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Delaware, Louisiana to showcase different offense styles in 68 Ventures Bowl
Teams with opposite offensive philosophies will tangle Wednesday night when Delaware faces Louisiana in the 68 Ventures Bowl in Mobile, Ala.,Delaware (6-6, 4-4 CUSA) has a pass-first offense directed by quarterback Nick Minicucci. The Blue Hens averaged 302.2 passing yards per game, which was the be...
Pre-Final Four deadline set for future NCAA Tournament expansion
A decision on expansion of the NCAA Tournament in future years from 68 teams to 76 has a pre-Final Four deadline.,NCAA president Charlie Baker said Tuesday at the Intercollegiate Athletics Forum that talks are active and include media rights holders CBS and Warner Brothers Discovery. ,"We are certai...
Open Championship moving to August in '28 due to Olympics
The Open Championship will be pushed back to August in 2028 to avoid a conflict with the Los Angeles Olympics.,Instead of its typical mid-July calendar slot, golf's oldest major will be contested from Aug. 3-6, 2028.,The 2028 Summer Games are scheduled for July 14-30, including the golf competition ...
PARIVISION, Imperial, B8 move on at StarLadder Budapest Major
PARIVISION, Imperial Esports and B8 punched their tickets to Stage 3 of the StarLadder Budapest Major with victories Monday.,In the Round 4 High matches, PARIVISION swept Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0, while Imperial outlasted M80 and B8 beat 3DMAX by 2-1 scores.,The losing sides have one more chance to adv...
FaZe, NaVi advance to Stage 3 of StarLadder Budapest Major
FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere became the first two teams to advance out of Stage 2 of the StarLadder Budapest Major on Sunday.,Both teams finished off 2-0 sweeps to clinch spots in Stage 3, with FaZe Clan coasting past Ninjas in Pyjamas and Natus Vincere sweeping B8.,Thirty-two teams began play in the...
Four teams jump to 2-0 starts in Stage 2 of StarLadder Budapest Major
FaZe Clan, Natus Vincere, B8 and Ninjas in Pyjamas won two matches apiece on Saturday to get off to a strong start in Stage 2 of the StarLadder Budapest Major.,Thirty-two teams began play in the $1.25 million Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event, which features three consecutive Swiss System stage...
FlyQuest, M80 advance out of first stage at Budapest Major
FlyQuest and M80 swept their Round 3 High matches on Tuesday to become the first two teams to advance to the second stage of the StarLadder Budapest Major.,FlyQuest steamrolled Fluxo, 13-1 on Overpass and 13-3 on Inferno. Australia's Declan "Vexite" Portelli had 30 kills and Romania's Iulian "regali...
FlyQuest, M80, Fluxo, NRG start 2-0 at StarLadder Budapest Major
FlyQuest was one of four teams to open the StarLadder Budapest Major with a pair of wins on Monday.,M80, Fluxo and NRG joined FlyQuest with 2-0 starts as the quartet moved into the Round 3 High matches in the opening stage of the $1.25 million tournament. Those four teams are now one win away from a...
No. 8 Oregon runs, throws all over Minnesota in win
Dante Moore threw for 310 yards and a pair of scores to lead No. 8 Oregon to a 42-13 win over Minnesota on Friday night in Eugene, Ore.,Moore threw only three incomplete passes in 30 attempts as the Ducks (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten) racked up 510 yards of total offense in their fourth straight victory.,Tight...
Chiefs-Bills game draws 30.8M viewers, 2nd-most this season
The Kansas City Chiefs-Buffalo Bills game this past Sunday drew an average of 30.8 million viewers on CBS, making it the second-most-watched NFL game this season.,That number trailed only the average of 33.8 million viewers that tuned in to see the Super Bowl LIX rematch between the Philadelphia Eag...
William Byron wins at Martinsville, joins Championship 4 with Kyle Larson
William Byron beat Ryan Blaney in an 11-lap dash and won the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway, putting him in the field with teammate Kyle Larson for next weekend's championship race after Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 finale in Martinsville, Va.,With Blaney leading and the pair charging...
Time ticking as title quest continues at tricky Talladega
With a hat tip to New York Yankees great Yogi Berra, the Round of 8 NASCAR Cup Series playoff is getting late early.,Only three races are left in a 2025 season that has been filled with highs and lows, including a tearful Denny Hamlin after career win No. 60 at Las Vegas last Sunday.,That could be d...