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Players skeptical of NBA's new one-day All-Star Game tournament
Four teams, three games, one night. That's the plan for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco, confirmed after months of discussion around the lack of competitiveness and -- well, defense -- in the 2024 event. ,The NBA adopted a new one-night tournament with three teams comprised of eight All-...

Stanford hosts Merrimack before ACC grind begins
Stanford and visiting Merrimack continue final preparations for their respective conference grinds when they duel Tuesday night in Northern California.,The Cardinal (8-2) have rebounded from their only two losses with a pair of wins, including an 89-81 road effort at rival California on Saturday tha...

No. 24 UNLV, Cal aim to focus on LA Bowl amid upheaval
The LA Bowl on Wednesday in Inglewood, Calif., will feature two teams in flux, as No. 24 UNLV aims to secure an 11-win season against Cal after losing its head coach -- and hiring a new one in the same week. ,Purdue announced Dec. 8 that UNLV's Barry Odom would become the Boilermakers' 38th head coa...

USC opens game on fire, never looks back to club Montana St.
Desmond Claude scored a game-high 19 points as Southern California rolled to an 89-63 win against Montana State on Sunday night in Los Angeles.,Saint Thomas stuffed the stat sheet with 17 points, seven rebounds, four assists, three blocks and two steals for the Trojans (7-4), who have won two straig...

Ex-USC QB Miller Moss headed to Louisville
Former Southern California quarterback Miller Moss officially committed to Louisville on Saturday. ,Moss posted an edited graphic of him wearing a Louisville jersey on X, formerly known as Twitter, with a caption that reads, "Let's do it #TheVille.",<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir...

Hunter Erickson's career-high 18-point effort leads Utah past Radford
Hunter Erickson scored a career-high 18 points to help Utah cruise to an 81-63 victory over Radford on Saturday night at Salt Lake City.,Gabe Madsen had 15 points and seven assists despite his 5-of-17 shooting line and Lawson Lovering added 12 points, four blocked shots and three steals for the Utes...

Southern California eyes full effort against Montana State
Southern California will try to get off to another hot start when it hosts Montana State in a nonconference game on Sunday afternoon.,The Trojans (6-4) are coming off an 85-61 win over Washington on Dec. 7 in a Big Ten game in Seattle, which ended a three-game losing streak.,USC shot 70.4 percent fr...

Madsen twins, Utah aim to end Radford's win streak
Gabe Madsen and twin brother Mason have combined to make 58 3-pointers, which is 63 percent of Utah's team total.,The Madsens will hope to inflict more damage from behind the arc when the Utes face Radford on Saturday in nonconference play at Salt Lake City.,Gabe Madsen leads Utah (6-2) in scoring (...

No. 23 San Diego St. survives challenge from Cal Baptist
Miles Byrd scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half and Nick Boyd finished with 16 points as No. 23 San Diego State won its fourth straight game by holding on for an 81-75 victory over visiting Cal Baptist on Wednesday.,Magoon Gwath and Miles Heide each scored 10 points as the Aztecs (7-2) impr...

Dodgers re-sign reliever Blake Treinen, add OF Michael Conforto
Key reliever Blake Treinen is returning to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a two-year, $22 million deal.,On Tuesday, the Dodgers also announced they agreed to terms with free-agent outfielder Michael Conforto on a one-year, $17 million contract.,Treinen was 7-3 with a 1.93 ERA and one save in 50 games wi...

No. 23 SDSU brings offensive balance into game vs. Cal Baptist
Ranked in the AP Top 25 last week for the first time this season, San Diego State celebrated by winning its Mountain West Conference opener, then earning city bragging rights.,More in-state challenges await.,Up one spot to No. 23 in the rankings, the Aztecs (6-2) will play host to California Baptist...

Cal aims to 'make the extra pass' vs. Cornell
After consecutive defeats halted all momentum from a strong start, Cal will attempt to get back on track when it plays host to Cornell on Tuesday in Berkeley, Calif.,The Golden Bears (6-3) returned to power-conference competition last week but fell 98-93 at Missouri last Tuesday in the SEC/ACC Chall...

LIV Golf announces 93-player field for Promotions event
LIV Golf on Monday announced the 93-player field for its second-ever Promotions event, set for this Thursday through Saturday at Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia.,Branden Grace of South Africa is the most recognizable name in the field, and he'll attempt to re-qualify for the league after being rele...

Reports: OF Michael Conforto reaches deal with Dodgers
Outfielder Michael Conforto agreed to terms with the Los Angeles Dodgers, multiple media outlets reported Sunday night. ,Conforto is joining the reigning World Series champions on a one-year deal worth $17 million, per ESPN and The Athletic. ,In 130 games with the San Francisco Giants this past seas...

Stanford knocks off Cal in both teams' ACC opener
Jaylen Blakes, Maxime Raynaud and Oziyah Sellers combined for 35 points in a 47-point, first half explosion Saturday afternoon and Stanford ran away from California for an 89-81 Atlantic Coast Conference road win in Berkeley, Calif.,Raynaud and Blakes finished with 20 points apiece for the Cardinal ...

Southern California, Washington eye first win in Big Ten
Their first games as members of the Big Ten Conference didn't go as planned for USC or Washington.,The Trojans (5-4, 0-1) lost at home to No. 12 Oregon 68-60 on Wednesday, a night after the Huskies (6-2, 0-1) fell 69-58 across town at UCLA.,The former Pac-12 rivals are scheduled to meet Saturday aft...

Stanford takes aim at Andrej Stojakovic, Cal
Stanford and California meet for the first time as Atlantic Coast Conference rivals when each tries to prove its impressive non-league record is no fluke on Saturday afternoon in Berkeley, Calif.,Stanford (7-2) took last year's season series 2-1, but the clubs were so evenly matched -- the Cardinal ...

No. 12 Oregon rallies past USC in Big Ten opener
Jackson Shelstad scored 21 of his 24 points in the second half and Keeshawn Barthelemy provided pivotal plays down the stretch as No. 12 Oregon rallied to top Southern California 68-60 in Los Angeles on Wednesday in the Big Ten opener for both teams.,The Ducks (9-0, 1-0 Big Ten) went on a 14-2 run l...

Reclassified 5-star DE Jahkeem Stewart signs with USC
Five-star defensive end Jahkeem Stewart committed and signed to play at Southern California on Wednesday, becoming the defensive headliner in the Trojans' 2025 class.,Stewart, from New Orleans, initially was the No. 1 prospect in the 2026 class. He reclassified to the 2025 class in October, and the ...

Oregon snatches blue-chip prospects from Cal, Ohio State
The good times continue for Oregon.,Ranked No. 1 by the College Football Playoff selection committee, the Ducks flipped a pair of blue-chip prospects on Wednesday on the opening day of the early signing period -- quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele, who had been committed to Cal, and Na'eem Offord,...