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Gia Cooke paces No. 23 WVU's rout of Appalachian State
Gia Cooke scored 19 points and Kierra Wheeler added 15 to go along with five rebounds and five steals, lifting No. 23 West Virginia to an 80-51 victory over Appalachian State on Thursday in Morgantown, W.Va.,Jordan Thomas had 10 points for West Virginia (5-0), which has won each of its last 21 home ...
Browns DE Alex Wright reaches 3-year, $33M extension
Cleveland Browns defensive end Alex Wright agreed to a three-year, $33 million contract extension on Thursday.,The deal includes $21 million guaranteed, agents Drew Rosenhaus and Shawn O'Dare confirmed to ESPN.,Wright, 25, is in his fourth season with the Browns, who drafted him in the third round i...
Jets captain Adam Lowry signs 5-year, $25M extension
Winnipeg Jets captain Adam Lowry signed a five-year, $25 million extension through the 2030-31 season.,The 32-year-old forward is in the final season of a five-year, $16.25 million deal he signed in April 2021 and could have become a free agent after this season.,Instead, the deal announced Wednesda...
Packers primed for playoff push starting with visit from Vikings
GREEN BAY -- 'Tis the season for separating in the NFC North.,The Packers begin looking at playoff possibilities when they host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday in the first of three consecutive games against division opponents.,The Packers (6-3-1) rallied for a 27-20 win at the New York Giants to sn...
No. 22 Auburn dismantles overmatched Jackson State
KeShawn Murphy scored 19 points in just 20 minutes Wednesday night, leading five players in double figures as No. 22 Auburn plastered Jackson State 112-66 in Auburn, Ala.,Reserve Filip Jovic added 18 on 8-of-10 shooting from the field for Auburn (4-1), while Simon Walker hit five 3-pointers in just ...
Bennedict Mathurin helps Pacers break losing skid at Hornets' expense
Bennedict Mathurin posted 24 points and 12 rebounds as the Indiana Pacers snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 127-118 win over the Charlotte Hornets in Indianapolis on Wednesday.,Pascal Siakam scored 22 points, while Jay Huff added a season-best 20 off the bench.,Kon Knueppel had 28 points, M...
Bruins D Charlie McAvoy has facial surgery, out indefinitely
Boston Bruins coach Marco Sturm announced Wednesday that defenseman Charlie McAvoy underwent facial surgery and will be out of the lineup indefinitely.,McAvoy was struck in the face by a Noah Dobson slap shot in the second period of the Bruins' 3-2 victory in Montreal on Saturday. The 2022 Second Te...
Young Blackhawks making their mark, aim to keep rolling vs. Kraken
Connor Bedard secured his second hat trick in three weeks on Tuesday with a pair of third-period goals that propelled the Chicago Blackhawks past Calgary.,A 5-2 victory hinged on his heroics, although other teammates are helping lately, too.,Chicago enters Thursday's visit from the Seattle Kraken at...
Maple Leafs hope home ice favors them vs. Blue Jackets
The Toronto Maple Leafs will have one more chance to take advantage of the home-heavy portion of their schedule Thursday night in their clash with the Columbus Blue Jackets.,Toronto is 8-4-2 in 14 home games this season, playing over two-thirds of its schedule to date on home ice.,The Maple Leafs th...
MLB reveals new 3-year rights deal with ESPN, NBC, Netflix
MLB on Wednesday announced a new three-year television deal with ESPN, NBC Universal and Netflix that runs through 2028.,In one of the more significant changes, Sunday Night Baseball now will be carried by NBC instead of ESPN. NBC also will have the rights to the entire wild-card round of the playof...
Playoff bracket finalized at PGL Wallachia Season 6
Tundra Esports, BetBoom Team and HEROIC clinched the final three spots in the PGL Wallachia Season 6 playoffs with victories on Wednesday in Bucharest, Romania.,The Group Stage of the 16-team $1 million Dota 2 event concluded with three elimination matches between 2-2 teams. Tundra swept Natus Vince...
No. 16 Georgia Tech targets first ACC title game since '14, Pitt blocking path
No. 16 Georgia Tech's Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season finale against Pitt on Saturday is one of the most important in program history.,For the Yellow Jackets (9-1, 6-1 ACC), the consequences for the game on Saturday in Atlanta are simple.,Should Georgia Tech defeat Pittsburgh, it is in the ...
No. 9 Notre Dame keeps guard up ahead of clash vs. Syracuse
Marcus Freeman is doing everything he can to keep the intensity up for No. 9 Notre Dame.,The Fighting Irish (8-2) have two games remaining in the regular season. Both will come against teams with losing records, starting with Saturday afternoon's matchup vs. Syracuse (3-7) in South Bend, Ind.,Freema...
No. 19 UCLA's revised lineup dominates Sacramento State
A new-look starting five helped No. 19-ranked UCLA race out to a 13-point lead, and the Bruins never looked back in their 79-48 rout of Sacramento State on Wednesday in Los Angeles.,With Donovan Dent, Tyler Bilodeau, Xavier Booker and Skyy Clark coming off the bench, Trent Perry was among the player...
Connor Bedard nets 3 as sizzling Blackhawks down Flames
Connor Bedard tallied his second career hat trick and Oliver Moore had a goal and assist to lift the surging Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-2 home win against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.,Chicago won for the fifth time in six games and has collected 11 of 12 possible points over that span.,Though...
Scott McTominay's bicycle kick helps Scotland secure World Cup spot
Scott McTominay scored the dramatic -- and ultimately decisive -- goal on a bicycle kick on Tuesday to secure Scotland's spot in the 2026 World Cup.,Less than three minutes into his team's final qualifying match in Group C, the Napoli midfielder took a cross from Ben Gannon-Doak in the middle of thr...
Mark Scheifele adds milestone as Jets take down Jackets
Mark Scheifele became the Jets' all-time games leader and recorded three assists in Winnipeg's 5-2 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.,Already the franchise's all-time leading scorer, Scheifele played in his 898th career game in a Jets uniform, moving ahead of Blake Wheeler for t...
No. 21 Arkansas ends game on 6-0 run to rally past red-hot Winthrop
Meleek Thomas scored a career-high 26 points, Trevon Brazile had 14 points and eight rebounds, and the No. 21 Arkansas Razorbacks scored the final six points to stave off the hot-shooting Winthrop Eagles 84-83 on Tuesday in Fayetteville, Ark.,Nick Pringle amassed 13 points and seven rebounds and his...
Georgia Tech survives challenge from Georgia Southern
Baye Ndongo totaled 20 points and 10 rebounds on Tuesday to help Georgia Tech fend off visiting Georgia Southern for a 68-66 victory in Atlanta.,Mouhamed Sylla posted 12 points and 11 boards for the Yellow Jackets (4-1), who made just 4 of 22 3-point attempts (18.2%) and committed 22 turnovers. Rese...
Unsung Luguentz Dort leads sizzling Thunder vs. Kings
Amid Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's otherworldly production, Chet Holmgren's third-season progression and Oklahoma City's blazing-hot start, it might be easy to overlook Luguentz Dort's contributions.,But Dort continues to be a major piece of the Thunder's success. He figures to be in the center of Oklah...