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Argentina and Greece sweep United Cup openers
Argentina swept Spain and Greece swept Japan to open the United Cup on Friday in Perth, Australia.,Argentina's Sebastian Baez won the opening match in the mixed-team event with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Jaume Munar. Solana Sierra clinched the Group A win with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-0 victory over Jessica Bouzas M...
NHL Stadium Series Picks: Why the Rangers Are Underdogs vs. Panthers
NHL Stadium Series betting pick as the Rangers face the Panthers in South Florida. Why New York offers plus-money value....
How College Football's Transfer Portal Changed Trinidad Chambliss’ Career
Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss delivers a historic Sugar Bowl performance, showcasing the transfer portal at its absolute best....
Friday Jan 2nd NBA Picks: Three Bets to Play Tonight
Free NBA picks for Friday, January 2, featuring Nets vs. Wizards, Magic vs. Bulls, and Hornets vs. Bucks with odds courtesy of DraftKings....
No. 8 Houston chases spirited effort vs. Cincinnati
Coming off a sluggish performance in its non-conference finale, No. 8 Houston will look to pick up its intensity against host Cincinnati in the Big 12 Conference opener for both teams Saturday afternoon.,The Cougars (12-1) broke open a close game in the second half of a 69-60 win Monday over Middle ...
Houston Astros Bet $54 Million on Tatsuya Imai in Risky Move
Tatsuya Imai signs a three-year, $54M deal with the Astros as MLB free agency turns into a high-stakes gamble shaped by posting deadlines and shrinking leverage....
No. 14 Alabama eager to execute high-octane offense vs. Kentucky
Alabama averaged 99 points while defeating Kentucky three times last season.,That number could serve as the target score on Saturday afternoon when the No. 14 Crimson Tide face the Wildcats in the teams' Southeastern Conference opener at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,The high-octane Crimson Tide (10-3) already h...
Canucks dealing with new injury absences as Kraken visit
The new year brought more discouraging injury news for the Vancouver Canucks.,Coach Adam Foote announced at practice on Thursday that forwards Marco Rossi and Conor Garland would both be out for at least a week after sustaining injuries in a 6-3 loss on Tuesday against the visiting Philadelphia Flye...
Report: Texas Tech adding tallest player in women's college basketball
Texas Tech Lady Raiders coach Krista Gerlich reportedly landed a big recruit on Thursday -- the biggest in women's college basketball history.,Stephanie Okechukwu, a 7-footer from Nigeria, signed to play for 21st-ranked Texas Tech, USA Today reported. If she does play for the Lady Raiders, she would...
Kawhi Leonard pours in 45 as streaking Clippers dump Jazz
Kawhi Leonard scored 20 of his 45 points in the fourth quarter as the Los Angeles Clippers extended their season-best winning streak to six games with a 118-101 victory over the short-handed Utah Jazz on Thursday at Inglewood, Calif.,James Harden added 20 points, Nicolas Batum scored 14, Kobe Sander...
Matty Beniers tallies 2 goals as Kraken take down Predators
Matty Beniers tallied twice and goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 24 saves as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Nashville Predators 4-1 Thursday night.,Jamie Oleksiak and Jared McCann also scored for Seattle, which extended its point streak to six games (5-0-1).,Roman Josi got the lone goal fo...
Derrick White's 4th-quarter surge sends Celtics past Kings
Jaylen Brown recorded 29 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out and Derrick White scored 14 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter as the Boston Celtics notched a 120-106 victory over the host Sacramento Kings on Thursday night.,Payton Pritchard added 16 points and six assists, Sam Hauser scored ...
Last-minute field goal lifts Ole Miss past Georgia, into CFP semis
Lucas Carneiro drilled a tiebreaking 47-yard field goal with six seconds left, propelling No. 6 Ole Miss to a 39-34 victory over No. 3 Georgia in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl on Thursday in New Orleans.,Trinidad Chambliss threw a 40-yard pass to De'Zhaun Stribling on t...
Nuggets C Jonas Valanciunas (calf) to miss at least month
The Denver Nuggets already were without star center Nikola Jokic for a minimum of a month, and now his backup will be sidelined for the same period.,Jonas Valanciunas strained his right calf on Wednesday, and the team announced a day later that he would be re-evaluated in four weeks.,In Denver's fir...
Blackhawks build 3-goal lead, extend Stars' skid to 4
Ilya Mikheyev scored twice for the Chicago Blackhawks, who held on for a 4-3 win against the visiting Dallas Stars on Thursday.,Artyom Levshunov and Teuvo Teravainen each scored a power-play goal and Andre Burakovsky and Ryan Donato had two assists apiece for the Blackhawks, who won for just the sec...
Tyrese Maxey's 34 points carry Sixers past Mavericks
Tyrese Maxey scored 34 points against his hometown team, lifting the Philadelphia 76ers to a 123-108 road win over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday.,Maxey added 10 assists while receiving plenty of support from VJ Edgecombe (23 points), Joel Embiid (22) and Quentin Grimes (19). Grimes was 5-of-7 fro...
Kris Letang's OT tally lifts Penguins past Red Wings
Kris Letang scored 58 seconds into overtime for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who persevered to beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Thursday.,Letang tallied his third goal of the season in his 1,200th career game. Sidney Crosby scored twice and assisted on the game-winner.,Pittsburgh's Blake Lizotte got hi...
Canadiens rally past Canes, spoil Sebastian Aho's big game
Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson scored 23 seconds apart in the second period as the Montreal Canadiens came back from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 7-5 on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Lane Hutson, Sammy Blais and Juraj Slafkovsky each had a goal and an assist, while Nick Su...
Lightning win 6th straight with late comeback vs. Kings
Anthony Cirelli, Gage Goncalves and Nikita Kucherov scored in the final four minutes to lift the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-3 come-from-behind win against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.,Cirelli was the first to a loose puck and chipped it into the top of the net to tie it at 3 at 16:41....
Canadiens rally past Hurricanes to spoil Sebastian Aho's big game
Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson scored 23 seconds apart in the second period as the Montreal Canadiens came back from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 7-5 on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Lane Hutson, Sammy Blais and Juraj Slafkovsky each had a goal and an assist, while Nick Su...