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Coach tells Oklahoma St. to 'look in the mirror' before K-State clash
Oklahoma State coach Steve Lutz has been preaching defense all season, and the Cowboys finally seemed to have listened last week when they held UCF and Iowa State below their season averages.,That all went out the window in a 94-79 loss to Baylor Tuesday.,Oklahoma State (13-4, 1-3 Big 12) will try t...

Kings C Domantas Sabonis (knee) to return Friday vs. Wizards
Three-time All-Star big man Domantas Sabonis is expected to return from his left knee injury to play Friday night against the visiting Washington Wizards.,Sabonis has missed 27 games due to a partially torn meniscus in the knee. The Kings listed him as questionable to play.,The 6-foot-10 Sabonis, 29...

Jason Witten named Oklahoma tight ends coach
Oklahoma officially introduced Dallas Cowboys great Jason Witten as its new tight ends coach on Thursday.,It is the first collegiate coaching position for Witten, who replaces Joe Jon Finley on Brent Venables' staff.,Witten, 43, was an 11-time Pro Bowl tight end for the Cowboys (2003-17, 2019) and L...

Baylor-Oklahoma State matchup could come down to rebounding
The last time Baylor missed an NCAA Tournament, the Bears finished below .500 in conference play.,That came in 2018, and longtime Baylor coach Scott Drew undoubtedly is hoping his current team doesn't suffer the same fate.,But that is where the Bears (10-5, 0-3 Big 12) find themselves as they meet O...

Reports: WNBA, WNBPA agree to moratorium on league business
The WNBA and Women's National Basketball Players Association agreed to a moratorium on league business, specifically free agency, according to several reports Monday.,The sides failed to reach a deal for a new collective bargaining agreement by Friday's deadline, which had already been extended twic...

Fernando Mendoza (5 TDs), No. 1 Indiana stomp No. 5 Oregon in CFP semi
ATLANTA -- Fernando Mendoza completed 17 of 20 passes for 177 yards and five touchdowns, helping No. 1 Indiana post a 56-22 romp of No. 5 Oregon in a College Football Playoff semifinal game in the Peach Bowl on Friday night.,Indiana (15-0) scored 21 points off three Oregon turnovers, advancing to th...

No. 3 Iowa St. aims to extend program-best start vs. Oklahoma St.
No. 3 Iowa State is off to its best start in school history and coach T.J. Otzelberger believes what goes on in the locker room has a lot to do with it.,The Cyclones (15-0, 2-0 Big 12) will try to keep the run going Saturday when they host Oklahoma State (13-2, 1-1) in Ames, Iowa.,Iowa State found i...

Oklahoma State nets 10 of 19 treys, glides past No. 25 UCF
Parsa Fallah scored 24 points and Kanye Clary added 18 as Oklahoma State defeated No. 25 UCF 87-76 in a Big 12 game Tuesday in Stillwater, Okla.,The Knights (12-2, 1-1) were able to cut the lead to three with 8:01 left on back-to-back 3-pointers by George Beale Jr., but the Cowboys (13-2, 1-1) bounc...

Cowboys pull plug on short-lived Matt Eberflus experiment
Matt Eberflus is out in Dallas, where the former Bears head coach failed to repair a defense that allowed 30.1 points and 377 yards per game in the 2025 season.,Eberflus, a former linebackers coach with the Cowboys, was trumpeted as a home-run hire by franchise owner Jerry Jones last winter.,With th...

No. 25 UCF riding high into matchup with Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State will put its attention toward defense when it faces No. 25 UCF on Tuesday in a Big 12 Conference game at Stillwater, Okla.,Oklahoma State dropped its conference opener 102-80 to then-No. 15 Texas Tech on Saturday, while UCF is riding high after the Knights started their conference run...

Giants knock off Cowboys 34-17, letting Raiders clinch No. 1 draft pick
Jaxson Dart threw for 230 yards and two touchdowns as the New York Giants closed the season with a 34-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J.,Rookie kicker Ben Sauls added four field goals for New York (4-13), which could have earned the top overall choice in the next NFL d...

Raiders clinch No. 1 pick as Giants knock off Cowboys
Jaxson Dart threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns as the New York Giants closed the season with a 34-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J.,Rookie kicker Ben Sauls added four field goals for New York (4-13), which could have earned the top overall choice in the next NFL d...

Cowboys place RB Javonte Williams on IR
Dallas Cowboys running back Javonte Williams was placed on injured reserve Saturday, ending his career-best season.,Signed to a one-year, $3 million contract in March, Williams recorded personal bests in carries (252), rushing yards (1,201) and rushing touchdowns (11) in 16 games (all starts) this s...

No. 1 Indiana rolls at Rose Bowl, hands No. 9 Alabama worst bowl loss
Fernando Mendoza threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns to lead top-seeded Indiana to a 38-3 blowout of ninth-seeded Alabama in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl on Thursday in Pasadena, Calif.,The Hoosiers advance to the semifinals and will take on fifth-seeded Oregon on Ja...

Dak Prescott eyes history as Cowboys cap season vs. Giants
Few franchises, win or lose, have a knack for staying in the headlines like the Dallas Cowboys.,They have done so once more ahead of Sunday's season-ending trip to the New York Giants with their stunning decision to waive former All-Pro cornerback Trevon Diggs on Tuesday. He was quickly picked up by...

Arch Manning (4 TDs), No. 13 Texas slam door on No. 18 Michigan
Arch Manning passed for two touchdowns and rushed for two more to lead No. 13 Texas to a 41-27 victory over No. 18 Michigan on Wednesday in the Citrus Bowl at Orlando, Fla.,Manning completed 21 of 34 passes for 221 yards and rushed for 155 on nine attempts as the Longhorns (10-3) set aside their fru...

Devon Dampier's huge day leads No. 15 Utah over Nebraska in Las Vegas Bowl
Devon Dampier accounted for five touchdowns and 458 yards of total offense and Utah scored 37 consecutive points to beat Nebraska 44-22 in the Las Vegas Bowl on Wednesday afternoon.,The Utes (11-2) ended a 5-game bowl losing streak and scored a win in Morgan Scalley's coaching debut. Scalley, Utah's...

Reports: Packers claim former Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs
The Green Bays bolstered an ailing defensive secondary on Wednesday by claiming cornerback Trevon Diggs off waivers from the Dallas Cowboys, according to multiple media reports.,The Cowboys released the two-time Pro Bowl cornerback on Tuesday. Dallas coach Brian Schottenheimer said Wednesday that Di...

Cowboys release veteran CB Trevon Diggs
The Dallas Cowboys released two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Trevon Diggs on Tuesday.,The 27-year-old veteran will be subject to the waiver process and if unclaimed, will become a free agent.,Diggs confirmed the news to NFL Network, telling a reporter that "he will miss his time in Dallas, he assures me...

Crash fatalities were members of Anthony Joshua's team
The two men who died in the car crash in Nigeria on Monday that injured former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua were his "close friends and team members.",Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele were killed when the SUV they were riding in with Joshua and another passenger collided with a stationary truck o...