Having already dumped their quarterback for an untried newcomer, the Washington Redskins opened another offensive hole here on Wednesday as rusher Clinton Portis went on injured reserve, ending his season.
The move came two days after Portis underwent surgery for a broken right hand suffered after being tackled by Brian Dawkins in the first quarter of a 27-6 loss Sunday at Philadelphia.
The Redskins tumbled to 3-6 and last in the NFC East division, three games behind the New York Giants and needing a turnaround to revive faint playoff hopes.
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Veteran coach Joe Gibbs benched Mark Brunell and made Jason Campbell, who has not played a moment in all 25 games of his NFL career, as the starting quarterback this weekend at Tampa Bay.
The loss of Portis puts the rushing duties onto Ladell Betts, who managed 83 yards on 20 carries after Portis went down on Sunday.
Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher, the co-chairman of the NFL's competition committee, was fined US$12,500 by the league for criticizing an official in last weekend's 27-26 loss to Baltimore.
After Sunday's game, Fisher said it was a "bad call by the umpire" that denied the Titans' recovery of a fumble in the third quarter. The Titans had stripped Mike Anderson of the ball while he was standing and recovered it, but officials ruled Anderson had been downed by contact.
Fisher challenged and lost a timeout when referee Jeff Triplette upheld the ruling, saying there was a fumble but "no clear recovery."
A sumo star was born in Japan on Sunday when 24-year-old Takerufuji became the first wrestler in 110 years to win a top-division tournament on his debut, triumphing at the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka despite injuring his ankle on the penultimate day. Takerufuji, whose injury had left him in a wheelchair outside the ring, shoved out the higher-ranked Gonoyama at the Edion Arena Osaka to the delight of the crowd, giving him an unassailable record of 13 wins and two losses to claim the Emperor’s Cup. “I did it just through willpower. I didn’t really know what was going
The US’ Ilia Malinin on Saturday produced six scintillating quadruple jumps, including a quadruple Axel, in the men’s free skate to capture his first figure skating world title. The 19-year-old nicknamed the “Quad god,” who is the only skater to land a quadruple Axel in competition, dazzled with an array of breathtakingly executed jumps starting with his quad Axel and including a quadruple Lutz in combination with a triple flip and a quadruple toe loop in combination with a triple toe. He added an unexpected triple-triple combination at the end to earn a world-record 227.79 in the free program for a championship
Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter is being criminally investigated by the IRS, and the attorney for his alleged bookmaker said Thursday that the ex-Los Angeles Dodgers employee placed bets on international soccer — but not baseball. The IRS confirmed Thursday that interpreter Ippei Mizuhara and Mathew Bowyer, the alleged illegal bookmaker, are under criminal investigation through the agency’s Los Angeles Field Office. IRS Criminal Investigation spokesperson Scott Villiard said he could not provide additional details. Mizuhara, 39, was fired by the Dodgers on Wednesday following reports from the Los Angeles Times and ESPN about his alleged ties to an illegal bookmaker and debts well
MLB on Friday announced a formal investigation into the scandal swirling around Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter amid charges that the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar was the victim of “massive theft.” The Dodgers on Wednesday fired Ippei Mizuhara, Ohtani’s long-time interpreter and close friend, after Ohtani’s representatives alleged that the Japanese two-way star had been the victim of theft, which was reported to involve millions of dollars and link Mizuhara to a suspected illegal bookmaker in California. “Major League Baseball has been gathering information since we learned about the allegations involving Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara from the news media,” MLB