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NCAA must pay Robert Geathers, wife $18M in concussion suit
The NCAA was found to be negligent in failing to warn a former South Carolina State football player about the long-term effects of concussions, a state jury ruled, resulting in a combined $18 million award to the former player and his wife.,An Orangeburg County jury delivered the verdict following a...

No. 25 North Carolina fixed on fast start vs. Central Arkansas
When the light goes green on the 2025-26 college basketball season, North Carolina plans to go with an all-gas approach to eliminate a recent history of starting slow.,Expect the No. 25 Tar Heels to be fully attentive when their schedule begins with a Nov. 3 game against Central Arkansas in Chapel H...

Celtics, Pelicans have first win at stake in matchup
The Boston Celtics and the New Orleans Pelicans are each off to slow starts.,One will get their first victory when they meet Monday night in New Orleans.,The Celtics have lost their first three games, including a 119-113 defeat at Detroit on Sunday. The Pelicans have lost their first two, including ...

Team Liquid unblemished in capturing OWCS NA Stage 3 crown
Team Liquid defeated Spacestation Gaming in the grand final on Sunday to complete a perfect run through the Overwatch Champions Series 2025 -- North America Stage 3.,After going 7-0 in the regular season and advancing through the upper-bracket semifinals and final, Team Liquid had to battle before d...

Heat earn home-opening win over Knicks with second-half spurt
Norman Powell scored 29 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 115-107 win over the visiting New York Knicks on Sunday night.,Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with a game-high 37 points on 14 of 26 shooting. He made 5 of 11 from three, dished out seven assists and led an 18-5 fourth-quarter run that ultimat...

Heat's second-half spurt earns home-opening win over Knicks
Norman Powell scored 29 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 115-107 win over the visiting New York Knicks on Sunday night.,Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with a game-high 37 points on 14-for-26 shooting. He made 5 of 11 3-point attempts, dished seven assists and led an 18-5 fourth-quarter run that came...

Derrick Henry, Tyler Huntley end Ravens' slump with win over Bears
Derrick Henry rushed for two touchdowns to move into fifth place on the all-time list and the Baltimore Ravens snapped a four-game slide with a 30-16 victory over the visiting Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon.,Tyler Huntley completed 17 of 22 passes for 186 yards and one touchdown and added 53 rush...

Derrick Henry passes Walter Payton for 5th in NFL rushing TDs
Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry recorded his 111th career rushing touchdown on Sunday, breaking a tie with Hall of Famer Walter Payton for fifth place all-time in NFL history.,Henry ran in from 2 yards out with 8:15 remaining in the second quarter against Payton's former team, the Chicag...

Minnesota United eager to rid 'sour taste' in clash vs. Sounders
If there was ever a season that Minnesota United FC should feel good about its MLS playoff possibilities, this is it.,The Loons challenged for the Western Conference title before finishing fourth, earning home field in the best-of-three first-round series against the fifth-seeded Seattle Sounders. M...

Team Liquid continues perfect run through OWCS NA Stage 3
Team Liquid is one win away from completing a perfect run through the Overwatch Champions Series 2025 -- North America Stage 3.,Liquid held off a stubborn Geekay Esports squad in the upper-bracket final on Saturday, winning 3-1 and advancing to Sunday's grand final.,Up next will be the winner of Sun...

No. 19 Louisville runs over Boston College with 317 on ground
Louisville ran for a season-high 317 yards and the No. 19 Cardinals used their big-play capabilities to hold off upset-minded Boston College 38-24 at home on Saturday.,Isaac Brown needed just 14 carries to amass a career-high 205 yards, and Keyjuan Brown added 95 on 10 rushes. Both scored on big pla...

No. 19 Louisville runs over Boston College with 317 on the ground
Louisville ran for a season-high 317 yards and the No. 19 Cardinals used their big-play capabilities to hold off upset-minded Boston College 38-24 at home on Saturday.,Isaac Brown needed just 14 carries to amass a career-high 205 yards, and Keyjuan Brown added 95 on 10 rushes. Both scored on big pla...

John Tavares scores in OT as Maple Leafs down Sabres
John Tavares scored at 1:28 of overtime to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-3 win against the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.,Tavares' goal, No. 499 of his career, came on a breakaway after a Buffalo turnover., ,Nicholas Robertson, Matias Maccelli and Dakota Joshua scored for the Maple Leafs...

John Tavares scores late as Maple Leafs down Sabres in OT
John Tavares scored at 1:28 of overtime to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-3 win against the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.,Tavares scored on a breakaway after a Buffalo turnover.,Nick Robertson, Matias Maccelli and Dakota Joshua scored for the Maple Leafs, who snapped a three-game losing ...

No. 21 Cincinnati extends win streak to 7 with victory over Baylor
Quarterback Brendan Sorsby's 23-yard touchdown run with 6:13 remaining in the fourth quarter sealed No. 21 Cincinnati's 41-20 win over the Baylor Bears Saturday in Cincinnati. ,The Bearcats have won seven straight, and head coach Scott Satterfield has won seven in a row for the first time in his hea...

Missouri QB Beau Pribula (leg) carted off in loss at Vanderbilt
Missouri quarterback Beau Pribula was carted off the field with an air cast on his left leg early in the second half of the 15th-ranked Tigers' 17-10 loss at No. 10 Vanderbilt.,Pribula appeared to sustain the injury in a pile-up after a failed fourth-and-goal keeper with the score tied at 10. The Pe...

Lamar Jackson sidelined again as Ravens prep for red-hot Bears
It's a flip-flop scenario with the Chicago Bears possessing a four-game winning streak and the Baltimore Ravens mired in a four-game slide.,One of those teams will see the end of a streak when the upstart Bears visit the banged-up Ravens on Sunday afternoon.,Chicago (4-2) is looking for its first fi...

Bears place DB Kyler Gordon, OL Braxton Jones on IR
The Chicago Bears placed defensive back Kyler Gordon and offensive lineman Braxton Jones on injured reserve on Saturday.,The Bears (4-2) also signed defensive lineman Jonathan Ford to the active roster and elevated tight end Stephen Carlson and defensive back Dallis Flowers from the practice squad f...

Unbeaten Knicks hit the road to face high-scoring Heat
It's an intriguing matchup -- the New York Knicks at the Miami Heat on Sunday night.,The Knicks, who reached the Eastern Conference finals last season for the first time in 25 years, are off to a 2-0 start under new coach Mike Brown after beating Cleveland and Boston.,Now the Knicks hit the road, wi...

World team punches ticket to International Crown semifinals
Canada's Brooke Henderson and Wei-Ling Hsu of Taiwan recorded a 4 and 3 win over Sweden's Madelene Sagstrom and Ingrid Lindblad on Saturday to qualify the World team for the International Crown semifinals in Goyang-si, South Korea.,The World team notched its fourth point (three wins, two ties) in Po...