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Pens F Evgeni Malkin faces NHL hearing over slashing incident
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will have a hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety on Friday, one day after slashing Buffalo Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin.,Per TSN, Malkin's hearing will be conducted over the phone, which means his potential suspension can't be longer than five ...

Dean Burmester, Carlos Ortiz top crowded leaderboard in Hong Kong
Dean Burmester and Carlos Ortiz hold the 36-hole lead at LIV Golf Hong Kong, up by one stroke over Thomas Detry and two over a surging Jon Rahm heading into the weekend.,Burmester, of South Africa, and Mexico's Ortiz are tied at 14-under 126. After firing an opening-round 60, Ortiz followed with a 6...

LIV’s Thomas Detry shares war zone-to-tourney reality
Count LIV Golf's Thomas Detry among the many pro athletes around the world who didn't know what their immediate future looked like in the wake of the U.S. and Israel attacking Iran last weekend.,Detry, a Belgium native who played for four years at Illinois, makes his home in Dubai. The airspace in t...

Big 12 tournament roundup: K-State dumps No. 21 Texas Tech with 21-0 run
Nastja Claessens recorded 14 points, eight rebounds and four steals and No. 12 seed Kansas State closed the game with a 21-0 run to post a 58-51 upset of No. 5 seed Texas Tech on Thursday in the second round of the Big 12 tournament at Kansas City.,Taryn Sides scored 13 points and Aniya Foy added 12...

Report: Seahawks, LB Drake Thomas agree on 2-year deal worth up to $9 million
The defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks are bringing back starting linebacker Drake Thomas, who agreed to a two-year contract with a base of $8 million and incentives for another $1 million, NFL Network reported on Thursday.,A pending restricted free agent with the start of the new league...

Rory McIlroy recoils at Jon Rahm's DP Tour 'extortion' take
Rory McIlroy teed off on Jon Rahm's framing of the DP World Tour requirements to maintain membership and believes the Team Europe Ryder Cup train will continue chugging forward if the Spaniard chooses not to get aboard in 2028. ,Rahm made clear earlier this week while preparing for LIV Hong Kong he'...

Flyers bring promising win streak into Mammoth matchup
The Philadelphia Flyers appear to have righted the ship, but a stiff challenge awaits Thursday when the Utah Mammoth come to town.,The Flyers have won three games in a row following a 3-9-4 stretch. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in a shootout on Monday as Noah Cates recorded a goal and a...

Report: Jon Rahm jet carries seven LIV Golf players out of Dubai to Hong Kong tournament
A midnight flight out of bordering Oman on a jet arranged by Jon Rahm brought seven players out of a war zone and into safety 24 hours before the start of LIV Golf Hong Kong, according to Golf.com.,LIV Golf was set to begin play in the annual event in Hong Kong on Thursday and made an attempt to arr...

Portland Thorns hire Robert Vilahamn as head coach
The Portland Thorns announced the hiring of head coach Robert Vilahamn on Wednesday.,The 43-year-old Sweden native most recently coached Tottenham Hotspur in England's Women's Super League from 2023-25, leading the team to the Women's FA Cup final in his first season.,Vilahamn replaces Rob Gale, who...

Strong first half propels Colorado past Utah
Bangot Dak scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Tuesday night as visiting Colorado opened up a 26-point halftime lead en route to a 92-78 Big 12 Conference win over Utah in Salt Lake City.,Isaiah Johnson added 22 points, while Barrington Hargress tallied 19 for the Buffs (17-13, 7-...

Oklahoma State pulls away from UCF in overtime
Kayne Clary scored seven points in overtime and Anthony Roy tallied 27 points overall, lift Oklahoma State to a 111-104 win over UCF on Tuesday in Orlando.,The Cowboys (18-12, 6-11 Big 12) won for the second time in three games, with both victories requiring OT.,Clary finished with 23 points while C...

Jadon Jones, Oklahoma beat Missouri for 3rd straight win
Jadon Jones had a season-high 13 points to lead Oklahoma to an 80-64 win over Missouri on Tuesday in Norman, Okla.,The Sooners (16-14, 6-11 Southeastern Conference) have won three consecutive games and five of their last seven to at least keep alive a sliver of hope for an at-large berth in the NCAA...

Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III to hit free agency
The Seattle Seahawks did not apply the franchise tag on running back Kenneth Walker III, making the Super Bowl LX MVP an unrestricted free agent when the new league year begins next week.,Walker will hit the open market, while fellow running back Breece Hall was given the tag by the New York Jets ea...

Report: Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III to hit free agency
The Seattle Seahawks reportedly are not expected to apply the franchise tag on running back Kenneth Walker III, making the Super Bowl LX MVP an unrestricted free agent when the new league year begins next week.,ESPN reported the news on Tuesday shortly after the New York Jets applied the tag to runn...

Players flee UAE courts after nearby Iranian drone strike
Players and officials at an ATP Challenger event in the United Arab Emirates had to flee Tuesday when a fire broke out nearby after an Iranian drone attack, BBC Sport reported.,Two matches were suspended in progress at the Fujairah Open, where a live feed on the ATP website showed Daniil Ostapenkov ...

Jon Rahm: DP World Tour 'extorting players' with 6-event requirement
Jon Rahm issued a fiery explanation on Tuesday as to why he wasn't among the eight LIV Golf players who signed waivers to compete on the DP World Tour.,Laurie Canter, Thomas Detry, Tyrrell Hatton, Tom McKibbin, Adrian Meronk, Victor Perez, David Puig and Elvis Smylie all agreed to the terms set out ...

Utah faces plethora of problems in its game as rival Colorado visits
First-year Utah coach Alex Jensen took one look at the stat sheet Saturday after a 73-60 Big 12 Conference loss at Arizona State and found a reason why his team came up short again.,"It's hard to win when you have a 1-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, especially on the road," Jensen said. "I think it's...

Missouri, Oklahoma are different teams five weeks after OT thriller
The last time Missouri and Oklahoma faced off, the teams turned in a classic battle.,On Tuesday, the teams will have plenty on the line when they play in Norman, Okla., in the penultimate regular-season game for both teams.,The Tigers (20-9, 10-6 SEC), who began the week at No. 53 in the national NE...

UCF tries to move on from disappointing loss, faces Oklahoma St.
UCF coach Johnny Dawkins knows his Knights don't have the luxury of sulking about losing at home to Baylor on Saturday.,The Knights (20-8, 9-7 Big 12) host Oklahoma State (17-12, 5-11) Tuesday in a Big 12 game in Orlando, Fla.,UCF, which is projected between a No. 8 and a No. 10 seed in the NCAA Tou...

Jordan Anthony outruns Noah Lyles, field for 60-meter national indoor crown
Jordan Anthony further established himself as a champion sprinter by winning his first national title as a pro at 60 meters, besting a field including Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles on Sunday at the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships in Staten Island, N.Y.,Anthony, 21, finished in 6.45 secon...