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Team Liquid Brazil jolt SR Gold, win Game Changers Championship
Team Liquid Brazil recorded a 3-2 victory over Shopify Rebellion Gold in the grand final of the Game Changers Championship 2025 on Sunday in Seoul, South Korea.,Brazilian Natalia "daiki" Vilela earned MVP honors for Team Liquid Brazil.,Shopify Rebellion Gold posted a 13-11 win on Haven before Team L...

Talk of the town: Jalen Brunson set to lead Knicks vs. Raptors
Jalen Brunson belongs in the NBA Most Valuable Player conversation.,That's the view of New York Knicks coach Mike Brown, whose team is preparing to host the Toronto Raptors on Sunday in a battle between two of the top clubs in the Eastern Conference.,Brunson poured in 37 points on Friday -- marking ...

Alessio Milivojevic helps Michigan State avoid history vs. Maryland
Freshman Alessio Milivojevic threw a career-high four touchdown passes and Michigan State snapped its eight-game losing streak with a 38-28 victory over Maryland on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit.,Alante Brown added a 92-yard kickoff return touchdown as the Spartans (4-8, 1-8 Big Ten) avoided bec...

Duke rolls Wake Forest, to play Virginia in ACC title game
Darian Mensah set Duke's single-season record with his 27th and 28th passing touchdowns as the Blue Devils went on to beat Wake Forest 49-32 on Saturday at Durham, N.C., then advanced to the Atlantic Coast Conference title game later in the day.,Anderson Castle and Nate Sheppard each ran for two tou...

No. 9 Notre Dame wallops Stanford, awaits CFP fate
CJ Carr completed 17 of 27 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns as No. 9 Notre Dame cruised to a 49-20 win over host Stanford on Saturday night.,Jadarian Price had a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown for Notre Dame (10-2), which won its 10th in a row to wrap up the regular season. Aneya...

Golden Knights continue dominant streak against Sharks
Tomas Hertl scored two goals and rookie Carl Lindbom made 18 saves to pick up his first NHL win as the Vegas Golden Knights snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,It was the 36th career multi-goal game of Hertl's career and the f...

Kings' OT hero Adrian Kempe strikes again vs. Canucks
Adrian Kempe scored his third overtime goal of the season at 3:58 to lift the Los Angeles Kings to a 2-1 victory against the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.,Quinton Byfield partially whiffed on a shot attempt and the puck went to Kempe at the side of the net. He skated to the inside ed...

Cooper Flagg scores 35 as Mavs eke out win vs. Clippers
Klay Thompson turned back the clock with six 3-pointers en route to a season-high 23 points, Cooper Flagg went for a season-best 35 points and the Dallas Mavericks held off the host Los Angeles Clippers 114-110 on Saturday night.,Resting Anthony Davis on the second night of a back-to-back, the Maver...

Whitecaps top SDFC to win West, earn date with Miami in MLS Cup final
Brian White scored a first-half brace and the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps comfortably secured their first MLS Cup final appearance with a 3-1 victory over host San Diego FC in the Western Conference Final on Saturday night.,Andres Cubas and Ali Ahmed connected to set up both of White's goals for No...

Cal's late TD denies No. 21 SMU spot in ACC title game
Kendrick Raphael scored on a 2-yard run with 43 seconds remaining as Cal, in interim coach Nick Rolovich's debut, stunned No. 21 SMU 38-35 on Saturday night in Berkeley, Calif., denying the Mustangs a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.,A 1-yard plunge by T.J. Harden with 2:22 r...

No. 10 Alabama blows lead but beats Auburn to play for SEC title
Tyler Horton caught three touchdown passes from Ty Simpson to help visiting No. 10 Alabama survive blowing a 17-point lead to escape with a 27-20 win over rival Auburn in the Iron Bowl on Saturday night.,The Crimson Tide (10-2, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) clinched a spot in the SEC conference game ...

Nikola Jokic, Nuggets top Suns as road win streak hits 7
Nikola Jokic had 26 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds, Tim Hardaway Jr. tied a season high with 23 points while making a season-high seven 3-pointers, and the Denver Nuggets beat the host Phoenix Suns 130-112 for their seventh straight road victory Saturday.,Jamal Murray had 24 points and five th...

Warriors overcome Stephen Curry's absence, top Pelicans
Jimmy Butler III and Gary Payton II recorded double-doubles in the absence of All-Star Stephen Curry, Brandin Podziemski ignited a late lead-taking run and the Golden State Warriors outlasted the New Orleans Pelicans for a 104-96 triumph Saturday night in San Francisco.,Having lost two of three to s...

Alessio Milivojevic helps Michigan State avoid history it didn't want
Freshman Alessio Milivojevic threw a career-high four touchdown passes and Michigan State snapped its eight-game losing streak with a 38-28 victory over Maryland on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit.,Alante Brown added a 92-yard kickoff return touchdown as the Spartans (4-8, 1-8 Big Ten) avoided bec...

Whitecaps blank SDFC, will face Inter Miami in MLS Cup final
Brian White scored a first-half brace and the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps comfortably secured their first MLS Cup final appearance with a 3-0 victory over San Diego FC in Saturday night's Western Conference Final.,Andres Cubas and Ali Ahmed connected to set up both of White's goals for No. 2 seed V...

NC State again gets better of rival North Carolina
Will Wilson ran for four touchdowns and host North Carolina State blew out rival North Carolina 42-19 in the regular-season finale Saturday night in Raleigh, N.C.,CJ Bailey threw for two touchdowns as the Wolfpack (7-5, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat North Carolina (4-8, 2-6) for the fifth year...

No. 17 USC rallies in second half, upends rival UCLA
Jayden Maiava threw both of his touchdown passes in the second half to spearhead No. 17 Southern California's 29-10 comeback win over visiting rival UCLA on Saturday in Los Angeles.,With two stalled drives ending in missed field goals, USC (9-3, 7-2 Big Ten Conference) went to halftime trailing 10-7...

Blues' Joel Hofer shuts out Mammoth in defensive battle
Joel Hofer made 18 saves for his fourth career shutout as the St. Louis Blues blanked the visiting Utah Mammoth 1-0 on Saturday night.,Dylan Holloway scored for the Blues, who won consecutive games for the first time since Oct. 11-13.,Karel Vejmelka made 18 saves for the Mammoth, who lost key forwar...

No. 24 Tulane shuts out Charlotte, advances to American title game
Tulane did its damage early by finding paydirt on its first two drives, and the No. 24 Green Wave locked in a spot in the American Conference title game by blanking the Charlotte 49ers 27-0 on Saturday night in New Orleans, La.,With the win, the Green Wave (10-2, 7-1) earned the right to host North ...

Sabres win in shootout to cool off Wild
Beck Malenstyn and Josh Doan scored in regulation and the visiting Buffalo Sabres won 3-2 in a shootout to end the Minnesota Wild's seven-game winning streak on Saturday night in St. Paul, Minn.,Tage Thompson, Jack Quinn and Noah Ostlund scored in the four-round shootout, and Colten Ellis made 22 sa...