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Predators face Blues, look to maintain momentum
Thanks to a strong homestand, the Nashville Predators return from the Christmas break playing perhaps their best hockey of a dismal season. ,Meanwhile, the St. Louis Blues will try to post back-to-back victories for the first time in more than three weeks. ,Riding a four-game point streak, the Preda...
Ranking 2024 NBA on Christmas Day Matchups
Adam Silver and the NBA always try to go all out on Christmas Day, so we decided to rank 2024's NBA on Christmas Day slate of matchups....

South Florida beats San Jose State in 5 OTs at Hawaii Bowl
Keshaun Singleton caught the winning two-point pass from Bryce Archie in the fifth overtime to help South Florida post a dramatic 41-39 victory over San Jose State in the Hawaii Bowl on Tuesday night in Honolulu.,The Spartans' attempt to force a sixth overtime came up empty when Walker Eget's pass t...

Michael Jordan's 23XI team disputes NASCAR's 'tired' case
Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing, along with Front Row Motorsports, filed a brief requesting to deny NASCAR's stay for a preliminary injunction that would block the groups from participating as charter teams in 2025, Sportico reported.,Last week, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell granted a request from 2...

Jonathan Marchessault pushes Predators past Hurricanes
Jonathan Marchessault had two goals and an assist and the Nashville Predators have won back-to-back games for the first time since October by defeating the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Monday night in the final game before a three-day holiday break.,Steven Stamkos, Ryan O'Reilly and Mark Jank...

Stability for No. 21 Syracuse, new faces for WSU in Holiday Bowl
When No. 21 Syracuse faces Washington State in the Holiday Bowl on Friday in San Diego, the matchup presents itself, in many ways, as stability vs. chaos.,The Orange (9-3) have won their last three games, including a 42-38 upset of Miami in the regular-season finale, to enter the postseason with con...

Northern Illinois gets tricky to beat Fresno St., win Potato Bowl in 2OT
Freshman wide receiver George Dimopoulos threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Dane Pardridge on the first play of the second overtime to lift Northern Illinois to a 28-20 victory over Fresno State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Monday afternoon in Boise, Idaho.,The Huskies disguised the game-winning p...

5-star WR Dallas Wilson flips from Oregon to Florida
Wide receiver Dallas Wilson, a five-star Class of 2025 prospect, signed with Florida.,The move came just days after he asked Oregon to release him from his commitment. He signed with the Ducks on Dec. 4, the first day of the early signing period. ,The 247Sports composite ranks Wilson, a Florida prod...
Jerry Jones Won’t Say It, But Mike McCarthy Just Might Be His Guy
Mike McCarthy has turned the season around for the Dallas Cowboys, and Jerry Jones might have no other option than to extend his free agent head coach....

Hurricanes, Predators look to enter break on a high
The Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators both can feel better about some recent results. ,On Monday night, one of them will carry a two-game winning streak into this week's holiday layoff when the teams meet in Nashville, Tenn.,"Let's try to push through and then take a couple of mental days,...

No Nick Nash, San Jose State sets sights on South Florida
All those curious to see if San Jose State wideout Nick Nash is the real deal will have to wait.,Nash, a consensus All-American, has opted out of the Hawaii Bowl and won't be suited up when the Spartans battle South Florida on Tuesday night at Honolulu.,Nash won the college receiver triple crown by ...

Bench powers No. 20 Michigan State to victory over FAU
Coen Carr came off the bench to score 17 points and pull down eight rebounds, leading No. 20 Michigan State to an 86-69 win over Florida Atlantic in East Lansing, Mich., on Saturday.,Jeremy Fears and Jaden Akins each added 13 points and Jaxon Kohler grabbed 12 rebounds for Michigan State (10-2), whi...

LSU lands FSU transfer DE Patrick Payton
Patrick Payton, the consensus top edge rusher in the transfer portal, committed to LSU on Saturday, according to multiple media reports.,Payton is leaving Florida State with a year of eligibility remaining.,He adds to a strong transfer haul joining the Tigers, a group that includes former Virginia T...

Louisville earns first ACC win with victory over Florida State
Reyne Smith scored a season-high 27 points for the Louisville Cardinals, who shot their way to their first Atlantic Coast Conference victory of the season Saturday with a 90-76 win over the host Florida State Seminoles in Tallahassee, Fla.,Playing against one of the nation's stingiest perimeter-defe...

No. 20 Michigan State's bench leads Spartans over FAU
Coen Carr came off the bench to score 17 points and pull down eight rebounds to lead No. 20 Michigan State to an 86-69 win over Florida Atlantic in East Lansing on Saturday.,Jeremy Fears and Jaden Akins each added 13 points, and Jaxon Kohler had 12 rebounds for Michigan State (10-2), which has won e...

Predators recover in OT to defeat Kings
Nick Blankenburg scored at 1:03 of overtime, and the Nashville Predators recovered for a 3-2 win against the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.,Filip Forsberg won a puck battle and took it to the right circle before feeding the defenseman, who was at the goal line to sweep in a backhand, with g...

Will Richard leads the way as No. 7 Florida dominates North Florida
Will Richard scored a game-high 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting to lead the host Florida Gators to a comfortable 99-45 victory over the North Florida Ospreys on Saturday afternoon in Gainesville, Fla.,The No. 7 Gators (12-0) continued what is their second-best start in program history and best since o...
Improved Notre Dame “Greedy” for More After First Playoff Win
Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman got a taste of victory against Indiana in the first round of the College Football Playoff, and now the Fighting Irish are greedy for more....

UCF looks to extend home win streak vs. Jacksonville
UCF looks to extend a pair of lengthy home-court winning streaks on Saturday evening when the Knights play Jacksonville in the final nonconference game of the regular season for both schools.,UCF (8-2) owns a 7-0 mark at Addition Financial Arena this season, the second-longest home winning streak un...

Kanon Catchings' 21 points lead BYU past Florida A&M
Freshman Kanon Catchings scored a career-high 21 points to lead BYU to a 103-57 victory over Florida A&M on Friday night in Provo, Utah.,Catchings, a highly touted NBA prospect, hit 8 of 12 shots with four 3-pointers to help the Cougars (9-2) finish their nonconference schedule on a three-game winni...