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Seahawks strive to keep playoff hopes alive vs. Bears
The Seattle Seahawks have only one path to the playoffs: winning the NFC West.,Seattle finds itself heading into a must-win game against the host Bears on Thursday night, and even if the Seahawks can top Chicago and beat the Los Angeles Rams in Week 18, they still might miss out on the postseason be...

Miami (Ohio), Colorado State take adjustments into Arizona Bowl
Miami of Ohio and Colorado State will try to overcome notable transfer-portal defections during Saturday's Arizona Bowl at Tucson, Ariz.,Miami (8-5) enters the game without its top two wide receivers Javon Tracy and Reggie Virgil after the duo elected to play elsewhere.,Tracy, a redshirt sophomore w...

Nebraska takes care of Hawaii, advances to Diamond Head final
Brice Williams scored 21 of his game-high 32 points in the second half Monday night as Nebraska advanced to the final of the Diamond Head Classic with a 69-55 win over Hawaii in Honolulu.,Juwan Gary added 21 for the Cornhuskers (9-2), who will play Oregon State on Wednesday in the championship game....

Nebraska takes care of Hawaii, advances to tournament championship game
Brice Williams scored 21 of his game-high 32 points in the second half Monday night as Nebraska advanced to the finals of the Diamond Head Classic with a 69-55 win over Hawaii in Honolulu.,Juwan Gary added 21 for the Cornhuskers (9-2), who will play Oregon State on Wednesday in the championship game...

Wild edge Blackhawks to halt 4-game skid
Brock Faber scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild held on for a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Kirill Kaprizov, Jared Spurgeon and Marcus Foligno each added one goal for Minnesota, which snapped a four-game losing streak....

Bench production helps Hawks knock off Wolves
Reserve Garrison Mathews scored a season-high 25 points and tied a career high with seven 3-pointers to help the Atlanta Hawks defeat the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves 117-104 on Monday. ,Mathews went 7-for-8 from the field -- all 3-point attempts -- and 4-for-5 from the free-throw line as Atlanta...

Texas AG sues NCAA over transgender participation
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the NCAA in an attempt to prevent transgender athletes from competing in women's college sports, according to a release issued on Paxton's website Sunday.,Paxton's lawsuit, filed in state district court in Lubbock, requests an injunction that would restrict the...

Nebraska to showcase depth vs. Hawaii in Honolulu tourney semifinal
It's been just over three decades since Nebraska earned consecutive NCAA Tournament bids.,With depth pieces such as Andrew Morgan and Connor Essegian supplementing the team's core of Brice Williams and Juwan Gary, the Cornhuskers might have what it takes to trudge through the stacked Big Ten Confere...

Penn State beats Louisville to win NCAA volleyball crown
Most Outstanding Player Jess Mruzik recorded 29 kills to help Penn State beat host Louisville in four sets to win the NCAA women's volleyball national title on Sunday.,The 25-23, 32-34, 25-20, 25-17 victory allowed Penn State finish off a 35-2 season while winning its eighth national crown, one behi...

Penn State beat Louisville to win NCAA volleyball crown
Most Outstanding Player Jess Mruzik recorded 29 kills to help Penn State beat host Louisville in four sets to win the NCAA women's volleyball national title on Sunday.,The 25-23, 32-34, 25-20, 25-17 victory allowed Penn State finish off a 35-2 season while winning its eighth national crown, one behi...

Vikings outlast Seahawks, stay tied atop NFC North
Sam Darnold threw a 39-yard touchdown pass down the left sideline to Justin Jefferson with 3:51 remaining as the Minnesota Vikings rallied for a 27-24 victory against the host Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.,The pass capped a four-play, 70-yard drive that took just 30 seconds after Seattle's Geno Smith ...

Wild face improved Blackhawks looking to end 4-game skid
The Minnesota Wild have one more chance to stop their slide before they take a break for the holidays.,Minnesota will look to snap a four-game losing streak when it faces off against the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,The Wild are dealing with injuries to several key players...

Hawks hope to reduce turnovers when Wolves come to town
The Atlanta Hawks will try to get off the turnover train on Monday when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second leg of their four-game homestand.,The Hawks have committed the third-most turnovers in the NBA at 16.5 per game, but the last two contests they have easily surpassed that number...

Zeke Mayo has 25 as No. 8 Kansas takes down Brown
Zeke Mayo scored 25 points as No. 8 Kansas defeated Brown 87-53 on Sunday afternoon at Lawrence, Kan.,Mayo was 5-of-8 from 3-point range to deliver his 25 points, one game after he scored 26 against North Carolina State., ,The Jayhawks outscored the Bears 45-22 in the second half while winning 21 st...

No. 8 Kansas aims to regain past form vs. Brown
Slumps are defined differently at Kansas.,The No. 8 Jayhawks return to Allen Fieldhouse Sunday afternoon to take on Brown, likely with a goal of emerging from a rare funk.,Kansas (8-2) lost back-to-back road games -- 76-63 at Creighton and 76-67 at Missouri -- both of which resulted in the home crow...

Grizzlies use explosive first half to cruise past Hawks
Scotty Pippen Jr. scored 22 points starting in place of the injured Ja Morant on Saturday to lead the visiting Memphis Grizzlies to a 128-112 win over the Atlanta Hawks.,Memphis was playing without Morant because of lingering back soreness. Pippen entered the game averaging 10.2 points and turned in...

Payton Sandfort leads Iowa's second-half rally in win over Utah
Payton Sandfort scored 24 points to lead Iowa to a come-from-behind 95-88 victory over Utah in a neutral-site nonconference game Saturday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.,Sandfort tallied 19 points in the second half, when the Hawkeyes (9-3) turned an 11-point deficit into their own double-digit lead. ...

Flames build four-goal lead, hold off late Blackhawks rally
The Calgary Flames scored three goals in the second period and held off a late rally to defeat the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 6-4 on Saturday in Calgary., ,Trailing 5-3, Ilya Mikheyev's goal for the Blackhawks on a rebound with 1:08 remaining, and their goalie pulled for the extra attacker, brought...

Report: UCF hires ex-Appalachian State coach Shawn Clark as OL coach
Former Appalachian State head coach Shawn Clark has been hired as UCF's offensive line coach, ESPN reported on Saturday morning.,Clark, 49, was fired earlier this month after compiling a 40-24 record with the Mountaineers, including 5-6 in 2024 -- his first losing season. Clark had a 3-1 record in b...

Hawks' defense faces challenge of Grizzlies' high-powered offense
The Atlanta Hawks' defense will get another fierce test on Saturday when they begin a four-game homestand by hosting the Memphis Grizzlies, the NBA's top offensive team.,Atlanta allows 119.3 points per game, fourth-worst in the league. But more ominous has been the team's lack of acuity guarding the...