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Ex-Syracuse coach Adrian Autry joins Virginia staff
Former Syracuse head basketball coach Adrian Autry joined Ryan Odom's staff at Virginia on Thursday.,Autry and Odom previously worked together on Seth Greenberg's staff at Virginia Tech from 2008-10.,"We are thrilled to add Adrian Autry to our coaching staff at Virginia," Odom said. "His integrity, ...

Bills QB Josh Allen adds title: girl dad
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and his wife, actress Hailee Steinfeld, announced the birth of their first child -- a girl -- on Thursday.,The announcement came in Steinfeld's Beau Society newsletter, in which she previously shared updates about her pregnancy. They did not disclose their daught...

Report: Ex-Syracuse coach Adrian Autry joins Virginia staff
Former Syracuse head coach Adrian Autry is joining Ryan Odom's staff at Virginia, CBS Sports reported Thursday.,Autry and Odom previously worked together on Seth Greenberg's staff at Virginia Tech from 2008-10.,Autry, 54, was fired by his alma mater Syracuse on March 11, three years after he replace...

Iowa State star Audi Crooks enters transfer portal
Iowa State star Audi Crooks, the nation's second-leading scorer in 2025-26, is entering the transfer portal.,The 6-foot-3 center, who has one year of eligibility remaining, announced her plans Thursday on Instagram.,"Thank you all for embracing me and showing up to Hilton every single game day," Cro...

Valero Texas Open starts after 90-minute weather delay
The start of the first round at the Valero Texas Open was delayed 90 minutes due to inclement weather on Thursday morning, the PGA Tour announced.,Players originally were scheduled to tee off at 7:30 a.m. local time. ,The action got underway at TPC San Antonio at 9 a.m. with preferred lies in effect...

Cardinals SS Masyn Winn avoids serious injuries in crash
Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn was not seriously injured in a single-car crash following Wednesday afternoon's game in St. Louis.,The accident on the highway alongside Busch Stadium came shortly after Winn's walk-off single gave the Cardinals a 2-1 win over the New York Mets in 11 innings.,Winn, 24,...

Raiders strike deal with veteran QB Kirk Cousins
Veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins agreed to a contract with the Las Vegas Raiders, his agent confirmed Thursday.,Terms of the deal with the four-time Pro Bowl selection were not immediately available.,Cousins, 37, reunites with new Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak, his position coach and offensive coo...

Valero Texas Open start delayed by dangerous weather
The start of the first round at the Valero Texas Open was delayed on Thursday morning due to a "dangerous weather situation" in the San Antonio Area, the PGA Tour announced.,Players were originally scheduled to tee off at 7:30 a.m. CT. The start time was pushed back to 8:15 a.m. CT.,Showers with iso...

Braves' Reynaldo Lopez continues comeback against Diamondbacks
The Arizona Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves enter their four-game series, beginning Thursday night in Phoenix, on a high note.,The Diamondbacks completed a three-game sweep of Detroit with a 1-0 victory Wednesday, when Zac Gallen threw six scoreless innings and Corbin Carroll in the first inning bec...

Points at a premium as Kings host Predators twice in five days
The battle for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference will continue on Thursday night when the Los Angeles Kings host the Nashville Predators.,Los Angeles defeated the visiting St. Louis Blues 2-1 in overtime on Wednesday night to leapfrog Nashville for the second wild card from the West...

With playoffs in sight, rested Wild set sights on Canucks
Minnesota did not get the assist it needed from the Anaheim Ducks or St. Louis Blues to clinch a playoff spot on the Wild's day off on Wednesday.,Instead, the Wild will have a chance to take matters into their own hands Thursday night.,Minnesota can punch a ticket to the postseason when it faces the...

WVU seniors face off with Stanford's freshman star in Crown opener
Senior-dominated West Virginia and freshman-led Stanford go head-to-head Thursday night when the College Basketball Crown Tournament continues in Las Vegas with its second day of quarterfinal matchups.,The second-year event pitting teams from the Southeastern Conference, Big 12, Big Ten and Big East...

MLB roundup: Marlins' Sandy Alcantara shuts out White Sox on 93 pitches
Sandy Alcantara pitched a three-hit shutout and Liam Hicks drove in four runs, leading the host Miami Marlins to a 10-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon.,Alcantara (2-0) did not walk a batter and struck out seven, throwing just 93 pitches. It was his fifth career shutout and the...

Nick Pivetta bounces back, pitches Padres past Giants
Ramon Laureano blasted a two-run homer and Nick Pivetta yielded only one hit in five shutout innings Wednesday as the San Diego Padres avoided a series sweep by the visiting San Francisco Giants with a 7-1 win.,Bouncing back from a frightful outing in an 8-2 Opening Day loss to Detroit on Thursday, ...

Sandy Alcantara's 3-hit shutout lifts Marlins over White Sox
Sandy Alcantara pitched a three-hit shutout and Liam Hicks drove in four runs, leading the host Miami Marlins to a 10-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon.,After playing their first two series against teams that lost more than 100 games last season -- the Rockies and White Sox -- ...

NBA roundup: Victor Wembanyama nets 41 to lead Spurs to 10th straight win
Victor Wembanyama matched his season-high with 41 points and had a game-high 18 rebounds in a record-setting performance, propelling the San Antonio Spurs to a 127-113 romp over the short-handed Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night in San Francisco.,Stephon Castle and Julian Champagnie chipped i...

John Tortorella looks to build off debut as Golden Knights host Flames
Taking over a Vegas Golden Knights team whose season was quickly heading south, new head coach John Tortorella quickly stressed one major change.,Go north.,"Trying to get the right mindset, an aggressive mindset of playing north," Tortorella said.,Tortorella, who replaced Bruce Cassidy as head coach...

NHL roundup: League-worst Canucks blow big lead, still shock Avs
Brock Boeser produced his seventh career regular-season hat trick and added an assist as the Vancouver Canucks recovered from blowing a four-goal lead to beat the Colorado Avalanche 8-6 in Denver on Wednesday night., ,Teddy Blueger scored twice for the Canucks (22-44-8, 52 points), who set a season ...

Sizzling teams, MVP candidates square off as Lakers face Thunder
Two of the NBA's hottest teams, each with players making a case for Most Valuable Player honors, face off Thursday when the Oklahoma City Thunder host the Los Angeles Lakers.,The Lakers (50-26) come in having won 13 of their past 14, including the past four in a row.,The Thunder (60-16) have won thr...

ATP roundup: Alex Molcan upsets Gabriel Diallo in Bucharest
Alex Molcan, participating in his first ATP Tour-level tournament since 2024, upset top-seeded Gabriel Diallo of Canada 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday in the second round of the Tiriac Open in Bucharest, Romania.,Molcan, a 28-year-old Slovakian, has fallen from a career-best ranking of 38th four years ago to...