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No. 22 UNLV routs Nevada, punches ticket to Mountain West Championship
Hajj-Malik Williams threw for 168 yards and ran for 104 more as No. 22 UNLV beat rival Nevada 38-14 in Las Vegas on Saturday to clinch a berth in next week's Mountain West Championship Game.,Jacob De Jesus led UNLV with a season-high 84 yards in receiving, while Ricky White III added five receptions...
Hot-shooting Georgia uses balanced attack to crush Jacksonville
Dakota Leffew scored a team-high 16 points off the bench, including four 3-pointers, to help lead the Georgia Bulldogs to a 102-56 drubbing of the Jacksonville Dolphins in Athens, Ga., on Saturday.,Silas Demary Jr. and Tyrin Lawrence each added 14 for the Bulldogs (7-1), who won their second straigh...
NC State beats North Carolina for fourth straight time
CJ Bailey threw for 242 yards and two touchdowns as visiting North Carolina State reached bowl eligibility by beating Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina for the fourth consecutive season 35-30 on Saturday in Chapel Hill.,Bailey, a true freshman, completed 14 of 20 passes and also rushed ...
No. 6 Miami loses out on ACC title berth, falls at Syracuse
Kyle McCord passed for 380 yards and three touchdowns as the host Syracuse Orange rallied to upset the sixth-ranked Miami Hurricanes 42-38 in an ACC game on Saturday.,Syracuse trailed 21-0 but took its first lead, 35-28, in the third quarter on a 56-yard fumble recovery by Devin Grant. The Orange ne...
Brady Cook's late TD run lifts No. 21 Missouri over Arkansas
Brady Cook ran for a 30-yard go-ahead touchdown with 1:53 remaining, lifting No. 21 Missouri to a 28-21 victory over Arkansas in a snowy Battle Line Rivalry matchup in Columbia, Mo., ,Cook had a quiet day through the air (10-of-20, 168 yards), as the Tigers (9-3, 5-3 SEC) opted instead to lean on Ma...
Unselfish Grizzlies carry 5-game win streak into clash vs. Pacers
The Memphis Grizzlies are learning the benefits of giving this season.,When Memphis hosts the Indiana Pacers on Sunday, the Grizzlies will be seeking their sixth consecutive win and their 10th in their past 13 games. Their November success has been the result of an unselfish, team-oriented approach....
No. 7 Georgia outlasts Georgia Tech in 8-overtime thriller
Nate Frazier's two-point conversion in the eighth overtime gave No. 7 Georgia a 44-42 win over rival Georgia Tech in the second-longest game in FBS history in Athens, Ga., on Friday.,After forcing Haynes King's incomplete pass to begin the eighth free period, Frazier staved off the massive upset for...
Cade Cunningham returns to spark Pistons to comfortable win over Pacers
Cade Cunningham returned from an injury to put up 24 points and the Detroit Pistons remained unbeaten in the NBA Cup while also formally eliminating the defending runner-up with a 130-106 road win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.,Malik Beasley paced Detroit with 25 points, while Jaden Ivey c...
Improving Georgia aims to stymie Jacksonville
Fresh off its first ranked win away from home in five seasons, Georgia returns to Athens, Ga., on Saturday to host upset-minded Jacksonville.,Georgia (6-1) split a pair of games in the Bahamas last weekend, falling 80-69 to No. 15 Marquette before earning a 66-63 victory over No. 22 St. John's.,The ...
Jackets top Flames in first meeting since Gaudreau brothers tragedy
Kirill Marchenko had a goal and two assists while Adam Fantilli registered his first multi-goal game of the season to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets past the visiting Calgary Flames 5-2 on Friday.,In the teams' first matchup since the deaths of former Blue Jackets and Flames star Johnny Gaudreau and...
BYU speeds away from North Carolina State in second half
Richie Saunders scored 13 points to lead a balanced effort by BYU in a 72-61 victory over North Carolina State on Friday afternoon in the consolation game of the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego.,BYU (6-1) was held well below its scoring average of 90.0 points per game, but the Cougars hit ...
Birthday boy Jared Spurgeon helps Wild rally past Blackhawks
Jared Spurgeon celebrated his 35th birthday in style, scoring twice to help the Minnesota Wild rally past the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Friday in St. Paul.,The Wild captain, who played just 16 games last season due to back and hip injuries, scored for the first time since April 2023 and not...
Tre'Von Spillers posts double-double as Wake Forest outlasts Minnesota
Tre'Von Spillers scored 18 points and grabbed 16 rebounds Friday as Wake Forest beat Minnesota 57-51 to earn third place in the ESPN Events Invitational in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.,Cameron Hildreth added 13 points for the Demon Deacons (7-2), including a driving reverse layup with 14 seconds left that...
Georgia Tech closes out long homestand with Central Arkansas
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets wrap up their season-opening seven-game homestand when they host the Central Arkansas Bears on Saturday in Atlanta.,Georgia Tech (3-3) hasn't had to leave McCamish Pavilion yet this year, but Saturday will mark its final game in its friendly confines until a Dec. 18 m...
North Carolina hosts NC State in Mack Brown's home finale
In most cases, a regular-season finale between two teams with a combined 11 wins wouldn't be too compelling.,That's hardly the case on Saturday in Chapel Hill, N.C., where North Carolina's Mack Brown coaches his final home game against rival North Carolina State.,The university announced Tuesday tha...
BYU bids for bounce-back performance vs. NC State
BYU and North Carolina State will look to rebound from their first losses of the season when they square off Friday afternoon in the third-place game of the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego.,In Thursday's tournament opener, the Wolfpack (5-1) lost 71-61 to No. 13 Purdue in a rematch of thei...
Jordan Love tosses 2 TDs as Packers take down Dolphins
Jordan Love threw for 274 yards and a pair of touchdowns to Jayden Reed and Quay Walker made a key goal-line stop in the fourth quarter to help the host Green Bay Packers defeat the Miami Dolphins 30-17 on Thursday.,Green Bay (9-3) won for the third time in 11 days to remain two games behind the NFC...
Pacers out to extend win streak, dent Pistons' NBA Cup hopes
The defending NBA Cup runner-up gets an opportunity to play spoiler when the Indiana Pacers host the Detroit Pistons in tournament play Friday night.,The Pacers, while technically still alive for the Eastern wild-card spot in the quarterfinals, shot themselves to the bottom of the East Group B stand...
Emotional matchup for Flames, Blue Jackets
It will not be just another hockey game for the Calgary Flames when they visit Columbus to face the Blue Jackets on Friday afternoon.,While the Flames are challenging the Pacific Division-leading Vegas Golden Knights despite a recent 0-1-1 fall from a four-game win streak, this one has deeper meanin...
Chiefs activate RB Isiah Pacheco, DE Charles Omenihu from IR
The Kansas City Chiefs activated running back Isiah Pacheco and defensive end Charles Omenihu off injured reserve on Thursday ahead of Friday's game against the Las Vegas Raiders.,Pacheco, Kansas City's starting running back, sustained a broken fibula is his team's victory over the Cincinnati Bengal...