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William Byron wins at Martinsville, joins Championship 4 with Kyle Larson
William Byron beat Ryan Blaney in an 11-lap dash and won the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway, putting him in the field with teammate Kyle Larson for next weekend's championship race after Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 finale in Martinsville, Va.,With Blaney leading and the pair charging...

Major League Soccer announces 2025 award finalists
Major League Soccer announced the finalists for its 2025 year-end awards on Thursday.,Inter Miami's Lionel Messi, who won last year's Landon Donovan MLS MVP and whose three-year contract extension through 2028 was announced Thursday, is one of five finalists for the award again along with Denis Boua...

Arizona State fined $50K after fans storm field
Arizona State's upset victory over Texas Tech on Saturday came with a price, as the school was fined $50,000 by the Big 12 Conference.,The penalty was levied after Sun Devils fans stormed the field following a 26-22 home win over the previously undefeated Red Raiders. Arizona State improved to 5-2 o...

Panthers' Brad Marchand fined $5K for unsportsmanlike conduct
Florida Panthers forward Brad Marchand was fined $5,000 by the NHL for unsportsmanlike conduct during Saturday's game against the Buffalo Sabres.,Sunday's fine is the maximum allowable amount under the league's collective bargaining agreement.,Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin checked Marchand from be...

Canes' Jackson Blake fined for slashing Ducks' Jacob Trouba
Carolina Hurricanes forward Jackson Blake was fined $2,358.94 on Friday for slashing Anaheim Ducks defenseman Jacob Trouba.,The fine issued by the NHL's Department Player of Safety was the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement.,The incident occurred midway through the third per...

Warriors' Jonathan Kuminga fined $35K for contact with official
Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga has been fined $35,000 for "making inappropriate contact with and continuing to pursue a game official," the NBA announced Thursday.,Kuminga was ejected in the waning moments of the second quarter in the Warriors' 118-111 preseason victory over the Port...

Big 12 raps Texas Tech over in-game tortilla toss, tags Kansas for response
Big 12 officials determined to put the wraps on Texas Tech for allowing fans to repeatedly toss tortillas on the field last week fined the Red Raiders $25,000 for the celebration.,The league also fined visiting Kansas $25,000 for coach Lance Leipold's postgame critique of Texas Tech and the conferen...

NHL fines Canucks' Tyler Myers, Mammoth's Ian Cole
The NHL announced a pair of $2,500 fines on Sunday to Tyler Myers of the Vancouver Canucks and fellow defenseman Ian Cole of the Utah Mammoth.,Myers, 35, was disciplined for slashing Edmonton Oilers superstar captain Connor McDavid during Saturday's 3-1 loss. Myers, who is in his 17th NHL season, ha...

Connor Zilisch notches 10th victory in his rookie season
CONCORD, N.C. -- It was another routine victory for NASCAR Xfinity Series rookie phenom Connor Zilisch, who hit double digits with his 10th win of the season.,Behind Zilisch, it was a chaotic scramble for the remaining five berths in the Round of 8 of the series playoffs.,It was a banner day for JR ...

Report: LIV Golf losses hit $1.4B amid marginal revenue
LIV Golf has totaled more than $1.4 billion in losses over its first three-plus years of existence, according to a report from The Athletic on Friday.,The United Kingdom-based LIV Golf Ltd managed the golf tour's undertakings outside the United States, and its losses have grown every single year of ...

Brandon Jones wins at Kansas to advance in NASCAR Xfinity playoffs
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- With a flawlessly executed race from start to finish, Brandon Jones preserved his bragging rights at Kansas Speedway, winning Saturday's Kansas Lottery 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff race.,The only driver in the field to have won a previous Xfinity race at the 1.5-mile interm...

Eagles DT Jalen Carter draws second fine of season
Philadelphia star defensive tackle Jalen Carter was fined by the NFL for the second time this season, this time for his behavior in the Eagles' comeback win over the Los Angeles Rams last week.,The league announced Saturday that Carter was fined $11,593 for unsportsmanlike conduct/taunting for his a...

Drive the first green? Ryder Cup layout prompts aggressive strategies
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- The video made the rounds Tuesday for everyone who hadn't yet arrived at Bethpage Black: Justin Thomas and Bryson DeChambeau at the first tee, ignoring the fairway and bombing away toward the green.,Imagine that being the first shot of the Ryder Cup, in front of a grandstand pac...

Fan favorite Bryson DeChambeau ready to fire up Ryder Cup crowds
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- It's a new world for Bryson DeChambeau since his last Ryder Cup appearance four years ago.,At Whistling Straits in 2021, he was best known for one U.S. Open victory and his feud with Brooks Koepka. He had his fans and detractors in the classic golf sphere; his YouTube channel ha...

ACC fines Syracuse $25K for 'feigning injuries' in upset of Clemson
Syracuse was fined $25,000 by the Atlantic Coast Conference on Monday for "feigning injuries" during Saturday's win at Clemson.,Syracuse (3-1, 1-0 ACC) pulled off a 34-21 upset to drop the Tigers to 1-3 for the first time since 2004. Clemson is 0-2 in conference play.,Clemson quarterback Cade Klubni...

Final Ryder Cup tune-up brings U.S. team closer together
Even with a championship in the balance in a PGA Tour event, a good portion of the golfers in the Procore Championship have larger aspirations this month.,That's because the tournament served as a final on-course tune-up for the Ryder Cup.,"It was a good prep week, the guys definitely stayed sharp t...

Scottie Scheffler captures 6th tour win this year, 19th for career, at Procore
Scottie Scheffler shot 5-under-par 67 and it was enough for a one-stroke victory in the Procore Championship on Sunday at Napa, Calif.,Scheffler finished the tournament at 19-under 269, with second- and third-round leader Ben Griffin posting 70 in the final round and ending up at 18 under on Silvera...

Scottie Scheffler surges, Ben Griffin leads entering last round of Procore Championship
Scottie Scheffler has gotten comfortable this weekend at the Procure Championship.,While Ben Griffin shot a mostly steady 2-under-par 70 to maintain the lead through the third round of the Procure Championship, much of the buzz is about the hard-charging Scheffler as he climbed the leaderboard Satur...

Scottie Scheffler surges, Ben Griffin maintains 1-stroke lead entering final round of Procore Championship
Ben Griffin shot a steady 2-under-par 70 to maintain the lead through the third round of the Procure Championship, but Scottie Scheffler made a big move up the leaderboard Saturday at Napa, Calif.,Griffin produced a clean round until a bogey on the last hole to go into Sunday with a one-shot advanta...

Aric Almirola wins Bristol Xfinity playoff opener on bold strategy
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Benefitting from a split-second late race strategy decision, veteran Aric Almirola held off a mightily-motivated field to claim the win in Friday night's Food City 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff opener at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.,While running second to the series' champi...