Taking advantage of an obscure rule, Chargers' Dicker makes NFL's first fair-catch kick in 48 years INGLEWOOD, Calif.
(AP) Cameron Dicker of the Los Angeles Chargers made the first successful fair-catch kick in the NFL since 1976 on Thursday night.
He connected from 57 yards right before halftime against the Denver Broncos.
Dicker and the Chargers took advantage of a seldom-used football play called the fair-catch kick, which allows a team that has just made a fair catch to try a free kick for three points.
Only five NFL teams had previously tried the kick in the 21st century, and nobody had successfully executed it since Ray Wersching did it for the San Diego Chargers 48 years ago.
Justin Herbert passes for 2 touchdowns, Chargers score on free kick and rally past Broncos 34-27 INGLEWOOD, Calif.
(AP) Justin Herbert passed for 284 yards and two touchdowns, including a go-ahead 19-yarder to Derius Davis early in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Chargers got closer to wrapping up a playoff spot by rallying past the Denver Broncos 34-27 on Thursday night.
The Chargers comeback also included Cameron Dicker making the first successful fair-catch kick in the NFL in 48 years.
He was good from 57 yards on the final play of the first half to pull the Chargers within 21-13.
Los Angeles needs losses by Indianapolis and Miami on Sunday to make the playoffs.
Denver failed to clinch a playoff berth and had its four-game winning streak snapped.
A LeBron record.
Xmas greetings from Mazzulla.
Steph went 0 for 7.
Thursday wasn't boring in the NBA Thursday had a little of everything in the NBA.
There was another record for LeBron James.
Joe Mazzulla gave out some Christmas cheer that was not Christmas cheer.
It was a shooting night like none other for Stephen Curry, which was not a good thing.
Victor Wembanyama did something unusual, which is becoming the usual.
The Pistons trailed by 29 in the first quarter, the biggest opening-quarter deficit so far this season.
The Warriors trailed by 57, the most by any team this season.
Sammy Sosa appears to acknowledge PED use and apologizes.
Cubs welcome him back into fold CHICAGO (AP) Sammy Sosa appeared to acknowledge using performance-enhancing drugs during a career in which he hit more than 600 home runs, and the Chicago Cubs said they were ready to welcome him back.
Sosa says in a statement "there were times I did whatever I could to recover from injuries in an effort to keep my strength up to perform over 162 games." He adds: "I never broke any laws.
But in hindsight, I made mistakes and I apologize.
Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts said the team plans to invite Sosa to the annual fan convention Jan.
17-19 in Chicago.
FIFA signs Netflix to US broadcast deal for the Women's World Cup in 2027 and 2031 FIFA has signed Netflix to a United States broadcast deal for the Womens World Cup in 2027 plus the 2031 edition that could be played in the U.S.
The deal announced Friday is the most significant FIFA has signed with a streaming service for a major tournament.
The value was not given though international competitions in womens soccer have struggled to draw high-value offers.
World Cups are typically broadcast on free-to-air public networks to reach the biggest audiences.
The 32-team 64-game tournament in 2027 will be played in Brazil from June 24-July 25.
The 2031 host has not been decided though the U.S.
is expected to bid.
Lindsey Vonn's coach suggests she'll be competitive in her return to World Cup skiing at age 40 ST.
MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) How fast can she go? And how competitive will she be? Those are the big questions surrounding Lindsey Vonns comeback to World Cup ski racing this weekend at age 40 after nearly six years of retirement and with a titanium knee.
Vonn's personal coach Chris Knight says its a question thats been going through my head a lot over the last week." He adds that "shes not far away.
Vonn is slated to race super-Gs on Saturday and Sunday in St.
Moritz.
Vonn has won a record 28 World Cup super-Gs including three at the Swiss resort.
But calculating her current potential is not an exact science.
'Front-row seats to something amazing': In 2024, the sports world, again, had unforgettable moments Patrick Mahomes threw a walk-off pass to win the Super Bowl.
Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off grand slam to win a World Series game.
Stephen Curry said nuit, nuit to win an Olympic basketball title in Paris, Noah Lyles won 100-meter gold by about the smallest margin possible, and Sabrina Ionescu won a WNBA Finals game with a 30-foot heave.
Sports is a collection of moments.
This year, many moments were once again spectacular.
Don't write off Kirk Cousins just yet despite his benching: Analysis Kirk Cousins didnt forget how to play quarterback.
He just didnt do it well enough often enough to keep his job in Atlanta.
Dont write off the veteran quarterback just yet.
Theres no sugarcoating the way Cousins played over the past five games.
He struggled mightily, tossing just one touchdown pass and nine interceptions in that span.
But this was the same guy who had 117.2 passer rating and led the Falcons to a comeback win on the final drive in Week 2 in Philadelphia in just his second start coming back from surgery for a torn Achilles tendon.
12-team college football playoff arrives after 100 years, a few billion dollars and many detours It took more than 100 years, a few billion dollars and the cold, hard realization that you cant fight progress forever.
And now, finally, college football has what the rest of sports have: a legitimate postseason tournament.
The first-of-its-kind 12-team College Football Playoff kicks off Friday and Saturday with four first-round games on campuses steeped in gridiron tradition: Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame and Ohio State.
Winners advance to play over the New Years holiday, and the tournament concludes Jan.
20 with the national title game.
Penn State rallies from 2-set deficit to beat Nebraska in NCAA volleyball, faces Louisville in Final LOUISVILLE, Ky.
(AP) Jess Mruzik had 26 kills, Caroline Jurevicius had 20 and Penn State rallied from an 0-2 semifinal hole for a five-set victory over Nebraska to reach the NCAA championship.
Penn State will face host Louisville, which eliminated No.
1 overall seed Pitt 3-1 in the first semifinal, and set up a historic NCAA final between two female coaches.
Katie Schumacher-Cawley guides the Lions, while Dani Busboom-Kelly leads the Cardinals.
The Nittany Lions dropped the first two sets 25-23 and 25-18 before winning the next two 25-23 and 28-26 and 15-13 in the tiebreaker..
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