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Callaway selling majority stake in Topgolf at $1.1B valuation
Callaway has sold 60 percent of Topgolf to Los Angeles private-equity firm Leonard Green & Partners in a deal that values the business at approximately $1.1 billion.,It brings an end to a promising combination of the Callaway golf brand and the Topgolf entertainment business that never lived up to e...

Connor Bedard nets 3 as sizzling Blackhawks down Flames
Connor Bedard tallied his second career hat trick and Oliver Moore had a goal and assist to lift the surging Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-2 home win against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.,Chicago won for the fifth time in six games and has collected 11 of 12 possible points over that span.,Though...

Cade Cunningham, Pistons run past Hawks for 11th straight win
Cade Cunningham returned from a three-game absence and posted a double-double to help the visiting Detroit Pistons to a 120-112 victory over the Atlanta Hawks, extending their NBA-best winning streak to 11 games.,Cunningham, who missed time with a left hip contusion, had 25 points, 10 assists and si...

Kansas, Iowa State pursue win after coming off bye week
Kansas and Iowa State both are coming off bye weeks ahead of their Big 12 Conference matchup Saturday afternoon in Ames, Iowa.,With two weeks left in the regular season, the Cyclones (6-4, 3-4) are bowl eligible but the Jayhawks (5-5, 3-4) need one more win to achieve the feat.,In their most recent ...

Wake's Jake Dickert pursues record win total in matchup vs. Delaware
Wake Forest will aim to double its win total from each of the last two seasons on Saturday afternoon when it meets Delaware in Winson-Salem, N.C.,The Demon Deacons (7-3) continued their meteoric rise under first-year head coach Jake Dickert with a 28-12 victory over North Carolina last Saturday. ,Di...

Seahawks RB Kenneth Walker III in line for 'more opportunities'
Kenneth Walker III is 18th in the NFL in carries and narrowly within the top 20 in rushing yards (606), but the Seattle Seahawks are closer to turning him loose. ,Walker played 51% of the offensive snaps in a 21-19 loss to the Rams on Sunday with Zach Charbonnet working in behind him. But he's about...

Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson ruled out vs. Duke
Kansas freshman guard Darryn Peterson will be out for a third consecutive game with a hamstring strain when the No. 24 Jayhawks face No. 5 Duke on Tuesday in New York.,Peterson is a Naismith High School Player of the Year winner last season as well as a McDonald's All-American. He scored 21 points i...

Giants RB Cam Skattebo ignites 'skirmish' at WWE event
New York Giants injured rookie running back Cam Skattebo had no issue getting physical off the field on Monday.,Seated ringside with fellow Giants rookie linebacker Abdul Carter at WWE's "Monday Night Raw" at Madison Square Garden in New York, Skattebo was involved in what can best be described as a...

Pistons put 10-game winning streak on line vs. surging Hawks
A pair of major winning streaks will be on the line when the Atlanta Hawks host the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.,Detroit has won a league-best 10 straight games after defeating the Indiana Pacers 127-112 on Monday. The last time the Pistons won 10 in a row was from Jan. 23 to Feb. 13, 2008.,Atl...

Iowa's goal: No slippage against SE Missouri
Coach Ben McCollum saw game slippage from his unbeaten Iowa team on Friday night.,The stats from an 81-62 win over Xavier tell another story. The Hawkeyes (3-0) sank 56.9% of their field-goal attempts and dominated the glass 41-24 while making more foul shots (20) than the Musketeers took (14).,Iowa...

Unbeaten Syracuse to get physical exam against Monmouth
Physicality will be the name of the game when unbeaten Syracuse takes on visiting Monmouth on Tuesday., ,The Orange (3-0) drubbed Binghamton, Delaware State and Drexel to open the season, including 40- and 30-point wins the past two weekends. They rank eighth nationally with a plus-36.0 scoring marg...

Confident Blackhawks want to keep rolling against last-place Flames
Confidence continues to build within the Chicago Blackhawks' dressing room, a movement that's translating to success.,The Blackhawks, who host the Calgary Flames on Tuesday, are riding a 4-0-1 tear over the past five games and collected points in seven of their last nine.,"All of us in here know we ...

After week layoff, Florida St. expects challenge from UT Martin
The Florida State basketball team has had a week to dwell on its first loss of the season.,After coming up just short of a sizable upset in a 78-76 loss at No. 10 Florida last Tuesday, the Seminoles (2-1) finally return to action Tuesday night against UT Martin in Tallahassee, Fla.,First-year head c...

No. 5 Duke set to test mettle in encounter vs. No. 24 Kansas
No. 5 Duke and No. 24 Kansas will play in numerous high-profile games this season, but when the teams meet Tuesday night as part of the Champions Classic in New York, it will be special for the participants.,"It's what dreams are made of," Duke guard Caleb Foster said. "It's what you come to Duke fo...

No. 4 Duke set to test mettle in encounter vs. No. 25 Kansas
No. 4 Duke and No. 25 Kansas will play in numerous high-profile games this season, but when the teams meet Tuesday night as part of the Champions Classic in New York, it will be special for the participants.,"It's what dreams are made of," Duke guard Caleb Foster said. "It's what you come to Duke fo...

Surging Hawks storm back to beat Suns
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 16 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, Jalen Johnson had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Atlanta Hawks overcame a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit for a 124-122 victory over the host Phoenix Suns on Sunday,Onyeka Okongwu had 27 points and Dyson Daniels had 11 po...

Rams use four interceptions to win showdown with Seahawks
Kamren Kinchens intercepted two passes, both leading to touchdown drives, as the Los Angeles Rams held on to defeat the Seattle Seahawks 21-19 in a showdown for first place in the NFC West on Sunday in Inglewood, Calif.,Seattle's Jason Myers kicked four field goals, but his 61-yard attempt as time e...

Blackhawks captain Nick Foligno (hand) out 4 weeks
Chicago Blackhawks captain Nick Foligno is expected to be sidelined approximately four weeks with a hand injury, the team announced.,Foligno sustained the injury on Saturday night after blocking a shot from Toronto defenseman Jake McCabe during the second period of Chicago's 3-2 victory against the ...

Blackhawks captain Nick Foligno (hand) out 4 weeks
Chicago Blackhawks captain Nick Foligno is expected to be sidelined approximately four weeks with a hand injury, the team announced.,Foligno sustained the injury on Saturday night after blocking a shot from Toronto defenseman Jake McCabe during the second period of Chicago's 3-2 victory against the ...

No. 16 Iowa State developing new weapons for Stonehill matchup
As if No. 16 Iowa State didn't have enough weapons, now the Cyclones have a freshman starting to make noise.,Jamarion Batemon is seeing his minutes increase and it has been a big plus for Cyclones (3-0) as they get set to host Stonehill (1-4) on Monday in Ames, Iowa.,Batemon played 14 minutes in Iow...