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Nate Kingz's game-winner lifts Syracuse over SMU
Nate Kingz drove the lane and hit the winning layup with 2.3 seconds to play to lift host Syracuse to a wild 79-78 win over SMU on Saturday afternoon in an Atlantic Coast Conference dustup.,The Mustangs led 61-49 with 12:15 to play before Syracuse (15-11, 6-7 ACC) rallied. Naithan George grabbed a r...
Florida State's torrid 2nd-half shooting dooms Virginia Tech
Reserve Martin Somerville scored 18 points after halftime to lead Florida State's second-half eruption in a 92-69 win over Virginia Tech on Saturday afternoon in Blacksburg, Va.,Somerville finished with a season-high-tying 23 points, making all seven of his second-half field-goal attempts. Chauncey ...
Milan Momcilovic, No. 5 Iowa State halt No. 9 Kansas' win streak
Milan Momcilovic scored 18 points and No. 5 Iowa State's ferocious defense smothered No. 9 Kansas for a 74-56 Big 12 victory on Saturday in Ames, Iowa, to snap the Jayhawks' eight-game winning streak.,Joshua Jefferson, Tamin Lipsey, Jamarion Batemon and Blake Buchanan added 11 points apiece for the ...
Pryce Sandfort hits 6 3s, as No. 7 Nebraska defeats Northwestern
Pryce Sandfort swished six 3-pointers on the way to scoring 29 points, as No. 7 Nebraska defeated visiting Northwestern 68-49 on Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.,Nebraska (22-3, 11-3 Big Ten) surpassed last season's win total despite matching a season-high with 18 turnovers, two fewer than slumping Northwe...
Milan Momcilovic helps No. 5 Iowa State dispatch No. 9 Kansas
Milan Momcilovic scored 18 points and made 4 of 9 three-pointers, and No. 5 Iowa State's ferocious defense broke No. 9 Kansas' eight-game winning streak, grounding the Jayhawks 74-56 on Saturday afternoon in Ames, Ia.,The overwhelming victory moved the Cyclones (22-3, 9-3) into a third-place tie in ...
Micah Robinson hits game-winning layup, TCU sinks Oklahoma State in OT
Micah Robinson scored a game-winning layup with 18 seconds left in overtime, as TCU held off Oklahoma State 95-92 in a Big 12 game Saturday in Stillwater, Okla.,David Punch led the Horned Frogs (16-9, 6-6) with 19 points and six rebounds before fouling out with 27 seconds left in overtime.,Parsa Fal...
Daytona 500 start time moved up due to weather concerns
NASCAR moved up the start time for Sunday's Daytona 500 by one hour due to the threat of inclement weather.,The National Weather Service forecast calls for a 50% chance of rain Sunday afternoon, with the chances rising as the day goes on. Officials hope the time change will allow drivers to finish a...
Twisted Minds move to semis at OWCS Pre-Season Bootcamp
Twisted Minds recorded a 3-0 sweep of T1 on Saturday to advance to the semifinals of the Overwatch Champions Series Pre-Season Bootcamp in Seoul.,Twisted Minds posted a 2-0 win on Busan, 1-0 victory on Blizzard World and 3-2 triumph on New Junk City.,They advanced to set up a semifinal encounter on ...
US speed skater Jordan Stolz wins 500m, sets Olympic record
MILAN -- American speed skating phenomenon Jordan Stolz once again stole the spotlight on Saturday, rocketing to the men's 500 meters title at the Winter Olympics and securing his second gold medal of the Milan Cortina Games.,Stolz already had met the towering expectations by winning the men's 1,000...
World Curling takes action after Sweden accuses Canada of cheating
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- World Curling said on Saturday that it would have officials monitoring for rule violations during the rest of the competition at the Olympics after Sweden's men's team accused Canada of cheating in a tense round-robin game.,Tensions boiled over on Friday when Brad Jacobs'...
Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen makes history with giant slalom gold
BORMIO, Italy -- Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen made South American sporting history with a stunning Olympic giant slalom gold medal in a driving blizzard on Saturday.,No athlete from the continent had ever won a medal of any color at the Winter Games, but the 25-year-old put that right with two i...
Wisconsin blitzes No. 10 Michigan State, fells another top-10 foe
Nick Boyd had 29 points and John Blackwell added 24 to pace Wisconsin to a dominant 92-71 victory over No. 10 Michigan State in a Big Ten Conference matchup Friday night in Madison, Wis.,It was the second consecutive top-10 victory for Wisconsin (18-7, 10-4 Big Ten), which won at No. 8 Illinois 92-9...
Ole Miss hosts Mississippi State with both teams slumping
In-state rivals tangle in an effort to revive their fading NCAA Tournament hopes as Mississippi State visits Ole Miss on Saturday in Oxford, Miss.,The Rebels have lost six consecutive games, the Bulldogs have dropped eight of their last nine, and both appear to be out of the NCAA Tournament picture,...
Kansas star freshman Darryn Peterson to return vs. Iowa State
After sitting out against the No. 1 team in the country, Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson will be back in time to face No. 5.,Kansas coach Bill Self told ESPN on Friday that Peterson was "good to go" when the ninth-ranked Jayhawks visit fifth-ranked Iowa State on Saturday.,Peterson sat out with flu-l...
After blowout loss, NC State knows it must 'move forward' vs. Miami
North Carolina State, which is 5-1 after a loss this season, is hoping to rebound Saturday afternoon when it hosts Atlantic Coast Conference rival Miami in Raleigh, N.C.,The Wolfpack (18-7, 9-3 ACC) have won six of their last seven games but are coming off a 118-77 loss at No. 24 Louisville.,Head co...
Malinin falls apart, Shaidorov shocks field to win men's figure skating gold
MILAN -- Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov emerged as the shock winner of the men's competition at the Milan Cortina Games on Friday as heavy favorite Ilia Malinin's free program fell apart and he finished out of the medals in one of Olympic figure skating's biggest upsets.,Japan's Yuma Kagiyama took s...
Akshay Bhatia ties Ryo Hisatsune for lead at Pebble Beach
Akshay Bhatia fired a bogey-free, 8-under-par 64 at Spyglass Hill Golf Course to reach 15-under 129 and tie Japan's Ryo Hisatsune for the lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Friday in Pebble Beach, Calif.,Hisatsune was the solo first-round leader thanks to a 62 at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Thur...
Oregon tries to snap 10-game skid vs. Penn State as injuries linger
Oregon aims to break a 10-game losing streak Saturday afternoon in Eugene, Ore., when the Ducks host Penn State in a matchup of the two teams at the bottom of the Big Ten Conference.,Last-place Oregon (8-16, 1-12 Big Ten) has not been at full strength for much of the season -- and it likely won't be...
Team Peps completes comeback on Day 1 of OWCS Pre-Season Bootcamp
Team Peps, Team Falcons, T1 and Virtus.pro won their opening games and moved into the quarterfinals of the Overwatch Champions Series Pre-Season Bootcamp on Friday in Seoul.,Peps outlasted Disguised 3-2 in a match that included a rare draw in the fourth round. Falcons swept VARREL 3-0, Virtus.pro di...
Czech teenager Jilek outclasses strong field to take 10,000m gold
MILAN -- Czech teenager Metodej Jilek produced the race of his life to beat a powerful field and seize gold in the 10,000 meters on Friday, delivering the Czech Republic its first speed skating title of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.,Jilek was joined on the podium by Poland's Vladimir Semirunniy...