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Unbeaten Team Falcons take top spot in Group A
Team Falcons downed Team Spirit 2-1 on Saturday in a battle for first place in Group A at the DreamLeague Season 29 event.,Now the only unbeaten team, Team Falcons is 6-0 going into the final day of the group stage as Team Spirit fell to 5-1.,Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorak of Russia led Team Falcons wi...
Corey Day passes Justin Allgaier to claim BetRivers 200
DOVER, Del. -- Twenty-year-old Californian Corey Day took the lead from veteran Justin Allgaier with four laps remaining to claim his second NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series victory Saturday in the BetRivers 200 in his first Dover Motor Speedway start.,Allgaier, a three-time winner this season and ...
Spirit, Falcons sweep into PGL Astana grand final
Team Falcons and Team Spirit will meet Sunday in the grand final at the $800,000 PGL Astana tournament in Kazakhstan.,Falcons swept magic and Spirit swept MOUZ in the semifinals on Saturday. The winner of their best-of-five championship will earn $256,000. ,MOUZ and magic will meet in the best-of-th...
Spirit, Falcons remain unbeaten atop Group A at DreamLeague 29
Team Falcons and Team Spirit each won twice via sweeps on Friday to remain unbeaten and share first place in Group A at the DreamLeague Season 29 event.,Team Falcons and Team Spirit both improved to 5-0. Aurora Gaming also swept both of their matches for their first two victories after an 0-3 start,...
5-star junior C Isaiah Hill commits to Purdue
Five-star junior center Isaiah Hill committed to Purdue's 2027 recruiting class on Friday.,The 7-footer from Indianapolis is ranked No. 13 nationally by the 247 Sports composite. He chose the Boilermakers over Louisville and Florida State.,"Purdue has been recruiting me since the eighth grade. [Assi...
PARIVISION, Natus Vincere move atop Group B at DreamLegion 29
Natus Vincere and PARIVISION each won twice on Thursday to share first place in Group B at the DreamLeague Season 29 event.,PARIVISION and Natus Vincere both improved to 3-0. PlayTime, which also earned two victories on Thursday, is tied for third in Group B at 2-1 with Xtreme Gaming, who split thei...
Super Bowl rematch and 10 other games to watch in 2026
Not only do the Los Angeles Rams have a reasonable shot at becoming the first team to win the Super Bowl on its homefield twice, the NFC West runner-up is by far the easiest team to find on the NFL's 2026 broadcast schedule.,Seven times the Rams are positioned for a primetime slot -- tying a league ...
Caleb Williams Favored to Be Madden 27 Cover Athlete
Caleb Williams currently leads the race to become the cover athlete for Madden 27 following his breakout season with the Bears....
Falcons, Spirit shine as DreamLeague Season 29 begins
Team Falcons and Team Spirit each swept two matches on Wednesday as the DreamLeague Season 29 event got underway.,Falcons and Spirit sit atop Group A, which saw all eight teams play two matches to kick off the tournament. In Group B, each side played once, and BetBoom Team, Natus Vincere, PARIVISION...
Report: NASCAR'S Chicago Street Race could return in 2027
NASCAR is making inroads toward bringing the Cup Series back to downtown Chicago, The Athletic reported Wednesday.,While there is still plenty of road ahead in terms of the conversation, the outlet cited sources as saying that optimism is growing toward the Chicago Street Race being included in NASC...
G2, Aurora and magic sweep into PGL Astana playoffs
Aurora Gaming, G2 Esports and magic clinched the final three playoff spots on Wednesday at the $800,000 PGL Astana 2026 event in Kazakhstan.,All three Round 5 matches were decided with sweeps as Aurora eliminated The MongolZ, G2 knocked out Monte and magic ousted Gentle Mates to conclude the group s...
Reports: Michigan, UConn to run back NCAA title game in November
Michigan will head to Boston to begin its title defense and the 2026-27 season in a rematch of the national championship game with UConn on Nov. 6. ,According to multiple reports, Wolverines coach Dusty May and Huskies coach Dan Hurley agreed to the game and venue with only official signatures left ...
MOUZ, FURIA, Falcons reach PGL Astana playoffs
MOUZ, FURIA and Team Falcons punched their playoff tickets with wins Tuesday at the $800,000 PGL Astana 2026 event in Kazakhstan.,MOUZ swept Aurora Gaming, while the Falcons defeated The MongolZ and FURIA beat Gentle Mates by 2-1 scores in Round 4 High Matches to join Team Spirit and 9z Team in the ...
Team Spirit, 9z Team first to advance at PGL Astana 2026
Team Spirit and 9z Team became the first two squads to advance to the playoffs at the $800,000 PGL Astana 2026 following 2-1 victories Monday in Kazakhstan.,Spirit took down FURIA and 9z outlasted MOUZ in the Round 3 High Matches. That put Spirit and 9z at 3-0, the first two teams to get the three w...
Cowboys, Giants open '26 season on Sunday Night Football
John Harbaugh gets a shot at a statement in his first regular-season game as head coach of the New York Giants.,The NFC East rival Dallas Cowboys and Giants are set to square off in Week 1 in primetime on Sept. 13, the eighth time in 15 seasons they open the regular season in a head-to-head matchup....
2026 NBA mock draft: AJ Dybantsa best fit for Wizards at No. 1 overall
After a much-maligned race to the bottom of the standings, the first round of the draft board is finally set. As the pre-draft process ramps up and NBA front offices get their ducks in a row, here is my initial post-lottery 2026 mock draft (assuming the lottery order is not beset by trades). The NBA...
FURIA, Spirit improve to 2-0 at PGL Astana 2026
FURIA and Team Spirit each recorded a sweep on Sunday to improve to 2-0 in the group stage of the $800,000 PGL Astana 2026 in Kazakhstan.,FURIA dispatched HEROIC after posting a 13-4 win on Mirage and 13-7 victory on Inferno.,Team Spirit, in turn, toppled MongolZ with a 13-11 triumph on Dust II and ...
Sean Strickland hands Khamzat Chimaev first loss, reclaims belt
Khamzat Chimaev's first UFC middleweight title defense surprisingly marked a changing of the guard, as Sean Strickland ruined his plans by becoming a two-time UFC middleweight champion at UFC 328 in Newark, N.J., on Saturday., ,Strickland's (31-7 MMA) split decision victory - 47-48, 48-47, 48-47- ha...
Action gets underway at $800K PGL Astana 2026
Sixteen Counter-Strike 2 teams began group stage play Saturday as action got underway at the $800,000 PGL Astana 2026 tournament in Kazakhstan.,Seven of the eight opening matches were sweeps, with MOUZ defeating Gentle Mates 2-1 in the lone exception. ,The group stage runs through Wednesday, with al...
Alex Newhook, Canadiens level series vs. Sabres in Game 2
Alex Newhook posted his first two-goal postseason game for the Montreal Canadiens, who evened their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the host Buffalo Sabres on Friday thanks to a 5-1 victory in Game 2.,The Canadiens seized home-ice advantage in the best-of-seven set ahead of Game 3 in Montre...