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Natus Vincere prevails at ESL Pro League 20 grand final
Natus Vincere battled Eternal Fire and came away with a 3-2 victory in the grand final of the ESL Pro League season 20 on Sunday in Saint Julian's, Malta.,NaVi dug out of a 1-0 hole, then hung on to take down Eternal Fire and win $170,000 of the $750,000 prize pool along with 2,400 BLAST Premier poi...
Tennessee in top five, Michigan rises in AP Top 25 poll
The top four teams in the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll remained unchanged after Week 4, but Tennessee moved into the top five after an impressive 25-15 win at Oklahoma on Saturday.,Texas, which crushed Louisiana-Monroe 51-3, bolstered its grip on the top spot with 44 first-place vot...
Mercury Morris, RB from 1972 undefeated team, dies at 77
Eugene "Mercury" Morris, a two-time Super Bowl-winning running back for the Miami Dolphins, died Saturday. He was 77. ,His son announced Morris' passing over social media on Sunday morning and the Dolphins confirmed the news, per The Miami Herald.,Morris arguably was the most vocal advocate of the 1...
Eternal Fire, Natus Vincere headed to grand final at ESL Pro League Season 20
Eternal Fire and Natus Vincere won their respective matches on Saturday to set up a meeting in the grand final at ESL Pro League Season 20 in Saint Julian's, Malta. ,The teams will compete in a best-of-five showdown on Sunday for the first-place prize of $170,000 and 2,400 BLAST Premier points. ,Ete...
G2, Natus Vincere move on to ESL Pro League Season 20 semifinals
G2 Esports and Natus Vincere advanced to the semifinals on Friday, joining Eternal Fire and MIBR as the last four standing at the ESL Pro League Season 20 competition in Saint Julian's, Malta.,Eternal Fire will face MIBR and G2 will take on NaVi in the best-of-three semifinals on Saturday, with the ...
Layne Riggs plays spoiler again, gets second straight win
Layne Riggs relished his role as spoiler so much that he returned for an encore Thursday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.,Riggs isn't competing for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship, but that didn't prevent him from winning the playoff opener Aug. 25 at the Milwaukee Mile.,On Thursday, ...
Eternal Fire, MIBR reach semis at ESL Pro League Season 20
Eternal Fire and MIBR became the first two teams to advance to the semifinals of the ESL Pro League Season 20 by winning their quarterfinal matches on Thursday in Saint Julian's, Malta.,Eternal Fire earned two big overtime wins to oust Team Vitality 2-1, while MIBR swept M80 2-0.,The losing teams we...
Bubba Wallace signs extension with 23XI Racing
NASCAR Cup Series driver Bubba Wallace signed a multi-year contract extension with 23XI Racing.,Wallace, 30, will remain behind the wheel of the No. 23 Toyota for the team owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin.,The two-time Cup Series winner missed the playoffs this season and currently sits 19th...
Eternal Fire, MIBR rally for ESL Pro League Season 20 playoff wins
Eternal Fire and MIBR came from behind to earn wins on Wednesday and advance to the quarterfinals of the ESL Pro League Season 20 in Saint Julian's, Malta.,In Round of 12 playoff action, Eternal Fire rallied past The MongolZ 2-1, and MIBR overtook HEROIC 2-1.,The day's other matches resulted in a pa...
Weekend Preview: Bristol Motor Speedway
Denny Hamlin faces the equivalent of a last-chance qualifier in the Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway., ,The first round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs certainly hasn't gone according to plan for the driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. A conservative strate...
The MongolZ among four winners as ESL Pro League 20 playoffs begin
The MongolZ, HEROIC, Complexity Gaming and Team Spirit survived and advanced to the Round of 12 at the ESL Pro League Season 20 on Tuesday in Saint Julian's, Malta.,The MongolZ dropped a triple-overtime first map against BIG before rallying to a 2-1 victory in their Round of 16 match. The other thre...
Team Vitality move on to playoff quarterfinals at ESL Pro League Season 20
Team Vitality punched their ticket to the playoff quarterfinals on Sunday, rallying for a 2-1 win over Team Liquid in the Group D upper-bracket final at the ESL Pro League Season 20 in Saint Julian's, Malta.,After Team Liquid prevailed 13-10 on Anubis to open the match, Team Vitality responded with ...
Texas new No. 1, Georgia No. 2 in AP Top 25 poll
Texas is No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time since 2008, knocking Georgia down to No. 2 after the Bulldogs eked out a one-point win on Saturday.,The Longhorns routed UTSA 56-7 after Arch Manning stepped in for injured star quarterback Quinn Ewers on Saturday...
M80, Imperial Esports reach playoffs at ESL Pro League Season 20
M80 knocked off Imperial Esports 2-0 on Saturday as both booked playoff spots at the ESL Pro League Season 20 in Saint Julian's, Malta.,In the Group C lower-bracket semifinals, MOUZ swept Fnatic 2-0 and Complexity Gaming pulled off a 2-1 win over Astralis to reach the final. ,Red Canids and FURIA Es...
Virtus.pro come back twice to advance at ESL Pro League Season 20
Virtus.pro twice rallied for victories on Friday and booked a playoff spot at the ESL Pro League Season 20 in Saint Julian's, Malta.,In a Group D mid-bracket quarterfinal, Virtus.pro came from a map down to beat Team Falcons 2-1. Virtus.pro pulled off an identical 2-1 comeback in its next match agai...
Vitality, Liquid notch playoff spots at ESL Pro League Season 20
Team Vitality and Team Liquid reached the Group D upper-bracket final at the ESL Pro League Season 20 by sweeping their respective matches on Thursday in Saint Julian's, Malta.,Vitality defeated FURIA Esports 2-0 in convincing fashion and Liquid did the same to Virtus.pro, knocking those teams into ...
Week 2 NFL Capsules
Buccaneers at Lions, 1 p.m. ET,Another playoff rematch awaits the Lions, who went to overtime to knock off the Rams at home in the regular-season opener (26-20). QB Jared Goff isn't fretting the matchup, especially if safety Antoine Winfield Jr. is out. Goff has at least 350 passing yards and multip...
Boise State, three others joining Pac-12 for 2026-27
Mountain West representatives Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State will join the Pac-12 in the 2026-27 academic year, the latter conference announced Thursday morning.,The Pac-12 board of directors unanimously approved the additions of the four schools to join Oregon State a...
M80 wins eight-OT map, advances at ESL Pro League Season 20
M80 emerged with a 2-0 sweep of Fnatic on Wednesday at the ESL Pro League Season 20 in Saint Julian's, Malta, and the Group C upper-bracket semifinal qualified as one of the matches of the year.,M80 won the first map 37-34 on Anubis in a whopping eight overtimes. The second map also went to OT, with...
Reports: Four Mountain West schools set to join Pac-12
The Pac-12 might be ready to rise again.,Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State are set to exit the Mountain West to join the Pac-12 for the 2026-27 school year, multiple media outlets reported Wednesday night.,The moves reportedly could be announced as soon as Thursday.,Just ...