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Team Peps completes comeback on Day 1 of OWCS Pre-Season Bootcamp
Team Peps, Team Falcons, T1 and Virtus.pro won their opening games and moved into the quarterfinals of the Overwatch Champions Series Pre-Season Bootcamp on Friday in Seoul.,Peps outlasted Disguised 3-2 in a match that included a rare draw in the fourth round. Falcons swept VARREL 3-0, Virtus.pro di...
Kendall Coyne-Schofield scores twice as US routs Italy in women's hockey
Kendall Coyne-Schofield scored twice to highlight a five-goal second period, lifting the United States to a 6-0 romp over Italy on Friday in the quarterfinals at the Milan Cortina Olympics.,Megan Keller collected a goal and two assists and Laila Edwards and Britta Curl-Salemme had one of each for th...
Japan's Totsuka takes halfpipe gold, Aussie James settles for silver
LIVIGNO, Italy -- Yuto Totsuka of Japan won the gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe at the Winter Olympics on Friday in a hard-fought battle that ended with Australian Scotty James just missing out on the big prize that has eluded him through five Games.,James took the silver for the second t...
US favorite Ilia Malinin falls to stunning eighth in men’s figure skating
MILAN -- Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov emerged as the shock winner of the men's figure skating gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Friday as heavy favorite Ilia Malinin of the United States suffered multiple falls in a stunning upset.,Japan's Yuma Kagiyama took silver and countryman Shun Sa...
Unrivaled bringing postseason semifinals to New York
The Unrivaled playoff semifinals on March 2 will take place at Barclays Center, home of the WNBA's New York Liberty and NBA's Brooklyn Nets, the women's 3-on-3 league announced Friday.,The chance to play in Brooklyn materialized after 21,490 fans packed Philadelphia's Xfinity Mobile Arena to watch a...
Report: Document details Big Ten's 24-team CFP format plan
The Big Ten didn't get its wish of a 24-team College Football Playoff field starting in 2026, but that isn't deterring the conference from pushing for its goal. ,The Big Ten reportedly shared an internal document detailing how it sees a 24-team CFP playing out with the conference's athletic director...
Sahith Theegala gets Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption at The Genesis
Tournament host Tiger Woods announced Sahith Theegala as the recipient of the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption into the Genesis Invitational.,Theegala, 28, will compete in the tournament from Feb. 19-22 at The Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.,The Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption is awarded a...
BC looks to stop five-game skid with visit from Cal
Boston College hasn't won a basketball game since Jan. 21, but the Eagles can end that drought when they face visiting Cal on Saturday afternoon.,Boston College (9-15, 2-9 Atlantic Coast Conference) will be attempting to end a five-game losing streak but may have to do so without guard Donald Hand J...
Anthony Alfredo disqualified from Daytona 500 after car inspection
Anthony Alfredo will not drive in the Daytona 500 on Sunday after being disqualified because of a technical violation with his No. 62 car.,NASCAR officials announced the decision late Thursday after the qualifying race in Daytona Beach, Fla.,Alfredo, 26, was in tears after qualifying for the Daytona...
Norway's Johannes Klaebo ties Olympic record with 8th gold medal
TESERO, Italy -- Norway's Johannes Klaebo won the men's 10km freestyle cross-country ski race on Friday to earn his eighth Olympic title and equal the record for the most gold medals at the Winter Games.,Mathis Desloges of France won silver, his second of the Milan Cortina Olympics, while Norway's E...
Why the Florida Gators’ One Fatal Flaw Could Cost Them Another Title
Florida looks like a national title contender again, but their 3-point shooting numbers suggest history is not on their side....
Best Landing Spots for the Veteran Slugger Nick Castellanos After Phillies Release
The Phillies are moving on from Nick Castellanos after an uneven tenure. Here’s why the Guardians or Royals could make sense as his next landing spot....
Jon Rahm putts his way to second-round lead at LIV Adelaide
Jon Rahm fired a 63 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead into the third round of LIV Golf Adelaide in Australia.,Rahm posted a bogey-free round at Grange Golf Club that included seven birdies -- five of them on the back nine -- and an eagle on the 561-yard par-5 No. 7 hole to move to 13-under for the...
Why Alabama vs. Ohio State Must Happen as Scheduled
As Alabama reportedly considers canceling its series with Ohio State, we break down why marquee nonconference games still matter in the expanded College Football Playoff era....
NBA All-Star Saturday Picks: Best Bets for the 3-Point Contest and Shooting Stars
Looking for NBA All-Star betting advice? Check out our top picks for the 3-Point Contest and Shooting Stars with updated odds and analysis....
President Trump pardons five former NFL players
President Donald Trump issued pardons to five former NFL players on Thursday, with White House Pardon Czar Alice Marie Johnson making the announcement on social media.,The five pardoned players are Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon.,"As football reminds us,...
No. 15 Virginia turns to neutral-site game vs. flickering Ohio State
No. 15 Virginia extended its winning streak to five games on Tuesday, but it didn't come easy.,The Cavaliers will now briefly step out of conference to face Ohio State on Saturday night in Nashville.,It's part of the inaugural Nashville Hoops Showdown, a neutral-site game designed to boost NCAA Tour...
Italy under no pressure ahead of uphill battle against US women’s hockey
MILAN, Italy -- Italy is prepared for an uphill battle after unexpectedly reaching the women's Olympic ice hockey quarterfinals, but go into a clash with the heavily favored United States feeling no pressure.,The underdog hosts defied the odds and the doubters by winning two games, against France an...
South Korea's Choi Ga-on upsets Chloe Kim to win women's halfpipe gold
LIVIGNO, Italy -- Choi Ga-on of South Korea won the gold medal in the women's snowboard halfpipe after recovering from a frightening crash in her first run at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday.,Double defending champion Chloe Kim of the United States took silver and the bronze went to Mi...
UNC star freshman Caleb Wilson sidelined with broken hand
North Carolina star freshman forward Caleb Wilson is out indefinitely with a fracture in his left hand, the school announced Thursday.,He suffered the injury on Tuesday in the first half of a 75-66 loss at Miami.,Wilson leads the No. 11 Tar Heels in scoring (19.8 points per game), rebounding (9.4), ...