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Nuggets take potent offense on the road vs. depleted Hawks
On the heels of Jamal Murray's offensive explosion, the visiting Denver Nuggets will look to extend their recent dominance over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.,Denver, which has won eight of nine outings against Atlanta since March 2021, will play the second of a four-game road trip after Murray went f...
Sexual assault suit against Conor McGregor dropped
The civil lawsuit filed against MMA fighter Conor McGregor for an alleged sexual assault at a 2023 NBA Finals game in Miami has been dropped.,The anonymous complainant voluntary filed for dismissal of the suit earlier this week in U.S. District Court in Florida.,The woman had alleged that McGregor f...
Falcons, Kirk Cousins prepare for 'challenging' Seahawks defense
Raheem Morris and Mike Macdonald were hired by their respective franchises within a week of each other in the head coaching cycle in January 2024. ,Since then, the Falcons and Seattle Seahawks have taken vastly different paths to Sunday's meeting in Atlanta.,Morris' Falcons (4-8) have dropped six of...
James Harden, Kawhi Leonard help Clippers beat Hawks to end skid
James Harden and Kawhi Leonard combined to score 58 points to help the visiting Los Angeles Clippers end their five-game losing streak with a 115-92 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.,It is the fourth straight win for the Clippers in Atlanta and gave Los Angeles a split of their two-game s...
Blackhawks, Kings to face off twice in three nights in LA
The Los Angeles Kings and visiting Chicago Blackhawks will get to know each other even better when they play the first of back-to-back games on Thursday night.,The Kings will host the Blackhawks again on Saturday night before Chicago closes its four-game road trip on Sunday at the Anaheim Ducks.,The...
Tom Brady, Shaquille O'Neal to assist World Cup draw
Sports legends from outside of soccer, including football's Tom Brady, basketball's Shaquille O'Neal, hockey's Wayne Gretzky and current All-Star baseball player Aaron Judge, will assist with the World Cup draw on Friday in Washington, D.C.,FIFA announced on Wednesday the lineup of current and forme...
WBC strips Terence Crawford of belt for failing to pay fees
Terence Crawford is no longer boxing's undisputed super middleweight champion after the WBC stripped him of his belt on Wednesday for failing to pay sanctioning fees.,WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman claims Crawford did not pay the mandatory fees to the sanctioning body for two consecutive fights, in...
Carter Hart, back from acquittal, leads Knights past Blackhawks in SO
Shea Theodore logged two assists and scored the game-winner in the fourth round of a shootout and Carter Hart made 27 saves in his return to the NHL as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Tuesday in Las Vegas.,Ivan Barbashev and Braeden Bowman each had a goal and an assis...
No. 7 Michigan State smothers Iowa in Big Ten opener
Coen Carr scored 15 points to lead No. 7 Michigan State to a 71-52 home win over Iowa in the Big Ten conference opener for both teams on Tuesday.,Jeremy Fears Jr. went 10-for-10 from the free-throw line and scored 14 points, and Jaxon Kohler had 12 points and 11 rebounds to help Michigan State (8-0,...
Led by dynamic duo, Hawks out to extend Clippers' woes
Atlanta may have found something in the combustible guard combination of Jalen Johnson and Nickeil Alexander-Walker.,The pair, who combined for 55 points on Monday, look to lead the Hawks when they begin a two-game homestand on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Clippers.,Johnson scored 29 points -- ...
Carter Hart to make Golden Knights debut vs. Blackhawks
Goaltender Carter Hart will make his controversial return to the NHL for the first time in 22 months Tuesday when he starts for the Vegas Golden Knights against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks.,Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy announced Tuesday that Hart would start against Chicago after saying Monday that...
Isack Hadjar taking Yuki Tsunoda's Red Bull spot for 2026 season
Isack Hadjar will replace Yuki Tsunoda as the second Red Bull competitor alongside Max Verstappen for the 2026 F1 season, the team announced Tuesday.,Hadjar, 21, is wrapping up a moderately successful rookie season for Racing Bulls, Red Bull's sister team. He enters the final race of the season this...
Kansas G Darryn Peterson (hamstring) out vs. No. 5 UConn
Star freshman Darryn Peterson will sit out his seventh straight game on Tuesday when No. 21 Kansas hosts No. 5 UConn in Lawrence, Kan.,Peterson has been sidelined by a lingering hamstring injury, however head coach Bill Self acknowledged that the guard isn't too far removed from returning to the cou...
CUSA Championship Preview: Jacksonville State shoots for repeat
Conference USA Championship ,Jacksonville State (8-4) vs. Kennesaw State (9-3),Friday, 7 p.m. ET (AmFirst Stadium, Jacksonville, Ala.),Regular-season champion Jacksonville State defends its CUSA title against Kennesaw State, which won two games a year ago and is only playing its second season at the...
Carter Hart set to make Golden Knights debut vs. Blackhawks
Goaltender Carter Hart will make his controversial return to the NHL for the first time in 22 months on Tuesday when the Vegas Golden Knights host the Chicago Blackhawks.,Now the question is, will he start or back up Akira Schmid?,Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said he wouldn't announce his starter until...
Denny Hamlin takes stand as NASCAR antitrust trial begins
With NASCAR's revenue-sharing model at the forefront of 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports' antitrust lawsuit, 23XI co-owner Denny Hamlin took the stand as the first witness Monday in Charlotte, N.C. and testified that it costs $20 million to bring a single car to the track over a 38-race season....
Pistons rally late, then narrowly hold off Hawks
Jalen Duren had 21 points and 11 rebounds as the host Detroit Pistons escaped with a 99-98 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday.,Cade Cunningham contributed 18 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, five steals and three blocks, while Ronald Holland II supplied 17 points and six rebounds. Caris LeVe...
Catarina Macario scores again as USWNT caps sweep of Italy
The U.S. women's national team had a slow start, by its lofty standards, but that was only a temporary setback that Catarina Macario remedied with a 20th-minute goal to spark a 2-0 victory against Italy on Monday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Macario has five goals in a three-match scoring streak to give...
Elite programs in early battle as No. 5 UConn visits No. 21 Kansas
No. 5 UConn will continue to navigate its way through a formidable stretch of the season when it visits No. 21 Kansas on Tuesday in Lawrence.,The game features two programs responsible for winning three of the last four national championships. The Jayhawks won the title in 2022 before the Huskies ov...
Ottawa coach Carla MacLeod battling breast cancer
Ottawa Charge head coach Carla MacLeod plans to remain with the PWHL team while battling breast cancer.,MacLeod, 43, shared the news of her recent diagnosis through the team's website on Sunday.,"Hearing those words was incredibly difficult, but I want everyone to know that I'm going to be okay," Ma...