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Chet Holmgren (31), Thunder defeat depleted Hawks
Chet Holmgren overcame back soreness that almost kept him out to produce a double-double and help the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder remain unbeaten with a 117-100 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday.,Holmgren was listed as questionable on the pregame injury report and spent time rubbing his back...

Unranked Oregon looks to set tone vs. Hawaii in home opener
Oregon enters the 2025-2026 men's college basketball season unranked, but the Ducks have advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament in each of the past two seasons and have two of the top players in the Big Ten back for 2025-26.,Forward Nate Bittle made the conference's all-defensive team a...

Iowa takes down Minnesota in all-around dominant performance
Mark Gronowski passed for one touchdown and rushed for another, and Iowa pulled away for a commanding 41-3 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference contest Saturday afternoon in Iowa City.,Gronowski completed 12 of 19 passes for 135 yards and a score for Iowa (6-2, 4-1), which won its third game i...

Alvaro Folgueiras, Iowa tip off campaign against Robert Morris
For at least one Iowa player, the new era of Hawkeyes basketball begins against a familiar opponent.,Ben McCollum makes his Hawkeyes' coaching debut, complete with some talented transfers, including Alvaro Folgueiras, who'll face off against his former Robert Morris squad on Nov. 4, in Iowa City.,Af...

Trae Young wants Hawks to emulate Thunder's formula
Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young is using the Oklahoma City Thunder's success last season as personal motivation for this season.,Young, who grew up in Oklahoma and played one season at the University of Oklahoma before turning pro, was inspired by the Thunder's run to the NBA title and would like to ...

Trae Young, Hawks rally in fourth quarter to down Magic
Trae Young drained a pair of go-ahead free throws with 21 seconds left on Friday, helping the visiting Atlanta Hawks rally for a 111-107 victory over the Orlando Magic.,Young had 25 points and six assists for Atlanta, which trailed by as many as 14 points before outscoring Orlando 33-21 in the fourt...

Canucks acquire F Lukas Reichel from Blackhawks
The Vancouver Canucks acquired forward Lukas Reichel from the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft.,The 23-year-old Reichel, a first-round pick (No. 17) of the Blackhawks in the 2020 draft, has two goals and four points in five games for Chicago this...

Vince Covello WDs from Bank of Utah Championship
Vince Covello withdrew from the Bank of Utah Championship prior to the start of the second round on Friday.,PGA Tour Communications did not provide a reason for Covello's withdrawal at Black Desert Resort in Ivins, Utah,Covello fired a 10-over-par 81 after the first round to reside 16 strokes behind...

Ryan Donato nets last-minute winner as Blackhawks edge Lightning
Ryan Donato scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal on a rebound with 54 seconds left, and the visiting Chicago Blackhawks finally solved Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy in a 3-2 win over the Lightning on Thursday night.,After tallying in his fourth straight game in the second period, D...

Reports: Ravens signing DE Carl Lawson
Free agent defensive end Carl Lawson signed with the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday after a recent workout, according to multiple media reports.,Lawson, 30, has not yet played this season after recording five sacks in 2024 on a one-year contract with the Dallas Cowboys. He played his first four season...

Hopeful Hawks, Magic set for early-season division matchup
A pair of Southeast Division rivals with lofty expectations will meet for the first time on Friday, as the Orlando Magic play host to the visiting Atlanta Hawks.,Both consensus picks to make the postseason out of the Eastern Conference, Orlando and Atlanta last met in the 7 vs. 8 play-in tournament ...

Major League Soccer announces 2025 award finalists
Major League Soccer announced the finalists for its 2025 year-end awards on Thursday.,Inter Miami's Lionel Messi, who won last year's Landon Donovan MLS MVP and whose three-year contract extension through 2028 was announced Thursday, is one of five finalists for the award again along with Denis Boua...

RJ Barrett, Raptors take down Hawks in season opener
RJ Barrett scored 25 points to lead seven players in double figures and help the visiting Toronto Raptors roll to a 138-118 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday in the season opener for both teams.,Toronto has won four straight games in Atlanta.,Barrett was 9-for-12 from the floor and added eight...

Out to shake slow start, Lightning face upstart Blackhawks
Intent on emerging from their early-season struggles, the Tampa Bay Lightning will open a three-game homestand with a visit from the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.,One of the NHL's best clubs on home ice last season, the Lightning have struggled their way to one win and four total points in six gam...

PGA axes Sentry over drought on same day Hawaii course vows reopening
Drought conditions impacting the Plantation Course at Kapalua led the PGA Tour to cancel the annual event in Maui scheduled for January. ,Not long after the Tour announced the event's cancellation, Kapalua Golf said the Plantation Course would re-open Nov. 10. ,No replacement course was available, ...

NFL upholds Broncos LB Dre Greenlaw's 1-game suspension
The NFL upheld the one-game suspension of Denver Broncos linebacker Dre Greenlaw, league spokesman Michael Signora announced Tuesday.,The league issued the suspension on Monday in response to Greenlaw's postgame actions toward referee Brad Allen after the Broncos converted a game-winning field goal ...

Reinforced Raptors, Hawks hatching playoff plans
The Toronto Raptors and Atlanta Hawks, two teams that failed to make the NBA playoffs a year ago, bring high aspirations into their season opener on Wednesday in Atlanta.,"I think our expectations for our team is to definitely make the playoffs and win some games in the playoffs," Toronto forward Sc...

Jack Nicklaus wins $50M lawsuit against Nicklaus Companies
Jack Nicklaus was awarded $50 million by a Florida jury in his lawsuit against his former business, Nicklaus Companies.,The suit was filed in response to statements made by company officials during litigation in a suit filed in New York. In that case, the company sought to have Nicklaus barred from ...

Zach Charbonnet, Seahawks run over Texans, keep pace in NFC West
Zach Charbonnet scored on a pair of short runs as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the visiting Houston Texans 27-19 on Monday night.,Jaxon Smith-Njigba recorded his third straight 100-yard receiving game (eight catches, 123 yards) and scored on a pass from Sam Darnold as the Seahawks (5-2) moved into ...

Kansas favored to snap 16-year losing streak vs. Kansas State
For the past 16 seasons, Kansas State and Kansas have squared off on the gridiron with the exact same result -- a Kansas State victory. But for the first time in recent memory, Kansas is favored in the "Sunflower Showdown," which the Jayhawks will host on Saturday.,Kansas State (3-4, 2-2 Big 12) com...