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At 40, Lindsey Vonn returns to World Cup racing
Lindsey Vonn will continue her comeback on the slopes next weekend in her first World Cup ski race in almost six years.,She announced on social media Friday that she plans to race in two super-G events in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Dec. 21 and 22.,"I hear St. Moritz is pretty nice this time of year...
Skins Game returning after 17-year hiatus
The Skins Game, once an annual highlight during the PGA Tour season, will be returning in 2025.,The event will be held next Black Friday and staged by Pro Shop, a golf media company.,The first Skins Game was played in 1983 and featured four of the game's biggest names in history: Jack Nicklaus, Arno...
Dolphins release veteran WR Odell Beckham Jr.
The Miami Dolphins waived veteran wideout Odell Beckham Jr. on Friday with four games left in the season.,ESPN reported the release was mutual after Beckham, 32, missed two practices this week for personal reasons.,Playing on a one-year, $3 million deal, Beckham caught just nine passes for 55 yards ...
Odell Beckham Jr. Top Landing Spots After Being Released From Miami Dolphins
Odell Beckham Jr. was released from the Miami Dolphins on Monday, and these three teams could emerge as top landing spots to sign him in free agency....
G2, FaZe Clan advance in Shanghai Major playoffs
G2 Esports and FaZe Clan scored 2-1 wins Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Perfect World Shanghai Major in China.,G2 Esports knocked out HEROIC and FaZe Clan eliminated Team Vitality in the quarterfinals of the $1.25 million Counter-Strike 2 tournament.,After HEROIC opened with a 13-6 win o...
Stage Belongs to Army vs. Navy in College Football Finale Worthy of Spotlight
The Army vs. Navy game will be the only action that takes place on Saturday and it's a matchup that's worthy of the national spotlight....
Best Sports Betting Picks Today: NBA, NHL Predictions for December 13
These are our best sports betting picks and predictions for Friday December 13th's slate of games including our top bets for the NBA and NHL....
NHL Needs To Embrace the Florida Man, Give Panthers an Outdoor Game
The Florida Panthers and Utah Hockey Club are the only two teams to never play an outdoor game, but they deserve to finally host one soon....
Guards take center stage for No. 17 Texas A&M and No. 11 Purdue
For fans who like good guard play, Saturday afternoon's game between No. 17 Texas A&M and No. 11 Purdue in Indianapolis will be one to watch.,That's because the Aggies' Wade Taylor IV and the Boilermakers' Braden Smith are two of the top guards in the country. How they play probably will serve as a ...
Kirk Cousins, Falcons under pressure ahead of visit to Vegas
Kirk Cousins' performances are spiraling downward, and so are the Atlanta Falcons' playoff hopes.,The Falcons badly need a bounce-back effort from the veteran quarterback on Monday night when they visit the Las Vegas Raiders.,Atlanta (6-7) has lost four straight games to fall into second place in th...
49ers say LB De'Vondre Campbell refused to enter game
The San Francisco 49ers have endured the absence of numerous players due to injury all season.,On Thursday, they were down a player who merely didn't want to participate.,San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan said linebacker De'Vondre Campbell wouldn't go in the game in the second half as the 49ers fell...
NHL roundup: Flyers' Scott Laughton scores 4 in win vs. Wings
Scott Laughton tied a franchise record with a career-high four goals as the Philadelphia Flyers topped the visiting Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Thursday., ,Aleksei Kolosov (25 saves) came within 3:53 of his first career shutout as Philadelphia won its second straight following a three-game skid. Ben Ch...
NBA roundup: Celtics down Pistons for 12th straight time
Payton Pritchard came off the bench to score a game-high 27 points and deliver 10 assists, leading the Boston Celtics to a 123-99 win over the visiting Detroit Pistons on Thursday., ,Pritchard shot 10 of 20 from the field, including 7 of 15 from 3-point range. ,The Celtics received 23 points from De...
Colorado's Travis Hunter collects unique double at college football awards
Colorado's Travis Hunter collects unique double at college football awards,Colorado star Travis Hunter cemented his legacy as the best two-way player in recent decades by becoming the first in college football history to win both the annual Chuck Bednarik Award as top defensive player and the Fred B...
Leon Draisaitl's 4-point night paces Oilers' blowout of Wild
Leon Draisaitl had a four-point night with one goal and three assists, and the Edmonton Oilers cruised to a 7-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Six other players scored for Edmonton, which won its fourth consecutive game. Connor Brown had a goal and an assist, and ...
Predators shoot past Stars to end 8-game skid
Ryan O'Reilly scored twice in his return from an injury as the visiting Nashville Predators snapped their club-record eight-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday. ,Justus Annunen made 35 saves for Nashville.,O'Reilly had missed the previous three games with a lower-...
Golden Knights need OT to extend win streak vs. Jets
Ivan Barbashev scored at 3:47 of overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights continued their dominance of the host Winnipeg Jets with a 3-2 victory on Thursday night.,Barbashev took a crossing pass from Shea Theodore on a two-on-one break and snapped a wrist shot from the left circle inside the near post a...
Three quick goals help Islanders edge Blackhawks
Noah Dobson, Bo Horvat and Maxim Tsyplakov scored within a span of 2:19 for the New York Islanders, who held off a late rally by the Chicago Blackhawks to earn a 5-4 win on Thursday in Elmont, N.Y.,Dennis Cholowski and Simon Holmstrom scored in the second period for the Islanders, who have won three...
UNLV hires Dan Mullen as head coach
UNLV hired former Florida head coach Dan Mullen to the same post on Thursday.,Mullen replaces Barry Odom, who spent the past two seasons with the Rebels before taking the head coach position at Purdue over the weekend.,"I am very excited to be a part of the UNLV family," Mullen said in a statement. ...
Penguins' top line catches fire in 9-2 beating of Canadiens
The line of Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell and Sidney Crosby dominated in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 9-2 win over the host Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.,Rust had three goals and one assist, Rakell notched two goals and two assists and Crosby collected three assists.,Defenseman Kris Letang contribu...