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Legacy avoid disastrous collapse in FISSURE Playground 2 opener
After storming back from a map down to seemingly take control of the match, Legacy nearly gave it back in stunning fashion before finally holding off HEROIC in the opening match for both teams at the $500,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive FISSURE Playground No. 2 event in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sat...

Christopher Bell wins late 4-car sprint at Bristol night race
Christopher Bell passed the front row of cars on a late restart and won a four-lap sprint Saturday night in the NASCAR Cup Series' Bass Pro Shops Night Race, an elimination event, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn.,After Bubba Wallace's wreck for the 14th caution with 12 laps left, eight ca...

Trinidad Chambliss steps up big for No. 17 Ole Miss to beat Arkansas
Trinidad Chambliss passed for 353 yards and one touchdown and rushed for two scores in his first major college start to help No. 17 Ole Miss win a 41-35 shootout against Arkansas on Saturday night in Southeastern Conference play at Oxford, Miss.,Chambliss drew the start because Austin Simmons is dea...

D-backs let late lead slip away, then top Twins in 10
Alek Thomas hit a two-run homer, Blaze Alexander doubled and drove in a pair and the Arizona Diamondbacks outlasted the Minnesota Twins for a 5-2 win in 10 innings on Saturday night in Minneapolis., ,Gabriel Moreno also drove in a run for Arizona (74-75), which evened the series at one victory apiec...

Arkansas CB Kani Walker exits on stretcher vs. Ole Miss
Arkansas senior cornerback Kani Walker was carted off the field on a stretcher early in the fourth quarter of Saturday night's Southeastern Conference game against No. 17 Ole Miss.,Walker had movement in all his extremities and was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, according to Arkansas....

Blackhawks G Spencer Knight agrees to 3-year extension
Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Spencer Knight agreed to a three-year, $17.5 million extension on Saturday.,Knight, 24, is entering the final season of a $13.5 million deal. The extension begins in the 2026-27 campaign.,He posted a 5-8-2 record with a 3.18 goals-against average and .893 save percentag...

Pitt, West Virginia add 4 games to 'Backyard Brawl' series
Pitt and West Virginia agreed to extend their "Backyard Brawl" series by four seasons.,The two rivals meet Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va., in what will be their final game until the series picks up again in 2029. The Friday agreement between the schools added four games from 2033-36.,"The Backyard Br...

Twins' Kody Clemens off to great start in series with Diamondbacks
Minnesota's Kody Clemens has a couple of weeks to keep building his best major league season. ,Clemens hit three home runs Friday night in the Twins' 9-8 comeback win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The blasts gave him a career-high 19 home runs this year. ,Clemens, a 29-year-old who is in his fourth...

Kody Clemens goes deep three times as Twins defeat Diamondbacks
Kody Clemens belted three home runs, Luke Keaschall drove a fly ball to center field for a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth, and the Minnesota Twins rallied for a 9-8 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Clemens finished 4-for-4 with a double, three home...

Steve Angeli tosses 5 TDs as Syracuse thrashes Colgate
Steve Angeli threw five touchdown passes and ran for another as Syracuse trounced visiting Colgate 66-24 on Friday evening.,Following last week's overtime win against UConn, Orange coach Fran Brown made his team run postgame sprints on the field as a sign of his displeasure with his players' effort ...

Dolphins' Tyreek Hill declines to address wife's abuse allegations
Four days after TMZ publicized eight alleged incidents of domestic violence committed by Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, he said his focus was on football when questioned by reporters about the allegations for the first time Friday.,Hill and his wife, Keeta Vaccaro, are in the middle of a ...

Dolphins' Tyreek Hill opts to not address wife's abuse allegations
Four days after TMZ publicized eight alleged incidents of domestic violence committed by Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, he said his focus was on football when questioned by reporters about the allegations for the first time Friday.,Hill and his wife, Keeta Vaccaro, are in the middle of a ...

49ers QB Brock Purdy out; Mac Jones to start vs. Saints
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy did not practice this week while nursing left shoulder and toe ailments, and on Friday he was ruled out of Sunday's game at the New Orleans Saints.,Starting under center in Purdy's place will be Mac Jones, who took all the first-team reps in practice on We...

Former Syracuse star Tiana Mangakahia dies at 30 after cancer battle
Former Syracuse basketball star Tiana Mangakahia died on Thursday at age 30 after a long battle with cancer.,She was surrounded by family and friends when she passed in her hometown of Brisbane, Australia, the school said in a news release on Friday.,"The ultimate fighter!" Syracuse head coach Felis...
Green Bay Packers Look Like Super Bowl Contenders After 2-0 Start
Green Bay’s “five-headed dragon” offense and dogged defense have the Packers looking like true Super Bowl contenders after a 2-0 start....

Dash add Anna Heilferty, part ways with Ramona Bachmann
The Houston Dash signed defender Anna Heilferty to a short-term contract on Friday that spans through the end of the 2025 season.,Heilferty, 26, recorded two assists in 42 matches (26 starts) with Washington since being selected by the Spirit with the 19th overall pick of the 2021 NWSL Draft.,Also o...

Ex-Mets ace Jacob deGrom leads Rangers into Queens
Jacob deGrom hasn't appeared on the Citi Field mound since Oct. 8, 2022, when he helped extend the New York Mets' season by winning Game 2 of a National League wild-card series.,One thousand and seventy days later, deGrom will finally make his return to Citi Field and try to nudge the Mets closer to...

Packers WR Jayden Reed breaks collarbone
After sitting out the majority of the preseason with a foot injury, Green Bay wide receiver Jayden Reed sustained a broken collarbone during the Packers' 27-18 home win over the Washington Commanders on Thursday night.,Following the game, Packers coach Matt LaFleur told reporters that the third-year...

Long first-half drives spark Packers' victory over Commanders
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Jordan Love threw two touchdown passes and the Green Bay Packers turned back a fourth-quarter rally for a 27-18 victory over the visiting Washington Commanders on Thursday night.,The Packers led 17-3 before the Commanders finally found the end zone with 13:45 left in the fourth qu...

CJ Bailey delivers 3 TD passes as NC State overtakes Wake Forest
CJ Bailey threw three touchdown passes and Hollywood Smothers ran for 163 yards to help North Carolina State rally past Wake Forest for a 34-24 victory in both teams' Atlantic Coast Conference opener on Thursday in Winston-Salem, N.C.,Tight end Justin Joly caught two touchdown passes, and NC State t...