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High-scoring Caps try to keep home win streak going vs. Predators
The Washington Capitals will look to stay hot at home when they host the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night.,The Capitals have won six straight home games after opening the season with a home loss to the New Jersey Devils. They've scored at least four goals in all but one of those wins, includin...
Tyreek Smith jumps in transfer portal for fourth time before Memphis opener
Memphis tipped off the season Monday night with one loss before the game ever began. ,Tyreek Smith entered the transfer portal before the Tigers started the regular season with an 83-75 win over Missouri at FedEx Forum. Smith averaged 8.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game at SMU last season and recen...
No. 21 Florida makes free throws, sinks USF on emotional night
Walter Clayton Jr. and Will Richard combined for 54 points on Monday as No. 21 Florida rallied for a 98-83 win over South Florida in an emotional season opener at the Jacksonville Sports Foundation Invitational.,Clayton had 29 points and Richard added 25 for the Gators, who trailed by 13 points in t...
Anze Kopitar sets club record as Kings blank Preds
Anze Kopitar and Kevin Fiala found themselves at the right places at the right times Monday to propel the Los Angeles Kings to a 3-0 road victory against the Nashville Predators., ,Both players scored off rebounds to help the Kings recover from a shootout loss against Chicago on Saturday. The win ga...
Jasai Miles' late trey sparks UNF's upset of South Carolina
Jasai Miles hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:23 left and North Florida made several clutch plays down the stretch to earn a 74-71 victory over South Carolina on Monday night in Columbia S.C.,Picked seventh in the Atlantic Sun, North Florida took a 67-66 lead on Miles' step-back 3 from the right sid...
Florida State builds big lead early, gets by Northern Kentucky
Jamir Watkins and Taylor Bol Bowen poured in 17 points apiece to propel Florida State to a season-opening, 74-62 victory over Northern Kentucky on Monday night in Tallahassee, Fla.,It marked a career-high point total for Bowen, who scored just 3.1 points per game a season ago. He was 5-for-9 from th...
Colts-Jets flexed out of Week 11 SNF in favor of Bengals-Chargers
The New York Jets entered the season with sky-high expectations and six nationally televised prime-time games.,Amid a disastrous 3-6 start, the Jets have appeared in prime time five times and were flexed out of their sixth such game by the NFL Monday.,The NFL announced that the Indianapolis Colts' v...
Alabama WR/PR Cole Adams (lower body) done for season
Alabama will be without wide receiver/punt returner Cole Adams for the rest of the season due to a lower-body injury, coach Kalen DeBoer said Monday.,Adams suffered the injury early in Alabama's 34-0 win over Missouri on Oct. 26. The Crimson Tide are returning from a bye week.,"With his injury, he'l...
Injury to Florida QB DJ Lagway ‘less significant’
The injury sustained by Florida quarterback DJ Lagway is "less significant" than originally thought and the freshman has a chance to play this week, Gators head coach Billy Napier said Monday.,Lagway exited Saturday's loss to Georgia with a hamstring injury and was carted off the field. Napier at th...
Nelly Korda clinches first Rolex Player of the Year award
With three LPGA Tour events remaining, Nelly Korda has clinched her first Rolex Player of the Year award.,"Winning the Rolex Player of the Year means so much to me," Korda said in a news release Monday. "This season has had its highs and challenges, and I'm just really grateful for the people around...
Week 9 MNF: Chiefs-Buccaneers Preview, Props & Prediction
The Chiefs try to keep their perfect season alive when they host the Buccaneers on Monday night. ,Despite being 7-0, things haven't gone smoothly for Kansas City with mounting injuries at skill positions.,Wide receivers Rashee Rice (knee), Hollywood Brown (shoulder), and Skyy Moore (groin) are all o...
Arizona State lineup in limbo ahead of opener vs. Idaho State
After his team suffered a blowout loss at Duke in an exhibition game last week, Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley said "all jobs are open" for his rotation entering Tuesday's season opener against Idaho State in Tempe, Ariz.,"I think (17-year-old freshman) Jayden Quaintance has kind of sealed a posit...
Rising Predators take aim at stumbling Kings
The Nashville Predators will try to continue their climb up the Central Division standings when they host the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.,Since starting the season with five straight losses, the Predators have rebounded by earning at least a point in five of their last six games. Coach Andrew...
WTA roundup: Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek win openers in Riyadh
World No. 3 Coco Gauff and No. 2 Iga Swiatek of Poland won their respective opening matches of the Orange Group at the WTA Finals Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. ,Gauff posted a 6-3, 6-2 victory over No. 6 Jessica Pegula, while Swiatek rallied from a first-set misstep to notch a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over W...
TCU, aiming to 'fly,' opens against Florida A&M
TCU and Florida A&M underwent extensive roster turnover in the offseason and will square off in the season opener for both teams Monday night in Fort Worth, Texas.,The Horned Frogs graduated six players and lost five to the transfer portal but still will look to attack in an up-tempo style on offens...
WTA roundup: Viktorija Golubic wins first title in 8 years in China
The long wait is over for Viktorija Golubic.,The Swiss player came from a break down in the second set to earn her first win in eight years and second overall WTA Tour championship by defeating No.2 seed Rebecca Sramkova 6-3, 7-5 in the Jiangxi Open on Sunday in Jiujiang, China. ,Golubic, 32, won in...
Rio Takeda wins 6-hole playoff to secure first LPGA Tour victory
Rio Takeda went the extra mile to record her first victory on the LPGA Tour, defeating Marina Alex in a playoff that lasted six sudden-death holes to capture the Toto Japan Classic in front of her home-country crowd in Shiga, Japan.,Takeda, 21, finished with a birdie on the par-5 18th hole to card a...
WTA roundup: Aryna Sabalenka opens WTA Finals with sweep
No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus had little trouble getting past China's Qinwen Zheng in a group-stage match at the WTA Finals on Saturday, prevailing 6-3, 6-4 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ,Sabalenka finished with just three aces to Zheng's eight, but she won 31 of 33 first-serve points and rallied...
Predators march past Avalanche, 5-2
Roman Josi scored what ended up being the game-winning goal early in the third period and the Nashville Predators connected on both of their power-play chances to beat the visiting Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Saturday night.,Josi, Steven Stamkos and Gustav Nyquist each had a goal and an assist. Filip ...
No. 2 Georgia overcomes errors to down Florida
Carson Beck completed 25 of 40 passes for 309 yards for two touchdowns while also throwing three interceptions as No. 2 Georgia beat Florida 34-20 in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday.,Nate Frazier ran for a team-high 82 yards and a touchdown, while Dominic Lovett caught seven passes for 52 yards and ...