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After bump in road, Maple Leafs set to visit Devils
The Toronto Maple Leafs aim to avoid matching a season-high losing skid on Tuesday when they visit former head coach Sheldon Keefe and the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J.,The Maple Leafs, who lost three in a row (0-2-1) from Oct. 22-26, dropped a 3-1 decision to the Washington Capitals on Friday a...

Saints QB Derek Carr (hand, concussion) week to week
New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr suffered an injury to his left hand and has also entered concussion protocol, according to interim coach Darren Rizzi.,Rizzi's Monday news conference came shortly after NFL Network reported that Carr broke his left hand in Sunday's win over the New York Gian...

Report: Talks between Bill Belichick, UNC continue
Six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick is continuing to explore the head coaching opportunity at North Carolina, ESPN reported Monday, with a resolution expected by the end of this week.,Multiple outlets previously reported that Belichick interviewed with the Tar Heels last week in New York, an...

Saudi Arabia takes home Rocket League title at FIFAe World Cup
Saudi Arabia cruised to a 4-1 victory over France on Sunday in the Rocket League grand final at the FIFAe World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ,France started strong, prevailing 4-1 on Mannfield (Night), but it was all downhill from there. Team Saudi Arabia responded with a pair of 1-0 overtime victor...

Tyler Herro (34 points) helps Heat cool off Cavs
Tyler Herro scored 19 of his game-high 34 points in the third quarter as the host Miami Heat handed the red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers a rare loss, 122-113, on Sunday night.,Cleveland (21-4) still has the best record in the NBA, but the Cavaliers had their four-game winning streak snapped.,Cavaliers st...

Tyler Herro (34 pts) helps Heat cool off Cavs
Tyler Herro scored 19 of his game-high 34 points in the third quarter as the host Miami Heat handed the red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers a rare loss, 122-113, on Sunday night.,Cleveland (21-4) still has the best record in the NBA, but the Cavaliers had their four-game winning streak snapped.,Cavaliers st...

49ers rout bumbling Bears to snap 3-game skid
Brock Purdy passed for 325 yards and two touchdowns, Isaac Guerendo ran for two scores and Leonard Floyd registered two sacks against his former team as the host San Francisco 49ers routed the skidding Chicago Bears 38-13 on Sunday in Santa Clara, Calif.,San Francisco (6-7) stopped a three-game losi...

Seahawks sweep Cardinals, retain NFC West's top spot
Zach Charbonnet rushed for a career-high 134 yards and scored two touchdowns as the Seattle Seahawks remained atop the NFC West with a 30-18 victory against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz.,Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught a 19-yard scoring strike from Geno Smith and Jason Myers kicked th...

Huge second half lifts No. 14 Cincinnati past Howard
Simas Lukosius scored 18 points for No. 14 Cincinnati, which used a second-half surge to beat visiting Howard 84-67 on Sunday.,Coming off a loss at former Big East-rival Villanova on Tuesday, the Bearcats (7-1) faced a struggle early on against the Bison (3-6), the two-time defending Mid-Eastern Ath...

No. 15 Baylor might not be full strength against Abilene Christian
Baylor coach Scott Drew admitted frustration that his Bears have been playing short-handed for much of the season.,"You've got to be healthy enough to develop," Drew said following the Bears' 76-72 loss at two-time reigning national champion UConn on Wednesday.,"We've been bit from the injury bug fr...

Panthers RB Jonathan Brooks suffers non-contact knee injury
Carolina Panthers running back Jonathon Brooks sustained an apparent non-contact knee injury during the first quarter of Sunday's game against the host Philadelphia Eagles.,Brooks slipped to the ground after suffering the injury and limped to the medical tent. He was then carted to the Panthers' loc...

Meet the 12 CFP Title Contenders: No. 3 Boise State
No. 3 Boise State Broncos,12-1 (7-0 Mountain West regular season),What's next: First-round bye; vs. winner of No. 6 Penn State, No. 11 SMU, Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Ariz., Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. ET,Head coach: Spencer Danielson (one-plus seasons, 15-2 overall),About Danielson: The 36-year-old was an assis...

SMU in, Alabama left out of College Football Playoff
When this college football season began, who envisioned the first 12-team College Football Playoff featuring byes to Boise State and Arizona State while waving bye-bye to 18-time national champion Alabama?,Oregon, Georgia, Mountain West titlist Boise State and Big 12 champ Arizona State secured the ...

Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, Arizona State top CFP seeds
Oregon is the No. 1 seed in the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff, as expected, followed by Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State.,The CFP selection committee unveiled the field of 12, with the first four spots assured of going to conference champions, on Sunday afternoon, with the discus...

Giants star WR Malik Nabers active for game against Saints
New York Giants star wide receiver Malik Nabers, who sustained a hip flexor injury on Thursday, is active for the team's game Sunday against the New Orleans Saints in East Rutherford, N.J.,Nabers was listed as questionable after the injury at practice and he received an MRI. He did not participate i...
It Sucks There’s Only One Heisman Trophy Winner This Year
It was a remarkable 2024 season for both Travis Hunter and Ashton Jeanty and both players deserve to win the Heisman trophy, it's disappointing that one will be snubbed....

Heat preparing for clash with NBA-best Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers, who have the NBA's best record at 21-3, are set to invade Miami to play the Heat on Sunday evening.,Heat center Bam Adebayo, interviewed on the court Saturday night after a 121-111 home win over the Phoenix Suns, shared his thoughts about facing Cleveland.,"It's another test...

Bam Adebayo posts 25 points to carry Heat past Suns
Bam Adebayo had game highs with 25 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists as the host Miami Heat defeated the Phoenix Suns 121-111 on Saturday night.,Adebayo had 12 of his points in the third quarter, when Miami surged ahead for a lead it never relinquished.,Jimmy Butler had 24 points, including nine...

Penguins ride Michael Bunting's 3rd-period goal to win over Maple Leafs
Rickard Rakell and Bryan Rust each had a goal and an assist for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 5-2 win against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.,Michael Bunting, Blake Lizotte and Kris Letang also scored and Tristan Jarry made 25 saves for the Penguins, who have won five of six games...

Stanford knocks off Cal in both teams' ACC opener
Jaylen Blakes, Maxime Raynaud and Oziyah Sellers combined for 35 points in a 47-point, first half explosion Saturday afternoon and Stanford ran away from California for an 89-81 Atlantic Coast Conference road win in Berkeley, Calif.,Raynaud and Blakes finished with 20 points apiece for the Cardinal ...