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NBA 2025 Awards: Picking the Quintessential Starting Five
Breaking down the NBA Calendar 2025 Quintessential Quintet, featuring Jokic, Giannis, Siakam, SGA, and Curry....
Wife of Dodgers' Alex Vesia addresses death of infant daughter
The wife of Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia has discussed, for the first time, the death of the couple's daughter during the World Series.,Kayla Vesia had chronicled the couple's life during her pregnancy on TikTok and made her final post -- before Friday night -- on Oct. 18. Heavily pregnan...
Best NBA Bets Today: January 3rd Top Basketball Betting Picks
NBA best bets for Saturday featuring Heat, 76ers, and Celtics betting picks on NBA game this January 3rd....
Best NFL Saturday Jan 3rd Week 18 Betting Picks, Predictions
NFL best bets for key division title games, including Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Carolina Panthers and Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers over/under 47.5....
Kings eager to rebound from latest loss, begin 2-game set vs. Wild
The Los Angeles Kings will try to find a way to beat the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday evening, two days after experiencing their most frustrating loss of the season.,The Kings were leading the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning by a goal with just under 3 1/2 minutes remaining on Thursday before su...
Canadiens, Blues set to face off minus key roster pieces
The first half of the season gave the Montreal Canadiens' organizational depth a severe test. The Canadiens passed it, overcoming myriad injuries to earn 50 points in their first 40 games.,"You're not going to go through this season with 23 guys," Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said. "You're probab...
Top 25 roundup: No. 13 Nebraska nips No. 9 Michigan St., stays perfect
Rienk Mast made six 3-pointers, including the tiebreaking trey with 1:54 remaining, and No. 13 Nebraska remained unbeaten with a 58-56 victory over No. 9 Michigan State on Friday night in Lincoln, Neb.,Mast compiled 19 points and seven rebounds as the Cornhuskers (14-0, 3-0 Big Ten) extended their s...
NHL roundup: Mika Zibanejad's Winter Classic hat trick lifts Rangers
Mika Zibanejad recorded the first-ever hat trick in a Winter Classic and logged two assists while leading the New York Rangers to a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday night in Miami.,A sellout crowd of 36,153 attended the game at loanDepot Park, home of the Miami Marlins. Artemi Panarin chi...
Quinn Hughes' 4 assists power Wild's win over Ducks
Danila Yurov scored twice and Quinn Hughes added four assists as the visiting Minnesota Wild topped the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Friday.,Yakov Trenin scored and added an assist while Kirill Kaprizov and Nico Sturm also tallied for the Wild, who improved to 3-0-1 on their season-high seven-game road trip...
NBA roundup: Giannis Antetokounmpo sets 30-10-5 mark in Bucks' win
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and threw down a game-winning alley-oop slam to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a thrilling 122-121 victory over the visiting Charlotte Hornets on Friday.,Antetokounmpo grabbed 10 rebounds and dished five assists, giving him the most 30-point, 10-rebound, five-assi...
Thunder send depleted Warriors to worst loss of season
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander poured in 30 points in 28 minutes, Chet Holmgren gathered 15 rebounds as part of a double-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder thumped the short-handed Golden State Warriors 131-94 on Friday night in San Francisco.,Holmgren added 15 points and four blocks to his game-high reb...
Wizards breeze past Nets as resurgence continues
Justin Champagnie scored 20 points off the bench on Friday to help the Washington Wizards coast to a 119-99 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Nets.,Alex Sarr had 19 points and four blocks, CJ McCollum added 17 points, and Tre Johnson and Marvin Bagley III chipped in 12 points apiece for Washington,...
SMU avoids collapse, holds off No. 17 Arizona at Holiday Bowl
T.J. Harden ran for two touchdowns, Kevin Jennings amassed 278 yards through the air and SMU defeated No. 17 Arizona 24-19 to win the Holiday Bowl on Friday night in San Diego.,SMU (9-4) was ahead 24-0 at halftime and had to overcome Jennings' three second-half interceptions to pick up its first bow...
Contending for NFC's No. 2 seed, Eagles seek familiar sweep of Commanders
The NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles will attempt to sweep the visiting Washington Commanders for the sixth time in nine seasons on Sunday afternoon.,The Eagles (11-5) won both meetings with Washington (4-12) in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023 and registered a 29-18 victory two weeks ago in Lan...
Ebuka Okorie nets 28 as Stanford upsets No. 16 Louisville
Ebuka Okorie scored 28 points for host Stanford, which scored its first win over a ranked opponent in more than two years Friday with an 80-76 upset of No. 16 Louisville in an Atlantic Coast Conference showdown., ,Held to just seven points in a disappointing 47-40 loss to Notre Dame on Tuesday, the...
Deni Avdija scores 34 as Blazers extend Pelicans' misery
Deni Avdija scored 34 points and dished 11 assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers sent the host New Orleans Pelicans to a sixth consecutive loss with 122-109 decision on Friday.,Avdija buoyed the Blazers for much of the first half, having scored almost half of Portland's points deep into the second...
Matas Buzelis' all-around effort boosts Bulls past Magic
Matas Buzelis scored 21 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished seven assists as the host Chicago Bulls defeated the Orlando Magic 121-114 on Friday.,Kevin Huerter added 20 points and Nikola Vucevic and Jalen Smith both notched double-doubles for Chicago, which won its second game in a row and impr...
Late second-half spurt pushes Oregon past Maryland
Missing one of its top scorers and floor general, Oregon posted a 64-54 win over Maryland on Friday night in College Park, Md., picking up its first Big Ten win of the season.,A late second-half 7-0 run was key for the Ducks (8-6, 1-2 Big Ten) in building a 10-point lead with 4:04 to play. Takai Sim...
Wizards breeze past Nets as win streak reaches 4
Justin Champagnie scored 20 points off the bench on Friday to help the Washington Wizards coast to a 119-99 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Nets.,Alex Sarr had 19 points and five blocks, CJ McCollum added 17 points and Tre Johnson and Marvin Bagley III chipped in 12 points apiece for Washington, ...
QB returnees: CJ Bailey remaining at NC State for 2026 season
Quarterback CJ Bailey is returning to North Carolina State for his junior season in 2026, he announced Friday on social media, becoming the first of several starting quarterbacks to reveal their intention of sticking with their current teams.,Longtime Kansas State starting quarterback Avery Johnson ...