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NFL roundup: Eagles hold off Bills' surge to give Pats AFC East crown
Jake Elliott kicked two field goals and the Philadelphia Eagles held off a frantic Buffalo rally to squeak out a 13-12 win over the Bills on Sunday at Orchard Park, N.Y.,Buffalo scored 12 straight fourth-quarter points, but after Jalen Carter blocked the extra point on its first touchdown, Josh Alle...

Maryland starts fast, never trails in routing Old Dominion
Isaiah Watts scored all 17 of his points in the first half in his first start for Maryland as the Terrapins cruised to a 73-58 wire-to-wire victory over Old Dominion on Sunday in College Park, Md.,Darius Adams added 18 points and Andre Mills contributed 11 points and five assists for Maryland (7-6),...

Wild third lifts Jackets over Isles in heated affair
Ivan Provorov and Kirill Marchenko scored the tying and game-winning goals in a span of 74 seconds late in the third period Sunday for the host Columbus Blue Jackets, who stunned the New York Islanders 4-2 in a heated Metropolitan Division clash.,Cole Sillinger added an empty-netter with 1:06 left f...

Lightning blow 3-goal lead, edge Canadiens in shootout
Gage Goncalves and Brayden Point tallied in the shootout as the Tampa Bay Lightning won their fourth straight contest by edging the visiting Montreal Canadiens 5-4 on Sunday.,After Tampa Bay squandered a 4-1 lead in the third period, the pair beat Florida-born goaltender Jacob Fowler (18 saves) as t...

Surging Wild aim to stay hot, extend Knights' struggles
The Minnesota Wild make the second stop on a seven-game, 13-day road trip on Monday when they face the Pacific Division-leading Vegas Golden Knights in Las Vegas., ,It will be Minnesota's first game back in Sin City since losing to the Golden Knights in six games in the first round of the Western Co...

Auburn flips 4-star WR, former Michigan signee Brady Marchese
Auburn landed a commitment from 2026 four-star receiver Brady Marchese on Sunday, two days after he backed off his signing with Michigan.,Marchese became the third Michigan signee to request his release from his letter of intent on Friday, joining three-star interior offensive lineman Bear McWhorter...

Giants halt 9-game skid; Raiders in driver's seat for No. 1 pick
Jaxson Dart passed for 207 yards and ran for two touchdowns as the New York Giants earned a 34-10 victory Sunday over the host Las Vegas Raiders in a meeting of teams with the two worst records in the NFL., ,Devin Singletary ran for a first-quarter touchdown and Dart added rushing TDs in the second ...

Continuing road trip, Predators try to get settled at Mammoth
The Nashville Predators continue the longest road trip of their season with a visit to Salt Lake City on Monday to face the Utah Mammoth.,Monday's game is the third stop on the Predators' seven-game trip, which was interrupted by the NHL's Christmas break. Nashville returned to action in Saturday's ...

Thunder halt 2-game skid with huge 2nd half vs. Sixers
Chet Holmgren scored 29 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 129-104 home win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.,The win snapped the Thunder's two-game skid, their first losing streak of the season.,It was also Oklahoma City's 23rd consecutive regular-season victory over an Eastern Conf...

Northern Colorado beats Colorado for first time since 1936
Quinn Denker returned to the lineup with a career-high 33 points and Northern Colorado beat Colorado 86-81 on Sunday in Boulder, Colo.,Denker, who missed the previous two games after hand surgery, hit all seven of his shots in the second half to lead Northern Colorado (10-3) to the upset. He added e...

Mississippi State tunes up for SEC season vs. Alabama State
Mississippi State could be sorting out its early-season problems at the right time when it hosts Alabama State on Monday in Starkville, Miss.,It's the final nonconference game for the Bulldogs (7-5), who begin an 18-game march through the Southeastern Conference in January. Their resolve to hang on ...

Georgia Tech pounds FAMU in final tune-up for ACC slate
Baye Ndongo had 15 points, 11 rebounds and five assists on Sunday to help Georgia Tech earn an 89-65 victory over Florida A&M in Atlanta.,Ndongo added with three steals and three blocks for Georgia Tech (9-4), which won its fourth straight game to finish nonconference play. Reserve Chas Kelley III a...

P.J. Haggerty, Kansas State take down pesky UL Monroe
P.J. Haggerty scored 23 of his 24 points in the second half and added eight rebounds as Kansas State defeated Louisiana-Monroe 94-85 on Sunday afternoon in Manhattan, Kan.,Haggerty, held to a single point and 0-for-6 shooting in the opening stanza, got going quickly to open the second, hitting a pai...

No. 15 Texas Tech rides huge first half to throttle Winthrop
No. 15 Texas Tech got back to work Sunday against Winthrop for the first time since a historic comeback victory and was in full control from the start on the way to an 87-57 triumph in Lubbock, Texas.,Ignited by Christian Anderson, the Red Raiders (10-3) stormed in front 59-21 by halftime with an al...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 4 UCLA takes down No. 19 Ohio State
Lauren Betts' 18 points and Kiki Rice's 16 points carried No. 4 UCLA past No. 19 Ohio State for an 82-75 Big Ten Conference victory Sunday in Columbus, Ohio, in the only game on the day's schedule pitting nationally ranked teams against each other.,Angela Dugalic added 15 points off the bench for UC...

Ja'Marr Chase ends TD slump as Bengals rout Cardinals
CINCINNATI -- Ja'Marr Chase made NFL history and broke a seven-game touchdown drought to lead the Cincinnati Bengals to a second straight blowout win, 37-14 over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.,Chase finished with seven catches for 60 yards and two touchdowns, giving him seven touchdowns for the se...

No. 12 North Carolina takes on Florida State in ACC opener
Plenty has been achieved so far this season for No. 12 North Carolina, so now it's time to see if the Tar Heels can carry their strong stretch into the season's next phase.,They take on visiting Florida State to begin the Atlantic Coast Conference schedule Tuesday night in Chapel Hill, N.C.,"I'm hap...

Mikaela Shiffrin wins sixth consecutive World Cup slalom race
Mikaela Shiffrin put together a sparkling second run on Sunday to win her sixth consecutive World Cup slalom race.,Shiffrin conquered the choppy course in Semmering, Austria, in 53.58 seconds for a total time of 1:48.82. She edged Camille Rast of Switzerland by 0.09 seconds.,Shiffrin has won all fiv...

LSU looks to improve defense against Southern Miss before SEC play
LSU has one more non-conference game before beginning its 18-game gauntlet in the SEC., ,The Tigers (11-1) are 7-0 at home as they prepare to face Southern Miss (7-6) on Monday night in Baton Rouge, La. They didn't have their best performance in their last game, trailing visiting Prairie View A&M by...

Report: Philip Rivers likely to make final start on Sunday
The comeback story of Philip Rivers likely will reach its final chapter on Sunday.,Rivers, 44, will start for the Indianapolis Colts (8-7) against the Jacksonville Jaguars (9-4) on Sunday, with NFL Network reporting he is expected to cede the starting spot to rookie Riley Leonard next week in the se...