The Lights FC will play its first preseason game Saturday at Cashman Field. The team will host Major League Soccer’s Montreal Impact at 8 p.m. Despite playing up a division, the team isn’t backing down from the challenge. Owner Brett Lashbrook: “We’re playing to win.” The team is expecting close to a sellout crowd as of Friday morning. Defender Zak Drake: “I’m very excited. It’ll be a good test for everything we’ve been training in preseason.”
One loss doesn’t define a season, and UNLV still has everything to play for following an overtime setback to Syracuse on Friday at Allegiant Stadium.
Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon on Saturday, hitting Beirut’s southern suburbs with airstrikes and striking a Palestinian refugee camp as it targeted both Hezbollah and Hamas fighters.
Professional handicapper Joe D’Amico (@JoeDamicoWins) analyzes every NFL Week 5 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
Rallies were planned in several European cities, with gatherings expected to peak Monday, the date of the anniversary.
Systemplays.com handicapper Doug Fitz went 5-0 against the spread for the second straight week to take the contest lead at 16-4 (80 percent).
Raiders linebacker Luke Masterson has been placed on the injured reserve list with a knee injury, dealing another blow to the team’s depth at the position.
Donald Trump returned on Saturday to the Pennsylvania fairgrounds where he was nearly assassinated in July, holding a rally with thousands of supporters.
The Raiders will look to make sure their AFC rivalry with the Broncos remains one-sided when they visit Denver in Week 5 of the NFL season Sunday.
The Raiders will be without wide receiver Davante Adams and several other starters when they face the Broncos on Sunday in Denver.
We initially thought it was sun scorch. But patches have also appeared on the sides of the saguaro that get little direct sun.