Marcus Mariota looked right at home standing on the sideline in the fourth quarter, watching his teammates close out a lopsided victory. The rookie quarterback made it look as easy as he did in college Sunday, throwing four touchdown passes and outplaying No. 1 overall draft pick Jameis Winston in their NFL debuts to lead the Tennessee Titans to a 42-14 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The highly anticipated
World number one Rory McIlroy will compete in next month’s Turkish Airlines Open, the first tournament of the European Tour’s end-of-season Final Series competition. McIlroy played in Turkey three years ago when the tournament was an exhibition event. “I’m looking to finish the year strongly so Turkey will be a key tournament for me,” the four-times major winner told www.europeantour.com on Monday.
World number one Rory McIlroy will compete in next month’s Turkish Airlines Open, the first tournament of the European Tour’s end-of-season Final Series competition. McIlroy played in Turkey three years ago when the tournament was an exhibition event. “I’m looking to finish the year strongly so Turkey will be a key tournament for me,” the four-times major winner told www.europeantour.com on Monday.
(The Sports Xchange) – Quarterback Tony Romo threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jason Witten with seven seconds left, giving the Dallas Cowboys an unlikely 27-26 win over the New York Giants on Sunday night at AT&T Stadium. The desperation drive covered 72 yards in just 1 minute, 27 seconds, completing Dallas’ rally from a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit. Romo hit Witten in the middle of the field after
Adam “Pac Man” Jones and Ndamukong Suh — two players with plenty of experience of NFL discipline — may be in for another close look from the league. Cincinnati cornerback Jones, who was suspended the entire 2007 season after run-ins with the law, was called for unnecessary roughness Sunday for pulling the helmet from the head of Oakland Raiders wide receiver Amari Cooper — then banging the rookie’s head into
Marshawn Lynch got his chance, but the St. Louis Rams thwarted Seattle’s superstar running back to open their 2015 NFL campaign with a 34-31 overtime upset on Sunday. The Rams withstood an 18-point fourth-quarter rally by the two-time defending National Conference champions, with Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein booting a 37-yard field goal for the victory. Just a day earlier, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson tweeted that Seattle would be 1-0 after
By Krisztina Than and Francois Murphy ROSZKE, Hungary/VIENNA (Reuters) – Two decades of frontier-free travel across Europe unraveled on Monday as countries re-established border controls in the face of an unprecedented influx of migrants, which broke the record for the most arrivals by land in a single day. Germany’s surprise decision to restore border controls on Sunday had a swift domino effect, prompting neighbors to impose checks at their own
By Matt Siegel CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia will have its fifth prime minister in eight years after the ruling Liberal Party on Monday voted out Tony Abbott in favor of longtime rival Malcolm Turnbull, following months of infighting and crumbling voter support. Turnbull, a multi-millionaire former tech entrepreneur, won a secret party vote by 54 to 44, Liberal Party chief whip Scott Buchholz told reporters after the meeting in Canberra.
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia has positioned about a half dozen tanks at a Syrian airfield at the center of a military buildup, two U.S. officials said on Tuesday, adding the intentions of Moscow’s latest deployment of heavy military equipment to Syria was unclear. One of the U.S. officials said seven Russian T-90 tanks were observed at the airfield near Latakia, a stronghold of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
By Mustafa Andalib GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents stormed a prison in Afghanistan on Monday, killing police and releasing more than 350 inmates, including nearly 150 deemed a threat to national security, and then attacked troops rushing to help, officials said. The latest Taliban prison raid, on the outskirts of the central city of Ghazni, comes after setbacks for the government in different parts of the country and deadly
