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ATP roundup: Poland captures first United Cup title
After falling in the finals in 2024 and 2025, Poland defeated Switzerland 2-1 to claim its first United Cup title on Sunday in Sydney.,Jan Zielinski and Katarzyna Kawa won the decisive mixed-doubles match 6-4, 6-3 against Jakub Paul and Belinda Bencic. Bencic opened the night with a 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 de...
NBA Picks and Predictions for January 11th: Best Bets for Sunday
Our best NBA betting picks for Sunday, January 11, including Knicks vs. Trailblazers, Spurs vs. Timberwolves and Heat vs. Thunder....
Matthew Stafford’s Late Heroics Push Rams Past Panthers in Wild Card Thriller
Matthew Stafford leads a late comeback as the Rams defeat the Panthers 34-31 in a dramatic Wild Card playoff game....

Resurgent Sharks, amid turnaround season, challenge Golden Knights
Led by dynamic 19-year-old center Macklin Celebrini, the San Jose Sharks have been one of the top turnaround stories of the NHL season., ,San Jose, which finished just 20-50-12 and with a league-worst 52 points last season, goes into its game on Sunday against visiting Vegas in third place in the Pa...

Thunder, Heat each working to find 'better version' of themselves
The Oklahoma City Thunder hope they're turning a corner after a rough stretch.,Heading into their home game on Sunday against the Miami Heat, Thunder star Jalen Williams said he felt like the team had learned some lessons. They have won two consecutive games, coming out of their recent 6-6 stretch a...
NFL Playoff Sunday January 11th Picks: Top Wild Card Bets
NFL playoff betting picks featuring Jaguars vs. Bills analysis and a defensive under in 49ers vs. Eagles....

Alex Ovechkin heating up ahead of Caps' encounter vs. Predators
The Washington Capitals will try to win back-to-back games for the first time since Dec. 3 when they visit the Nashville Predators on Sunday night.,Both teams are coming in off games against the Chicago Blackhawks. Washington posted a 5-1 victory over Chicago on Friday night before the Blackhawks bo...

NHL roundup: Two Bruins combine for 7 goals in 10-2 rout of Rangers
Marat Khusnutdinov netted four goals and an assist, Pavel Zacha registered his first career hat trick, and David Pastrnak tied a Boston franchise record with six assists, helping the Bruins roll past the visiting New York Rangers 10-2 on Saturday afternoon.,Khusnutdinov and Zacha became the first Br...

Mark Stone scores in 7th straight game as Golden Knights double up Blues
Mark Stone tied the team record with a goal in his seventh consecutive game and Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,Stone scored an empty-netter with 2:24 remaining to tie the team mark set b...

Alex DeBrincat's three points help Red Wings shut out Canadiens
Alex DeBrincat scored a goal and recorded two assists while Lucas Raymond added a goal to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-0 road win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday., ,Dylan Larkin chipped in with a power-play goal and Andrew Copp notched an empty-netter with both also recording an assist ...

Top 25 roundup: Unranked Wisconsin sends No. 2 Michigan from unbeatens
John Blackwell scored 26 points and Nick Boyd added 22 points and six assists as the Wisconsin Badgers held on to stun No. 2 Michigan 91-88 at Ann Arbor, Mich., to end the Wolverines' unbeaten campaign.,Aleksas Bieliauskas made five 3-pointers and scored 17 points and Braeden Carrington had 12 point...

NBA roundup: Hornets lead by as many as 57 points, crush Jazz
LaMelo Ball scored 17 points and made five 3-pointers as the Charlotte Hornets led by as many as 57 points in routing the Utah Jazz 150-95 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.,The Hornets made 24 3-pointers while shooting 41% from 3-point range. They led wire-to-wire in recording the second-largest ...

US striker Ricardo Pepi suffers broken arm in Dutch league
An injury suffered in the Netherlands on Saturday is reverberating through the United States, and its ramifications could last into the summer.,American striker Ricardo Pepi suffered a broken arm while playing for Dutch club team PSV Eindhoven and is expected to undergo surgery Sunday and be sidelin...

Golden Knights players hit milestones in doubling up Blues
Mark Stone tied the team record with a goal in his seventh consecutive game and Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,Stone scored an empty-netter with 2:24 remaining to tie the team mark set b...

Bears come back from 15 down in 4th to stun Packers in wild card
CHICAGO -- Caleb Williams hit DJ Moore with a 25-yard touchdown pass with 1:43 left in the fourth quarter as the Chicago Bears overcame a 15-point, fourth-quarter deficit for an improbable 31-27 victory over the visiting Green Bay Packers in an NFC wild-card game between NFC North division rivals Sa...

No. 14 Texas Tech holds off Colorado's comeback bid for narrow win
Texas Tech spent most of the game in comfortable control Saturday in Boulder against Colorado. It took a gritty defensive stand for the Red Raiders to survive with a 73-71 victory, though when the Buffaloes' comeback bid fell just short., ,Barrington Hargress forced up an off-balance 3-point attempt...

Reports: 3B Alex Bregman signing with Cubs for 5 years, $175M
The Chicago Cubs, who failed in their pursuit of free agent third baseman Alex Bregman a year ago, have agreed with the three-time All-Star on a five-year, $175 million contract, according to multiple media reports on Saturday night.,Bregman played in 2025 for the Boston Red Sox, who signed the form...

Texas hangs on to notch road upset of No. 13 Alabama
Jordan Pope racked up 28 points, including six made 3-pointers and four key free throws in the final seconds as Texas held on for a 92-88 upset of No. 13 Alabama on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference slugfest in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,The Longhorns (10-6, 1-2 SEC) led by 13 points with 13:04 to play be...

Simon Holmstrom's 2nd goal lifts Islanders past Wild in OT
Simon Holmstrom scored in overtime to lift the New York Islanders to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Holmstrom finished with two goals and one assist to lead New York, which has earned at least one point in five of its past six games. Jean-Gabriel Pageau and ...

Blackhawks' Drew Commesso walls off Predators for shutout win
Drew Commesso pitched a 36-save shutout for the Chicago Blackhawks in a 3-0 victory against the host Nashville Predators on Saturday.,Commesso was making his second start in two nights after being recalled at the last minute on Friday to fill in for Spencer Knight. He was previously 0-2 in NHL start...