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Penguins place G Tristan Jarry, F Justin Brazeau on injured reserve
Veteran goaltender Tristan Jarry and breakout scorer Justin Brazeau were placed on injured reserve Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced.,Penguins depth forward Noel Acciari joined them on injured reserve after exiting with an upper-body injury in the opening minutes of Monday's 4-3 road loss t...

Comeback kings seek complete game as 7-2 Broncos battle Raiders
The Denver Broncos can become the first NFL team to reach the eight-win mark when they host the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night.,The Broncos have been kings of late comebacks while surprisingly being tied for the best record in the NFL entering Week 10. Denver (7-2) is seeking its seventh straig...

ATP roundup: Novak Djokovic opens Athens debut with win
No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic outlasted Alejandro Tabilo 7-6 (3), 6-1 in the Round of 16 at the Hellenic Championship on Tuesday in Athens.,In a neat coincidence, the Serbian Djokovic moved to Athens earlier this year, the same year that the ATP 250 tournament formerly held in Belgrade was relocated to ...

Spurs coming off 1st loss with visit to fellow Western power Lakers
A pair of early-season Western Conference powers will meet Wednesday when the San Antonio Spurs visit the Los Angeles Lakers.,Only the defending league champion Oklahoma City Thunder sit higher in the West standings through two weeks of the season than the Spurs and Lakers.,San Antonio will have to ...

Heat ready for climb to break nine-year losing streak in Denver
The Miami Heat started their four-game road trip with consecutive losses but can finish with two wins when they face the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night., ,Miami lost to the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers to kick off the trip but rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday nig...

Blue Jackets eyeing better start as they begin trek at Flames
Having had time to reflect on the bitter disappointment of their last outing, the Columbus Blue Jackets kick off a four-game Western road trip against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday aiming to point their season back in the right direction.,The Blue Jackets had a four-game winning streak snapped in ...

Reports: Marko Mitrovic to be chosen as new Revolution coach
The New England Revolution are set to appoint Marko Mitrovic as their next head coach, multiple reports said on Monday.,The hiring would end a search that began in September after the dismissal of Caleb Porter.,Mitrovic, 47, most recently coached the United States at both the Under-20 World Cup and ...

Grizzlies dealing with team drama as Rockets come to town
The Memphis Grizzlies play host to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday but find themselves mired in a three-game losing skid with an unhappy superstar.,Grizzlies All-Star guard Ja Morant, who served a one-game suspension for comments directed to the Memphis coaching staff after Friday's home loss to th...

Pelicans star Zion Williamson (hamstring) out at least 7-10 days
The lone winless team in the Western Conference was dealt another huge blow to the beginning of their season.,New Orleans Pelicans star forward Zion Williamson has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain that will sideline him for at least seven to 10 days, the Pelicans announced Tuesday...

New-look LSU leaning on Jalen Reed as season opens vs. Tarleton State
LSU has 12 new players on this year's team.,But it might be the return of forward Jalen Reed that is most important to the Tigers' fortunes as they open the season against Tarleton State on Wednesday night in Baton Rouge, La.,Reed was averaging 11.1 points and 6.5 rebounds through eight games last D...

Quick turnaround to start season as Marquette readies for Southern
On just one day of rest for both teams after their season openers, Marquette hosts Southern for Game 2 of the new campaign on Wednesday night in Milwaukee.,The Golden Eagles kicked off their new season with an 80-53 victory over Albany on Monday night.,Preseason Big East first-team selection Chase R...

Chargers acquire OL Trevor Penning from Saints
The New Orleans Saints traded offensive lineman and former first-round draft pick Trevor Penning to the Los Angeles Chargers ahead of the NFL trade deadline on Tuesday.,The Chargers will send the Saints a 2027 draft pick, which multiple reports said will be a sixth-rounder.,The Chargers were in desp...

Knicks' Karl-Anthony Towns meets up again with Timberwolves
With a few more wins in their respective conference finals series last spring, the New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves would have advanced to the NBA Finals and figured out the ultimate way to determine the winner of their blockbuster October 2024 trade.,But the evidence continues to mount th...

Blues upbeat while Caps search for identity among struggles
After racing to a 6-2-0 start that mirrored their surprising 2024-25 success, the Washington Capitals have encountered some early season turbulence.,Their current 0-3-1 downturn is worse than any winless streak they sustained a year ago. The loss of No. 2 center Pierre-Luc Dubois to a long-term lowe...

Knowing answers lie on defense, skidding Wizards take on Celtics
The Washington Wizards will be striving to end a five-game losing streak when they visit the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.,Inconsistency at the defensive end of the court has been a major issue for Washington, which has allowed at least 119 points in six of its seven games. The Wizards enter We...

No. 23 Creighton, restocked after departures, opens vs. South Dakota
No. 23 Creighton officially will begin life after Ryan Kalkbrenner on Wednesday when it hosts South Dakota in the team's season opener in Omaha, Neb.,Replacing Kalkbrenner, a four-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year, wasn't the only assignment for head coach Greg McDermott. He also saw the de...

After losing two top-five picks, Rutgers begins campaign vs. Rider
Rutgers fell flat and missed the NCAA Tournament last season despite having two future top-five NBA draft picks on the roster., ,Is it possible the Scarlet Knights will be better without Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey?, ,That's what Rutgers is set to find out as it opens the 2025-26 season at home agai...

Pacers, Nets face off as both look to move past slow starts
The Brooklyn Nets' pursuit of their first win of the season continues on Wednesday night when they visit the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis.,The Nets fell for the seventh time in as many games on Monday with a 125-109 setback to a Minnesota Timberwolves team that was missing All-Star guard Anthony E...

Bears acquire DE Joe Tryon-Shoyinka from Browns
The Chicago Bears are acquiring defensive end Joe Tryon-Shoyinka and a 2026 seventh-round pick from the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the same draft, the team announced Tuesday.,The move comes two days after Bears defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo sustained a season-ending Achill...

White Sox pick up OF Luis Robert's $20M option
The Chicago White Sox picked up center fielder Luis Robert Jr.'s $20 million option for 2026 on Tuesday.,The team also announced that left-hander Martin Perez declined his $10 million mutual option for 2026 and will receive a $1.5 million buyout.,Robert, 28, was limited to 110 games in 2025 and hit ...