Lance breaks ankle in 49ers’ win
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance will miss the rest of the season after he broke his right ankle Sunday.
Lance went down after running the ball on the second drive of a 27-7 win over the Seattle Seahawks.
Lance was replaced by former starter Jimmy Garoppolo, who threw for a touchdown on his first full drive and passed for 154 yards. Coach Kyle Shanahan said after the game that Lance would need to undergo season-ending surgery, raising questions about using Lance as a runner between the tackles so often early this season.
“Any time a guy gets hurt, I wish I didn’t call that,” Shanahan said. “But no, that’s something we were going to do and something we would continue to do. It’s a football play we believe in and something that gives him a real chance to be successful.”
Lance took over the starting job in advance of his second season after being drafted third overall last year. He spent his rookie season mostly on the bench watching Garoppolo as the 49ers went all the way to the NFC title game before losing to the Rams. San Francisco planned to trade Garoppolo in the offseason but was unable to after he had shoulder surgery in March.
Arizona State fires Edwards
Arizona State fired football coach Herm Edwards in his fifth season following an ugly home loss to Eastern Michigan and a lingering NCAA investigation into illegal recruiting practices.
Arizona State athletic director Ray Anderson announced the decision a day after the Sun Devils lost 3021 as heavy favorites.
Edwards went 46-26 at Arizona State, including 1-2 this season and 17-14 in the Pac-12 Conference. Running backs coach Shaun Aguano will serve as interim coach.
A week after Nebraska fired coach Scott Frost, interim coach Mickey Joseph
said defensive coordinator Erik Chinander was fired after the Cornhuskers lost 4914 to No. 6 Oklahoma. Special teams coordinator Bill Busch was promoted to defensive coordinator . ... Oregon and its student section apologized to Brigham Young fans after they were subjected to an offensive chant mocking the Mormon religion during the Ducks’ win Saturday . ... Texas Tech linebacker Bryce Ramirez
remained hospitalized a day after he suffered a gruesome left leg injury in a loss at North Carolina State . ... The top 10 in the Associated Press top 25 poll was almost unchanged. Georgia remained No. 1, and USC stayed at No. 7. Washington beat previously ranked Michigan State to move into the poll at No. 18.
Max Homa chipped in from about 30 feet for birdie on the closing hole in Napa, Calif., then watched as
Danny Willett three-putted from inside four feet to give Homa his second straight title at the Fortinet Championship. The former Valencia High standout closed with a four-under-par 66 . ... British Open champion Cameron Smith made his decision to leave the PGA Tour for LIV Golf pay off when he closed with a three-under 69 for a three-shot victory in the LIV Golf Invitational-Chicago . ...
Andrea Lee shot a six-under 66 to win the Portland (Ore.) Classic for her first LPGA Tour title . ... Steve Stricker won his second straight PGA Tour Champions event, beating Robert Karlsson with a birdie on the first playoff hole in the Sanford International at Sioux Falls, S.D . ... Bob MacIntyre defeated U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick on the first hole of a playoff to win the Italian Open.
of the Toronto Raptors scored 27 points, and Spain beat France 88-76 to win the EuroBasket gold medal in Berlin . ... Major League Soccer said it will look into an allegation that D.C. United player Taxi Fountas used a racial slur against Inter Miami defender Damion Lowe during Inter Miami’s 3-2 road win . ... Carlos Alcaraz beat Kwon Soon-woo in straight sets in the Davis Cup Finals to secure Spain a victory over South Korea and a quarterfinals spot as the Group B winner.