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Strong first half propels Colorado past Utah
Bangot Dak scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Tuesday night as visiting Colorado opened up a 26-point halftime lead en route to a 92-78 Big 12 Conference win over Utah in Salt Lake City.,Isaiah Johnson added 22 points, while Barrington Hargress tallied 19 for the Buffs (17-13, 7-...

FIFA offering $12 tickets to World Cup Play-Off Tournament
Tickets for this month's World Cup Play-Off Tournament matches in Mexico, which will determine two of the final six vacant spots in this summer's historic 48-team tournament, went on sale Tuesday.,And they did so at a much more affordable rate (less than $17 American dollars) than it would cost to a...

Utah faces plethora of problems in its game as rival Colorado visits
First-year Utah coach Alex Jensen took one look at the stat sheet Saturday after a 73-60 Big 12 Conference loss at Arizona State and found a reason why his team came up short again.,"It's hard to win when you have a 1-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, especially on the road," Jensen said. "I think it's...

Tiger Woods not ready to play in key TGL regular-season finale
Tiger Woods will not be in the lineup for his TGL team, Jupiter Links GC, when it plays its regular-season finale Tuesday against The Bay Golf Club.,Jupiter sits in fifth place in the six-team standings, one point out of the playoff cut line. A win against Bay would be enough to advance.,But the lin...

Colorado QB Dominiq Ponder, 23, dies in car accident
Colorado quarterback Dominiq Ponder died Sunday, head coach Deion Sanders said in a social media post. Ponder was 23.,Per reports from DNVR Buffs and FOX 31, Ponder was confirmed to be the driver of a 2023 Tesla that was involved in a single-car crash around 3 a.m. Sunday in Boulder County.,"God ple...
These MLB Surprise World Series Contenders Could Hopefully Beat the Dodgers
The Dodgers look unstoppable, but these six sleeper MLB teams could challenge Los Angeles for the 2026 World Series title....

Report: Bills re-signing S Sam Franklin Jr. to 3-year deal
The Buffalo Bills are re-signing safety and special teams standout Sam Franklin Jr. to a three-year contract, ESPN reported Friday.,The deal is worth up to $7.5 million and includes $5 million in the first two seasons for the six-year veteran, per the report.,Franklin, who turned 30 earlier this mon...

No. 5 Houston looks to get back on track against Colorado
No. 5 Houston will look to get back on the winning track and to build momentum for the NCAA Tournament when it hosts Colorado on Saturday afternoon in a late-season Big 12 Conference dustup.,The Cougars (23-5, 11-4 Big 12) have lost three consecutive games over eight days, with two on the road and a...
Three Eastern Conference Trade Deadline Winners to Watch
Three Eastern Conference teams improved at the NBA trade deadline and could become dangerous playoff opponents this season....

Isaiah Johnson's big performance powers Colorado past Kansas State
Isaiah Johnson stuffed the stat sheet with 18 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while leading Colorado to a 79-70 win over Kansas State on Wednesday in Boulder, Colo.,The rebound and assist totals were season highs for the freshman.,Ian Inman contributed 17 points, Barrington Hargress tallied ...

Report: Colorado DC Robert Livingston leaving for Broncos assistant post
The Denver Broncos have added staff without leaving the state, hiring Colorado Buffaloes defensive coordinator Robert Livingston to be defensive passing game coordinator and primary defensive backs coach, ESPN reported on Wednesday.,Livingston, 40, replaces Jim Leonhard, who left Denver earlier this...

P.J. Haggerty, Kansas State try to disrupt Colorado's roll at home
Kansas State interim coach Matthew Driscoll will continue to make minor strategic adjustments when the Wildcats head to Colorado for a Big 12 contest on Wednesday in Boulder, Colo.,The Wildcats (11-16, 2-12 Big 12) are 1-1 since former coach Jerome Tang was fired on Feb. 15, following postgame comme...

Spring training roundup: Pirates prospect Konnor Griffin homers twice
The No. 1 prospect in baseball, shortstop Konnor Griffin, hammered two home runs over the replica Green Monster at the spring training home of the Red Sox to power the Pittsburgh Pirates' 16-7 win over Boston on Tuesday in Fort Myers, Fla.,They were Griffin's first two homers of the spring, and they...

SEC fines Kentucky's Mark Pope $25K for post-game conduct
Kentucky head coach Mark Pope has been fined $25,000 by the Southeastern Conference on Tuesday for his post-game conduct and comments related to officiating following his team's 75-74 loss at Auburn last week.,The Tigers escaped with the win on Saturday following Elyjah Freeman's tip-in with 1.1 sec...

Report: WNBA’s Fire to add ex-sportswriter in front office role
Former basketball writer Ben Pickman is moving up from the journalism world into a WNBA front office role.,The expansion Portland Fire hired Pickman as a salary cap and strategy analyst, Front Office Sports reported Monday.,Pickman worked for Sports Illustrated from 2018-22 covering college and prof...

Replay officials throwing flags under consideration
Replay officials might be permitted to throw flags for select penalties if the NFL competition committee approves the expanded role.,Troy Vincent, vice president of football operations for the league, said the specific purview of replay officials under consideration involves non-football acts.,"You ...

New York Jets Offseason Primer: Calling all QBs
Jets owner Woody Johnson can hardly believe the luck on this circuitous route the franchise has traveled right back to the same starting point.,Pretty much every avenue a team can think of to find a franchise quarterback has been walked by Johnson and the Jets but none of them have led to a return t...

Las Vegas Raiders Offseason Primer: First and Plenty
Worst to first, the Raiders are on top of the world entering the 2026 offseason.,As the league year begins in March, Las Vegas is steering by virtue of finishing 3-14 and securing the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.,What do the Raiders need to return to respectability? In a word: plenty.,But with ...

Jacob Bridgeman (64) up 6 entering final round at Genesis Invitational
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. -- Jacob Bridgeman set the stage for his first career victory, dominating with a 7-under-par 64 on Saturday to take a six-shot lead into the final round of the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club., ,Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy (69) moved alone into second place...

Marco Penge, Jacob Bridgeman share lead at Genesis Invitational
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. -- England's Marco Penge turned a busy day into a share of the lead at the midway point of the Genesis Invitational on Friday by reaching 12-under par at Riviera Country Club.,Forced to play 27 holes after he resumed his first round early Saturday morning, Penge shot 9 unde...