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Slumping Chelsea set to begin new era with clash vs. Manchester City
Fifth-place Chelsea will begin life after manager Enzo Maresca when the team visits third-place Manchester City in Sunday's late kickoff.,Despite what has overall been a promising season from Chelsea (8-5-6, 30 points) while fielding the youngest average squad in the Premier League, the Italian was ...

Bruins, with losing streak over, focus on Canucks
The Boston Bruins finished 2025 on a high and will look to begin 2026 on the same note when they finish the Canadian leg of a five-game road trip Saturday night against the Vancouver Canucks.,Boston had two days off to savor ending a six-game skid (0-4-2) with a dominant 6-2 win Wednesday over Conno...

Canadiens, Blues set to face off minus key roster pieces
The first half of the season gave the Montreal Canadiens' organizational depth a severe test. The Canadiens passed it, overcoming myriad injuries to earn 50 points in their first 40 games.,"You're not going to go through this season with 23 guys," Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said. "You're probab...

Matty Beniers, Kraken slip past Canucks in shootout
Matty Beniers scored the lone shootout goal to end the third and final round as the Seattle Kraken defeated the host Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Friday.,Seattle won for the first time in five shootouts this season while the Canucks dropped to 4-1 in those situations.,Cale Fleury, Chandler Stephenson an...

Contending for NFC's No. 2 seed, Eagles seek familiar sweep of Commanders
The NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles will attempt to sweep the visiting Washington Commanders for the sixth time in nine seasons on Sunday afternoon.,The Eagles (11-5) won both meetings with Washington (4-12) in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023 and registered a 29-18 victory two weeks ago in Lan...

No. 13 Nebraska takes down No. 9 Michigan State to remain perfect
Rienk Mast made six 3-pointers, including the tiebreaking one with 1:54 remaining, and No. 13 Nebraska remained unbeaten with a 58-56 victory over No. 9 Michigan State on Friday night in a Big Ten showdown in Lincoln, Neb.,Mast had 19 points and seven rebounds as the Cornhuskers (14-0, 3-0) extended...

Rangers ride Mika Zibanejad's hat trick to Winter Classic win over Panthers
Mika Zibanejad recorded the first-ever hat trick in a Winter Classic and logged two assists while leading the New York Rangers to a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday night in Miami.,A sellout crowd of 36,153 attended the game at loanDepot Park, home of the Miami Marlins.,Artemi Panarin chi...

Ebuka Okorie nets 28 as Stanford upsets No. 16 Louisville
Ebuka Okorie scored 28 points for host Stanford, which scored its first win over a ranked opponent in more than two years Friday with an 80-76 upset of No. 16 Louisville in an Atlantic Coast Conference showdown., ,Held to just seven points in a disappointing 47-40 loss to Notre Dame on Tuesday, the...

Deni Avdija scores 34 as Blazers extend Pelicans' misery
Deni Avdija scored 34 points and dished 11 assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers sent the host New Orleans Pelicans to a sixth consecutive loss with 122-109 decision on Friday.,Avdija buoyed the Blazers for much of the first half, having scored almost half of Portland's points deep into the second...

Matas Buzelis' all-around effort boosts Bulls past Magic
Matas Buzelis scored 21 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished seven assists as the host Chicago Bulls defeated the Orlando Magic 121-114 on Friday.,Kevin Huerter added 20 points and Nikola Vucevic and Jalen Smith both notched double-doubles for Chicago, which won its second game in a row and impr...

Late second-half spurt pushes Oregon past Maryland
Missing one of its top scorers and floor general, Oregon posted a 64-54 win over Maryland on Friday night in College Park, Md., picking up its first Big Ten win of the season.,A late second-half 7-0 run was key for the Ducks (8-6, 1-2 Big Ten) in building a 10-point lead with 4:04 to play. Takai Sim...

Behind Morez Johnson Jr., No. 2 Michigan slams No. 24 USC
Morez Johnson Jr. scored a career-high 29 points and second-ranked Michigan pounced on 24th-ranked Southern California early to roll to a 96-66 win Friday in a Big Ten Conference matchup in Ann Arbor, Mich.,Leading wire-to-wire, the Wolverines (13-0, 3-0) faced little consternation after an initial ...

Reports: Ole Miss QB Austin Simmons eyeing SEC rival in portal
Austin Simmons, who began the season as Ole Miss' starting quarterback but lost the job after an injury, plans to enter the transfer portal with a no-contact tag, multiple reports said Friday.,Simmons is expected to land at SEC rival Missouri, according to On3 and ESPN reports.,Ole Miss is still ali...

Islanders face Maple Leafs yearning for more good news
The second day of 2026 went much better than the first for the New York Islanders.,The Islanders hope their second game of the calendar year goes better than the first on Saturday night, when New York faces the Toronto Maple Leafs in a battle of Eastern Conference rivals in Elmont, N.Y.,Both teams w...

Hurricanes dealing with "obvious" deficiencies as Avalanche arrive
The Carolina Hurricanes will hit the regular season's midway point Saturday night with a good number of concerns going into a matchup with the Colorado Avalanche in Raleigh, N.C.,While the Hurricanes boast one of the Eastern Conference's best records at 24-13-3, there have been recent malfunctions. ...

Texans CB Kamari Lassiter (ankle/knee) to miss finale
Houston Texans cornerback Kamari Lassiter will miss Sunday's regular-season finale against the visiting Indianapolis Colts due to knee and ankle injuries.,Lassiter has four interceptions, 17 passes defensed and 91 tackles in 16 games during his second NFL campaign. The 22-year-old was selected as a ...

Anthony Joshua's driver faces 4 charges for fatal crash in Nigeria
Kayode Adeniyi, the driver involved in the crash that injured two-time world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua and killed two members of his training team, was charged with four counts related to the Dec. 29 incident in Ogun State, Nigeria, on Friday.,Adeniyi was charged at Sagamu Magistrat...