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Did the New College Football Playoff Help or Hurt the 2024 Regular Season?
College Football expanded their playoff to 12 teams, but did this decision help or hurt their product throughout the 2024 regular season? Let's take a look....
Ranking the Top 10 Biggest Sporting Events in December 2024
December is one of the best months on the sporting calendar, so Deadspin ranked the top 10 upcoming sporting events this month....
Ryan Day’s Ohio State Hits Rock Bottom Against Michigan Wolverines
Saturday's 13-10 loss to the Michigan Wolverines marked a new rock bottom for Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes, who will tumble in the CFB Playoff rankings....
NFL Week 13 Best Sports Betting Picks, Predictions December 1, 2024
Week 13 of the NFL season is already here, and these are our top football sports betting picks and predictions on December 1, 2024....
ACC championship game capsule: SMU vs. Clemson
Atlantic Coast Conference championship game,SMU (11-1) vs. Clemson (9-3),Saturday, December 7, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET,Charlotte, N.C., Bank of America Stadium,TV: ABC,Early line: SMU -1.5 (FanDuel),What's at stake:,SMU should be part of the playoffs even with a loss but just know the Mustangs badly want...
SEC championship game capsule: Texas vs. Georgia
Southeastern Conference championship game,Texas (11-1) vs. Georgia (10-2),Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, at 4 p.m. ET,Atlanta, Mercedes-Benz Stadium,TV: ABC,Early line: Texas -1.5 (FanDuel),What's at stake:,Texas is in the playoffs no matter what happens in the pro-Georgia environment. But the Longhorns ar...
BetBoom Team, Tundra Esports head to grand final at BLAST Slam I
BetBoom Team and Tundra Esports completed 2-0 sweeps on Saturday to advance to the grand final of the BLAST Slam I in Copenhagen, Denmark.,After prevailing in 52 minutes on red, BetBoom Team earned a 59-minute victory on green to successfully blank PARIVISION. ,Tundra Esports had an easier time with...
Four teams get off to hot starts at Perfect World Shanghai Major
FlyQuest, The MongolZ, Team Liquid and GamerLegion all picked up a pair of wins on Saturday to begin the Opening Stage of the Perfect World Shanghai Major in China. ,Sixteen teams are competing in the Opening Stage, which runs through Tuesday. The top eight will move on to the elimination stage, set...
Cal Poly rallies in second half to stun Stanford
Jarred Hyder's 3-pointer broke a tie with 1:33 remaining and Owen Koonce scored a career-high 30 points to help visiting Cal Poly stun Stanford 97-90 in a nonconference game Saturday night.,Isaac Jessup knocked down five 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 21 points, helping the Mustangs (5-4...
No. 22 UNLV routs Nevada, punches ticket to Mountain West Championship
Hajj-Malik Williams threw for 168 yards and ran for 104 more as No. 22 UNLV beat rival Nevada 38-14 in Las Vegas on Saturday to clinch a berth in next week's Mountain West Championship Game.,Jacob De Jesus led UNLV with a season-high 84 yards in receiving, while Ricky White III added five receptions...
No. 9 SMU blows out Cal to win 9th straight, improves to 11-1
No. 9 SMU jumped out to a three-touchdown lead and then sealed the game with a fourth-quarter explosion in their 38-6 win over visiting Cal in an Athletic Coast Conference matchup in Dallas on Saturday.,The Mustangs (11-1, 8-0 ACC) were already assured of a berth in the conference title game on Dec....
Florida runs wild in lopsided win over rival Florida State
Montrell Johnson Jr. ran for 99 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries to help the Florida Gators secure a 31-11 victory over the host Florida State Seminoles on Saturday night in Tallahassee, Fla. ,The Gators (7-5) ran for 235 yards overall and won their third game in a row. Florida also beat the Semi...
Islanders avoid recent third-period woes, finish off shutout of Sabres
Anders Lee scored a power-play goal with 12:37 remaining in the second period and added an assist a little more than two minutes later as the New York Islanders avoided another collapse in the third period and earned a 3-0 victory over the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night in Elmont, N.Y.,Si...
Matvei Michkov plays the hero role again, scoring in OT as Flyers edge Blues
Matvei Michkov scored his third overtime goal of November to help the Philadelphia Flyers close the month in style with a 3-2 win over the host St. Louis Blues on Saturday.,Michkov, who doesn't turn 20 until Dec. 9, scored the decisive goal on a breakaway after Travis Konecny found him with a sprawl...
Leafs hold off Lightning's late charge
Chris Tanev had a goal and an assist as the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs jumped out to a four-goal lead and held on to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Saturday night. ,Matthew Knies, Nicholas Robertson, John Tavares and William Nylander each scored a goal as Toronto won for the eighth time in 10...
Penguins build 5-goal lead, coast past Flames
Michael Bunting and Kris Letang each had a goal and two assists for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 6-2 win against the visiting Calgary Flames on Saturday.,Blake Lizotte had a goal and an assist, and Alex Nedeljkovic made 30 saves for the Penguins, who have won three in a row.,Jonathan Huberdeau and N...
Savion Williams, TCU have big first half, hold off Cincinnati
Wide receiver Savion Williams rushed for a pair of touchdowns to lift TCU to a 20-13 victory over host Cincinnati on Saturday night. ,Williams opened the scoring with a 2-yard scamper to the end zone just 3:42 into the game and later provided the Horned Frogs (8-4, 6-3 Big 12) with a 17-7 lead when ...
NC State beats North Carolina for fourth straight time
CJ Bailey threw for 242 yards and two touchdowns as visiting North Carolina State reached bowl eligibility by beating Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina for the fourth consecutive season 35-30 on Saturday in Chapel Hill.,Bailey, a true freshman, completed 14 of 20 passes and also rushed ...
No. 9 SMU blows out Cal to win 9th straight, improve to 11-1
No. 9 SMU jumped out to a three-touchdown lead then sealed the game with a fourth-quarter explosion in their 38-6 win over visiting Cal in an Athletic Coast Conference matchup in Dallas on Saturday.,The Mustangs (11-1, 8-0 ACC) were already assured of a berth in the conference title game on Dec. 7. ...
Kansas State faces well-traveled and win-starved Arkansas-Pine Bluff
The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions look to end a six-game losing streak on Sunday when they take on Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan.,The Golden Lions (1-7) have been on the road for all but one of their eight games this season. Each of their seven losses were by at least 12 points, but the most rec...