Gipson, 24, averaged 8.9 yards on 68 punt returns and 26.0 yards on 44 kickoff returns over two seasons plus one game with the Jets. He was released by the Jets after fumbling a kickoff in the fourth quarter of the Jets’ 34-32 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1. Gipson, in fact, has 10 fumbles in 148 touches as a returner and receiver.

Starting tonight at Oracle Park, the Giants and Dodgers face off 7 times in next 10 games, with SF 2 games back of final NL wild card.

On a night when Yoshinobu Yamamoto was nearly unhittable and Justin Verlander was in vintage form, the pitchers' duel that made up the first seven innings of Friday night's clash between the Dodgers and Giants was a mere footnote in the end.

Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart isn't listening to the public calls for him to become the team's starter, but promises to be "ready whenever my number is called."

Chapman had a condensed hearing on Thursday to appeal a one-game suspension he received on Sept. 3, a day after the incident. On Friday, Major League Baseball downgraded Chapman’s punishment to an undisclosed find, which was also part of the original punishment.

New York Giants LT Andrew Thomas and DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches are listed as doubtful for a Week 2 game against the Dallas Cowboys.

Giants’ Justin Verlander joins 1909 Cy Young on historic MLB pitching record list originally appeared on The Sporting News Don't write off the old guys. That's the message that San Francisco Giants pitcher Justin Verlander surely was feeling on Friday night at the end of another recent gem for the 42-year old.