as Page 282 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Battle marquee belongs to No. 6 Iowa State, No. 5 Marquette
One of the big ones in the Big 12-Big East battle takes place in Ames, where No. 6 Iowa State welcomes No. 5 Marquette in an early season headliner Wednesday night.,The Cyclones (5-1) had a week of rest upon returning from the Maui Invitational with a 2-1 record. The lone blemish was a back-and-fort...

NBA’s best and worst meet as Cavaliers face Wizards
After coming out ahead in a matchup between the NBA's top two teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers will seek to avoid a letdown when they face the visiting Washington Wizards in NBA Cup play on Tuesday.,Donovan Mitchell scored 20 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Cavaliers to a 115-111 wi...

Butler returns home to face struggling Eastern Illinois
Butler returns home to Indianapolis on Tuesday night for another nonconference test as it welcomes in Eastern Illinois.,The Bulldogs (6-1) are coming off a successful road trip, winning the Arizona Tip-Off tournament by defeating Northwestern 71-69 on Thursday and then-No. 25 Mississippi State 87-77...

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin back on ice 2 weeks after breaking leg
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin skated lightly by himself before the team's practice on Monday, two weeks after breaking his left leg.,The Capitals announced their team captain would miss four to six weeks after he fractured his left fibula in a collision with Utah forward Jack McBain in Wash...

Bears announce coaching assignments after Eberflus firing
The Chicago Bears promoted wide receivers coach Chris Beatty to interim offensive coordinator on Monday and announced that defensive coordinator Eric Washington will be the defensive play caller in the wake of last week's firing of head coach Matt Eberflus. ,Interim head coach Thomas Brown will cont...

Kansas holds on to No. 1 spot over rising Auburn
The Kansas Jayhawks maintained their hold on the top spot of the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday, just ahead of the surging Auburn Tigers and a new-look top five. ,Meanwhile, two-time defending champion UConn (5-3) dropped 23 spots to No. 25 after losing three games at the Maui Invitati...

Louisville F Kasean Pryor (torn ACL) out for season
Louisville forward Kasean Pryor will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL, the school confirmed Monday.,The fifth-year senior sustained the injury during Friday's 69-64 loss to Oklahoma in the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas.,The university's statement said the 6...
Best Sports Betting Picks Today: Monday Night Football, College Basketball, NBA Bets December 2nd
It's a busy Monday of sports, these are our top betting picks for Monday Night Football, college basketball, and the NBA on December 2nd, 2024....

49ers RB Christian McCaffrey (knee) potentially out for season
San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey's season is in jeopardy after he sustained what is believed to be a posterior cruciate ligament injury in Sunday's 35-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y. ,"I think potentially (it's season-ending)," 49ers head coach Kyle Shanah...

Reports: RHP Frankie Montas agrees to 2-year, $34M deal with Mets
Right-hander Frankie Montas has agreed to a two-year, $34 million deal with the New York Mets, multiple media outlets reported Sunday night. ,Coming off a National League Championship Series appearance, New York is trying to fill in its starting rotation after watching Sean Manaea, Luis Severino and...

Utah looking for second straight win as it hosts Stars
The Utah Hockey Club will be aiming to win two straight for the first time since winning the first three games of the season when it hosts the Dallas Stars on Monday evening.,Utah is coming off its best performance of its inaugural season, pounding the Vegas Golden Knights 6-0 on Saturday in Las Veg...

Nebraska hits century mark in easy win over North Florida
Connor Essegian scored 22 points and Nebraska had a second straight big offensive performance in a 103-72 home win over North Florida in a nonconference game on Sunday afternoon in Lincoln, Neb.,Essegian, who was back in the starting lineup after dropping a career-high 29 last time out, was 8 of 10 ...

Texas Tech fires DC DeRuyter, secondary coach Yates
After Texas Tech allowed the second-most passing yards in the country this season, it cost defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter and secondary coach Marcel Yates their jobs on Sunday.,The Red Raiders (8-4, 6-3 Big 12) beat West Virginia 52-14 on Saturday to close their regular season but finished last ...

Kansas State sets scoring record with 120-73 win over Pine Bluff
Achor Achor scored a season-high 21 points as Kansas State defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff 120-73 on Sunday in Manhattan, Kan.,Kansas State (6-2) scored the most points in a game in school history. The Wildcats surpassed the old record of 116 points, accomplished two seasons ago at Texas, when Taj Mann...

Off to hot start, Georgetown out to limit UMBC's shooters
Coming into his second season at Georgetown, coach Ed Cooley looked at his young roster and came up with a plan for building them up before Big East Conference play.,So far, it's working.,Georgetown (6-1) is off to its best start since the 2018-19 season and will complete its season-opening, eight-g...

Report: Jack Doohan to slide into Alpine lineup in Abu Dhabi finale
Esteban Ocon is turning over his ride for Alpine in the Formula One season finale next weekend to Jack Doohan, who will replace him with the team in 2025, The Athletic reported Sunday.,In July, Ocon signed a deal to join Haas next year. Two months later, Alpine promoted Doohan, a 21-year-old Austral...

Ohio State, Miami, Clemson tumble in AP Top 25 after losses
Upset losses by Ohio State, Miami and Clemson sent those teams plummeting in the latest Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, released Sunday, as Oregon again was a unanimous No. 1.,This is the seventh consecutive week atop the poll for the Ducks (12-0).,Ohio State (10-2), which lost to Mic...

Mikaela Shiffrin has puncture wound in abdomen, trauma from crash
Mikaela Shiffrin sustained a puncture wound to the right side of her abdomen and severe muscle trauma following her crash during a giant slalom race in Killington, Vt., the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team said Sunday.,In pursuit of her 100th victory, Shiffrin tumbled into the safety netting and remained d...
Ranking the Top 10 Biggest Sporting Events in December 2024
December is one of the best months on the sporting calendar, so Deadspin ranked the top 10 upcoming sporting events this month....

ACC championship game capsule: SMU vs. Clemson
Atlantic Coast Conference championship game,SMU (11-1) vs. Clemson (9-3),Saturday, December 7, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET,Charlotte, N.C., Bank of America Stadium,TV: ABC,Early line: SMU -1.5 (FanDuel),What's at stake:,SMU should be part of the playoffs even with a loss but just know the Mustangs badly want...