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NC State avenges earlier loss to Wake Forest
Freshman Paul McNeil racked up 24 points and Dontrez Styles pumped in 22 points as North Carolina State pulled off an 85-73 victory against Atlantic Coast Conference opponent Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C.,Ben Middlebrooks added 10 points, Michael O'Connell delivered 13 assists a...
Report: Billionaire Justin Ishbia seeking to increase share of White Sox
Billionaire Justin Ishbia no longer will pursue buying the Minnesota Twins, shifting his focus to increasing his minority share of the Chicago White Sox, The Athletic reported.,Ishbia, who founded a private equity firm in Chicago, has offered to buy shares from other limited partners with the intent...
Best Sports Betting Picks Today: College Basketball Predictions for February 22nd
February 22nd's top sports betting picks and predictions include our expert analysis for Saturday night's slate of college basketball games to bet on....
Trio of sweeps kicks off Stage 2 Major qualifying Week 2
It was a day of blowouts at the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major on Friday, as all three matches to open Week 2 saw 3-0 sweeps.,Two of the matches saw clubs pick up their first wins of the event -- the Miami Heretics and Carolina Royal Ravens -- while in the day's final match Cloud9 New York improv...
College of Idaho renames arena in honor of Elgin Baylor
The College of Idaho, where Elgin Baylor played a key role in the integration in college athletics, on Friday renamed its basketball arena for the late Basketball Hall of Fame legend at halftime of its 97-46 win against Evergreen State.,Baylor attended the College of Idaho in 1954 and joined the bas...
Andrej Stojakovic, Cal face Stanford in ACC clash
California standout Andrej Stojakovic gets an opportunity to perform in front of his former fans when the Golden Bears visit Stanford in an Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball rematch Saturday night.,Stojakovic, who transferred from one side of the San Francisco Bay to the other last summer a...
Butler brings Big East road woes to DePaul
Butler aims to earn a rare road win Saturday night when it visits DePaul for a Big East battle in Chicago.,The Bulldogs (12-14, 5-10 Big East) are coming off a 76-63 loss Tuesday at Xavier, which dropped them to 1-7 in road games this season.,It was a rare off-night for Patrick McCaffery, who has em...
At home for only time all month, Maple Leafs battle Hurricanes
Because of a scheduling quirk, the Toronto Maple Leafs will play their only home game of February on Saturday night when they face the Carolina Hurricanes.,The game also marks the return to action for both teams after the break for the 4 Nations Face-Off that was won by Canada 3-2 in overtime on Thu...
Bill Self admits he spoke to Oklahoma State about job last year
In an alternate universe, Bill Self could have left Kansas for a Big 12 Conference rival just two years after winning a national championship.,The Tulsa World reported Friday that Oklahoma State, Self's alma mater, made a "hard sell" last March in an attempt to pry the Hall of Fame coach away from t...
Rangers, Sabres meet in search of pre-break momentum
The visiting New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres resume their regular-season schedules Saturday after the break for the 4 Nations Face-Off., ,The Rangers won three of their last four games before the break, earning a 4-3 road victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Feb. 8., ,New York goalie Igor S...
Wake Forest on rise as NC State out to 'stay in the moment'
North Carolina State and visiting Wake Forest hold vastly different short-term goals heading into Saturday afternoon's Atlantic Coast Conference meeting in Raleigh, N.C.,The postseason status for both teams sits at opposite levels.,Wake Forest (19-7, 11-4) is tied for fourth place in the ACC and hol...
Tony Finau joins TGL's Los Angeles GC for one match
Tony Finau signed a one-match contract to compete with Los Angeles Golf Club against New York Golf Club, the TGL team announced on Friday.,Finau will join Los Angeles GC on Monday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., with Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood unavailable due to "pre-existing commitments.","We wer...
4 Nations Face-Off Proves One Thing: The NHL Needs More of This
The NHL's 4 Nations Face-Off was a massive hit that certainly needs replicated as it grew the game of hockey and garnered international attention for the sport....
Yankees trim facial hair policy, permit 'well-groomed beards'
Bring the beards back to the Bronx.,Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner declared "well groomed beards" would be permitted in declaring an end to the franchise's longstanding policy that allowed mustaches but not beards or unruly sideburns. ,"In recent weeks I have spoken to a large num...
Artur Beterbiev, Dmitry Bivol set for rematch in Saudi Arabia
Boxing's "Riyadh Season" continues Saturday night with Artur Beterbiev defending his light heavyweight championships against Dmitry Bivol in a rematch from last October.,Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) won a majority decision against Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) to win Bivol's WBA title while Beterbiev defended hi...
Ohio State makes coordinators Matt Patricia, Brian Hartline official
National champion Ohio State made the appointments of defensive coordinator Matt Patricia and offensive coordinator Brian Hartline official on Thursday.,Coach Ryan Day announced them as replacements for Jim Knowles, who Penn State made the highest-paid defensive coordinator in the nation, and for OC...
Three Overrated College Football Teams Headed Into 2025
It's difficult to sustain success in college football, and these three teams are expected to be among the most overrated in the country heading into the 2025 season....
These Five MLB Bottom Feeders Are Already Pretty Much Eliminated From 2025 Playoffs
Baseball is great because anything can happen, but we have a pretty damn good feeling that these five bottom-feeding teams won't be making the 2025 MLB Playoffs....
SEC, Big Ten commissioners promote change in CFP seeding format
Commissioners of the Southeastern and Big Ten conferences hinted that they know how they're going to vote if the issue arises of changing the seeding format for future College Football Playoff tournaments.,Greg Sankey of the SEC and the Big Ten's Tony Petitti would no longer guarantee conference cha...
Quinn Hughes unlikely to join Team USA for 4 Nations final
Charlie McAvoy is out with a shoulder infection and Quinn Hughes isn't likely to be, also.,The Vancouver Canucks captain -- sidelined with an oblique injury since Jan. 31 -- practiced for the second straight day on Wednesday in Vancouver, but he will not join Team USA in Boston for the 4 Nations Fac...