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2025 Valspar Championship: Preview, Prop Picks & Best Bets
The PGA Tour's Florida Swing rolls on with the Valspar Championship, which tees off Thursday at Innesbrook Resort in Palm Harbor.,While it lacks the event status of Bay Hill or TPC Sawgrass the past two weeks, Innesbrook's Copperhead course is among the favorite tour stops for several players. With ...
Jimmy Butler, Warriors look to maintain momentum vs. Raptors
The Jimmy Butler trade continues to pay dividends for the Golden State Warriors, who are 15-3 since acquiring the six-time All-Star from the Miami Heat on Feb. 6.,The Warriors (40-29) are poised to resume their climb up the Western Conference standings when they face the Toronto Raptors (24-45) on T...
Amid three-game skid, Predators out for revenge on Ducks
The last 15 games of a lost NHL season can seem like a lifetime, but the Nashville Predators still hope they can generate some momentum heading into a long offseason.,The Predators will get their next chance to end their latest skid when they host the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night.,Nashville (25-3...
Cruising Capitals host offensively-challenged Flyers
The Eastern Conference-leading Washington Capitals will play host to the floundering Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.,The Capitals (45-15-8, 98 points) have won seven of their past eight contests, with their latest win coming on Tuesday when they took down the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on the road.,Loga...
Emma Raducanu rolls to easy first-round win in Miami
Emma Raducanu drilled six aces while recording a 6-2, 6-1 victory over wild card Sayaka Ishii in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday.,Raducanu converted 5 of 6 break points while defeating the 19-year-old from the Japan in just 65 minutes.,"I was just so focused on every point and trying ...
Spring training roundup: Red Sox rally to top Tigers
Jarren Duran hit a leadoff home run and scored a run in the seventh inning to help the Boston Red Sox to a 6-4 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Wednesday at Fort Myers, Fla.,Boston right-hander Richard Fitts gave up three runs on six hits in four innings, while left-hander Justin Wilson (1-1)...
Panthers in search of speed in visit to Blue Jackets
The Florida Panthers find themselves scrambling to shore up their defense as they continue their six-game road trip against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday.,Defenseman Dmitry Kulikov is deemed week-to-week after sustaining an apparent right arm injury in the first period of Florida's 4-2 setba...
Phillies LHP Ranger Suarez to miss next start (back)
Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Ranger Suarez is dealing with a stiff back and will be monitored for the next few days.,Manager Rob Thomson said Wednesday it's "not as bad" as last season, when lower-back soreness sent Suarez to the 15-day injured list in late July.,Suarez, 29, underwent testing a...
Report: Byron Leftwich joining Colorado coaching staff
Former NFL quarterback and offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich is joining the coaching staff under Deion Sanders at Colorado, Jordan Schultz of Fox Sports reported Wednesday.,The reports come a day after Leftwich was spotted at practice holding a clipboard and wearing Colorado football gear. Sander...
Report: Deebo Samuel gets $17M guaranteed in reworked deal
The Washington Commanders and newly acquired Deebo Samuel agreed on a one-year renegotiated deal that guarantees the wide receiver $17 million, ESPN reported Wednesday.,The Commanders also added another $3 million in incentives, per the report.,The Commanders acquired Samuel from the San Francisco 4...
Avalanche D Josh Manson (upper-body) out 3-4 weeks
Colorado defenseman Josh Manson is expected to miss three to four weeks because of an upper-body injury, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said Wednesday.,Manson, 33, was injured in a 4-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Friday, leaving late in the second period. He was listed as week-to-week and sat o...
Panthers D Dmitry Kulikov (upper body) week-to-week
The Florida Panthers have lost another blueliner for a while.,Defenseman Dmitry Kulikov is listed as week-to-week with an upper-body injury, Panthers coach Paul Maurice told reporters Wednesday.,Kulikov sustained the injury after colliding awkwardly at high speed with New York Islanders forward Anth...
Reports: EA Sports increases player payments for College Football 26
College football players are reportedly getting a raise for appearing in EA Sports' next video game.,The name, image and likeness payments will increase from $600 to $1,500 for Football Bowl Subdivision players who are included in the upcoming "College Football 26" release, per multiple reports.,Pla...
Report: NC State has deal with Will Wade to be next coach
North Carolina State and Will Wade are in agreement on a deal that will make the McNeese coach the next head coach of the Wolfpack, ESPN reported Wednesday.,The report comes one day before Wade is set to lead 12th-seeded McNeese into its NCAA Tournament first-round game against No. 5 Clemson. Wade w...
Pirates RHP Jared Jones (elbow discomfort) sidelined
Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Jared Jones will miss his final Spring Training start with right elbow discomfort with no estimate on when he can start throwing again.,Jones, slated to be the Pirates' No. 2 starter this season, reported discomfort after a bullpen session on Sunday. The team is await...
Arkansas F Adou Thiero remains out for NCAA tourney opener
Arkansas starting forward and leading scorer Adou Thiero will not play in the team's NCAA Tournament first-round game against Kansas on Thursday, coach John Calipari announced. ,Thiero has been out since Feb. 22 with a knee injury. Thiero is leading the Razorbacks with 15.6 points and 6.0 rebounds i...
'Determined' Xander Schauffele continues rehab at the Valspar
For Xander Schauffele, there's no place like the road.,Schauffele is playing this week at the Valspar Championship at the Copperhead Course of the Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla. He's there, working to find his game after being sidelined six weeks because of an intercostal strain in the rib c...
Will Wade transparent with players, confirms NC State talks
Head coach Will Wade wanted players and administration at McNeese to know his status entering the NCAA Tournament and shared those details openly ahead of the first round opener Thursday against fifth-seeded Clemson.,With rumors swirling about Wade's candidacy to be head coach at NC State and elsewh...
UConn's Paige Bueckers leads trio of unanimous AP All-Americans
Paige Bueckers of UConn, JuJu Watkins of Southern California and UCLA's Lauren Betts earned unanimous Associated Press All-America honors on Wednesday.,Each player received votes on all 31 ballots cast.,Joining them on the first team were Hannah Hidalgo of Notre Dame, who was named on 29 ballots, an...
Vanderbilt takes aim at stingy Saint Mary's defense
East Region opponents Saint Mary's and Vanderbilt meet in the first round Friday in Cleveland, bringing squads of considerably different makeup but with a similar goal: reaching the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in more than a decade.,Seventh-seeded Saint Mary's (28-5) has...