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ACC reveals ‘26 schedule: Some play 9 league games, others 8
The Atlantic Coast Conference revealed Tuesday that not all 17 of its football members will make the move to a nine-game conference schedule in 2026.,Instead, 12 teams will play nine games while Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech and North Carolina will have eight games in what the...

Louisville star freshman Mikel Brown Jr. (back) out vs. Tennessee
Mikel Brown Jr., the highly touted freshman point guard for No. 11 Louisville, will not play at No. 20 Tennessee on Tuesday night.,Brown is dealing with a lower back injury, the Cardinals revealed.,Brown ranks second on the team averaging 16.6 points per game and leads the team with 5.1 assists per ...

Brandon Bussi, Hurricanes look to stonewall Preds again
The Carolina Hurricanes are on a roll and will look to keep it going when they kick off a three-game road trip with a visit to the Nashville Predators on Wednesday., ,The Hurricanes head into the contest on a four-game winning streak. That includes three straight shootout victories, most recently di...

Hot shooters power Wake Forest, Longwood into meeting
Both Wake Forest and Longwood have had players enjoy standout shooting performances in recent games. But both sides are looking for more entering Wednesday night's game in Winston-Salem, N.C.,The latest big boost for the Demon Deacons (8-3) came from Myles Colvin, who poured in a career-high 33 poin...

Report: Lightning activate G Andrei Vasilevskiy from IR
After missing seven games with an undisclosed injury, Tampa Bay Lightning No. 1 goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy was activated from the injured reserve, LightningInsider.com reported on Tuesday.,Vasilevskiy, 31, the 2018-19 Vezina Trophy winner and a two-time Stanley Cup champion with Tampa Bay, has be...

Bulls, Cavaliers stumble into matchup after recent struggles
The struggling Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers share mutual feelings entering a matchup Wednesday in Chicago: Neither team is proud of its performance over the past nine games.,Cleveland is 3-6 during that span after climbing to a season-best six games above .500 with a 12-6 record just before Thanksg...

Mariners sign C Andrew Knizner to 1-year contract
The Seattle Mariners found their backup to American League MVP runner-up Cal Raleigh, signing veteran catcher Andrew Knizner to a one-year contract on Tuesday.,Knizner, 30, fills the spot left vacant when the Mariners traded top catching prospect Harry Ford to the Washington Nationals last week in e...

No. 5 LSU dominates again in rout of Morgan State
No. 5 LSU nearly tripled the offensive output of its opponent Tuesday in a 91-33 rout of visiting Morgan State in front of a spirited crowd including thousands of schoolchildren from the Baton Rouge area.,With 10 points and seven boards, Grace Knox was one of five LSU players who scored in double fi...

USC QB Jayden Maiava returning to Trojans in 2026
After leading the Big Ten Conference with 3,431 passing yards through the regular-season schedule, Southern California quarterback Jayden Maiava committed Tuesday to returning to the Trojans program in 2026.,Maiava completed 66.2% of his passes with 23 touchdowns against eight interceptions while le...

Buck drop: Nick Saban crashes board of NHL's Predators
Retired college football coaching legend Nick Saban finally revealed his next move: he's crashing the board with the NHL's Predators.,To be more precise, Saban and Joe Agresti were welcomed into minority ownership stakes in the Predators on Tuesday. ,"Although I am now retired as a coach, I still po...

Report: Cardinals WR Andre Baccellia (neck) to IR
Arizona Cardinals wide receiver and kick returner Andre Baccellia will be placed on injured reserve with a neck injury, KPRC2 Houston reported Tuesday.,Baccellia was taken to a Houston-area hospital after he was carted off the field Sunday with the neck injury in a 40-20 loss to the Texans.,The inju...

Max Verstappen 'hated' 2025 Red Bull car at times
Following a "roller coaster" season which he termed the best performance of his 11-year career, Max Verstappen said this week he had a love-hate relationship with his Red Bull car after falling two points shy of his fifth world championship.,"I think the performance has been strong," the 28-year-old...

OF Adolis Garcia officially signs 1-year deal with Phillies
Veteran outfielder Adolis Garcia signed a one-year deal worth a reported $10 million with the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday.,"His power stands out in any part of the ballpark," Phillies manager Rob Thomson said Tuesday as the team introduced Garcia to the media. "He's a really good defender, he c...

FIFA responds to World Cup ticket backlash with new pricing tier
FIFA responded to backlash over high ticket costs for the 2026 World Cup by introducing a new $60 pricing tier on Tuesday.,Tickets are being made available at that reduced price for all 104 matches at the 48-team tournament taking place across North America next summer -- including the final.,The ne...

Sounders bring back GK Stefan Frei for 13th season
The Seattle Sounders are bringing back goalkeeper Stefan Frei for his 13th season after re-signing the 39-year-old free agent on Monday to a deal that runs through June 2027.,Frei has posted 134 clean sheets in 422 appearances across all competitions for Seattle since 2014.,The native of Switzerland...

Brown, USC agree to cancel game in wake of shooting
Brown's nonconference road game against Southern California on Sunday was canceled by mutual decision in the wake of the shooting at the school in Rhode Island.,Two students were killed and nine others were wounded Saturday after a shooter opened fire in an engineering and physics building on Brown'...

Jets part ways with WR Allen Lazard
The New York Jets granted wide receiver Allen Lazard's request to be released on Tuesday.,Lazard, who reportedly is seeking to play for a contending team, signed a four-year, $44 million contract with the Jets ahead of the 2023 season,Should Lazard be claimed off waivers, the team that picks him up ...

Commanders place WR Noah Brown on season-ending IR
The Washington Commanders placed wide receiver Noah Brown on injured reserve Tuesday, ending his season.,Brown, who turns 30 next month, sustained a rib injury in Sunday's 29-21 win against the New York Giants.,He missed Weeks 3-13 with an ankle injury and finishes the season with five catches for 8...

F1 replacing Zandvoort with Portugal circuit in 2027-28
Formula 1 announced that Portimao, Portugal, will return to the calendar in 2027-28 with the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort exiting after the end of its six-year contract in 2026.,The 2.891-mile Algarve International circuit in southern Portugal was built in 2008 and hosted F1 events in 2020 and 2021...

Minnesota United acquire M Peter Stroud from Red Bulls
Minnesota United FC acquired midfielder Peter Stroud from the New York Red Bulls on Tuesday in exchange for $475,000 in general allocation money.,Stroud, 23, appeared in 66 MLS matches (43 starts) with the Red Bulls from 2023-25 and contributed four assists.,"Peter brings valuable MLS experience and...