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WTA roundup: All-American final on tap in Adelaide
No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys will battle for the title Saturday at Australia's Adelaide International, the fifth All-American WTA Tour final of this decade.,Pegula defeated Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva 7-6 (4), 6-3 in Friday's semifinals while Keys was leading 5-7, 7-5, 3-0 when Russi...
ATP roundup: Finals set in Adelaide, Auckland
No. 2 seed Sebastian Korda and No. 5 Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada will meet in Saturday's final at the Adelaide International in Australia.,Korda defeated Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 7-6 (4) and Auger-Aliassime upended top-seeded Tommy Paul 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4 in Friday's semifinals. Auger-Alia...
Browns, Jets, Jaguars to 'host' games in London
Three teams who missed the playoffs and expect major changes in the offseason are headed to London as hosts of 2025 regular-season games. ,The NFL International Series will include the Jets and the Browns as home teams at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and the UK-regular Jaguars will host a game at Wemb...
College Football Playoff National Championship Is Ohio State’s To Lose
After a feeble performance out of Notre Dame and Penn State in the Orange Bowl, the National Championship appears to be all Ohio State barring a letdown....
Pittsburgh Steelers Stumble Into Wild Card With Everything to Prove
The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to the NFL Playoffs without much momentum as they have everything to prove and a lot of pressure on them in the first round....
Five College Football Coaches on the Hot Seat Entering 2025
These five college football coaches are quickly falling out of favor with their school's faithful, placing them on the hot seat entering next season....
Vikings confident heading into playoff matchup with Rams
Playoff rivals from a bygone era will be in adjustment mode when the Los Angeles Rams take on the Minnesota Vikings in the final game of the wild-card round on Monday night at Glendale, Ariz.,The NFL moved the scheduled Rams home game to the Arizona Cardinals stadium "in the interest of public safet...
NBA roundup: Darius Garland nets 40 in Cavs' 12th straight win
Darius Garland scored 40 points on 14-of-22 shooting, helping the Cleveland Cavaliers narrowly avoid an upset with a 132-126 win over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Wednesday.,The Cavaliers, who trailed by 12 points in the third quarter, extended their winning streak to 12 games while handing the R...
NHL roundup: Sidney Crosby moves to ninth on points list
Sidney Crosby moved up in the NHL record book and Bryan Rust ignited a four-goal outburst in the first period as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the visiting Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Thursday. It was the Penguins' first win over the Oilers in more than five years.,Crosby collected a goal and two assi...
Ilya Sorokin posts 20th career shutout as Isles blank Knights
Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves for his 20th career shutout and Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-0 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night in Las Vegas.,Anders Lee, Bo Horvat and Casey Cizikas also scored goals and Alexander Romanov had two assis...
Top 25 roundup: No. 15 Oregon edges Ohio State in final seconds
Jackson Shelstad made two free throws with seven seconds left to put No. 15 Oregon ahead for good as the Ducks defeated Ohio State 73-71 on Thursday in Columbus, Ohio., ,Shelstad made the shots for a 72-71 lead before the Buckeyes' Bruce Thornton missed an open 3-point attempt with two seconds left....
Jays, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. avoid arbitration with $28.5M deal
One year after earning a record salary through arbitration, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays avoided another boardroom faceoff by agreeing to a one-year, $28.5 million deal on Thursday.,The pact is the third largest ever landed by an arbitration-eligible player, trailing only the $31 ...
Eight Astros avoid arbitration; Framber Valdez lands reported $18M
The Houston Astros came to terms on one-year contracts for all eight of their arbitration-eligible players on Thursday, including star left-handed pitcher Framber Valdez.,The Astros did not disclose financial terms, but according to multiple media reports, Valdez will make $18 million in 2025.,The o...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Va. Tech hands No. 13 Ga. Tech first loss
Lani White scored six points in Virginia Tech's explosive second overtime period as the visiting Hokies handed No. 13 Georgia Tech its first loss of the season with a 105-94 win on Thursday in Atlanta.,White finished with 20 points, while Carleigh Wenzel (24 points, 10 assists) and Rose Micheaux (20...
Ilya Sorokin posts 20th career shutout as Islanders blank Knights
Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves for his 20th career shutout and Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-0 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights Thursday night in Las Vegas.,Anders Lee, Bo Horvat and Casey Cizikas also scored goals and Alexander Romanov had two assists ...
Avalanche's six-goal explosion ends Wild's win streak
Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and Logan O'Connor each had a goal and an assist as the Colorado Avalanche cruised to a 6-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Ross Colton, Parker Kelly and Artturi Lehkonen added one goal apiece for Colorado, which bounced back from a...
Madden Bowl lands musical stars Chris Stapleton, Jelly Roll, Shaboozey
Kendrick Lamar will headline the halftime show of Super Bowl LIX, but two days prior to the big game in New Orleans, the Madden Bowl will get some musical festivities of its own.,Country singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton, rapper and singer Jelly Roll and country/hip-hop artist Shaboozey are set to p...
Braden Smith continues strong play, leads No. 20 Purdue past Rutgers
Braden Smith scored 16 points and dished out 14 assists Thursday night and visiting Purdue never trailed in a 68-50 Big Ten Conference win over Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J.,Trey Kaufman-Renn added 16 points for the Boilermakers (12-4, 4-1), who shot 50 percent from the field in a slowly-paced game. K...
NFL moves Vikings-Rams game to Arizona due to wildfires
Monday's NFC wild-card playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams will be moved from Inglewood, Calif., to the Arizona Cardinals' stadium in Glendale, Ariz., the NFL said Thursday.,The game was moved out of the Los Angeles area as wildfires continued to ravage Southern Californi...
Reports: Luis Arraez, Dylan Cease agree to deals with Padres
Three-time batting champion Luis Arraez agreed to a $14 million salary and right-hander Dylan Cease agreed to $13.75 million for the 2025 season with the San Diego Padres, MLB.com reported on Thursday.,Right-hander Michael King and the Padres didn't agree to terms before Thursday's deadline for unsi...