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Reports: Javier Mascherano to become Inter Miami's new coach
Inter Miami is on the verge of hiring Javier Mascherano as its new coach, according to multiple reports on Saturday.,Mascherano, 40, is a former teammate of Miami star Lionel Messi. The two were teammates at FC Barcelona from 2010-18.,Inter Miami's job came open Friday when Gerardo "Tata" Martino re...

Underperforming Pacers welcome struggling Wizards
A pair of scuffling teams looking to end losing streaks will meet on Sunday when the Indiana Pacers host the Washington Wizards.,On the heels of their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance since 2014, the Pacers are in an early-season slump, as they've dropped three games in a row and five of s...

Vince Whaley, Maverick McNealy share lead at RSM Classic
Vince Whaley matched the low round of the day with a 7-under-par 63 on Saturday to share the lead with Maverick McNealy at the RSM Classic in St. Simons Island, Ga.,Whaley jumped eight spots to the top of the leaderboard at 14-under 198 with McNealy, who had shared the lead after the first round and...

No. 10 Georgia scores nearly at will, destroys UMass
Carson Beck completed 20 of 31 passes for 297 yards and four touchdowns as No. 10 Georgia pummeled UMass 59-21 on Saturday in Athens, Ga.,Nate Frazier ran for career highs of 136 yards and three touchdowns, while Arian Smith caught three passes for 110 yards and a score as the Bulldogs (9-2) won the...

George Russell speeds to pole at Las Vegas Grand Prix
George Russell seized his third pole position of the season for Saturday's Las Vegas Grand Prix.,Russell, of Mercedes, overcame a brush with the Turn 5 wall on his first lap in Q3 on Friday to turn in a top qualifying time of 1 minute 32.312 seconds. He finished just ahead of Ferrari's Carlos Sanz (...

Micah Peavy, Jayden Epps pace Georgetown past St. Francis (Pa.)
Micah Peavy scored 24 points and Jayden Epps added 23 as host Georgetown pulled away from pesky St. Francis (Pa.) 82-65 on Saturday in Washington, D.C.,Malik Mack paired 11 points with seven rebounds for the Hoyas (4-1), who squandered a double-digit lead in both the first and second halves but stea...

2024 Las Vegas GP: Preview, Odds & Trends
Max Verstappen can clinch his fourth consecutive world championship Saturday night, but the Red Bull star isn't favored to win the Las Vegas Grand Prix.,Verstappen, who won in Formula 1's return to Las Vegas last year, qualified fifth. Mercedes' George Russell will sit on the pole, but it's Ferrari'...
Luis Gil vs. Mason Miller: One Rookie Got the Hype, the Other Got the Outs
A’s Mason Miller dominated with 104 relief strikeouts, but Yankees’ Luis Gil stole the Rookie of the Year spotlight. Who deserved it more?...

Nebraska bottles up Ryan Kalkbrenner, defeats No. 14 Creighton
Juwan Gary scored 16 points with seven rebounds and helped make Ryan Kalkbrenner a non-factor on offense as visiting Nebraska upset No. 14 Creighton 74-63 on Friday in Omaha, Neb.,Brice Williams also finished with 16 points for Nebraska (4-1). Connor Essegian had a season-high 15 points, Berke Buyuk...

Tyler Harris scores 27 as Washington tops pesky Alcorn State
Tyler Harris scored a career-high 27 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the field and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds as Washington pulled away late to defeat Alcorn State 77-60 on Friday night in a nonconference game in Seattle.,Zoom Diallo added 15 points for the Huskies (4-1) in a game that featu...

Texas' balanced scoring enough to beat Saint Joseph's
Tre Johnson scored 17 points to lead four Texas scorers in double figures, and the Longhorns beat Saint Joseph's 67-58 to win the Legends Classic championship on Friday in New York City.,Texas (5-1) went back-and-forth with Saint Joseph's (4-2) for most of the night, combining for eight ties and 10 ...

Adou Thiero, No. 20 Arkansas hold off Little Rock
Adou Thiero had 23 points, eight rebounds and six steals for No. 20 Arkansas, which withstood a late charge from Little Rock to earn a 79-67 victory on Friday in Fayetteville, Ark.,Thiero blocked a would-be Ante Beljan dunk with 1:35 left to keep the Trojans from making it a two-possession game. Thi...

Chase Elliott wins NASCAR's Most Popular Driver again
CHARLOTTE -- Chase Elliott continued to build his legacy as an undeniable NASCAR Cup Series fan favorite, winning the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) Most Popular Driver Award for the seventh straight season.,Honored Friday night during the NASCAR Awards celebration at the Charlotte Co...

Kansas State outlasts George Washington in Paradise Jam
David N'Guessan scored 17 points to lead Kansas State to a 83-71 victory over George Washington in the first round of the Paradise Jam at St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands Friday night.,K-State jumped out to a big first-half lead before George Washington made it close in the second half.,The Wil...

Nebraska bottles up Ryan Kalkbrenner, defeats Creighton
Juwan Gary scored 16 points with seven rebounds and helped make Ryan Kalkbrenner a non-factor on offense as visiting Nebraska upset No. 14 Creighton 74-63 on Friday in Omaha, Neb.,Brice Williams also finished with 16 points for Nebraska (4-1). Connor Essegian had a season-high 15 points, Berke Buyuk...

Texas Tech tops Syracuse for third place at Legends Classic
Darrion Williams scored 20 points, including five straight in a key stretch of the second half, and Texas Tech held on to defeat Syracuse 79-74 in the third-place game of the Legends Classic in New York on Friday night.,JT Toppin finished with 15 points, six rebounds and three blocks and Chance McMi...

Joel Dahmen's 'half-court' putt keeps PGA Tour status alive
Joel Dahmen has handled the pressure of closing out a PGA Tour victory, but even that didn't equate to the emotional weight he felt standing over a 5 1/2-foot putt in Georgia on Friday.,Miss it, and Dahmen was assured of missing out on fully exempt status on the PGA Tour for 2025. Make it, and he wo...

Max Verstappen chasing fourth straight F1 title in Vegas
Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen enters Saturday's Las Vegas Grand Prix on the verge of clinching his fourth consecutive Formula 1 world championship.,There are various scenarios that will land Verstappen his fourth title on Saturday night, the most basic of which is him simply finishing ahead of La...

ECU CB Shavon Revel Jr. declares for NFL draft
East Carolina cornerback Shavon Revel Jr., a potential first-round pick, declared for the 2025 NFL Draft on Friday.,Revel, who sustained a torn left ACL in practice in September, had one season of eligibility remaining.,"After an incredible journey at East Carolina, I am officially declaring for the...

Patrick Fishburn takes lead at RSM Classic
Patrick Fishburn shot a bogey-free, 8-under-par 64 on Friday to grab the 36-hole lead at the RSM Classic in St. Simons Island, Ga.,At the finale of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Fall series, golfers are playing Sea Island Golf Club's two courses over the first two days of the tournament. Fishburn followe...