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Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 12 Tennessee ekes past Belmont
Kaniya Boyd sank a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 3:58 to play as No. 12 Tennessee rallied for a 68-58 nonconference win over Belmont on Thursday in Knoxville, Tenn.,The Bruins led by five points early in the fourth quarter and were up 56-54 after Tuti Jones made 1 of 2 free throws with just under five ...

Alex DeBrincat's 3-point night powers Red Wings past Ducks
Alex DeBrincat scored two goals and added an assist as the host Detroit Red Wings ended a three-game slide by defeating the Anaheim Ducks 6-3 on Thursday.,Detroit's Moritz Seider and Dylan Larkin each supplied a goal and an assist.,Michael Rasmussen and Axel Sandin-Pellikka had the other goals for t...

Jason Robertson tallies twice as Stars shut out Canadiens
Jason Robertson scored twice and Casey DeSmith made 24 saves as the visiting Dallas Stars routed the Montreal Canadiens 7-0 to extend their winning streak to a season-high four games.,Robertson added an assist for his second straight three-point game as the Stars scored more than six goals for the f...

Braden Smith helps guide No. 2 Purdue to win at No. 8 Alabama
Braden Smith scored 21 of his 29 points in the second half and collected seven rebounds to lead No. 2 Purdue to an 87-80 victory over No. 8 Alabama on Thursday night in a nonconference showdown at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Trey Kaufman-Renn recorded 19 points and matched his career best of 15 rebounds in his...

Raiders, Cowboys eager for brighter days after facing adversity
When the NFL schedule makers revealed the Week 11 Monday Night Football matchup in mid-May, it's safe to say they were expecting both the host Las Vegas Raiders and visiting Dallas Cowboys to be in a much better predicament than they are at present.,The Raiders (2-7) have gotten off to a nightmarish...

Expect a high-scoring contest when Providence visits Colorado
Providence has eclipsed the 100-point plateau in each of its last two games. Colorado accomplished the same feat on Saturday against Eastern Washington.,As such, one can wonder how many points might be possible when the Friars (2-1) meet the Buffaloes (2-0) on Friday night in Boulder, Colo., in a no...

Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge make history with back-to-back MVPs
While Shohei Ohtani had his greatness reconfirmed, Cal Raleigh learned not even the greatest season by a catcher in Major League Baseball history could stop Aaron Judge from adding another Most Valuable Player award to his trophy case.,Minutes after Ohtani secured his third consecutive MVP award and...

Canadiens F Alex Newhook helped off ice after collision with boards
Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Newhook slammed skates-first into the boards and was helped off the ice Thursday night against the visiting Dallas Stars.,The puck went behind the goal line as Newhook and Ilya Lyubushkin raced toward it. Replays showed the Stars defenseman clipped Newhook's skates, f...

Ferrari leads as Sportico’s F1 team values soar past $34B
Ferrari is the most valuable of the 10 franchises in Formula 1, according to Sportico's latest team valuations published Thursday.,Ferrari checked in at $6.4 billion, and the 10 teams on the F1 grid combine to exceed $34 billion in total valuation as per Sportico's methodology.,The average F1 franch...

Shohei Ohtani earns NL MVP award unanimously
Shohei Ohtani no longer lives in the same Most Valuable Player neighborhood as Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, former teammates Mike Trout and Albert Pujols and a handful of other all-time Major League Baseball greats.,Ohtani was revealed Thursday as the unanimous choice for the National L...

Unbeaten Northwestern hits road for challenge from DePaul
Northwestern has had little trouble with the early portion of its schedule.,Meanwhile, there might be reason for concern with DePaul's play to open the season.,Looking to remain undefeated, the visiting Wildcats also aim to continue their recent dominance of the local rival Blue Demons on Friday nig...

Alex de Minaur moves on at ATP Finals; Carlos Alcaraz secures year-end No. 1
World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain wrapped up a 3-0 group-stage showing and will be joined in the semifinal round of the Nitto ATP Finals by seventh-seeded Alex de Minaur of Australia.,Alcaraz swept past Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-1 on Thursday in Turin, Italy, shortly after de Minaur earned hi...

MLS to align schedule with world's top leagues in 2027
MLS will follow the lead of the top soccer leagues in the world and move to a summer-to-spring schedule starting in 2027.,Since making its debut in 1996, MLS has contained its seasons within a single calendar year by operating a spring-to-fall schedule. The 2025 MLS season is currently in the playof...

Adam Hadwin takes early lead at Bermuda Championship
Adam Hadwin of Canada shot a 6-under-par 65 and held sole possession of the lead when first-round play was suspended at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship on Thursday in Southampton, Bermuda.,Hadwin was one stroke ahead of Japan's Takumi Kanaya (66) and Braden Thornberry, who was 5 under through 1...

Ole Miss aims to apply pressure on Cal State Bakersfield
Ole Miss is off to a solid start with a roster featuring just four players, including one starter, from last year's squad.,The Rebels (3-0) will try to keep jelling when they meet Cal State Bakersfield (2-1) on Friday night in Oxford, Miss.,"I think we got better between Game 2 and Game 3," head coa...

USC set to put prolific offense on display vs. Illinois State
Southern California rides an early-season wave of offensive production into what is technically a neutral-court game against Illinois State on Friday at Inglewood, Calif.,The game at the Los Angeles Clippers' 2-year-old home is the first of two in the Hall of Fame Series Los Angeles, with Arizona vs...
Wild All-Star Idea That Could Save NBA All-Star Weekend
A wild, competitive fix for NBA All-Star Weekend: let the league’s top players design their own events to finally make the showcase fun, creative and meaningful again....

Magic F Paolo Banchero (groin) ruled out vs. Nets
Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero will miss Friday's home game against the Brooklyn Nets after an MRI on Thursday confirmed a left groin strain.,Banchero will be considered day-to-day moving forward, with the Magic set to face the Houston Rockets on the road Sunday.,Banchero played just 12 minute...

Texans QB C.J. Stroud to miss 2nd game with concussion
The Houston Texans have ruled out quarterback C.J. Stroud for the second straight week due to a concussion.,Coach DeMeco Ryans said Thursday that safety Jalen Pitre (concussion) and kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn (quad) will also be sidelined when the Texans (4-5) visit the Tennessee Titans (1-8) on Sunday...

Guardians P Emmanuel Clase surrenders in gambling case
Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase was taken into custody Thursday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York upon his arrival from his native Dominican Republic.,He had agreed to surrender to the FBI after being indicted for allegedly tipping off bettors about pitches he planned t...