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Team Falcons remain undefeated at DreamLeague Season 27
Team Falcons knocked OG from the unbeatens to stand alone in first place on Sunday at DreamLeague Season 27.,OG now share a 4-1 record with Team Spirit and Virtus.pro.,The $1 million Dota 2 event features 24 teams starting in a Swiss System group stage. All matches are best-of-three, with the top ei...

Texas A&M spreads the wealth in blowout of Jacksonville
Rylan Griffen posted 19 points to lead a balanced scoring effort and Texas A&M overwhelmed Jacksonville 112-75 on Sunday in College Station, Texas.,Jamie Vinson scored 14 points, Mackenzie Mgbako had 13, Marcus Hill added 12, Ruben Dominguez and Ali Dibba each had 10 and a total of 14 players scored...

FaZe, Heretics, Falcons pick up wins at CDL Stage 1 Major qualifiers
FaZe Vegas, the Miami Heretics and the Riyadh Falcons picked up wins Sunday to wrap up Week 2 of Call of Duty League 2026: Stage 1 Major qualifiers.,Vegas took down Toronto KOI 3-2, Miami did the same to Cloud9 New York and Riyadh defeated the Boston Breach 3-1. The losses by Toronto and Boston mean...

Hawks continue recent mastery of 76ers with 3-point win
Dyson Daniels scored a season-high 27 points to help the Atlanta Hawks defeat the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 120-117 on Sunday.,It was Atlanta's seventh straight win over Philadelphia dating back to a 76ers' victory on Dec. 8, 2023.,Philadelphia's Quentin Grimes' 3-pointer to tie the game rimmed ou...

Quinn Hughes scores in debut, helps Wild rout Bruins
Kirill Kaprizov tallied two goals and an assist, Quinn Hughes scored a goal in his team debut and the Minnesota Wild posted a 6-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Sunday evening in Saint Paul, Minn.,Ryan Hartman finished with a goal and two assists for Minnesota, which won its fourth game in a row. Mat...

Nets use balanced scoring attack to blitz Bucks
Rookie Egor Demin scored 17 points after being publicly criticized by coach Jordi Fernandez as the Brooklyn Nets never trailed and cruised to a 127-82 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night in New York.,The Nets won for the fourth time in six games and Demin was among nine in double figure...

Maryland QB Malik Washington staying put in ‘26
Malik Washington, a former five-star quarterback recruit coming out of high school, is returning to Maryland for the 2026 season, the program announced.,Washington is from Severn, Md., and elected to stay home for college over numerous other offers. It was unknown whether he would test the transfer ...

Team Vitality tops FaZe Clan in grand final at StarLadder Budapest Major
Team Vitality defeated FaZe Clan on Sunday to win the grand final and claim the $500,000 first prize at the StarLadder Budapest Major in Hungary.,FaZe Clan won the opening match of the best-of-five grand final over Team Vitality but dropped the next three in a row and had to settle for the $170,000 ...

Brandon Bussi, Hurricanes beat Flyers again in shootout
Brandon Bussi made 24 saves and didn't allow a shootout tally to continue his record-setting pace to begin an NHL career as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Sunday at Raleigh, N.C.,Andrei Svechnikov scored in the three-round shootout for the Hurricanes, who have won th...

Broncos edge Packers, clinch playoff spot behind Bo Nix's 4 TDs
Bo Nix tied a career-high with four touchdown passes, Courtland Sutton had seven receptions for 113 yards and a TD catch and the host Denver Broncos beat the Green Bay Packers 34-26 on Sunday.,Nix finished 23-for-34 for 302 yards passing for Denver (12-2), which has won 11 straight, holds the top se...

49ers knock off Titans for fourth straight win
Brock Purdy threw three touchdown passes, two to Jauan Jennings, Christian McCaffrey rushed for 73 yards and a score, and the San Francisco 49ers outlasted the visiting Tennessee Titans 37-24 in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday afternoon for a fourth straight win.,George Kittle had eight catches for 8...

Late FG drive lets Saints complete season sweep of Panthers
Tyler Shough passed for 272 yards and a touchdown and helped set up Charlie Smyth's go-ahead field goal, and the host New Orleans Saints defeated the Carolina Panthers 20-17 on Sunday.,Shough and the Saints drove 62 yards in 51 seconds before giving way to Smyth for a 47-yard field goal, which split...

Matthew Stafford, Rams' potent offense too strong for Lions
Matthew Stafford threw for 368 yards, including two touchdowns to Colby Parkinson, as the host Los Angeles Rams held on for a 41-34 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.,Kyren Williams rushed for 78 yards and two touchdowns, while Blake Corum rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown for the Rams (11-...

Jason Myers nails six field goals as Seahawks spoil Philip Rivers Colts return
Jason Myers kicked a franchise-record six field goals, the last a 56-yarder with 18 seconds remaining, as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the visiting Indianapolis Colts 18-16 Sunday, spoiling the return of Philip Rivers.,Rivers, the 44-year-old high school coach and grandfather, an eight-time Pro Bow...

Myles Colvin’s scoring spree helps Wake Forest drub Queens
Myles Colvin made his first 11 shots on his way to obliterating his previous career high with 33 points as Wake Forest rolled to a 111-73 victory over Queens on Sunday in Winston-Salem, N.C.,Omaha Biliew (16 points), Nate Calmese (15) and Juke Harris (14) also thrived in the run-and-gun game as the ...

Alpha7 Esports wins PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2025 title
Alpha7 Esports claimed the $500,000 first prize at the PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2025 on Sunday in Bangkok, Thailand.,Alpha7 finished the three-day Grand Finals with 142 points, nine clear of second-place ULF Esports. Alpha Gaming (not related to Alpha7) rounded out the top three with 130 poin...

Hornets pitch OT shutout to top Cavaliers
Kon Knueppel scored 29 points, and Brandon Miller added 25 points along with a career-high 13 rebounds as the visiting Charlotte Hornets pitched a shutout in overtime, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-111 on Sunday.,Miles Bridges collected 20 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for Charlotte, whi...

Dylan Guenther scores OT winner as Mammoth edge Penguins
Dylan Guenther scored the overtime-winning goal to give the visiting Utah Mammoth a wild 5-4 victory over the slumping Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.,Michael Carcone scored twice while Nate Schmidt and Sean Durzi added singles for the Mammoth, who erased a three-goal, third-period deficit.,Goaltende...

Wizards have rare showing on defense in win over Pacers
Marvin Bagley III posted season highs of 23 points and 14 rebounds, and the Washington Wizards held the Indiana Pacers to 36.9% shooting from the floor en route to a 108-89 romp on Sunday in Indianapolis.,The 89 points were the fewest a Wizards team held an opponent to since limiting Memphis to 87 i...

Well-rested Raptors, Heat ready to shed losing streaks
The Toronto Raptors and host Miami Heat have plenty in common ahead of their clash on Monday.,Both are well rested on the back of NBA Cup quarterfinal exits on Tuesday. Both are weighed down by four-game losing streaks.,The five-day break appears to have come at the perfect time for both teams that,...