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FURIA, Team Vitality move to semis at IEM Chengdu
FURIA and Team Vitality each recorded a win on Friday to advance to the semifinals at the $300,000 Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2025 tournament in China.,FURIA posted a 2-0 victory over The MongolZ, courtesy of a 13-5 win on Mirage and 13-10 triumph on Overpass. ,Latvia's Mareks "YEKINDAR" Galinski...
Jiyai Shin, Nasa Hataoka stand atop leaderboard in Japan
South Korean Jiyai Shin recorded a 5-under 67 to grab a share of the lead at the LPGA's Toto Japan Classic on Friday.,She started the round a stroke behind opening-round leaders Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita of Japan at Seta Golf Course in Otsu in the western part of the country. Consecutive birdi...
Reports: No IR, surgery for Commanders QB Jayden Daniels
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels has no ligament damage in his right elbow and won't need surgery or a stint on injured reserve, according to multiple reports on Friday.,An MRI revealed that Daniels does not have damage in the dislocated elbow on his throwing arm, per the reports, an...
Marko Mitrovic appointed head coach of Revolution
The New England Revolution named Marko Mitrovic their head coach on Friday.,The 47-year-old becomes the 10th head coach in club history. This is his first Major League Soccer head coaching job after more than 15 years at the international and pro levels.,"During the interview process, Marko's tactic...
No. 2 Houston works on chemistry entering encounter vs. Towson
No. 2 Houston will host Towson on Saturday afternoon in another early-season matchup that Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson views as important to get his new charges acclimated to major college basketball.,Sampson knows a thing or two about winning games, given that he notched his 300th career victory at...
No. 6 Duke eager to 'clean up' problem areas vs. Western Carolina
There should be plenty of new personnel for No. 6 Duke to show off when it plays its home opener Saturday afternoon against Western Carolina in Durham, N.C.,And perhaps it won't just be freshmen who stand out for the Blue Devils.,Sophomore guard Isaiah Evans demonstrated he's ready for a heightened ...
No. 22 Michigan State ready for better effort vs. No. 14 Arkansas
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo seems sure of one thing entering his team's second game of the season. ,If the Spartans don't improve dramatically from their opening-night performance, they have no chance of beating No. 14 Arkansas on Saturday night in East Lansing, Mich.,No. 22 Michigan State struggl...
No. 5 St. John's, No. 15 Alabama begin tough nonleague slates
After guiding St. John's to its best season in four decades, coach Rick Pitino sought a tougher nonconference schedule to better prepare his players for the rigors of conference and postseason games.,One of those games arrives Saturday afternoon when the fifth-ranked Red Storm send out their revampe...
Islanders, Wild try to get past come-from ahead losses
The New York Islanders had nearly three full days to ponder what could have been after squandering a trio of one-goal leads against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.,The Minnesota Wild won't have to wait nearly as long to get back on to the ice after a similar experience on Thursday.,The Islanders and W...
Short-handed Oregon pursues improved performance vs. Rice
Twenty-one turnovers and a 2-for-16 performance from the 3-point arc don't typically lead to a win. However, Oregon posted those team statistics in its season opener on Tuesday and still walked off its home court with a one-point victory over Hawaii.,The Ducks hope to be better on Friday night when ...
Matchup with UAB presents 'different opportunity' for NC State
All the adoration around the new-look North Carolina State team was nice leading up to the season.,Now there's some serious business for the Wolfpack at the end of the season's first week.,UAB visits NC State for a Friday night game in Raleigh, N.C.,The Wolfpack (1-0) rolled to a 114-66 win over vis...
Missouri aims to jump-start stalwarts against SEMO
Missouri expects to run its offense this season through its top two returning players, forward Mark Mitchell and point guard Anthony Robinson II.,After those two combined for just 17 points in Missouri's 88-67 season-opening victory at Howard on Monday, the Tigers (1-0) will try to get Mitchell and ...
DePaul, trying to avoid overconfidence, faces Stonehill
Early-season runaways can offer lots to like, but "what you don't want to do is create bad habits," DePaul coach Chris Holtmann cautions.,After rolling past Chicago State on Monday behind what Holtmann called some terrific sequences, the Blue Demons will host Stonehill on Friday with an eye on stayi...
Ole Miss plots to dominate boards against UL Monroe
Ole Miss' season opener went the way one might expect for a team featuring eight transfers.,The Rebels got off to a slow start and looked like a group still learning about each other, but things got better as the game went along.,Ole Miss defeated visiting Southeastern Louisiana 88-58 on Monday nigh...
After stellar opener, Seton Hall's Najai Hines squares off with Wagner
Seton Hall is aiming for a bounce-back season after a disappointing 2024-25 campaign in which it finished 7-25. A 2-0 start would be a strong step for coach Shaheen Holloway and the Pirates, who host Wagner on Friday in South Orange, N.J.,Seton Hall is coming off a 77-50 neutral-site victory vs. Sai...
Cincinnati looks to maintain scoring spread vs. Georgia State
Cincinnati will turn to its new-look balanced attack to continue to set the table for the Big 12 Conference gauntlet when it hosts Georgia State on Friday.,The Bearcats (1-0) were dynamite in their season-opening 94-63 win over visiting Western Carolina on Monday. Cincinnati got 18 points each from ...
Georgia Tech looks to lock in against Bryant after OT scare
After escaping with an overtime win over Maryland-Eastern Shore, Georgia Tech hopes to see a more complete effort Friday against visiting Bryant in Atlanta.,Georgia Tech (1-0) needed Peyton Marshall's game-tying free throw with 1.7 seconds left to send its season opener to overtime, where the Yellow...
NHL roundup: High-flying Ducks win fifth straight
Chris Kreider scored two goals and the visiting Anaheim Ducks beat the Dallas Stars 7-5 on Thursday night for their fifth win in a row.,Leo Carlsson and Cutter Gauthier each had a goal and an assist to extend their point streaks to eight games each and Lukas Dostal made 21 saves for the Ducks, who b...
Wake Forest sees room for improvement against visiting Morehead State
Wake Forest will need to avoid becoming greedy early in the season.,The Demon Deacons will try to pounce on another opponent when Morehead State visits for Friday night's game at Winston-Salem, N.C.,But coach Steve Forbes is directing his team to pay attention to the details.,Coming off an 88-74 sea...
New-look Virginia seeks more success vs. North Carolina Central
Led by a 22-year-old freshman forward and the shortest player on the roster, Virginia made a statement in its first game under head coach Ryan Odom: This isn't Tony Bennett's program anymore., ,Belgian import Thijs De Ridder delivered a double-double and 5-foot-10 Chance Mallory sparked a second-hal...