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No. 13 Purdue scores in final second, beats No. 23 Ole Miss for Rady title
Myles Colvin scored off a rebound in the final second and Trey Kaufman-Renn racked up 25 points and 13 rebounds as No. 13 Purdue recovered after surrendering a large early lead to defeat No. 23 Ole Miss 80-78 in the title game of the Rady Children's Invitational on Friday in San Diego.,The Boilermak...

Undefeated Oregon looks to upset No. 9 Alabama
Ninth-ranked Alabama and undefeated Oregon meet in Las Vegas on Saturday for the championship of the Players Era Festival.,Alabama (6-1) advanced to Saturday's title round with a pair of close wins, outlasting No. 6 Houston in a top-tier matchup that went to overtime on Tuesday, 85-80; and Rutgers 9...

No. 6 Houston, San Diego State out to leave Vegas with win
No. 6 Houston and San Diego State are set to meet in the third-place game of the Players Era Festival on Saturday in Las Vegas.,Each team participating in the event is receiving $1 million in NIL money. Per media reports, the champion would win an extra $500,000; the team that places third will win ...

Stanford vying to bounce back from first loss, meets Cal Poly
Stanford gets its first opportunity to respond to a loss Saturday night when the Cardinal host Cal Poly in a nonconference game.,The Cardinal (6-1) opened 5-0 at home and then won at Santa Clara last Saturday before coming up short against Grand Canyon 78-71 in a neutral-site affair Tuesday in Palm ...

San Jose State uses aerial attack to get by Stanford
Walker Eget threw for 385 yards and four touchdowns, including the game-winning 18-yard strike to TreyShun Hurry with 1:55 left in the game, as San Jose State ended the regular season Friday with a 34-31 nonconference win over visiting Stanford.,Hurry adjusted to an underthrown back-shoulder ball in...

Jaxson Dart, No. 14 Ole Miss fends off Miss. State in Egg Bowl
Jaxson Dart broke Eli Manning's school passing record, Ulysses Bentley IV had the SEC's longest run this season and No. 14 Ole Miss beat visiting Mississippi State 26-14 in Friday's 121st annual Egg Bowl in Oxford, Miss. ,In eclipsing Manning's mark of 10,119 yards set from 2000-03, Dart was 14 of 2...

Ja Morant, Grizzlies handle banged-up Pelicans
Ja Morant scored 27 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 23 and reserve Santi Aldama had 20 points to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to their first NBA Cup victory Friday, 120-109 over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans.,The Pelicans, playing without Zion Williamson (hamstring) and Brandon Ingram (right calf ...

Orlando City in uncharted territory in Eastern final vs. Red Bulls
Orlando City will make their first appearance in an Eastern Conference final on Saturday when they host a New York Red Bulls side few expected to be there.,Fourth-seeded Orlando dispatched ninth-seeded Atlanta 1-0 in their conference semifinal on Sunday via a late first-half goal from Ramiro Enrique...

Improving Georgia aims to stymie Jacksonville
Fresh off its first ranked win away from home in five seasons, Georgia returns to Athens, Ga., on Saturday to host upset-minded Jacksonville.,Georgia (6-1) split a pair of games in the Bahamas last weekend, falling 80-69 to No. 15 Marquette before earning a 66-63 victory over No. 22 St. John's.,The ...

No. 1 Kansas hosts Furman in battle of unbeatens
One undefeated season will come to an end Saturday evening when Furman faces No. 1 Kansas in Lawrence, Kan.,Though the Paladins (7-0) and the Jayhawks (6-0) have swept through their respective schedules, the quality of their opponents is dramatically different. While the Jayhawks have faced and defe...

Washington tops Santa Clara in Acrisure Invitational final
Great Osobor had a team-high 19 points and eight rebounds as Washington took control midway through the first half and held off Santa Clara 76-69 on Friday afternoon in the Acrisure Invitational championship game in Palm Desert, Calif., ,The Huskies (6-1) led by nine at halftime and by 13 with nine ...

No. 2 UConn aims to shed rare struggles, faces UMES
Coming off a lackluster performance in the Maui Invitational, second-ranked UConn will attempt to regroup Saturday when it faces Maryland Eastern Shore in Hartford, Conn.,The Huskies went 0-3 in Hawaii. UConn opened the tournament with a 99-97 overtime loss to Memphis, then dropped a 73-72 decision ...

Chiefs first to clinch playoff spot after edging Raiders
Patrick Mahomes passed for 306 yards and became Kansas City's career leader in touchdown passes and the Chiefs clinched an AFC playoff spot with a 19-17 victory over the visiting Las Vegas Raiders on Friday.,Kansas City (11-1) has played in a slew of close games this season and wrapped up this win w...

Utah aims to continue home success vs. struggling Eastern Washington
Utah will try to extend its hot streak at home on Saturday afternoon when it hosts Eastern Washington in a nonconference matchup in Salt Lake City.,The Utes (5-1) have won all five contests at the Huntsman Center this November and are riding a 10-game home winning streak dating back to last season.,...

Sharks outgun Kraken 8-5 in first game of back-to-back
Jake Walman scored twice and Macklin Celebrini had a goal and an assist as the San Jose Sharks defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 8-5 Friday afternoon in the opener of a home-and-home series between the Pacific Division rivals.,Will Smith, Mikael Granlund and Klim Kostin also had a goal and an ass...

Dodgers INF/OF Tommy Edman agrees to $74M extension
Infielder/outfielder Tommy Edman, who earned National League Championship Series MVP honors for the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, agreed to a five-year, $74 million extension on Saturday with a club option for a sixth season.,Edman, 29, will be under contract with Los Angeles through at...

Erik Portillo wins NHL debut as Kings edge Ducks
Erik Portillo made 28 saves to pick up the win in his NHL debut as the Los Angeles Kings rallied to edge the host Anaheim Ducks 2-1 on Friday afternoon.,Alex Laferriere had a goal and an assist and Alex Turcotte also scored for Los Angeles, which won for the second straight game and for the 11th tim...

Down two in third, Caps take down Isles in OT
Jakob Chychrun scored in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 5-4 comeback win over the visiting New York Islanders on Friday.,Down 4-2 through two periods, the Capitals equalized on third-period goals from Dylan Strome at 1:20 and Tom Wilson at the 7:24 mark.,Chychrun assisted on Strome's goa...

Red-hot Devils pull out 5-4 victory over Red Wings
Stefan Noesen scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and the visiting New Jersey Devils held on for a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday afternoon.,Dougie Hamilton, Timo Meier, Nico Hischier and Jack Hughes each had a goal and an assist for New Jersey. Jacob Markstrom made ...

Lightning notch another 3-2 OT win vs. Predators, sweep season series
Brayden Point's 16th goal just 1:01 into overtime lifted the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 win over the host Nashville Predators on Friday afternoon and a sweep of the teams' two-game regular-season series.,After Nashville's Filip Forsberg went off for high sticking 41 seconds into the extra session,...