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La Salle coach, Big 5 legend Fran Dunphy set to retire
Fran Dunphy, the La Salle basketball coach who has been a fixture of the Philadelphia Big 5 basketball scene for nearly five decades, will retire at season's end, the school announced Thursday.,Dunphy, 76, is the winningest head coach in Big 5 history. As of Thursday, he is 623-376 in 999 career gam...
Team Liquid advance at DreamLeague Season 25
Team Liquid beat Gaimin Gladiators in the final tiebreaker match Thursday to reach Group Stage 2 at the DreamLeague Season 25 event.,Group Stage 1 concluded with Thursday's action to determine the fourth and final team to advance from Group B.,Group Stage 2 will be a single round-robin group, with t...
Falcons, HEROIC advance in DreamLeague Season 25
Team Falcons and HEROIC won matches Wednesday to clinch advancement to Group Stage 2 at the DreamLeague Season 25.,Falcons (4-1-2) earned a 2-0 victory over 9Pandas (0-5-2) to wind up in third place in Group A after round-robin play in Group Stage 1. HEROIC (4-3-0) took fourth place in Group A follo...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Paige Bueckers, No. 5 UConn rout Seton Hall
Paige Bueckers scored 23 points with nine rebounds and No. 5 UConn extended its winning streak to four games with a 91-49 victory on the road against Seton Hall on Wednesday at South Orange, N.J.,Aubrey Griffin and Kaitlyn Chen each contributed 15 points, Ashlynn Shade scored 14 and Sarah Strong add...
NFL salary cap rising to at least $277.5M
The 2025 salary cap will surge to an estimated $277.5 million per team and could climb as high as $281.5 million, up at least $22 million from last season.,The new cap marks an increase of more than $53 million over the past two years.,The NFL sent a memo to teams on Wednesday outlining the new rang...
Tundra, Spirit still cruising at DreamLeague Season 25
Tundra Esports and Team Spirit continue to lead their respective groups through three days of DreamLeague Season 25.,Tundra went 2-0-0 to break a tie for the top spot in Group A, while Team Spirit's one win and one tie were good enough to keep them alone in first in Group B.,Team Spirit, Tundra and ...
Team Spirit improves to 4-0-0 at DreamLeague Season 25
Team Spirit is the only squad with a perfect 4-0-0 record after winning two Group B matches Monday on the second day of DreamLeague Season 25.,Spirit beat AVULUS in 26 minutes on red and 44 minutes on green, then dismissed BOOM Esports in 39 minutes on red and 39 on green. They have a commanding lea...
Women’s Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Ohio State needs OT to beat Iowa
Jaloni Cambridge scored six of her 29 points in overtime and No. 8 Ohio State survived visiting Iowa's fourth-quarter comeback to win 86-78 on Monday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio.,Cotie McMahon added 25 points and eight rebounds as the Buckeyes (22-3, 11-3 Big Ten) led by as many as 14, only for Lucy...
Florida jumps to No. 2 behind Auburn in men's Top 25
Auburn strengthened its grip on the No. 1 spot after winning a showdown with then-No. 2 Alabama, receiving 59 of 60 first-place votes in The Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday.,The Tigers (23-2) lead the rankings for the sixth consecutive week following a 94-85 win against the Crimson Tide...
Notre Dame moves to No. 1 in Top 25 as UCLA falls
Notre Dame soared to No. 1 as UCLA and South Carolina sank in the women's basketball Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday after a landscape-shifting week.,The loss by UCLA to Southern California last Thursday dropped the Bruins from No. 1, where they'd sat since Thanksgiving. The Bruins (24-...
Vanderbilt's Mikayla Blakes scores freshman-record 55 points in OT win
Vanderbilt's Mikayla Blakes added to her record-setting season by scoring 55 points, the most in women's Division I basketball by a freshman, in the Commodores' 98-88 overtime win against Auburn on Sunday. ,The 5-foot-8 guard raised her scoring average to 23.0 points per game by going 15-for-28 from...
OT crash clears way for William Byron's repeat win at Daytona
William Byron made a late run with a melee unfolding in front of him in a two-lap overtime dash on Sunday night, stunning NASCAR Cup Series fans and also recording his second straight season-opening Daytona 500 victory in Daytona Beach, Fla.,Running ninth as the overtime started at high-banked Dayto...
Trio of teams perfect in Group A to start DreamLeague Season 25
HEROIC, Shopify Rebellion and Tundra Esports each earned a pair of 2-0 sweeps in Group A on Sunday to open DreamLeague Season 25.,Sixteen teams divided into two round-robin groups of eight are competing in Group Stage 1, with each match consisting of two games. The top four squads from Group A and t...
Top 25 roundup: No. 9 St. John's runs past No. 24 Creighton
Zuby Ejiofor and Kadary Richmond combined to score 10 unanswered points during a decisive second-half run on Sunday afternoon as No. 9 St. John's extended its lead in the Big East standings with a 79-73 win over No. 24 Creighton in New York.,RJ Luis Jr. posted a double-double with 23 points and a ca...
Daytona 500 kicks off new Cup season by testing drivers' strategies
This Sunday's 67th Daytona 500 has a front row of pole winner Chase Briscoe and 2022 race champ Austin Cindric, but starting up front in NASCAR's season-opening Cup Series race has not historically resulted in a checkered flag.,"A great way to start our season," said Briscoe, the new wheelman in the...
Daytona 500 start time moved up one hour Sunday
Sunday's Daytona 500 will start one hour earlier at 1:30 p.m. ET due to the threat of rain in Daytona Beach, Fla.,NASCAR announced the time change for the "Great American Race" on Friday.,Chase Briscoe will start from the pole and William Byron is the defending champion.,Parking lots open at 6 a.m. ...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 6 USC ends No. 1 UCLA's perfect run
JuJu Watkins compiled 38 points, 11 rebounds, eight blocked shots and five assists as No. 6 Southern California knocked off the last remaining undefeated team in the country, beating No. 1 UCLA 71-60 on Thursday at Los Angeles.,Kiki Iriafen added 13 points for host USC (22-2, 12-1 Big Ten). The vict...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 3 Texas handles No. 8 Kentucky
Madison Booker and reserve Kyla Oldacre both scored 19 points and No. 3 Texas was in control most of the way in defeating No. 8 Kentucky 67-49 in their Southeastern Conference showdown on Thursday night in Lexington, Ky.,Texas (25-2, 11-1 SEC) thrived on defense, never allowing more than 14 points i...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 10 NC State edges Miami late
Madison Hayes scored 19 points with a season-high four 3-pointers and Zoe Brooks weaved through traffic for a go-ahead layup with 46 seconds remaining as No. 10 North Carolina State escaped with a 76-74 victory over Miami on Thursday at Raleigh, N.C.,Aziaha James scored 15 points and Tilda Trygger a...
Chase Briscoe earns Toyota's first Daytona 500 pole
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Chase Briscoe spoiled Ford's pole position party during the Wednesday night qualifying session for the 67th running of the Daytona 500.,Fastest in both rounds of time trials, Briscoe turned a lap in 49.249 seconds (182.745 mph) to secure the top starting spot for Sunday's race...