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Nathan's hot dog contest to go on under Chinese ownership
No changes are expected at the traditional Nathan's Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest following the sale of the parent company.,Smithfield Foods of Virginia, a subsidiary of the WH Group of China, is finalizing a deal to purchase Nathan's Famous in a $450 million transaction.,A spokesperson for ...

Jags RB claims Titans punter threatened to kill him
Tennessee Titans running back Julius Chestnut claims Jacksonville Jaguars punter Logan Cooke threatened to kill him during Sunday's game in Nashville.,Early in the fourth quarter of the Jaguars' 25-3 win, Chestnut delivered a block to Cooke during a punt return. Cooke was shaken up on the play and e...

Ahmad Hardy (3 TDs), No. 20 Missouri pound UMass
Ahmad Hardy rushed for 130 yards and three touchdowns Saturday night as No. 20 Missouri pulled away from visiting Massachusetts in the second half for a 42-6 nonconference win in Columbia.,Hardy scored on runs of 5, 1 and 16 yards for the Tigers (5-0), which outgained the Minutemen 521-124 and gaine...

Heavily favored No. 20 Missouri wary of winless UMass
For No. 20 Missouri, the heavy lifting appears to be done until next month.,After starting 4-0 with two blowout wins and two closer games against tougher foes in Kansas and South Carolina, the Tigers appear to have a breather on the docket Saturday night when winless Massachusetts comes to Columbia ...

Iowa blows past UMass behind 3 Mark Gronowski TDs
Quarterback Mark Gronowski passed for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Iowa to a 47-7 victory over Massachusetts on Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa.,Gronowski, who won two FCS national championships with South Dakota State before he transferred to Iowa, completed 16 of 24 passes for 179 yards....

Joey Chestnut grills competition in return to Nathan's event
The Fourth of July was made whole once again as Joey Chestnut returned to the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest after a one-year hiatus to devour the competition Friday for his 17th career title of the famed event at New York's Coney Island.,After sitting out last year's competition because of a spons...

Joey Chestnut massive favorite to eat way back to Nathan's hot dog title
Joey Chestnut, who has won Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest a record 16 times, is back after being banned last year and is expected by the oddsmakers to secure his 17th title on the Fourth of July in New York.,Out of the 2024 competition in Coney Island due to a sponsorship dispute, Chestnut is a -25...

Joey Chestnut returning to Nathan's hot dog contest
Joey Chestnut resolved his beef with the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest and will make his return to the event on July 4 at Coney Island, N.Y.,The 16-time champion did not participate in last year's contest because of a disagreement regarding his conflicting sponsorship with Impossible Foods, a comp...

NBA notes officiating errors late in Warriors-Grizzlies game
The NBA acknowledged on Wednesday a number of officiating errors late in the Golden State Warriors' 121-116 win over the Memphis Grizzles in a Western Conference play-in game on Tuesday night in San Francisco.,Notably, with the seventh-place Warriors leading 117-116, the NBA's Last Two Minute Report...

NFL transactions roundup: Jaguars to sign OT Fred Johnson
The Jacksonville Jaguars will sign offensive tackle Fred Johnson to a one-year contract, his agent told ESPN on Wednesday.,Financial terms were not disclosed for the 6-foot-7, 326-pound Johnson, who played in all 17 games (six starts) last season with the Philadelphia Eagles., ,The reported move wil...

Arizona State aims to get back to winning against UMass
Arizona State will attempt to avoid back-to-back losses Saturday when it plays a nonconference game against Massachusetts at the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic in Springfield, Mass.,The Sun Devils (8-2) had a six-game winning streak end with an 83-66 loss to then-No. 9 Florida in Atlanta on Dec. 14...

Florida State continues torrid star with rout of UMass
Malique Ewin finished with team highs of 17 points and seven rebounds to lead the Florida State Seminoles to a 92-59 victory over the Massachusetts Minutemen in each team's final game of the Naismith Hall of Fame Tip-Off on Sunday afternoon in Uncasville, Conn.,The Seminoles (6-1) won their third co...
