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Argentina and Greece sweep United Cup openers
Argentina swept Spain and Greece swept Japan to open the United Cup on Friday in Perth, Australia.,Argentina's Sebastian Baez won the opening match in the mixed-team event with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Jaume Munar. Solana Sierra clinched the Group A win with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-0 victory over Jessica Bouzas M...
NHL Stadium Series Picks: Why the Rangers Are Underdogs vs. Panthers
NHL Stadium Series betting pick as the Rangers face the Panthers in South Florida. Why New York offers plus-money value....
How College Football's Transfer Portal Changed Trinidad Chambliss’ Career
Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss delivers a historic Sugar Bowl performance, showcasing the transfer portal at its absolute best....
Friday Jan 2nd NBA Picks: Three Bets to Play Tonight
Free NBA picks for Friday, January 2, featuring Nets vs. Wizards, Magic vs. Bulls, and Hornets vs. Bucks with odds courtesy of DraftKings....
Houston Astros Bet $54 Million on Tatsuya Imai in Risky Move
Tatsuya Imai signs a three-year, $54M deal with the Astros as MLB free agency turns into a high-stakes gamble shaped by posting deadlines and shrinking leverage....

Wizards host Nets with hopes of retaining momentum from '25 finish
Hoping to prolong their rare winning stretch, the suddenly hot Washington Wizards host the Brooklyn Nets in the nation's capital on Friday.,After losing 23 of 28 to begin the season, Washington won three of four to finish the calendar year. Last time out, the Wizards pulled off a 114-113 road win ov...

CFP roundup: Ole Miss slips past Georgia on last-minute FG
Lucas Carneiro drilled a tiebreaking 47-yard field goal with six seconds left, propelling No. 6 Ole Miss to a 39-34 victory over No. 3 Georgia in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl on Thursday in New Orleans.,Trinidad Chambliss threw a 40-yard pass to De'Zhaun Stribling on t...

Matty Beniers tallies 2 goals as Kraken take down Predators
Matty Beniers tallied twice and goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 24 saves as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Nashville Predators 4-1 Thursday night.,Jamie Oleksiak and Jared McCann also scored for Seattle, which extended its point streak to six games (5-0-1).,Roman Josi got the lone goal fo...

Indiana, Miami open as CFP semifinal favorites
Indiana emerged as the lone team with a bye to win in the College Football Playoff semifinals, and the Hoosiers are now the clear favorite to win the national title.,Following a 38-3 dismantling of ninth-seeded Alabama, top-seeded Indiana was installed as a consensus 4.0-point favorite to beat Orego...

NHL roundup: Auston Matthews' hat trick leads Leafs past Jets
Auston Matthews registered three goals and an assist Thursday night as the Toronto Maple Leafs overcame a three-goal deficit to defeat the visiting Winnipeg Jets 6-5.,Matthews completed his hat trick by knocking in a loose puck at 15:38 of the third period to snap a 5-5 tie, sending the Jets to thei...

NBA roundup: Heat top East-leading Pistons in 4th straight win
Norman Powell hit seven 3-pointers and scored 36 points as the visiting Miami Heat won their fourth straight game, defeating the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons 118-112 on Thursday night.,Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 19 points off the bench while Andrew Wiggins had 17 points and eight rebounds...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 11 Kentucky hands No. 5 LSU first loss at buzzer
Tonie Morgan's 3-pointer at the buzzer capped her 24-point performance as No. 11 Kentucky handed No. 5 LSU its first loss of the season, 80-78, on Thursday in Baton Rouge, La. ,Morgan methodically dribbled along the left wing, seeking an opening with Kentucky (14-1, 1-0 SEC) trailing by one in the c...

Kris Letang's OT tally lifts Penguins past Red Wings
Kris Letang scored 58 seconds into overtime for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who persevered to beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Thursday.,Letang tallied his third goal of the season in his 1,200th career game. Sidney Crosby scored twice and assisted on the game-winner.,Pittsburgh's Blake Lizotte got hi...

Canadiens rally past Canes, spoil Sebastian Aho's big game
Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson scored 23 seconds apart in the second period as the Montreal Canadiens came back from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 7-5 on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Lane Hutson, Sammy Blais and Juraj Slafkovsky each had a goal and an assist, while Nick Su...

Canadiens rally past Hurricanes to spoil Sebastian Aho's big game
Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson scored 23 seconds apart in the second period as the Montreal Canadiens came back from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 7-5 on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Lane Hutson, Sammy Blais and Juraj Slafkovsky each had a goal and an assist, while Nick Su...

Notre Dame bids to replicate defensive effort at Cal
Notre Dame seeks to complete a sweep of the Atlantic Coast Conference's West Coast schools when the Fighting Irish visit Cal on Friday night in Berkeley, Calif.,Each team's second ACC contest of the season will be a rematch of last year's final regular-season game, when Notre Dame won an epic 112-11...

Trip off to solid start, Wild out to extend Ducks' skid
Though the Minnesota Wild have points in each of the first three games of their season-long, seven-game road trip, the team is not satisfied as it visits Anaheim for the second of three meetings with the Ducks this season.,The Wild erased a 3-1 deficit to force overtime and earn a point in a 4-3 los...

Out to continue home success, Warriors take on Thunder
The Golden State Warriors will put their newfound home-court success to the ultimate test Friday night when they host the Oklahoma City Thunder in San Francisco.,The Warriors have won five of six overall, including their last three at home over the Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic and Dallas Mavericks.,T...

No. 1 Indiana rolls at Rose Bowl, hands No. 9 Alabama worst bowl loss
Fernando Mendoza threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns to lead top-seeded Indiana to a 38-3 blowout of ninth-seeded Alabama in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl on Thursday in Pasadena, Calif.,The Hoosiers advance to the semifinals and will take on fifth-seeded Oregon on Ja...

No. 16 Louisville's defense could cause trouble for stagnant Stanford
Louisville will wrap up its California road trip on Friday, looking to start 2-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference play as the No. 16 Cardinals square off against the Stanford Cardinal.,The Cardinals (11-2, 1-0 ACC) are coming off one of their better victories of the season, a 90-70 win over Cal that sna...