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Clemson WR Bryant Wesco Jr. (back) out for season
Clemson wide receiver Bryant Wesco Jr. will miss the remainder of the season after sustaining a back injury, head coach Dabo Swinney announced.,Swinney noted that Wesco avoided any significant damage to his neck or spine after the latter landed on his head while returning a punt in the Tigers' 35-24...
Interim no more: CF Montreal tab Marco Donadel as head coach
CF Montreal removed the interim tag and named Marco Donadel as head coach on Tuesday.,Donadel, 42, took over as interim coach on March 24 after Montreal fired Laurent Courtois following a 0-4-1 start to the season.,"We are happy to confirm Marco Donadel's position as head coach of the club," said Lu...
WTA roundup: Victoria Mboko wins all-Canadian match in Tokyo
Victoria Mboko breezed past fellow Canadian Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday in Tokyo.,The 19-year-old needed just 75 minutes to record the win, which was her first since she defeated Naomi Osaka in the final of the WTA 1000-level Montreal Open in...
Brandon Graham ends retirement, rejoins Eagles
Brandon Graham ended his retirement to rejoin the Philadelphia Eagles at the risk of spoiling a Hollywood ending to his 15-year NFL career.,Graham walked off the field in New Orleans in February with a second Lombardi Trophy already having planned for the final game of the 2024 season being his last...
5-star F Anthony Thompson commits to Ohio State
Ohio State landed a commitment Tuesday from Anthony Thompson, a five-star forward from a high school in the Cleveland suburbs.,He is ranked by the 247Sports composite as the No. 2 small forward in the nation and the No. 8 player overall in the Class of 2026.,In July, he named his top seven schools u...
With coach's seat getting hot, Wisconsin braces for No. 6 Oregon
Wisconsin, in the midst of a five-game losing streak, couldn't have found a worse time to visit No. 6 Oregon.,The Badgers, held scoreless in blowout defeats the past two games, will oppose the Ducks on Saturday in Eugene, Ore.,Oregon (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) is coming off a blowout win at Rutgers, 56-10 i...
No. 20 LSU tries to begin turnaround vs. No. 3 Texas A&M
Texas A&M -- not Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee or anyone else -- is the highest-ranked team in the ultra-competitive Southeastern Conference.,The No. 3 Aggies are tied with the No. 4 Crimson Tide atop the conference standings as Texas A&M prepares for a matchup with No. 20 LSU on Satu...
Indiana, ranked program-high No. 2, wary of improving UCLA
According to Indiana coach Curt Cignetti, the second-ranked Hoosiers aren't opposing a 3-4 UCLA team this week in Bloomington, Ind.,"I mean, we're playing a 3-0 football team this Saturday at noon," he said.,It's true that the Bruins (3-4, 3-1 Big Ten) have been a much different team since interim c...
Kraken's Berkly Catton, after fast start in debut, takes crack at Caps
It didn't take Berkly Catton long to make an impact in his NHL debut.,Seattle's first-round draft pick in 2024 got the secondary assist on Jordan Eberle's goal at 7:16 of the first period Monday, but the Kraken took their first regulation defeat of the season, 5-2 to the host Philadelphia Flyers.,Th...
Jays SS Bo Bichette plans to return from IL for World Series
Bo Bichette has no intention of missing his first chance to play in the World Series.,The Toronto shortstop, sidelined for the past six weeks due to a sprained left knee, expects to be on the roster when the Blue Jays host the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the Fall Classic on Friday.,Bichette ann...
Zach Charbonnet, Seahawks run over Texans, keep pace in NFC West
Zach Charbonnet scored on a pair of short runs as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the visiting Houston Texans 27-19 on Monday night.,Jaxon Smith-Njigba recorded his third straight 100-yard receiving game (eight catches, 123 yards) and scored on a pass from Sam Darnold as the Seahawks (5-2) moved into ...
NHL roundup: Hurricanes, last unbeaten team, fall in Vegas
Ivan Barbashev had a goal and an assist as the Vegas Golden Knights handed the Carolina Hurricanes their first loss of the season, 4-1 on Monday night in Las Vegas.,Jack Eichel, Pavel Dorofeyev and William Karlsson also scored goals and Mitch Marner had two assists for the Golden Knights, who earned...
Ivan Barbashev, Knights hand Hurricanes first loss of season
Ivan Barbashev had a goal and assist as the Vegas Golden Knights handed the Carolina Hurricanes their first loss of the season, 4-1 on Monday night in Las Vegas.,Jack Eichel, Pavel Dorofeyev and William Karlsson also scored goals and Mitch Marner had two assists for Vegas, which earned its fourth st...
Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. bags ALCS MVP honor
George Springer hit the Game 7 home run that sent the Toronto Blue Jays to the World Series, but the team wouldn't have been in position to advance if not for the efforts of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.,Guerrero, who batted .385 (10-for-26) with three solo homers, three doubles and four walks in the series...
Jonathan Toews' first goal for Jets sparks comeback over Flames
Jonathan Toews started a third-period comeback with his first goal in 30 months and Mark Scheifele completed it as the visiting Winnipeg Jets claimed a 2-1 victory over the struggling Calgary Flames on Tuesday.,Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck made 32 saves for the Jets, who are riding a five-game winni...
Reports: Pacers give F Aaron Nesmith 2-year, $40.4M extension
The Indiana Pacers signed forward Aaron Nesmith to a two-year contract extension worth $40.4 million, multiple media outlets reported late Monday.,A 2020 lottery pick by the Boston Celtics, Nesmith became a starter after he was traded to the Pacers in July 2022.,Though injuries limited Nesmith to 45...
NHL roundup: Wild extend Rangers' home losing streak
Rookie Danila Yurov snapped a tie for his first career goal with 11:44 remaining as the visiting Minnesota Wild halted a three-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday night.,Jonas Brodin scored the tying goal for the Wild in the first period and Kirill Kaprizov adde...
Bucs WR Mike Evans suffers broken collarbone, to miss significant time
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans is expected to miss most of the rest of the regular season after suffering a broken collarbone during Monday's game against the Detroit Lions, Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles revealed following the game.,"He'll be out mostly toward the end of the year," Bow...
George Springer's Game 7 blast sends Jays past M's, into World Series
TORONTO -- George Springer hit the go-ahead three-run home run in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Seattle Mariners 4-3 Monday night to advance to their first World Series since 1993.,Springer's 23rd career postseason homer helped the Blue Jays win Game 7 of the American Lea...
Kansas favored to snap 16-year losing streak vs. Kansas State
For the past 16 seasons, Kansas State and Kansas have squared off on the gridiron with the exact same result -- a Kansas State victory. But for the first time in recent memory, Kansas is favored in the "Sunflower Showdown," which the Jayhawks will host on Saturday.,Kansas State (3-4, 2-2 Big 12) com...