red Bulls avoided a shutout in the 74th minute when Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting netted his third goal of the season after scoring 17 times as a rookie last year.

Andre Blake saved three shots for Philadelphia, which posted a 3-0-2 record in August.

Ethan Horvath had one save for New York (7-10-5), which has gone 0-3-1 since a 3-2 victory over Orlando City to begin the month.

The Union earned their sixth road win in 20 tries against the Red Bulls and lead the all-time series 17-15-9.

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Philadelphia: Hosts CF Montreal on Saturday.

New York: At Seattle Sounders on Saturday.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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Lionel Messi scored four goals and assisted one to lead Inter Miami to a historic 7-1 win over CF Montréal on Saturday at Nu Stadium.

Messi scored his first goal, and Inter Miami’s second of the night, in the 40th minute from a direct free kick that caught Montréal goalkeeper Thomas Gillier off guard at the near post.

Messi scored again 12 minutes later after dribbling past three Montréal defenders. His 16th goal of the season tied him with FC Dallas’s Petar Musa for the 2026 MLS season-high.

Messi completed his hat-trick with a chipped shot in the 83rd minute, just three minutes after he assisted Luis Suárez for Inter Miami’s fourth goal of the evening. Messi has scored 62 hat-tricks in his club career.

Messi scored his fourth and final goal from another direct free kick. He is the ninth player in MLS history to score at least two direct free kicks in a single match.

The 7-1 win was Inter Miami’s largest margin of victory in club history, and the first time the club has scored seven goals in a single match. The MLS record for most goals by a team in a single match is eight (LA Galaxy, 1998).

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