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Mackenzie Blackwood, Avalanche blank Predators to extend win streak to 8
Mackenzie Blackwood made 35 saves to help the visiting Colorado Avalanche extend their winning streak to eight games with a 3-0 victory against the Nashville Predators on Saturday.,Brent Burns, Nathan MacKinnon and Jack Drury scored for the Avalanche, who are 10-0-1 in their past 11 games.,Juuse Sar...

Jeremiyah Love (3 TDs), No. 9 Notre Dame demolish Syracuse
Jeremiyah Love rushed for 171 yards and three touchdowns and No. 9 Notre Dame stormed to a 70-7 win over Syracuse on Saturday afternoon in South Bend, Ind.,Jadarian Price finished with 70 rushing yards and a touchdown for Notre Dame (9-2), which won its ninth in a row. Kenny Minchey and Aneyas Willi...

World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul in command at Tour Championship
Firing an 8-under par 64, World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand doubled her lead to six strokes after Saturday's third round at the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla.,At 22-under 194, Thitikul is well ahead of her closest competitors, Nelly Korda and Thailand's Pajaree Anannarukarn, who bo...

Blazers G Jrue Holiday (calf) out at least 1-2 more weeks
Portland Trail Blazers guard Jrue Holiday, who had already missed three games because of a right calf strain entering Friday's action, will be sidelined at least another one to two weeks, the team announced Friday.,Holiday last played Nov. 14, when he scored 13 points in Portland's 140-116 loss at H...

N.C. State beats Florida State to become bowl eligibile
CJ Bailey threw for two touchdowns and kept North Carolina State out of trouble for the most part while the Wolfpack defense, along with strange plays on special teams, took care of the rest in a 21-11 victory over Florida State on Friday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Bailey, who struggled last Saturday in...

Rueben Chinyelu grabs 21 boards as No. 10 Florida routs Merrimack
Rueben Chinyelu scored 14 points and made Florida history with 21 rebounds as the 10th-ranked Gators cruised to a comfortable 80-45 victory over Merrimack on Friday night in Gainesville, Fla.,Chinyelu's rebounding total, which included on the six offensive glass, is the highest on a game by a Gators...

Lajae Jones ties Florida State record in rout of Georgia Southern
Lajae Jones tied the program record with 10 made 3-pointers, scoring a career-high 36 points to lead Florida State to a runaway 98-72 defeat of Georgia Southern Friday night in Tallahassee, Fla.,After a nine-point first half, Jones hit three 3-pointers in a 44-second span early in the second half to...

NHL-best Avalanche aim to stay hot at struggling Predators
Two teams at opposite ends of the standings go head-to-head when the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche visit the lowly Nashville Predators on Saturday.,The Avalanche have been a wagon through the first quarter of the season, with a 14-1-5 record. Half of those victories have come courtesy of the seven-...

World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul grabs 3-shot lead at Tour Championship
The two best players in the world were the two best players on the course at the CME Group Tour Championship on Friday.,Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul fired a 9-under-par 63 to vault into a three-stroke lead at the LPGA's season finale at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla. And Nelly Korda made a charge wi...

Ole Miss AD, Lane Kiffin meet, circle Nov. 29 as decision day
Lane Kiffin met with Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter on Friday and they agreed to table a decision on the coveted coach's status for one more week.,Carter pointed to Nov. 29, one day after the Egg Bowl, as decision day in Oxford, Miss. ,Kiffin, 50, emerged as the reported top target for the ...

Report: Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss AD to meet amid LSU, Florida rumblings
Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin is expected to meet with athletic director Keith Carter on Friday as the deadline for his reported stay-or-go decision nears, according to an On3 report.,Kiffin, 50, has emerged as the reported top target for the coaching vacancies at Southeastern Conference rival...

Baylor retains coach Dave Aranda for 2026 season
Baylor is bringing back head football coach Dave Aranda in 2026 following a review of the athletic program's leadership.,The news on Friday comes one day after the school announced that athletic director Mack Rhoades had resigned.,"We acknowledge the frustrations many of you feel, and we share in th...

Report: Temple extends Adam Fisher through 2030
Temple has extended men's basketball coach Adam Fisher's contract through 2030, ESPN reported Friday.,The extension adds two years to the initial five-year deal Fisher signed when he took over the Owls in 2023.,Temple went 16-20 in his first season and 17-15 in 2024-25. The Owls are off to a 3-1 sta...
Notre Dame Being Ranked Over Miami Makes No Sense
Notre Dame ranks ahead of Miami in the latest CFP rankings despite an 8–2 record and a head-to-head loss. We break down the committee’s logic and inconsistencies.d...

No. 10 Gators to work on 3-point shooting as Merrimack visits
When No. 10 Florida hosts Merrimack College on Friday night in Gainesville, Fla., it will be seeking improvement in what's been one glaring deficiency so far this season.,The Gators (3-1), coming off back-to-back wins over state rivals Miami and Florida State, have prevailed despite shooting 23.7% f...

Florida State brings defensive 'urgency' into Georgia Southern tilt
Luke Loucks made it clear he was bringing a fast tempo and a bunch of 3-point shooting to the Florida State basketball team.,The defensive chaos the Seminoles have created early in his coaching tenure is a bit more of a surprise.,Florida State forced 26 turnovers in Tuesday's 87-73 win over UT Marti...

Jets captain Adam Lowry signs 5-year, $25M extension
Winnipeg Jets captain Adam Lowry signed a five-year, $25 million extension through the 2030-31 season.,The 32-year-old forward is in the final season of a five-year, $16.25 million deal he signed in April 2021 and could have become a free agent after this season.,Instead, the deal announced Wednesda...

Pitt, UCF put contrasting styles to test in Legends Classic
Pitt and UCF -- a pair of promising four-win teams -- square off in the annual Legends Classic on Thursday in Daytona Beach, Fla.,The event enters its 19th season with the Panthers (4-1) and Knights (4-1) in the showcase game. Pitt claimed Legends Classic titles in 2013 and 2008.,The last time the t...

Oklahoma State emerges with high-scoring win over South Florida
Vyctorius Miller scored 24 points to lead Oklahoma State to a hard-fought 103-95 win over South Florida on Wednesday in Stillwater, Okla.,Reserves Anthony Roy and Christian Coleman each scored 15 points for the Cowboys (5-0). Parsa Fallah chipped in 14 points, and Kanye Clary contributed 12 points a...

Markus Burton scores 25 as Notre Dame fends off Bellarmine
Markus Burton scored 16 of his game and season-high 25 points in the first half as Notre Dame held on to defeat Bellarmine 86-79 in South Bend, Ind., on Tuesday evening.,Jalen Haralson added 16 points and a team-high five assists, and Carson Towt posted his second double-double of the season as the ...