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March Madness Blowouts Show Growing Gap in College Basketball
NIL spending and talent disparity are reshaping the NCAA Tournament—and hurting early-round drama....
Venezuela’s WBC Win Exposed What Team USA Must Fix
Venezuela’s WBC victory highlights key flaws for Team USA and why changes are needed before 2030....
UFC London Betting Picks: Best Plays for Fight Night
UFC London preview featuring top betting picks, including Riley, Duncan, and Jones....
Best March Madness Saturday Picks: Arkansas vs. High Point, Vanderbilt ML
Betting preview featuring Arkansas’ explosive offense against High Point and a value play on Vanderbilt in a key matchup....
Texas Derby matchup awaits Dynamo, FC Dallas
The Houston Dynamo will be the rare club thankful to travel when they head north to face FC Dallas in the Texas Derby fixture on Saturday night.,Houston (2-1-0, 6 points) will be the last MLS team to hit the road during the 2026 season after its previous away opener at New England -- scheduled for M...
G2 Minnesota manhandle Surge in CDL Major 2 qualifying
G2 Minnesota swept the Vancouver Surge 3-0 on Friday to move into third place in Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major qualifying.,Minnesota (6-4) trails only OpTic Texas (9-0) and Miami Heretics (6-3). The latter two clubs were both idle on Friday.,In the other two Friday matches as the final weekend o...
Tarris Reed Jr.'s monster night carries UConn over Furman
PHILADELPHIA -- Tarris Reed Jr. exploded for career highs of 31 points and 27 rebounds, powering No. 2 seed UConn to an 82-71 win over No. 15 seed Furman in a first-round NCAA Tournament matchup Friday., ,Reed shot 12 for 15 from the field and corralled 11 of his rebounds on the offensive glass as U...
Coco Gauff struggles, but rallies to advance at Miami Open
A week after having to withdraw in Indian Wells, Calif., fourth-seeded Coco Gauff prevailed in a tough three-set match over Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Miami Open on Friday.,Gauff pulled out due to a left arm nerve injury during a third-round match vs. Ale...
No. 4 Kansas builds big lead, holds off Cal Baptist's comeback bid
SAN DIEGO -- Darryn Peterson recovered from a slow start to score 28 points and East Region No. 4 seed Kansas weathered No. 13 seed California Baptist's furious second-half rally to win 68-60 in an NCAA Tournament first-round game on Friday.,After missing his first six field-goal attempts, Peterson ...
Flames defeat Panthers for 7th straight time at home
Joel Farabee and Victor Olofsson scored second-period goals and the host Calgary Flames rode the momentum to a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Friday.,Matt Coronato and Morgan Frost also scored for Calgary (28-34-7, 63 points), which has won two straight but remains second-last in the leagu...
Cavs rounding into form down the stretch, but feisty Pelicans await
The Cleveland Cavaliers can complete a perfect three-game road trip as their trek for higher seeding in the NBA playoffs continues on Saturday in New Orleans vs. the Pelicans.,Heading into the final 12 games of the regular season, Cleveland (43-27) already has clinched no worse than a spot in a play...
Avalanche clinch playoff spot with convincing win over Blackhawks
Martin Necas had a goal and two assists to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-1 win over the host Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night.,Brock Nelson, Nazem Kadri, Valeri Nichushkin also scored for the Avalanche (45-13-10, 100 pts.), who became the first team this season to clinch a playoff spot. Natha...
Braden Smith sets NCAA assist mark as Purdue eases past Queens
ST. LOUIS -- On the night he broke the NCAA's career assist record, Purdue's Braden Smith also displayed his ability to score.,Smith's game-high 26 points led four players in double figures as the second-seeded Boilermakers used a big run bridging the halves for a 104-71 rout of 15th-seeded Queens i...
Braden Smith scores and dishes Purdue easily past Queens
ST. LOUIS -- On the night he broke the NCAA's all-time career assist record, Purdue's Braden Smith also displayed his ability to score.,Smith's game-high 26 points led four players in double figures as the second-seeded Boilermakers used a big run bridging the halves for a 104-71 rout of 15th-seeded...
Logan Thompson stops 30 shots as Capitals nip Devils
Logan Thompson made 30 saves for the Washington Capitals in a 2-1 win against the visiting New Jersey Devils on Friday.,Ryan Leonard and Aliaksei Protas scored for the Capitals (35-27-8, 78 points), who are 3-0-1 in their past four games.,Jesper Bratt scored and Jake Allen made 26 saves for the Devi...
Sungjae Im drains late birdie for 36-hole Valspar lead
South Korea's Sungjae Im rolled in a 7-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole on Friday to grab the 36-hole lead at the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla.,Im, who entered the day with a two-shot lead, drifted down the leaderboard by going out in 1-over 37 on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Res...
Michigan State, Louisville meet in March again with Sweet 16 on the line
Tom Izzo is no stranger to high-stakes games between Michigan State and Louisville.,"We had a couple with them -- ‘09, ‘19. We've played them in Elite Eight games," said Izzo, who is in his 31st season coaching the Spartans. "One of my first games was against Louisville when Denny Crum was there. Th...
Jordan Spieth frustrated by 'random' mental miscues
Jordan Spieth walked off the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook on Friday just five shots off the morning lead at the Valspar Championship, but still very disappointed in his 1-over-par round of 70.,That's because Spieth had a potentially far better round unfold over his final few holes for the second ...
Report: Dennis Rodman to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame
NBA legend Dennis Rodman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, ESPN reported on Friday.,A five-time NBA champion, Rodman entered the squared circle with World Championship Wrestling in 1997. ,He famously skipped a practice with the Chicago Bulls during the 1998 NBA Finals to appear on "WCW Mon...
Audi team boss Jonathan Wheatley exits due to 'personal reasons'
Audi team principal Jonathan Wheatley is leaving the organization just under one year after his arrival.,Per Audi on Friday, Wheatley is departing due to "personal reasons" and the move comes with "immediate effect." He joined Audi last April.,Mattia Binotto, the head of the Audi F1 project, will se...