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Indiana, Ohio State, Georgia, Texas Tech top CFP seeds; Notre Dame out
Indiana, Ohio State, Georgia and Texas Tech were named the top four seeds in the 12-team College Football Playoff during a bracket reveal Sunday.,Those four teams will have a first-round bye on the path to the national championship game, which will be played Jan. 19 in Miami Gardens, Fla.,Seeds five...

Thunder G Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (elbow) out vs. Jazz
Oklahoma City Thunder star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will miss his first game of the season on Sunday when he sits out versus the host Utah Jazz on Sunday because of left elbow bursitis.,Signed to a four-year, $273.3 million super maximum contract extension in the offseason, Gilgeous-Alexander i...

Reports: Bengals WR Jermaine Burton suspended for game vs. Bills
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Jermaine Burton was suspended one game without pay and will not play Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, multiple media outlets reported.,Burton, who did not travel with the team to Orchard Park, N.Y., was inactive for non-injury-related reasons. He will lose a game ch...

Indiana takes No. 1 spot in AP Top 25 for first time in history
Undefeated Indiana sits atop the Associated Press Top 25 football poll for the first time in school history after its 13-10 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game Saturday night.,In this week's poll, released Sunday morning, the Hoosiers earned all 66 first-place votes as they booted t...

Lando Norris wins first F1 world championship, besting Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen went from pole position to a victory lap at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, but the real winner was Lando Norris, who secured his first Formula One world championship.,Norris entered the season finale needing to finish in the top three in the race at the Yas Marina Circuit in the ...

Pure fuels Tundra Esports to Blast Slam V title
Tundra Esports recorded a 3-0 sweep of Team Yandez to win to the grand final at the $1 million BLAST Slam V event in Chengdu, China.,Tundra posted 53- and 49-minute wins on red before notching a 39-minute victory on green.,<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WE ARE THE BLAST SLA...

Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen saves par on No. 18 to win Australian Open
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen sank a 10-foot par putt on the 18th hole to win the Australian Open in Melbourne on Sunday.,It wasn't without a nervous moment, however. After making his putt to cap a round of 70 and finish at 15-under, Neergaard-Petersen had to wait for home-crown favorite Cam Smith to mi...

Golden Knights eager to add to Rangers' home-ice woes
While the Las Vegas Golden Knights spent Saturday afternoon at a relaxing skate a few blocks south of Madison Square Garden, the New York Rangers were enduring another tough loss on home ice while feeling good about the quality of their performance.,After their quiet afternoon, the Golden Knights wi...

Ducks' Beckett Sennecke bids to stay hot vs. Blackhawks
Intent on breaking free from an up-and-down run of late, the Anaheim Ducks will complete a stretch of home games that has not gone quite as planned when they play host to the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. ,The Ducks have played eight of the past 10 games at home and have one more remaining before he...

Fresh off wild game, Jackets face quick turnaround vs. Capitals
The Columbus Blue Jackets do not have a long time to stew about a disappointing setback with Sunday's clash at the Washington Capitals on the docket.,The Blue Jackets arrive in Washington, D.C. after dropping a wild 7-6 overtime decision to the Florida Panthers on Saturday,,"That's the beauty of the...

Lionel Messi: 'This is the moment I had been waiting for'
Lionel Messi checked a few more boxes on his already impressive resume Saturday.,Messi notched a pair of assists as Inter Miami captured their first MLS Cup title with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps. Messi, who also was named the MLS Cup MVP, set up Rodrigo de Paul in the 71st m...

On 6-game skid, short-handed Bulls face ailing Warriors
A pair of teams with lengthy injury reports, and one with a long losing streak, square off Sunday night when the Chicago Bulls host the Golden State Warriors.,The Bulls have lost six in a row and were without Tre Jones (ankle), Isaac Okoro (lumbar), Ayo Dusunu (thumb) and Kevin Huerter (hamstring) i...

Canadiens, Blues upbeat after latest outings
The Montreal Canadiens scored an emotional 2-1 road victory Saturday night. The St. Louis Blues did the same.,So both teams should be riding a high when they meet in Montreal on Sunday night.,The Canadiens prevailed over the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in a shootout Saturday to earn their fifth victory ...

Fresh off OT victory, Panthers out to halt Isles' win streak
The skid is over. Both of them, actually.,The Florida Panthers, who play host to the New York Islanders on Sunday, are coming off a wild 7-6 overtime win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.,That win ended Florida's five-game home losing streak. The Panthers had also lost four straig...

Former Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks dies at 79
Texas businessman and philanthropist Tom Hicks, who simultaneously owned NHL, Major League Baseball and English Premier League soccer clubs, died Saturday. He was 79.,Hicks formerly owned the Dallas Stars from 1995-2011 and the Texas Rangers from 1998-2010. He also acquired 50% ownership of Liverpoo...

Canes eye another victory while Sharks seek turnaround
The Carolina Hurricanes have won three of their last four games and look to ride that momentum into Sunday night's game against the visiting San Jose Sharks.,It will be the second of a back-to-back for the Hurricanes, who defeated the visiting Nashville Predators 6-3 on Saturday night.,Jackson Blake...

MOUZ, Vitality, MongolZ in StarLadder Budapest Major playoffs
MOUZ, Team Vitality and The MongolZ qualified for the StarLadder Budapest Major playoffs, winning fourth-round high matches in Stage 3 on Saturday in Hungary.,Team Vitality swept Natus Vincere, MOUZ defeated Team Falcons 2-1 and The MongolZ swept G2 Esports. ,In fourth-round low matches, there were ...

Grueling Avalanche road trip continues at Flyers
The Colorado Avalanche will have little time to enjoy their latest win as the NHL's top team travels to Philadelphia on Sunday to face the Flyers.,Not only will the Flyers have home-ice advantage, where they are 9-4-2 this season, but they will also enjoy a significant rest edge over the Avalanche.,...

Top 25 roundup: Indiana downs top-ranked Ohio State for Big Ten crown
Fernando Mendoza passed for 222 yards and a touchdown and the Indiana defense came up with two late stands as the No. 2 Hoosiers defeated No. 1 Ohio State 13-10 in the Big Ten championship game on Saturday.,The Hoosiers (13-0) won their first conference title since 1967 and beat the Buckeyes (12-1) ...

Top 25 roundup: No. 10 Iowa State throttles No. 1 Purdue in 2nd half
Milan Momcilovic scored 13 of his 20 points after halftime as No. 10 Iowa State poured it on in the second half, running away with an 81-58 win over No. 1 Purdue on Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind.,Momcilovic recorded his third straight 20-point game and fifth of the season on 8-of-17 shoo...