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LSU gets by Arkansas for first SEC win
Cam Carter scored 27 points, Jordan Sears added 17 and LSU claimed its first SEC victory by defeating Arkansas 78-74 on Tuesday night in Baton Rouge, La.,The Tigers (12-5, 1-3) overcame a slow start with a second-half spurt then hung on.,Boogie Fland scored 19 points, Adou Thiero had 13 points and 1...
No. 17 Purdue, leaning on Braden Smith, visits Washington
Purdue star point guard Braden Smith might be the top passer in college basketball.,But sometimes he falls into periods where he is too unselfish.,No. 17 Purdue will be looking for all of Smith's talents to be on display when it battles Washington in Big Ten play on Wednesday night in Seattle.,The B...
RJ Luis Jr. scores 19 as St. John's overtakes Georgetown
RJ Luis Jr. withstood shooting struggles and scored 19 points, including the tiebreaking free throws with 6:16 remaining as St. John's rallied from a 15-point deficit and earned a 63-58 victory over Georgetown on Tuesday in New York.,A day after being named Big East Player of the Week for his 30-poi...
No. 8 Kentucky's second-half surge sinks No. 11 Texas A&M
Jaxson Robinson hit for 22 points and No. 8 Kentucky won the battle of the boards and the paint in an 81-69 victory over No. 11 Texas A&M on Tuesday in a key early-season Southeastern Conference clash in Lexington, Ky., ,Kentucky (14-3, 3-1 SEC) had a three-point lead at halftime that it expanded to...
Jacob Abel, David Malukas land 2025 IndyCar rides
Jacob Abel will race full-time in IndyCar this season after being hired for Dale Coyne Racing's No. 51 car, while former DCR driver David Malukas has been named as the driver for A.J. Foyt's No. 4 Chevrolet.,Abel, 23, has spent the past three seasons on the developmental Indy NXT circuit. After fini...
Deion Sanders Coaching the Dallas Cowboys Would Be a Match Made in Hell
Deion Sanders and Jerry Jones might have mutual respect right now when discussing the Dallas Cowboys coaching vacancy, but that could all go downhill very quickly....
Mariners trade for Cubs INF/OF Miles Mastrobuoni
The Seattle Mariners acquired utility player Miles Mastrobuoni from the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday for cash considerations.,In a corresponding move, the Mariners designated career minor league catcher Nick Raposo for assignment, keeping the 40-man roster full.,Mastrobuoni, 29, batted .194 with four RBI...
Dynamo sign former LAFC M Erik Duenas
The Houston Dynamo signed midfielder Erik Duenas for the 2025 season with club options each year through 2028, the team announced on Tuesday.,Houston had claimed Duenas, 20, of the 2024 MLS End-of-Year Waivers list, after he spent the start of his career as a homegrown player with the Los Angeles Fo...
No. 2 Iowa State meets 'fired up' No. 9 Kansas
Iowa State climbed to second in the rankings this week for the first time in school history.,But the Cyclones won't have much time to reflect on their achievement -- they are busy preparing for their next opponent, which figures to be one of their toughest this season.,No. 2 Iowa State (14-1, 4-0 Bi...
Texas WRs Isaiah Bond, Matthew Golden enter NFL draft
Texas wide receivers Isaiah Bond and Matthew Golden are entering the 2025 NFL Draft. ,Bond, who spent one season at Texas, is projected as a top-40 pick by Field Level Media because of his explosive speed and proven big-play ability. His most memorable reception at the college level likely was durin...
Texas WR Isaiah Bond enters NFL draft
Texas wide receiver Isaiah Bond is entering the NFL draft after one season with the Longhorns. ,Bond is projected as a top-40 pick by Field Level Media because of his explosive speed and proven big-play ability. His most memorable reception at the college level likely was during his second season at...
Best Sports Betting Picks Today: College Basketball, NBA on January 14th
January 14th's best sports betting picks and predictions are all about basketball, as we lock in some top college basketball bets and NBA predictions on Tuesday....
Arkansas, LSU playing for first SEC win
Arkansas and LSU are two of five teams that are winless in Southeastern Conference play. ,One of them will break out of that group when the Razorbacks (11-5, 0-3) and Tigers (11-5, 0-3) meet Tuesday night in Baton Rouge, La. ,Arkansas has lost to three ranked SEC opponents in then-No. 1 Tennessee, t...
Texas Tech seeks win at Kansas State after heartbreaker
Sputtering Kansas State will try to end a three-game losing skid on Tuesday when it welcomes to Manhattan, Kan., a Texas Tech team coming off a heartbreaking loss of its own. ,The Red Raiders (11-4, 2-2 Big 12) led in the second half by as many as nine points on Saturday against Iowa State, ranked s...
RJ Luis Jr., St. John's set sights on Georgetown
St. John's coach Rick Pitino only saw glimpses of RJ Luis Jr.'s capabilities last year because of a shin injury that cost him 10 games and persisted through the season.,This season, Luis is among the major reasons for St. John's getting off to a hot start in Big East play.,The swingman attempts to p...
Reports: Japanese RHP Roki Sasaki rules out Yanks, Mets
Roki Sasaki's window to sign with a major league team opens Wednesday, but the coveted Japanese right-hander has already closed the door on a few clubs, including the New York Yankees, per multiple media reports. ,Per the reports, the New York Mets and Texas Rangers are also out of the running befor...
Jerry Jones thanks Mike McCarthy, Cowboys launch search for new coach
Mike McCarthy and the Dallas Cowboys are headed in different directions.,Owner Jerry Jones confirmed the split with McCarthy as head coach after three playoff appearances in five seasons. Jones, the team's owner and general manager, said the Cowboys have begun searching for the ninth coach since he ...
Penn State’s top two RBs commit to return for 2025
Penn State got some encouraging news from some of its top offensive players Monday.,The Nittany Lions' top two rushers from 2024, Kaytron Allen and Nicholas Singleton, will return to Happy Valley for the 2025 season rather than declare for the NFL draft.,Their decisions came four days after Penn Sta...
No. 11 Texas A&M using recent loss to prepare for No. 8 Kentucky
No. 11 Texas A&M will look to get back on track when they square off against gritty No. 8 Kentucky on Tuesday in a Southeastern Conference clash in Lexington, Ky.,The game will be the third straight for the Aggies against conference teams ranked in the top 17 of the Associated Press poll. They've sp...
Unbeaten LSU up to No. 5 in newest AP poll
LSU re-entered the top five of the Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball poll on Monday, while the first four teams remained unchanged.,Behind No. 1 UCLA (16-0), No. 2 South Carolina (16-1), No. 3 Notre Dame (14-2) and No. 4 Southern California (16-1), the Tigers moved up one spot to No...