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No. 13 Miami maintains mission focus at Virginia Tech
Miami hopes to find its way into the College Football Playoff, and with help, possibly into the ACC Championship Game.,But that only happens for the 13th-ranked Hurricanes if they win their final two games, starting Saturday afternoon against host Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.,Miami (8-2, 4-2 ACC...

No. 16 Georgia Tech targets first ACC title game since '14, Pitt blocking path
No. 16 Georgia Tech's Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season finale against Pitt on Saturday is one of the most important in program history.,For the Yellow Jackets (9-1, 6-1 ACC), the consequences for the game on Saturday in Atlanta are simple.,Should Georgia Tech defeat Pittsburgh, it is in the ...

No. 4 Georgia focused on Charlotte, will address SEC race later
Before entering its championship phase of the season, No. 4 Georgia will look to use a non-conference game against Charlotte as a tune-up on Saturday afternoon in Athens, Ga.,Georgia (9-1) finished its Southeastern Conference regular-season slate in style last Saturday, recording its sixth straight ...

Georgia Tech survives challenge from Georgia Southern
Baye Ndongo totaled 20 points and 10 rebounds on Tuesday to help Georgia Tech fend off visiting Georgia Southern for a 68-66 victory in Atlanta.,Mouhamed Sylla posted 12 points and 11 boards for the Yellow Jackets (4-1), who made just 4 of 22 3-point attempts (18.2%) and committed 22 turnovers. Rese...

Magic ride balanced scoring to win over road-weary Warriors
Desmond Bane had a team-high 23 points, Anthony Black led a strong bench performance with a season-best 21 and the Orlando Magic took advantage of a road-weary Golden State Warriors team to claim a 121-113 home win on Tuesday night.,Franz Wagner chipped in with 18 points and Wendell Carter Jr. logge...

CFP: Georgia joins Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M in top 4
The top three teams in the College Football Playoff rankings -- Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M -- remained unchanged while Georgia slid into No. 4 and the last first-round bye in the committee's latest rankings revealed Tuesday night.,Georgia capitalized on the biggest result of the weekend, riva...

Belgium sweeps France to kick off Davis Cup quarterfinals
Raphael Collignon and Zizou Bergs guided Belgium to a 2-0 sweep of France in the opening quarterfinal match of the Davis Cup Finals on Tuesday in Bologna, Italy.,Collignon dropped his first set against Corentin Moutet before rallying for a 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory. Bergs then finished the job with a 6-...

Unbeaten Virginia Tech looks for continued success vs. Bryant
Freshman guard Neoklis Avdalas has jump-started Virginia Tech, and the Hokies will look to build on an unbeaten start in a matchup with Bryant Wednesday night in Blacksburg, Va.,Only four games into his career, the 6-foot-9 Greek point guard has already impressed. Avdalas is averaging 16.3 points an...

Angel City FC, Hina Sugita agree to 3-year extension
Angel City FC midfielder Hina Sugita agreed to a three-year contract extension on Tuesday that spans through the 2029 season.,Financial terms were not disclosed for Sugita, who was acquired from the Portland Thorns on Sept. 30 in exchange for defender M.A. Vignola and $600,000 in intra-league transf...

Arizona State rallies past upset-minded Georgia State
Moe Odum scored a season-high 24 points to help Arizona State turn back upset-minded Georgia State 75-62 on Monday in Tempe, Ariz.,Odum was 10-for-19 from the field and added five rebounds and nine assists to help the Sun Devils (3-1) bounce back from Friday's loss to Gonzaga.,Arizona State also got...

DJ Thomas, Honor Huff power West Virginia past Lafayette
DJ Thomas scored a game-high 25 points off the bench to lead West Virginia to an 81-59 win over Lafayette on Monday in Morgantown W. Va.,Honor Huff scored 24 points and connected on 8 of 9 3-point attempts for the Mountaineers (5-0).,Andrew Phillips led Lafayette with 19 points and Caleb Williams ad...

Sliding Texas A&M seeks better second half vs. Montana
Finding consistency remains the goal for Texas A&M, which will try to stop a two-game losing streak on Tuesday when Montana visits College Station, Texas.,To Aggies forward Zach Clemence, the team's best stretches are "definitely a peek of what we can do, and it looks good, works well.,"We just got ...

Georgia uses balanced attack to beat Florida A&M by 30
Jake Wilkins tallied 14 points, five blocked shots and four steals to lead a balanced effort for Georgia in an 87-57 victory over Florida A&M on Monday night in Athens, Ga.,The Bulldogs (5-0) continued their unblemished start and extended their nonconference home winning streak to 32 in a row under ...

Virginia Tech hires former Penn State coach James Franklin
A month after he was fired by Penn State, James Franklin has found another gig, becoming the next head coach at Virginia Tech, the school announced Monday.,Franklin, 53, boasts a 128-60 record over 15 seasons at the helm of Penn State and Vanderbilt. He took the Nittany Lions to the 2024 College Foo...

Reports: Virginia Tech close to hiring James Franklin
A month after he was fired by Penn State, James Franklin will soon be the new head coach at Virginia Tech, multiple media outlets reported Monday.,Franklin, 53, boasts a 128-60 record over 15 seasons at the helm of Penn State and Vanderbilt. He took the Nittany Lions to the 2024 College Football Pla...

Warriors' Jimmy Butler returns to Florida to take on Magic
The Jimmy Butler two-show Florida reunion tour kicks off Tuesday night when the former Miami Heat standout takes center stage as the Golden State Warriors visit the Orlando Magic.,Dealt early last February from the Heat to the Warriors, Butler joined Golden State in time for both its visits to Flori...
Everything We Learned in College Football Week 12
Week 12 in college football delivered chaos. Georgia rises, USC and Michigan hang on, and the Big 12 races toward multiple playoff bids....

Rockets rally from down 11 in 4th to top Magic in OT
Kevin Durant scored a game-high 35 points, Alperen Sengun added a 30-point double-double, and the host Houston Rockets claimed a 117-113 overtime victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday.,Durant assisted on an Amen Thompson dunk with 51.8 seconds left that provided the Rockets a 111-110 lead before ...

Arizona State hopes to limit mistakes vs. Georgia State
Arizona State will try to bounce back from its first loss of the season when the Sun Devils host Georgia State on Monday night in Tempe in a tuneup prior to their trip to Hawaii.,Arizona State (2-1) was beaten 77-65 by No. 19 Gonzaga on Friday. Other than being on the wrong end of a 21-5 run in the ...

Big man Harlan Obioha leads West Virginia against Lafayette
Harlan Obioha improved his fitness in the offseason and has become an inside force for West Virginia.,There will be dueling big men working the paint when the Mountaineers host Lafayette on Monday in Morgantown, W. Va.,In a 71-49 win against Pitt on Thursday, the 7-foot Obioha led West Virginia (4-0...