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NBA Picks December 28th: Three Best Bets for Sunday’s Slate
Looking for free NBA picks today? We break down three best bets for Sunday, including Pistons vs. Clippers and Grizzlies at Wizards....
Best NFL Player Props for Sunday: Top 10 Picks for Week 17
Looking for the best NFL player props this Sunday? Here are 10 top picks for Week 17, including Brissett, Rivers, and McCaffrey....
Ravens Keep Playoff Hopes Alive, Now Need Browns to Save Their Season
The Ravens crushed the Packers, but their playoff hopes now rest with the Browns in a dramatic AFC North Week 17 scenario....
Kyle Whittingham Isn’t Michigan’s Curt Cignetti
Indiana nailed its Curt Cignetti hire. Michigan hopes Kyle Whittingham can do the same — but his ceiling may be much lower....
Bears vs 49ers Week 17 Sunday Night Football Betting Picks
San Francisco hosts Chicago in a crucial Sunday Night Football matchup. Here’s why the spread at three points is the best betting value....

No. 9 Michigan State wary of 3-point launching Cornell
Ninth-ranked Michigan State is looking for improvement when it faces long-distance heaving Cornell on Monday night at East Lansing, Mich.,The Spartans (11-1) have a stellar record, but coach Tom Izzo would like to see an upgrade to his team's caliber of play.,"We've just got to play better," Izzo sa...

No. 11 Vanderbilt ready to close out perfect nonconference slate vs. New Haven
The Vanderbilt Commodores return to the court for the first time in eight days Monday when they host the New Haven Chargers in Nashville. However, the 11th-ranked Commodores will enter their final nonconference game of the regular season without a key playmaker.,Frankie Collins, a reserve guard, rec...

Surging Canadiens return from break to face Lightning
With their return from holiday break not occurring until Sunday's game at the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Montreal Canadiens find themselves in one of their best standings positions.,The Habs entered the break solely in second place in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division, but they are now tied f...

Leafs looking way up at Wings in Atlantic Division race
The Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs enter their matchup on Sunday at the opposite ends of the Atlantic Division spectrum.,Host Detroit holds a tenuous lead in the division, while Toronto resides in the cellar. Both teams will come into the contest on short rest.,The Red Wings lost 5-2 on t...

David Rittich, Isles eye 3rd straight win in visit to Jackets
One of the most popular cliches in football is that any team with two starting quarterbacks really has none.,The New York Islanders are learning the same is not true when it comes to a hockey team and goaltenders.,The Islanders will look to continue their strong play without injured No. 1 netminder ...

NHL roundup: League-best Avs rally, edge Knights in shootout
Nathan MacKinnon scored his league-leading 31st goal to go with two assists and also scored the game-winner in the fourth round of the shootout as the Colorado Avalanche edged the Vegas Golden Knights 6-5 on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,MacKinnon skated down the slot and ripped a wrist shot past the...

Nathan MacKinnon's clutch effort lifts Avs past Knights in shootout
Nathan MacKinnon scored his league-leading 31st goal to go with two assists and also scored the game-winner in the fourth round of the shootout as the Colorado Avalanche edged the Vegas Golden Knights 6-5 on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,MacKinnon skated down the slot and ripped a wrist shot past the...

MacKinnon's clutch effort lifts Avs to shootout win over Knights
Nathan MacKinnon scored his league-leading 31st goal to go with two assists and also scored the game-winner in the fourth round of the shootout as the Colorado Avalanche edged the Vegas Golden Knights 6-5 on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,MacKinnon skated down the slot and ripped a wrist shot past the...

Bowl roundup: BYU heats up late at Pop-Tarts Bowl, edges Georgia Tech
Jovesa Damuni scored the go-ahead touchdown with two minutes remaining as No. 12 BYU overcame an 11-point deficit to beat No. 12 Georgia Tech 25-21 on Saturday at the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, Fla.,Damuni's 4-yard run capped a 15-point fourth-quarter flurry for the Cougars (12-2), which earned thei...

NBA roundup: Magic pull escape act, upend Nuggets
Anthony Black scored a career-high 38 points, Desmond Bane tallied 24 including two free throws with 6.9 seconds left, and the host Orlando Magic beat the Denver Nuggets 127-126 on Saturday night, overcoming another triple-double by Nikola Jokic.,Black knocked down seven 3-pointers, also a career hi...

Pavel Buchnevich, Blues snap Predators' 3-game winning streak
Pavel Buchnevich scored two goals and Joel Hofer made 30 saves to lead the host St. Louis Blues to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.,It was the 22nd multi-goal game of Buchnevich's career and the first since Oct. 11, 2024. Robert Thomas had two assists and Brayden Schenn ...

Heat set team mark with 83-point 2nd half, rout Pacers
Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Andrew Wiggins scored 28 points apiece as the Miami Heat pulled away with a dominant fourth quarter to beat the visiting Indiana Pacers 140-116 on Saturday.,Norman Powell had 23 points, Nikola Jovic scored 19 and Pelle Larsson added 16 for Miami, which led 98-94 at the end of th...

Ebuka Okorie nets 30 as Stanford edges pesky Cal State Northridge
Ebuka Okorie contributed eight of his game-high 30 points to a 13-0 flurry to begin the second half and Stanford completed an 11-win nonconference schedule with an 88-80 victory over visiting Cal State Northridge in men's basketball Saturday night.,Chisom Okpara aided the Stanford cause with 20 poin...

Kevin Durant comes up big in Rockets win over Cavaliers
Kevin Durant scored a game-high 30 points, while Reed Sheppard added 18 off the bench as the host Houston Rockets rolled to a 117-100 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday.,Durant shot 11 for 17 from the floor and added seven assists to pace Houston in the absence of Alperen Sengun (calf), th...

No. 25 North Texas edges San Diego State in wild New Mexico Bowl
Caleb Hawkins ran for 198 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries and caught a pass for another score as No. 25 North Texas outlasted short-handed San Diego State 49-47 on Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque.,The Mean Green (12-2) won a dozen games in a season for the first time while snap...