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Thieves, FaZe head to upper-bracket final at Stage 1 Major
The Los Angeles Thieves and Atlanta FaZe cruised to 3-0 sweeps on Saturday to set up a battle in the upper-bracket final of the Call of Duty League's Stage 1 Major in Madrid. ,Los Angeles took Skyline Hardpoint 250-236, Red Card Search & Destroy 6-4 and Protocol Control 3-2 to crush the Miami Hereti...

Syracuse gets rare road win by conquering Cal
Lucas Taylor scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds as Syracuse put its road woes behind it for at least one night in a 75-66 win over Cal in the Atlantic Coast Conference game on Saturday in Berkeley, California.,J.J. Starling chipped in 18 points for the Orange (10-12, 4-7 ACC), who came in 1...

Maple Leafs snuff Oilers' late rally for 4-3 win
Mitch Marner and Matthew Knies each had a goal and an assist and the Toronto Maple Leafs ended their three-game losing streak by holding on for a 4-3 victory over the host Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.,William Nylander and Bobby McMann also scored for Toronto, while Auston Matthews picked up a pair o...

A Lim Kim continues to stay on top at Tournament of Champions
South Korean A Lim Kim stayed atop the leaderboard at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions on Saturday, posting a 5-under 67 in the third round of the event in Orlando. ,Kim, who led after the first and second rounds, now sits at 15-under 201 heading into Sunday. She holds a three-shot...

SMU on target from long range in blowout win over Stanford
Kario Oquendo shot a perfect game en route to 16 points, SMU made 50 percent of its 3-pointers and the Mustangs wasted little time separating themselves from visiting Stanford in an 85-61 Atlantic Coast Conference shellacking on Saturday night.,Samet Yigitoglu had 17 points and Matt Cross 16 for the...

USC secures 70-64 upset win over No. 7 Michigan State
Desmond Claude scored a game-high 19 points to lead USC to a 70-64 upset win over No. 7 Michigan State in Los Angeles on Saturday.,The Spartans (18-3, 9-1 Big Ten) suffered their first Big Ten loss of the season, snapping a 13-game winning streak. ,Wesley Yates scored 15 points and Chibuzo Agbo adde...

Sabres aim to play spoiler in matchup with visiting Devils
The New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres will see each other Sunday afternoon for the first time in almost four months -- and receive reminders their initial clashes this season were a sign of things to come for both teams.,The Devils will try to build off one of their most convincing wins of the se...

Streaking Clemson holds off threats from NC State
Chase Hunter, back in the starting lineup after limited playing time recently because of illness, scored 20 points and Clemson withstood several threats from North Carolina State for a 68-58 road victory Saturday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C.,Viktor Lakhin had 13 points and Chauncey Wiggins ended up wi...

Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes driving Chiefs' historic run
There was a time Andy Reid was a sympathetic figure, a champion of the regular season seemingly destined to be an all-time bridesmaid on the NFL sideline. ,Through 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, Reid reached one Super Bowl (2004) and lost the NFC Championship Game four times. It's why owne...
Canucks & Flames Go All-In: Will Bold NHL Trades Pay Off or Backfire?
The Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames made big trades well ahead of the NHL trade deadline. Were these good trades or desparate attempts at the playoffs?...
Top ESPN Reporter Thinks Cam Ward Is Likely 2025 NFL Draft No. 1 Overall Pick
ESPN's Pete Thamel is hearing that Miami quarterback Cam Ward is likely to become the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft to the Tennessee Titans....

Stanford takes 4-game win streak into matchup with SMU
Coaches who were former Pac-12 Conference rivals will attempt to continue successful first-year runs with new teams when Stanford faces SMU at Dallas in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup on Saturday night.,Former Washington State coach Kyle Smith has led Stanford (15-6, 7-3 ACC) into the upper ti...

Oilers hope to take advantage of sliding Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs carry a three-game losing streak into Saturday night's road showdown with the Edmonton Oilers.,Toronto has struggled to create offense during its current slide, tallying just a single goal in each of the three contests.,"I think when you're not scoring and things aren't going...

Jets keep poaching Lions, hire Tanner Engstrand as OC
The New York Jets announced the hiring of Tanner Engstrand as their next offensive coordinator on Friday, continuing to raid the Detroit Lions' cupboard in the process.,Engstrand, 42, was on the Lions' staff since 2020 and served as their passing game coordinator for the past three seasons.,He follo...

Revisiting New Orleans' Super Bowls: Ravens turn lights out on 49ers
NEW ORLEANS -- When the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles meet in Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9 in the Caesars Superdome, New Orleans will make history by tying Miami for the most Super Bowls hosted (11).,But it's the games themselves that have produced plenty of history for the Crescent Cit...

A Lim Kim still leads, Nelly Korda rising at Tournament of Champions
A Lim Kim of South Korea will take a three-shot lead into the weekend after posting a 3-under-par 69 in the second round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions on Friday in Orlando, Fla.,Kim led by four after the first round and moved to 10-under 134 at the halfway mark of the LPGA's ...

Rested Clemson takes 5-game win streak to NC State
Clemson and North Carolina State have something in common ahead of Saturday afternoon's meeting at Raleigh, N.C.,Both teams are trying to get well, but that takes on different meanings.,For Clemson (17-4, 9-1 ACC), an extended break might have come at the right time. For NC State (9-11, 2-7), it's a...

Pistons' Isaiah Stewart suspended, fined after flagrant foul
The NBA suspended Detroit Pistons forward-center Isaiah Stewart for one game without pay after he tallied his sixth flagrant foul point of the regular season.,In the second quarter of the Pistons' 133-119 road loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, Stewart was called for a flagrant foul 2. ,Becaus...

Report: Cards' Klayton Adams to interview for Cowboys OC
Arizona Cardinals offensive line coach Klayton Adams will have an in-person interview with the Dallas Cowboys for their vacant offensive coordinator position, NFL Network reported on Friday.,He had a remote interview earlier this week with the Cowboys, who are filling a vacancy left open when then-o...

Free-agent F Natasha Howard announces return to Fever
Three-time WNBA champion Natasha Howard is returning to the Indiana Fever, the team that selected her with the fifth overall pick of the 2014 WNBA Draft.,On Friday, she posted a throwback photo of draft night on her Instagram account with the caption, "Back to where all my dreams came true.",The 6-f...