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No. 9 Ole Miss floats into The Swamp with playoffs mindset
Four two-loss Southeastern Conference teams are packed into a five-team logjam in the latest College Football Playoff projections released Tuesday.,No. 9 Ole Miss is one of those teams and Rebels coach Lane Kiffin is among the coaches that have figured this part out: It's better to not be part of th...
Eli Manning, Adam Vinatieri among 25 HOF semifinalists
First-time nominees Eli Manning, Adam Vinatieri and Luke Kuechly are among the 25 semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 with former Rams wide receiver Torry Holt hoping a 12th time is the charm.,Vinatieri, Kuechly, Manning, Terrell Suggs, Earl Thomas and Marshal Yanda are the ...
No. 8 Miami focuses on 'alignment' in key ACC matchup vs. Wake
The eighth-ranked Miami Hurricanes are guaranteed to reach the Atlantic Coast Conference title game if they win their final two regular-season games. ,They start the challenge Saturday afternoon when Miami (9-1, 5-1) hosts Wake Forest (4-6, 2-4) in an ACC matchup.,Miami is powered by senior quarterb...
At 3-0, No. 16 Indiana aims for improvement vs. UNC Greensboro
There's a lot to like about how No. 16 Indiana has performed during the opening weeks of the season.,But the Hoosiers are far from satisfied as they assess their good results going into Thursday evening's matchup with UNC Greensboro in Bloomington, Ind.,"We've got to get better at defending off the ...
No. 13 Baylor looks to test mettle vs. No. 22 St. John's in Bahamas
No. 13 Baylor has put it all together after a sluggish start to the season. ,The Bears will have an even better gauge of their progress on Thursday night when they face No. 22 St. John's in the first round of the Baha Mar Championship in Nassau, The Bahamas.,The winner of Thursday's game will play t...
Blazers embark on key road trip, starting against Thunder
After a frustrating start to the season, the Portland Trail Blazers have turned things around of late.,Now riding a three-game home winning streak, the Blazers will try to show they can be successful on the road as well.,On Wednesday night, Portland will begin an important five-game road trip agains...
Cavs, smarting from first loss, aim to rebound vs. Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans will do something Wednesday night that no other NBA team has done this season -- face the Cavaliers after Cleveland lost a game.,The Cavaliers, who won a franchise-record 15 games to start the season before losing to the host Boston Celtics 120-117 on Tuesday night, will hos...
Turmoil-tinged Sixers seek turnaround vs. Grizzlies
The Philadelphia 76ers enter their Wednesday road game against the Memphis Grizzlies hoping to find solutions to reversing a four-game losing streak and a 2-11 start that led to a team meeting following their latest defeat.,The 76ers were unable to hold onto a 19-point lead in a 106-89 road loss to ...
No. 19 Army puts unbeaten mark on line vs. No. 6 Notre Dame
It's not often that an undefeated team is listed as an underdog in the back half of November.,However, that is the situation No. 19 Army finds itself in as it prepares to face No. 6 Notre Dame on Saturday evening at Yankee Stadium in New York.,Army coach Jeff Monken said he understood his team's und...
No. 3 Texas keeps focus on defeating Kentucky
No. 3 Texas will celebrate its senior class while it looks to keep its collective focus on a chance at a berth in the Southeastern Conference championship during a matchup against Kentucky on Saturday afternoon in Austin, Texas.,It's the first time the teams have met as members of the SEC, the first...
No. 4 Penn State focused on Minnesota, not CFP
No. 4 Penn State will look to improve its case for making the College Football Playoff when it visits Minnesota in a Big Ten encounter in Minneapolis on Saturday. ,A competitive schedule might be preparing the Nittany Lions (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten) for the playoffs, but coach James Franklin remains focuse...
No. 5 Indiana set to take big stage against No. 2 Ohio State
Indiana has a chance to exorcise demons, silence the skeptics about a soft schedule and, by the way, likely book spots in the Big Ten championship game and the College Football Playoff.,All the No. 5 Hoosiers (10-0, 7-0 Big Ten) have to do is defeat No. 2 Ohio State (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten) in Columbus, O...
Top 25 roundup: No. 15 Marquette pushes past No. 6 Purdue
Stevie Mitchell scored a season-high 21 points and Kam Jones added a triple-double as No. 15 Marquette pulled away in the second half for a 76-58 victory over No. 6 Purdue in a nonconference matchup of undefeated teams on Tuesday in Milwaukee.,Jones had 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for Marq...
NHL roundup: Mark Scheifele's hat trick helps Jets beat Panthers
Mark Scheifele scored in each period for his ninth career hat trick and the host Winnipeg Jets beat the Florida Panthers 6-3 on Tuesday night.,Three days after Winnipeg lost 5-0 at Florida to suffer back-to-back losses for the first time this season, it got back at the Panthers to close a home-and-h...
Chris Kreider's go-ahead goal pushes Rangers past Canucks
Chris Kreider scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and Igor Shesterkin made 21 saves as the visiting New York Rangers won their third straight game, 4-3, over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.,Mika Zibanejad, Will Cuylle and Kaapo Kakko each had a goal and an assist and Ada...
Simas Lukosius stays sharp for No. 18 Cincinnati in win over NKU
Simas Lukosius continued his torrid 3-point shooting and No. 18 Cincinnati held off several rallies from Northern Kentucky to post a 76-60 win Tuesday night in Highland Heights, Ky.,The winless Norse had hopes of repeating the shocking 64-51 win over Cincinnati in 2022, when the Bearcats were held t...
NBA roundup: Celtics end Cavs' streak at 15 games
Jayson Tatum had 33 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists on Tuesday to help the Boston Celtics defeat the visiting Cavaliers 120-117, ending Cleveland's season-opening, 15-game winning streak.,The Cavaliers were attempting to become the second team in NBA history to start a season 16-0. The 2015-16...
No. 2 UConn dominates East Texas A&M for another rout
Solo Ball hit for a team-high 12 points as No. 2 UConn rolled to an 81-46 win over East Texas A&M on Tuesday in Storrs, Conn., to capture its fourth straight win to open the season.,The Huskies were ahead by 22 points at halftime and by 37 in the middle of the second half while waltzing to the finis...
Flames emerge from goaltending battle with SO win vs. Isles
Andrei Kuzmenko scored the game-winning goal in a shootout to give the host Calgary Flames a 2-1 comeback victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday.,Rasmus Andersson scored in regulation for the Flames, who have won two straight games and three of their past four outings. Goaltender Dustin Wolf...
Norfolk State visits Stanford to start West Coast trip
Norfolk State and Stanford are both off to strong starts this season -- the Spartans at 4-1 and the Cardinal 4-0. On Wednesday at Stanford, they will see which team is stronger.,Norfolk State is coming off a 67-58 victory at Hampton on Saturday, while Stanford defeated UC Davis 79-65 at home on Sund...