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Dereck Lively II expected back for Mavericks on Friday
Dereck Lively II is expected to play Friday night for the Dallas Mavericks in their NBA Cup game against the Los Angeles Clippers after being sidelined with a sprained right knee.,He is listed as probable on the NBA injury report.,Lively has not played since Dallas' Oct. 26 win against the Toronto R...

Rangers C Vincent Trocheck (upper body) returns Monday
After missing 14 games with an upper-body injury, New York Rangers center Vincent Trocheck will be in the lineup for Monday's game against the visiting Nashville Predators.,Trocheck, 32, had been placed on long-term injured reserve after sustaining the injury Oct. 9 against the Buffalo Sabres. In tw...

Iowa seeks to build intensity in matchup with Western Illinois
Iowa coach Ben McCollum wants the Hawkeyes to play with some edge.,After cruising to a 101-69 season-opening home win against Robert Morris on Tuesday, Iowa has another chance to show off its tenacity against Western Illinois in Iowa City on Friday.,"We've got some edgy, tough kids that fly around,"...

Paige Bueckers joins Unrivaled’s expansion Breeze for 2026
Celebrated basketball star Paige Bueckers, the top choice in the 2025 WNBA Draft, made it a two-fer on Wednesday, becoming the first selection of the expansion Breeze in Unrivaled's own draft.,Unrivaled, the professional 3×3 basketball league for women, announced in September that it is adding two t...

Alabama's Ty Simpson pulls even atop Heisman race
Ty Simpson, step on up, you are the newest in a growing list of "Who wants to win the 2025 Heisman Trophy" contestants.,While Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer was sticking a fork in his fledgling Heisman hopes with a three-interception performance against Texas and Oregon's Dante Moore put a signifi...

Lions downgrade LT Taylor Decker, 2 others, to out vs. Chiefs
Detroit Lions left tackle Taylor Decker has been downgraded from questionable to out for Sunday night's game against the host Kansas City Chiefs.,Decker did not participate in practice all week as he nursed a shoulder injury that kept him out of last Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals.,The...

Rangers F Vincent Trocheck (upper body) week-to-week
New York Rangers forward Vincent Trocheck is considered week-to-week with an upper-body injury, the team announced Saturday.,Trocheck appeared to sustain the injury during the first period of New York's 4-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday. He did not return to the bench during the second...

Free agent Odell Beckham Jr. accepts 6-game PED suspension
Former star receiver Odell Beckham Jr., not currently on an NFL team, accepted a six-game suspension from the league after failing a drug test.,Beckham told "The Pivot Podcast" on Tuesday that the ban stems from a test he took last season while he was playing for the Miami Dolphins. He was told that...

Miami's Carson Beck joins Oregon's Dante Moore atop Heisman race
The Miami Hurricanes have knocked off three ranked opponents through their first five games of the season, helping quarterback Carson Beck vault to the forefront of the Heisman Trophy race.,A co-favorite at one point earlier this season, Beck drifted back a few spots before leading a convincing win ...

Paige Bueckers highlights WNBA All-Rookie team
No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers of the Dallas Wings and two members of the Washington Mystics headlined the 2025 WNBA All-Rookie team, announced Monday.,Bueckers went first overall to Dallas following a decorated career at UConn that included a national championship this past April. In her debut sea...

Ducks QB Dante Moore newest Heisman favorite
Five official weeks of the 2025 college football season have now produced a half dozen Heisman Trophy favorites.,The new leading candidate is Oregon quarterback Dante Moore, who rose to the top spot at most sportsbooks following the Ducks' 30-24 win at Penn State on Saturday. Moore completed 29 of 3...

Boris Becker: 'Maybe 17 was too young' to win Wimbledon
Six-time Grand Slam winner Boris Becker said winning Wimbledon at age 17 was too much for him to handle and that unrealistic expectations affected the rest of his career and life after tennis.,"I'm happy to have won three, but maybe 17 was too young," Becker, 57, told BBC Sport of his Wimbledon titl...

John Mateer's injury props up new Heisman favorite
Fernando Mendoza, step on up, you are the newest Heisman Trophy favorite in a season that has seen five candidates rise to the top before the calendar hits October.,Following the news that Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer will undergo hand surgery that is expected to sideline him for a month, Mendoz...

Alabama LB Jah-Marien Latham hospitalized with neck injury
Alabama linebacker Jah-Marien Latham suffered a neck injury during practice Tuesday and was transported to a hospital for further evaluation.,Latham, a sixth-year graduate student, is being assessed at UAB St. Vincent's in Birmingham and has "full feeling and motion," according to Crimson Tide coach...

Lions remain cautious with LT Taylor Decker (shoulder)
Detroit Lions left tackle Taylor Decker was not expected to practice on Friday, putting his availability in question for Sunday's game against the visiting Chicago Bears.,Lions coach Dan Campbell, however, said Decker wants to play against the Bears (0-1) and is leaving the door open for the Pro Bow...

Unrivaled adding 2 teams, 18 players for next season
Unrivaled, the professional 3×3 basketball league for women, is adding two teams and 18 players to the league in 2026.,The league announced Wednesday the addition of the Hive Basketball Club and Breeze Basketball Club, which will start play in January and bring the league to eight teams. Each team w...
Kansas City Chiefs Should Kick the Tires on Odell Beckham Jr.
With Rashee Rice suspended and Xavier Worthy hurt, the Chiefs should explore signing free-agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr....

LaNorris Sellers, Carson Beck vault into Heisman conversation
South Carolina's LaNorris Sellers and Miami's Carson Beck vaulted toward the top of the Heisman Trophy favorites following impressive performances by both quarterbacks in their teams' season-opening wins on Sunday.,Sellers, who opened at +1800 at BetMGM and was +1600 before Week 0, now has the secon...

Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz reach U.S. Open QFs
Carlos Alcaraz triumphed in a first-set tiebreaker and posted another straight-sets victory Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open in New York.,The Spanish star and No. 2 seed defeated France's Arthur Rinderknech 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4. He'll meet Czech 20th seed Jiri Lehecka in the quar...

Carlos Alcaraz, still without a dropped set, reaches U.S. Open QFs
Carlos Alcaraz triumphed in a first-set tiebreaker and posted another straight-sets victory Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open in New York.,The Spanish star and No. 2 seed defeated France's Arthur Rinderknech 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4. He'll meet Czech 20th seed Jiri Lehecka in the quar...