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First-half surges send NC State to blowout of Colgate
Ben Middlebrooks poured in 19 points off the bench, Marcus Hill scored a season-high 17 points and North Carolina State was in control from the opening minutes in a 72-49 victory over Colgate on Monday at Raleigh, N.C.,Hill, a high-scoring transfer guard from Bowling Green, made 6 of 10 shots from t...

Referee stretchered off in Avs-Flyers game after collision
Referee Mitch Dunning had to be taken off the ice via stretcher during the first period of a meeting between the host Philadelphia Flyers and Colorado Avalanche on Monday night. ,Dunning took a hard fall after colliding with Colorado defenseman Josh Manson about 6 1/2 minutes into the game. Play sto...

PGA Tour Policy Board approves eligibility, field size changes
The PGA Tour Policy Board approved several changes to field sizes, eligibility and the FedEx Cup points system Monday that will be introduced over the next two years.,Perhaps the most notable change involves a reduction in fully exempt players on tour in a given season. Beginning in 2026, players wh...

Starting pitchers Paul Skenes, Luis Gil win Rookie of the Year honors
Pittsburgh Pirates ace right-hander Paul Skenes capped his first major league campaign by being named winner of the National League Rookie of the Year on Monday night.,Skenes received 23 of 30 first-place votes for 136 points in balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers' Association of American.,S...

Lions are Super Bowl favorites for first time ever
The Kansas City Chiefs finally took their first loss of the season on Sunday, and while 9-1 is still a strong record to have, it caused a noteworthy shift in the NFL landscape.,The Detroit Lions surpassed the Chiefs to become the betting favorites to win the Super Bowl at several sportsbooks -- for ...

No. 20 Arkansas, starting to 'elevate,' takes on Pacific
Coach John Calipari pledged to teach Arkansas "how to win and how to finish games" after the Razorbacks pulled away from Troy on Wednesday night.,As No. 20 Arkansas prepares for a visit from Pacific on Monday night in Fayetteville, Ark., forward Zvonimir Ivisic already can recite the top of the less...

Matt Eberflus, Bears cry foul to NFL on game-deciding FG block
Pictures and video point to a clear penalty on the Packers' game-deciding blocked field goal on Sunday, Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus said the day after Green Bay escaped with a 20-19 win. ,Eberflus said the Bears are sending a report and video of Chicago's field-goal try as time expired to...

Ichiro, King Felix among 14 first-time HOF candidates
Seattle Mariners legends Ichiro Suzuki and Felix Hernandez were among the 14 newcomers on the Hall of Fame ballot released Monday.,The other first-time candidates are CC Sabathia, Dustin Pedroia, Hanley Ramirez, Carlos Gonzalez, Ian Kinsler, Ben Zobrist, Troy Tulowitzki, Russell Martin, Brian McCann...

UMass fires coach Don Brown amid 2-8 season
UMass fired coach Don Brown on Monday after a 2-8 start to his third season.,Offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery will be the interim coach for the Minutemen's final two games.,Brown's record was 6-28, including 1-11 in his first year back with the program in 2022.,Brown, 69, previously served as ...

Maple Leafs F Calle Jarnkrok underwent major surgery
Toronto Maple Leafs center Calle Jarnkrok is considered month-to-month after undergoing groin and sports hernia surgery, the team announced Monday.,Jarnkrok, 33, has not played in a game this season.,Jarnkrok tallied 21 points (10 goals, 11 assists) in 52 games last season for the Leafs.,The former ...
A Toast to the Imperfect Kansas City Chiefs
The Buffalo Bills defeated the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, putting an end to their perfect season dreams. Here's a toast to the imperfect 2024 Chiefs....

Cal rallies in second half to hand USC first loss
Andrej Stojakovic scored 20 points and Jovan Blacksher Jr. added 19 points to help Cal rally past USC 71-66 on Sunday in Los Angeles. ,The Golden Bears (3-1) held the Trojans without a point for almost five minutes late in a physical second half as Cal turned a one-point deficit into a 68-64 lead wi...

Josh Allen's clutch TD run ices Bills' win over Chiefs
Josh Allen's 26-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-2 with just more than two minutes left sealed the Buffalo Bills' 30-21 win Sunday and dealt the visiting Kansas City Chiefs their first loss of the season.,Facing the choice of attempting a short field goal or handing the defending Super Bowl champion...

JT Toppin, Texas Tech roll into tilt vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Texas Tech has another chance to light up the scoreboard when it hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Monday night in Lubbock, Texas.,In the early portion of its schedule, Texas Tech (3-0) has been dominant. The Red Raiders have coasted through their nonconference slate with a 33.7-point average margin of v...

Hornets star LaMelo Ball fined $100K for anti-gay phrase
The NBA fined Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball $100,000 Sunday for using "offensive and derogatory" language during a postgame TV interview.,At issue was an anti-gay phrase Ball used when answering a sideline interviewer's question about defending the last shot against Milwaukee's Giannis Antetok...

Maxime Raynaud, Stanford knock off UC Davis
Maxime Raynaud overpowered the UC Davis defense both inside and out for a career-high 33 points and 14 rebounds Sunday afternoon, helping Stanford remain unbeaten with a 79-65 victory over the visiting Aggies in a nonconference game.,Ty Johnson countered with 26 points and UC Davis (2-2) outshot the...

Shopify Rebellion sweeps Game Changers Championship final
Shopify Rebellion notched a 3-0 sweep of MIBR GC on Sunday in the grand final to win the Game Changers Championship and $180,000 first-place prize in Berlin, Germany.,MIBR GC claimed $100,000 as the runner-up in the tournament, which began Nov. 8.,Shopify's Ava "florescent" Eugene of Canada was name...

Wings win No. 1 pick in WNBA draft lottery
The Dallas Wings will pick first in the 2025 WNBA Draft after winning the draft lottery for the first time in franchise history.,Sunday's lottery awarded the No. 1 overall selection to Dallas, which had 227 chances out of 1,000 to have its number called.,The Los Angeles Sparks, who had the best odds...

Leafs' Ryan Reaves suspended 5 games for illegal check
Maple Leafs forward Ryan Reaves was suspended five games without pay following his illegal check to the head of Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse on Saturday night in Toronto.,The NHL Department of Player Safety announced the punishment on Sunday after his disciplinary hearing. Reaves will fo...

Colorado cruises past Harvard, moves to 4-0
Andrej Jakimovski scored a game-high 20 points to help unbeaten Colorado defeat Harvard 88-66 on Sunday in nonconference action in Boulder, Colo., ,Jakimovski, a Washington State transfer, made 7-of-14 field-goal attempts and grabbed five rebounds for the Buffaloes (4-0)., ,Elijah Malone (16), Javon...