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Raiders owner: Star DE Maxx Crosby not available for trade
Three-time Pro Bowl defensive end Maxx Crosby is not available for trade, Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis informed ESPN via email.,"We're Not Trading Maxx Crosby," Davis wrote. "Before Or After The Trade Deadline!!!",Davis' email comes on the heels of the Raiders -- now 2-5 and in last place in t...

WTA roundup: Qinwen Zheng KOs Sofia Kenin, wins Pan Pacific Open
Top-seeded Qinwen Zheng outlasted wild card Sofia Kenin 7-6 (5), 6-3 to win the final of the Pan Pacific Open on Sunday in Tokyo.,Zheng, of China, fired 16 aces to dispatch Kenin in one hour, 52 minutes and claim her third WTA Tour singles title of the year and fifth of her career. She also won the ...
Colorado Football Will Undoubtedly Have Two Top Five Picks in 2025 NFL Draft
The Colorado Buffaloes are bowl eligible, but more impressively will have two first-round NFL Draft picks despite not having any since 2011....
Big Ten Championship Logjam Good for the Playoff, Bad for College Football Tradition
The newly expanded Big Ten is as chaotic as possible as the calendar flips to November. This is great for the new College Football Playoff, but bad news for tradition....

Chet Holmgren, Thunder out to continue strong start vs. Hawks
Oklahoma City Thunder big man Chet Holmgren was expected to take a step forward during his second season of active competition in the NBA.,So far, so good.,Through two games, Holmgren is averaging 23 points and 15 rebounds and shooting 52.8 percent from the floor. ,He'll look to continue his strong ...

Flyers, Canadiens bid to build momentum at other's expense
The Philadelphia Flyers and Montreal Canadiens couldn't spend much time celebrating after picking up much-needed wins on Saturday., ,The Flyers welcome the Canadiens to South Philadelphia on Sunday evening in a matchup of teams looking to complete a stellar weekend. ,Philadelphia won its season open...

Top 25 roundup: No. 14 Texas A&M sinks No. 8 LSU, goes atop SEC
Backup quarterback Marcel Reed rushed for three second-half touchdowns on Saturday night and No. 14 Texas A&M took sole possession of first place in the Southeastern Conference with a 38-23 win over No. 8 LSU in College Station, Texas.,Reed scored on a pair of 8-yard runs in the third quarter after ...

NBA roundup: Kevin Durant hits milestone in Suns win
Kevin Durant recorded 31 points and nine rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 114-102 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night.,Durant also became the eighth player in NBA history to top 29,000 career points. He finished the game with 29,010.,Devin Booker scored 21 points, Jusu...

Report: Commanders QB Jayden Daniels (rib) expected to play vs. Bears
Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels is expected to suit up for Washington's Week 8 home matchup with the Chicago Bears, ESPN reported early Sunday morning.,Daniels sustained a rib injury in the first quarter of a 40-7 blowout of the Carolina Panthers last Sunday, forcing the Commanders to turn to ...

QBs headline Bears' visit to Washington, but will top picks play?
The top two picks in the 2024 NFL Draft -- quarterbacks Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels -- are scheduled to meet Sunday when the Chicago Bears visit the Washington Commanders.,Whether they're actually on the field will not be determined until Sunday, as the Commanders classified Daniels as a game-...

Colorado bowl-eligible after beating Cincinnati
Shedeur Sanders completed 25 of 30 passes for 323 yards and two touchdowns while adding a rushing touchdown as Colorado beat Cincinnati 34-23 and on Saturday night in Boulder, Colo.,Sanders connected on his first 15 passes and didn't throw an incompletion until 3:37 was left in the second quarter. C...

Union goalkeeper Holden Trent dies at 25
Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Holden Trent died on Saturday afternoon. He was 25. ,The club did not reveal a cause of death, but Trent had gone into the intensive care unit earlier this week, according to an Instagram story posted by his family. ,"The Philadelphia Union is devastated by the heartbre...

NHL roundup: Jets 8-0-0 after dousing Flames
Cole Perfetti's power-play goal broke a third-period tie as the Winnipeg Jets continued their perfect season with a 5-3 road victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.,The Jets are the ninth team in NHL history to open a season with eight consecutive victories.,Kyle Connor and Mason Appleton each ...

Galaxy open playoffs with rout of Rapids
Dejan Joveljic and Riqui Puig each had two goals and an assist and the Los Angeles Galaxy opened their postseason with a dominating 5-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids in the first game of a best-of-three Western Conference series on Saturday night at Carson, Calif.,John Nelson added a goal for the...

Kirby Dach back in goal column as Canadiens top Blues
Kirby Dach. Jake Evens and Joel Armia each scored a goal and earned an assist as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the visiting St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Saturday night to snap their four-game losing streak.,For Dach, who missed the last 80 games last season with a knee injury, it was his first goal sin...

Golden Knights cruise to victory, keep Sharks winless
Brett Howden scored two goals and Mark Stone and Pavel Dorofeyev each had a goal and two assists as the Vegas Golden Knights moved into first place in the Pacific Division with a 7-3 victory over the winless San Jose Sharks on Saturday night in Las Vegas., ,It was the first two-goal game of Howden's...

Kevin Durant hits milestone as Suns beat Luka Doncic, Mavs
Kevin Durant recorded 31 points and nine rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns to 114-102 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night.,Durant also became the eighth player in NBA history to top 29,000 career points. He finished the game with 29,010.,Devin Booker scored 21 points, Jusuf ...

Dodgers' walk-off slam scores Fox massive Game 1 ratings
An average of 15.2 million viewers tuned into Fox, Fox Deportes, Univision and streaming services to watch Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night, the biggest audience for a Fall Classic game since 2019. ,Viewers got to see Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman launch a walk-off grand slam in th...

Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani suffers partial shoulder dislocation, awaiting tests
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani suffered what manager Dave Roberts called a partial dislocation of his left shoulder during Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night and his status for Game 3 or beyond is unknown.,Speaking with reporters after his team's 4-2 vic...

Matthew Tkachuk (2 goals), Panthers earn win at Isles
Matthew Tkachuk collected his first two goals of the season Saturday night for the Florida Panthers, who scored the final six goals as they stormed back to beat the host New York Islanders 6-3 in Elmont, N.Y.,Mackie Samoskevich and Sam Bennett had the tying and go-ahead goals for the Panthers, who h...