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CFP quarterfinals: Oregon lone lower seed favored
Oregon coach Dan Lanning was frustrated by his team's second-half performance on Saturday night, but that didn't stop oddsmakers from installing the Ducks as the lone road favorite for the College Football Playoff quarterfinals.,No. 5 Oregon will square off against No. 4 Texas Tech in the Orange Bow...

Ryan Gerard flies to Mauritius, earns Masters invitation
Ryan Gerard went the extra mile to earn an invitation to the 2026 Masters tournament.,Gerard actually traveled approximately 10,000 miles from Jupiter, Fla., to Mauritius. The island nation is located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of East Africa.,At 57th in the Official World Golf R...
Miami Defense Carries Hurricanes Past Texas A&M in CFP Debut
Miami’s revamped defense delivered a statement performance, shutting down Texas A&M in a gritty 10-3 College Football Playoff win....

In midst of change, Washington State battles Utah State in Potato Bowl
Washington State and Utah State get a head start on their upcoming future as conference mates when they square off Monday afternoon in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at Boise, Idaho.,Utah State is exiting the Mountain West and will join the Cougars in the reconfigured Pac-12. The two teams will be mee...

Team Yandex in grand final at DreamLeague Season 27
Team Yandex advanced on Saturday to the grand final, awaiting the winner of Team Spirit vs. PARIVISION in the DreamLeague Season 27 playoffs.,Team Spirit and PARIVISION will battle in Sunday's lower-bracket final to determine the remaining berth in the grand final later that day.,The $1 million Dota...

P.J. Haggerty's 24 points lead Kansas State over South Dakota
P.J. Haggerty scored 24 points to lead Kansas State to a 106-76 nonconference win over South Dakota Saturday in Manhattan, Kan.,Haggerty, the second-highest scorer in the nation, hit 10 of the 12 shots he took as the Wildcats (8-4) built an early lead and never let the Coyotes (7-7) back into the ga...

Reports: Rams fire assistant Chase Blackburn after special teams miscues
The Los Angeles Rams, after special teams miscues proved costly in the overtime loss Thursday at Seattle, have fired special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn, according to multiple media reports on Saturday.,Blackburn, in his third season with the Rams, is the first in-season coaching change in hea...

SEC slate on horizon, Texas A&M faces East Texas A&M
Texas A&M looks to build on its best overall game of the season and stoke its momentum in the run up to the Southeastern Conference campaign when it hosts East Texas A&M on Sunday afternoon in College Station, Texas., ,The Aggies (8-3) return to action after a week off and a 112-85 home win over Jac...

Xavier tops Georgetown in tight affair to earn first conference win
Tre Carroll scored 22 points with eight rebounds as Xavier recovered from a blowout loss earlier in the week to earn an 80-77 victory over Georgetown in Washington, D.C.,Malik Messina-Moore and Roddie Anderson III each scored 14 points while Filip Borovicanin delivered 11 points and 13 rebounds as t...

Down 17 in 2nd half, No. 19 Texas Tech stuns No. 3 Duke
Nobody would have blamed Texas Tech for taking a wave-the-white-flag approach Saturday night in a showdown against Duke on one of the biggest stages in college basketball.,Three injured players, two others who fouled out early in the second half and Red Raider star J.T. Toppin straddled with foul tr...

No. 15 Nebraska vows not to look past North Dakota
Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg knows all too well about the dangers of the getaway game.,His 11-0 Cornhuskers, ranked 15th in the nation, are flying high after a dramatic win over then-No. 13 Illinois on Dec. 13. Their last game before Christmas comes Sunday against North Dakota in Lincoln, Neb.,Hoiber...

SMU happy to be home against Central Arkansas after SEC losses
SMU gets to play on its home floor for the first time in 27 days when it hosts Central Arkansas on Sunday afternoon in Dallas.,The Mustangs (9-2) have lost two of their last three after opening the season 8-0. The latest setback was an 89-77 loss to LSU in the Compete 4 Cause Classic in New Orleans ...

Don McHenry scores 27, as Utah routs Eastern Washington
Don McHenry scored 27 points with six 3-pointers as Utah defeated Eastern Washington 101-77 Saturday night in a nonconference game in Salt Lake City.,Keanu Dawes matched his career-high with 21 points on 9-for-9 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds, and Terrence Brown had 20 points, 11 assists, and fo...

Notre Dame brings four-game win streak into matchup vs. Purdue Fort Wayne
Notre Dame aims to extend its win streak and stay unbeaten at home when it hosts Purdue Fort Wayne on Sunday afternoon in South Bend, Ind.,The Fighting Irish (9-3) have won four in a row and are 7-0 at home this season after beating Evansville, 82-58, on Dec. 13 behind a career-high 26 points from j...

No. 8 Houston snaps No. 14 Arkansas' four-game streak
Emanuel Sharp scored 22 points and freshman guard Kingston Flemings added 21 as No. 8 Houston rode a first-half rally to a 94-85 victory over No. 14 Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday in Newark, N.J.,Sharp drilled three 3-pointers, including one early in the second half that served as a response to a 3...

Multiple questions remain in plane crash that killed NASCAR legend Greg Biffle, 6 others
The identity of the pilot and other questions remained Saturday as investigators searched through wreckage of the private plane crash that killed seven people, including 55-year-old NASCAR legend Greg Biffle, two days earlier in Statesville, N.C. ,Biffle, his wife Cristina, and their children Emma a...

Balanced effort boosts Syracuse past Northeastern
Junior guard Naithan George had 22 points, six rebounds and six assists to lead Syracuse to a 91-83 nonconference victory over visiting Northeastern on Saturday.,Kiyan Anthony added 18 points off the bench for Syracuse (8-4), which received 14-point performances from William Kyle III, Nate Kingz and...

No. 10 Miami tops No. 7 Texas A&M in CFP first round; Ohio State next
Mark Fletcher Jr. ran for a career-high 172 yards -- 91 in the fourth quarter -- and Malachi Toney scored the game-winning touchdown with 1:44 left to help No. 10 Miami post a 10-3 win over No. 7 Texas A&M on Saturday afternoon in College Station, Texas, in the first round of the College Football Pl...

Cowboys activate CB Trevon Diggs from IR
The Cowboys activated cornerback Trevon Diggs from injured reserve Saturday, making him available to play for the first time in more than two months when Dallas hosts the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.,In a corresponding move, cornerback DaRon Bland, who is expected to have surgery on his left foot...

Sabres fire associate general manager Jason Karmanos
The Buffalo Sabres fired associate general manager Jason Karmanos on Saturday, just five days after Jarmo Kekalainen assumed the top GM role on the team.,Karmanos also served as general manager of the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League.,"We thank Jason for his contributions to the Buf...