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Nevada aims to slow Ashton Jeanty, No. 12 Boise State
Ashton Jeanty leads the nation in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, but the Boise State star needs a huge performance Saturday night to assure his Heisman Trophy hopes don't get derailed.,Jeanty will look to load up on yardage and create highlight-reel plays when the No. 12 Broncos host Nevada i...
Chris Godwin, Mike Evans Injury Replacements for Tampa Bay Buccaneers To Explore
After losing Mike Evans and Chris Godwin on Monday Night Football, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers can explore adding these wide receivers to continue their playoff push....
Mirra Andreeva, Daria Kasatkina to meet in China final
Daria Kasatkina and Mirra Andreeva will meet in an all-Russian final at the Ningbo Open, each advancing after their opponents retired in their matches Saturday in China.,Kasatkina, the No. 5 seed, won the first set 6-4 against Spain's Paula Badosa, the No 8 seed. Badosa withdrew before the second se...
Andreeva sisters to meet in Wuhan second round
Russian sisters Mirra and Erika Andreeva will meet for the first time as professionals in the second round of the Wuhan Open in China.,The 16th-seeded Mirra, 17, defeated Chinese wild card Xiyu Wang 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Tuesday. Older sister Erika, 20, defeated Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska 7-5, 6-4 in her...
Reports: Air Force, UNLV, 4 others staying in Mountain West
The Mountain West has received binding commitments from UNLV, Air Force and four other full members of the conference following the latest dominoes of conference realignment, Yahoo Sports and NBC Sports reported Thursday.,After Utah State became the fifth Mountain West school to agree to join the Pa...
Darius Taylor's 3-TD day carries Minnesota over Nevada 27-0
Darius Taylor rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns to lead Minnesota to a 27-0 nonconference home win over Nevada on Saturday.,Taylor also had a receiving touchdown and Max Brosmer went 16-of-26 passing for 191 yards, a touchdown and an interception for the Golden Gophers (2-1). ,Brendon Lewis we...
Best Fantasy Football Players and Sleepers to Add Before NFL Week 2
Waiver claims have been processed, but you still have an opportunity to snag these fantasy football players before Week 2 of the NFL season kicks off....
Minnesota looks to spread ball around vs. Nevada
Minnesota shut out Rhode Island last week, thanks in large part to a passing attack that used multiple targets, bringing the Golden Gophers to 1-1 for the season.,But for the Golden Gophers to surge past .500 and beyond, coach P.J. Fleck said his team must repeat that approach, starting Saturday aga...
Chargers' Justin Herbert praised for poise shown in stuck elevator
Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh praised Justin Herbert after his star quarterback was among players and members of the team's traveling party who were stuck in an elevator for two hours at the team hotel in Dallas on Friday.,Per Harbaugh, Herbert was among "11 or 12 of our players" on t...
SMU scores 16 points in fourth quarter, rallies past Nevada
Preston Stone tossed a go-ahead 34-yard touchdown pass to RJ Maryland with 1:18 left as SMU scored 16 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to rally for a 29-24 victory over Nevada in the season opener for both teams on Saturday night at Reno, Nev.,Maryland had career bests of eight catches and 16...
Chargers escape inoperable elevator in Dallas
Several Los Angeles Chargers players and members of the team's traveling party were rescued from an inoperable elevator at their hotel in Dallas on Friday.,The Chargers were staying at The Westin Dallas Downtown ahead of their preseason game on Saturday. ,Dallas Fire-Rescue was summoned after the el...
SMU out to gain traction in opener at Nevada
SMU moved up in status to the Atlantic Coast Conference and opens the season Saturday night when it visits downtrodden Nevada in Reno, Nev.,SMU finished off its 11 seasons in the American Athletic Conference with an 11-3 record in 2023, including 8-0 in conference play. ,Last season's gaudy record, ...
Yulia Putintseva eliminates Coco Gauff in Cincinnati
Four of the top nine seeds, including defending champion and second-seeded Coco Gauff, were eliminated on Thursday on the second round of the Cincinnati Open in Mason, Ohio.,Gauff fell to Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in just under two hours. Gauff, who had won their three previous ma...
LLWS roundup: Japan blasts Puerto Rico 11-0
Kanta Iwashita hit a two-run home run and Sho Tanaka had two hits and two runs as Japan earned an 11-0 victory over Puerto Rico in four innings to open their Little League World Series on Thursday in Williamsport, Pa.,Iwashita also pitched four strong innings for Japan, giving up just one hit and st...
WTA roundup: Magda Linette, Mirra Andreeva win titles
No. 4 seed Magda Linette crushed Polish compatriot and No. 6 seed Magdalena Frech 6-2, 6-1 on Friday to win the Livesport Prague Open in the Czech Republic.,Linette saved all four break points she faced in the 80-minute victory to earn her third career title, her first on clay and first since 2020. ...
PGA Tour player, broadcaster Mark Carnevale dies at 64
Mark Carnevale, a PGA Tour player turned golf broadcaster who worked a radio assignment as recently as two weeks ago, died unexpectedly Monday at 64, the tour announced.,Carnevale grinded on the PGA Tour and mini tours for a decade before regaining his PGA Tour card in late 1991. Less than a year la...
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek falls to Yulia Putintseva at Wimbledon
Unseeded Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan shocked World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 at Wimbledon on Saturday. ,Swiatek had won 20 consecutive matches -- including titles in Madrid, Rome and Paris -- and 44 matches in 2024 to lead all WTA players.,Putinseva had lost all four previous matc...
Arman Tsarukyan, Igor Severino suspended 9 months by NAC
The Nevada State Athletic Commission issued a nine-month suspension to UFC lightweight Arman Tsarukyan for throwing punches at a fan in April and another nine-month ban for flyweight Igor Severino following a biting incident.,Tsarukyan's confrontation with a fan occurred during the walkout at UFC 30...
UFC fighter Arman Tsarukyan suspended 9 months for punching fan
The Nevada State Athletic Commission issued a nine-month suspension to UFC lightweight Arman Tsarukyan for throwing punches at a fan in April.,The incident occurred during Tsarukyan's walkout at UFC 300 in Las Vegas on April 13 when he got into a physical altercation with an audience member who flip...
Mirra Andreeva, Jasmine Paolini pull off French Open quarterfinal stunners
Teenager Mirra Andreeva stunned No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 to advance to her first career Grand Slam semifinal at the French Open on Wednesday.,The 17-year-old Russian becomes the youngest woman to play in a Grand Slam semfinal since Martina Hingis, who was 16 when she reached the ...