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Oklahoma-Alabama rematch to kick off CFP slate of games
Multi-time national championship winners Oklahoma and Alabama will square off in the opening game of the College Football Playoff on Dec. 19.,As the No. 8 seed, the Sooners will host the No. 9 Crimson Tide in a first-round game at Norman, Okla.,It will be a rematch of a Southeastern Conference clash...
Baylor braces for step up in competition vs. Creighton
Scott Drew and Greg McDermott are learning a few things about their teams in an early sampling of nonconference games.,A trip to Las Vegas will provide further educational opportunities for both teams Monday afternoon when Baylor faces Creighton in the Players Era men's championship.,After an early-...
U.S. star Rose Lavelle finally wears NWSL crown as Gotham wins title
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Rose Lavelle already was a queen of international football.,Now she is finally an NWSL champion after leading Gotham FC to the title, scoring the lone goal in a 1-0 win over the Washington Spirit on Saturday.,The 30-year-old U.S. women's national team star fired home an 18-yard l...
US star Rose Lavelle scores late to give Gotham FC another NWSL title
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Rose Lavelle already was a queen of international football.,Now she is finally an NWSL champion after leading Gotham FC to the title, scoring the lone goal in a 1-0 win over the Washington Spirit on Saturday.,The 30-year-old U.S. women's national team star fired home an 18-yard l...
Trinity Rodman, Spirit size up Gotham FC in NWSL championship
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Washington Spirit fell one win short of capturing the NWSL championship last year.,They get another chance at grabbing the trophy on Saturday when they face Gotham FC.,"Super pumped to be in the final again back-to-back years," Spirit star Trinity Rodman said. "Just focused o...
Steven Alker maintains 5-stroke lead entering final round of Simmons Bank
Steven Alker maintained his sizable lead in the second round of the Simmons Bank Championship Saturday in Little Rock, Ark. by going bogey-free for the second straight day.,After posting an 11-under-par 61 on Friday, Alker shot 6 under on Saturday to enter the final round with a five-stroke lead at ...
Norway's Solveig Lovseth rallies for 1st Ironman World Championship title
Norway's Solveig Lovseth made the most of her first Ironman World Championship race, rallying from behind to win her first world title in Saturday's race in Kona, Hawaii.,Lovseth, 26, finished with a time of 8:28:27, coming from behind to beat Kat Matthews from the United Kingdom by 35 seconds. Matt...
George Russell wins in Singapore as McLaren nabs constructors' title
George Russell rode from the pole position to glory on Sunday, outlasting Max Verstappen to win the Singapore Grand Prix.,Russell, a 27-year-old Brit, recorded his second victory of the season and fifth of his career. ,He was in position to get on the podium in Singapore in 2023 but was denied by a ...
Scottie Scheffler surges, Ben Griffin leads entering last round of Procore Championship
Scottie Scheffler has gotten comfortable this weekend at the Procure Championship.,While Ben Griffin shot a mostly steady 2-under-par 70 to maintain the lead through the third round of the Procure Championship, much of the buzz is about the hard-charging Scheffler as he climbed the leaderboard Satur...
Scottie Scheffler surges, Ben Griffin maintains 1-stroke lead entering final round of Procore Championship
Ben Griffin shot a steady 2-under-par 70 to maintain the lead through the third round of the Procure Championship, but Scottie Scheffler made a big move up the leaderboard Saturday at Napa, Calif.,Griffin produced a clean round until a bogey on the last hole to go into Sunday with a one-shot advanta...
Injured sprinter Gabby Thomas will not compete at track worlds
Three-time gold medal-winning Olympic champion Gabby Thomas will sit out the track world championships in Japan this month as she recovers from an Achilles tendon injury.,Thomas sustained the injury in May and said she aggravated it in July. She was able to participate at the Toyota USA Track and Fi...
Majesticks beat Iron Heads in team championship play-in
Majesticks GC beat Iron Heads GC 2-1 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the LIV Golf Team Championship Michigan.,The two teams finished at the bottom of the LIV season standings, requiring them to play in LIV's first-ever play-in match.,It was the work of the singles players for the Maj...
Summer McIntosh caps swimming world championships with fourth gold
Summer McIntosh captured her fourth gold medal at the world swimming championships by winning the 400-meter individual medley on Sunday in Singapore.,McIntosh, an 18-year-old from Toronto, finished the race in 4 minutes, 25.78 seconds, nearly 7.5 seconds better than Australia's Jenna Forrester and J...
Sprinter Fred Kerley pulls out of USATF Champs, to miss worlds
Sprinter Fred Kerley will not take part in the USA Track and Field Championships, set to begin Thursday in Eugene, Ore.,His withdrawal from the event makes the two-time Olympic medalist unable to participate in the World Championships in Tokyo.,A specialist in the 100-meter distance, Kerley, 30, ann...
Youth teams representing Texans, Jags capture NFL flag football titles
Youth football teams representing the Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars won the High School Girls and 14-Under Boys divisions on Sunday at the second annual NFL Flag Championships in Canton, Ohio.,The Texas Fury Texans shut out the Bad Rabbits Cowboys 19-0 in the girls final after falling in t...
Flag football championships return to Canton next month
About 300 teams representing all 32 NFL clubs will compete in the second annual flag football championships next month in Canton, Ohio.,The league announced details Thursday for the NFL Flag Championships from July 17-20, with 3,000 boys and girls participating across 12 divisions.,"We are thrilled ...
Thunder parade championship trophy through OKC
A shirtless Shai Gilgeous-Alexander toted the NBA Finals MVP trophy behind a parade float Tuesday, raising his left hand to the beat of chants of "MVP, MVP" from the crowd as Oklahoma City turned out in temperatures approaching triple-digits to celebrate the Thunder's first championship. ,Alexander,...
Thunder huge favorites, books split on Eastern Conference in '26 odds
Before the Oklahoma City Thunder made the acquaintance of the Larry O'Brien Trophy for the first time as NBA champions, they were already big favorites to get the next one in 2025-26.,Consensus futures odds for the 2025-26 NBA title heavily favor Oklahoma City, which has few offseason questions outs...
San Jose's PayPal Park to host 2025 NWSL title game
The 2025 NWSL Championship will take place at PayPal Park in San Jose, Calif., on Nov. 22, the league announced Friday.,The NWSL has played its title match at a predetermined location since 2015. ESPN reported that PayPal Park had been the clear favorite since the start of the bidding process.,The 1...
Reports: National champion Florida sets White House visit
NCAA Tournament champion Florida will celebrate its national title Wednesday at the White House, multiple outlets reported Sunday.,The Florida-centered Swamp247 reported that head coach Todd Golden and the rest of his staff are expected to visit the White House along with the majority of the players...