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Southern California storms back to stun Wisconsin
Chad Baker-Mazara had 29 points and Ezra Ausar added 17 as visiting Southern California rallied down the stretch for a 73-71 victory over Wisconsin in a Big Ten matchup Sunday in Madison, Wis.,USC (15-5, 4-5 Big Ten) rallied from a 58-46 deficit over the final 12 minutes to snap Wisconsin's five-gam...

Down 16, Cal storms back to take down rival Stanford
John Camden scored 25 points with 10 rebounds and Justin Pippen added 18 points with six assists as Cal overcame a 16-point first-half deficit to rally for a 78-66 victory over host Stanford on Saturday, ,Dai Dai Ames had 11 points and Chris Bell added 10 as the Golden Bears (15-5, 3-4 ACC) ended a ...

Cal, Stanford set for rivalry clash after confidence-building upsets
Cal and host Stanford renew their rivalry Saturday following a recent development that gives them more than the Bay Area in common., ,Each program earned a reaffirming home victory over then-No. 14 North Carolina last week, dropping the Tar Heels further in the rankings while also providing both muc...

49ers' Christian McCaffrey, 4 QBs finalists for MVP award
Reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Josh Allen, fellow quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence, Drake Maye and Matthew Stafford, and San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey are the finalists for The Associated Press 2025 MVP award.,They were announced Thursday, as were the finalists for seven other ...

Northwestern tops USC for first Big Ten win of season
Nick Martinelli scored 22 points and delivered clutch plays down the stretch to help Northwestern score its first Big Ten Conference win of the season, a 74-68 decision against Southern California on Wednesday in Los Angeles.,The Wildcats (9-10, 1-7 Big Ten) led throughout the second half, but the T...

Stanford F Chisom Okpara (lower extremity) out for the season
Chisom Okpara, Stanford's second-leading scorer with 13.9 points per game, will miss the rest of the season with a lower-extremity injury, the team announced Wednesday.,Okpara, a senior forward and second-year Harvard transfer, sustained the injury in Stanford's Jan. 10 70-55 loss at No. 14 Virginia...

Southern California seeks Big Ten momentum against reeling Northwestern
Southern California welcomes Big Ten Conference counterpart Northwestern to Los Angeles on Wednesday as both teams look to get on track in league play.,The Trojans (14-4, 3-4 Big Ten) pushed fourth-ranked Purdue to the limit on Saturday but couldn't get over the hump, leading to a losing record in t...

Braden Smith's heroics help No. 5 Purdue hold off USC
Braden Smith scored two of his game-high 22 points on a crucial steal and layup to help No. 5 Purdue escape with a 69-64 road win over Southern California on Saturday in Los Angeles. ,After buoying his team with 18 first-half points, Smith went scoreless for more than 19 minutes following intermissi...

Cameron Boozer, No. 6 Duke dominate Stanford on road
Cameron Boozer scored 30 points, Duke's suffocating defense held Stanford star Ebuka Okorie to nine and the No. 6 Blue Devils completed a San Francisco Bay Area sweep with an 80-50 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball romp over the host Cardinal on Saturday afternoon., ,Boozer completed a doub...

No. 6 Duke-Stanford to showcase pair of freshman stars
No. 6 Duke and Stanford look to complete impressive two-game sweeps when the Atlantic Coast Conference rivals meet in Northern California on Saturday afternoon.,Duke (16-1, 5-0 ACC) tipped off its first-ever ACC trip to the San Francisco Bay Area with a workmanlike 71-56 victory at Cal on Wednesday ...

Riding 8-game winning streak, No. 4 Purdue visits USC
No. 4 Purdue takes its eight-game winning streak into the first of four road games over the next five outings on Saturday, facing Southern California in Los Angeles.,The Boilermakers (16-1, 6-0 Big Ten) are visiting the Galen Center for the first time in program history, and at USC for the first tim...

Defensive questions headline No. 14 UNC’s visit to Cal
No. 14 North Carolina will look to right the ship defensively when it visits California on Saturday in an ACC matchup.,The Tar Heels (14-3, 2-2) gave up 16 3-pointers in a 95-90 loss to Stanford on Wednesday night and lost for the second time in their last three games.,The Bears (13-5, 1-4) also wis...

Ebuka Okorie outduels Caleb Wilson as Stanford knocks off No. 14 UNC
Freshman Ebuka Okorie scored a career-high 36 points on 12-of-20 shooting and added nine assists as host Stanford closed on an 11-3 run to beat No. 14 North Carolina 95-90 on Wednesday.,Stanford (14-4, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed 87-84 with less than two minutes to play before Jeremy Dent...

No. 14 North Carolina aims for complete effort vs. Stanford
Acceleration has not been a problem for No. 14 North Carolina, but maintaining its maximum speed for an entire contest has become a growing concern.,The Tar Heels (14-2, 2-1 ACC) will look to keep the pedal down throughout the game when they begin a West Coast swing with a meeting against Stanford o...

After OT thriller, injury-plagued USC hosts Maryland in Big Ten matchup
Southern California returns home to Los Angeles for the first time in 2026 on Tuesday to host slumping Big Ten Conference counterpart Maryland. ,The Trojans (13-3, 2-3 Big Ten) ended their three-game road swing on a high note Friday, recovering from a second-half meltdown to beat Minnesota 70-69 in ...

NASCAR brings back original 10-race Chase playoff format
NASCAR's Cup Series future will be a blast from the past as the original 10-race postseason returns in 2026 with 16 drivers battling it out for the title over the final two months.,The original "Chase" format that was used from 2004-13 is back and will include the top 16 drivers in the points standi...

Rams QB Matthew Stafford 'good to go' vs. Bears despite finger sprain
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is "good to go" for next Sunday's divisional round game at Chicago despite sustaining a sprained index finger on his throwing hand in Saturday's wild-card win at Carolina, coach Sean McVay told reporters Monday.,The injury occurred late in the first half when Staffo...

Report: X-rays negative on Rams QB Matthew Stafford's finger
X-rays came back negative for Matthew Stafford's injured finger, NFL Network reported Sunday, a positive sign for the All-Pro quarterback of the Los Angeles Rams.,Following Saturday's 34-31 wild-card playoff victory at Carolina, Stafford told reporters that a finger on his throwing hand got bent bac...

Report: Rams QB Matthew Stafford to have tests on finger
All-Pro quarterback Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams will undergo tests on his injured finger on Sunday, ESPN reported.,Following Saturday's 34-31 wild-card playoff victory at Carolina, Stafford told reporters that a finger on his throwing hand got bent backward after hitting the arm of a Pa...

No. 17 North Carolina holds off Wake Forest
Henri Veesaar scored 25 points and Caleb Wilson scored 22 to power No. 17 North Carolina to an 87-84 win over visiting Wake Forest on Saturday night in Chapel Hill, N.C.,Wilson pulled down 12 rebounds while Veesaar grabbed nine, and the dominant posts missed just one shot apiece from the floor (17 o...