Whom Cleveland was actually playing at home on Sunday, the Giants, walked away with a 27-13 victory. It marked the fourth consecutive game in which the Browns have been routed while turning in an anemic offensive performance. MORE: Browns lose…again In case you didn’t remember their previous three blowout losses, it was Cowboys 35-10, Ravens 28-7 and Steelers 24-9. Add it all up for November, and the Browns were outscored 114-39 for the month....

But that’s exactly what Browns fan Garrett Howenstine did this week. Ryan Koler posted an image of his friend’s tattoo which reads “CLEVELAND BROWNS … SUPERBOWL CHAMPS LIV” on his upper right thigh. Super Bowl LIV is Super Bowl 54, which takes place at the end of this season. MORE: Baker Mayfield channeled his inner Deion Sanders by snubbing Chargers in NFL Draft process Aside from the fact the Browns haven’t won the Super Bowl yet (or even played a game) there are a few things immediately bad about this tattoo....

Hoyer is expected to make a full recovery after undergoing reconstructive knee surgery on Friday, and Browns coach Rob Chudzinski said he hopes the QB will be able to return for practice next spring. Hoyer had his torn right anterior cruciate ligament repaired at the Cleveland Clinic. The 28-year-old sustained the season-ending injury on Oct. 3 against Buffalo in the first quarter of his third start. It was a devastating blow to the Cleveland native who had led his hometown Browns to two straight wins while replacing injured starter Brandon Weeden....

My father was my quarterback. He inhabited that same two-sided existence: the one that always stood behind me, the one I always followed. He exhibited that same two-second decisiveness: see problem, see solution, release. He was high school star and high school coach, with stories in between that romanticized the game. MORE: The faces behind football’s concussion crisis | Issues NFL must resolve So I followed him onto that football field....

He told SiriusXM Radio host Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo that he could see himself returning to the dugout in 2021 after a year’s “sabbatical.” “I’d love to have one more shot,” Bochy told Russo. (Giants beat writer Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle tweeted about the interview.) BERNSTEIN: Bruce Bochy’s legend was built on small gestures Bochy, 64, announced in February that he would retire after the 2019 season....

Cassidy oversaw six successful seasons in Boston after taking over for Claude Julien in the middle of the 2016-17 campaign. The Bruins made the playoffs every year under Cassidy and made it all the way to the finals in 2019 before falling to the Blues in seven games. Bruins general manager Don Sweeney admitted that the 57-year-old did not take the firing well. Cassidy declined to comment on the matter, but said his emotions were still “very raw....

The Bruins, who finished third in the NHL, marched into the final with a sweep of the upstart Hurricanes. On the flip side, the Blues defeated the Sharks in six in the Western Conference finals after compiling the league’s best record from Jan. 3 onward. This will be a battle between a hot rookie netminder and the top offensive line in the league. Of two teams sharing one goal — skating around the ice with Lord Stanley’s Cup....

The event that set off the violence was just as murky. The Uighurs, a mostly Muslim people, say the trouble erupted when police burst into a prayer meeting. The Chinese say it began when a group of young Uighurs, whipped up by unnamed ““hostile foreign elements,’’ staged an independence march that turned into a riot. Whatever the provocation, cracking down on Muslims won’t win China any friends in the Islamic world, where Beijing has spent decades cultivating better ties....

Bryan Kohberger, 28, agreed on Tuesday to be extradited from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested at his parents’ home on Friday, to face charges in Idaho. He will be transported to the state within 10 days. Investigators say Kohberger broke into a rental house in Moscow and fatally stabbed Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in the early morning hours on November 13. Kohberger is a Ph....

A failed physical means his rights go back to the Patriots, and the Redskins get back their conditional draft pick. Essentially, the trade that happened last week doesn’t count, and the Redskins don’t have to deal with the headache anymore. If you haven’t been following along, Stork’s situation went from strange to really strange last week. Here’s a timeline of events: Patriots tell Stork they are going to release him; media leaks report Redskins see reports and decide they want to trade for Stork Trade is made, but Stork contemplates retirement Stork waits to report to Redskins Stork fails physical, heads back to Patriots...

And yet, here stands Salvador after completing an NHL career that spanned 14 years. To call him a success, to call him an overachiever, is just the start. MORE: NHL’s top active goal scorers | Remembering Al Arbour | Georges Laraque’s prank Call him a survivor. Not only did Salvador’s background make him an unlikely NHL player, but he overcame a frightening concussion that robbed him of a season and threatened his career....

Watson said the burden of holding the famous green jacket got to him 12 months from his maiden triumph at Augusta in 2012, but believes he is well placed to join an elite trio of Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Nick Faldo as players who have won consecutive Masters. MORE: Opening round tee times, pairings | Tiger will play in Par 3 contest | How Tiger got the yips...

Appearing on his wife’s most recent podcast, iHeartMiko, Grimes broke down his 2018 season with the Bucs. The cornerback missed the first two games with an injury and returned in Week 3 to face the Steelers. Tampa Bay asked him to shadow Antonio Brown (cover him all game), but Grimes was upset by that because he wasn’t getting paid enough to do that. Grimes explained he signed a $7 million contract (plus incentives) on a one-year deal to play left corner....

Early in the third quarter of Sunday’s game, the Buccaneers were forced to punt from deep in their own territory, but Eagles wide receiver Jalen Reagor failed to cleanly catch the ball. Tampa Bay recovered his fumble near midfield, a huge blow to Philadelphia’s comeback chances. MORE: Did Eagles’ Nick Sirianni ghost Arians at postgame handshake? The focus of the play quickly shifted from the Bucs’ recovery to Arians’ reaction....

Tampa Bay enters its “Thursday Night Football” game against the Ravens with a record of just 3-4 on the season. The Bucs started the year 2-0 but have gone 1-4 since, including an embarrassing 21-3 loss against the Panthers in Week 7. The Buccaneers are still tied for first in the NFC South despite their struggles, and there remains plenty of time for Tampa Bay to turn things around. The team still has plenty of talent on its roster, so things should eventually start clicking....

The Buccaneers started the 2022 NFL season on a good note, beating the Cowboys 19-3 at Jerry World. Tom Brady did not play his best, but the Cowboys had no answer for the Buccaneers’ defense and running game. It wasn’t all good, as the Bucs lost wide receiver Chris Godwin (hamstring) to a hamstring injury. Without Godwin, we should expect to see Julio Jones more involved in the passing game....

Ohio State is that good after a gutty 40-30 win over Northwestern, the Big Ten is that average, and the argument of whether the Buckeyes are BCS-worthy will rage on with each passing week. That's not the point here, everyone. The point is the man of the hour in this critical Big Ten game shouldn't even have been on the field. The man who saved Ohio State's 18-game winning streak, the man who carried his team in the second half when All-Everything quarterback Braxton Muller couldn't, is the same man who hit a woman this offseason....

OVERALL RECORD 1. Ohio State 161-42 (.793) 2. Wisconsin 146-61 (.705) 3. Nebraska 143-65 (.688) 4. Michigan 134-67 (.667) 5. Penn State 127-71 (.641) 6. Michigan State 118-82 (.590) 7. Iowa 111-87 (.561) 8. Maryland 101-94 (.518) 9. Purdue 102-95 (.518) 10. Northwestern 95-101 (.485) 11. Minnesota 95-102 (.482) 12. Rutgers 92-102 (.474) 13. Illinois 76-115 (.398) 14. Indiana 62-125 (.332) — Ohio State had the best winning percentage among Power 5 conferences in the BCS era....

Line: West Virginia -4.5, Total: 150 ( current NCAA Tournament spreads and totals) Buffalo Record 23-9 ATS 16-13 O/U 13-8-1 Overview: There’s been plenty of chatter about the Bulls becoming another 12-seed to advance through this round of the Tournament. They come in on a eight-game win streak against MAC competition, covering the spread in six of those games. They also have spread wins against to of the top seeds in the Dance but were given huge amounts of points at Kentucky (+32....

The Fiorentina centre-back passed away on March 4 aged only 31, sparking tributes around Italy, including his club pledging to rename their training ground after him. Buffon, meanwhile, believes that the best way he can honour his late cohort is by turning out for the Azzurri in friendlies against Argentina and England when it was thought he might choose to sit these games under interim boss Luigi Di Biagio out....