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Hall of Fame Rangers G Ed Giacomin dies at 86
Hall of Fame goalkeeper Ed Giacomin, a six-time All-Star who played the majority of his 13-year NHL career for the New York Rangers, died on Monday. He was 86.,Giacomin won 290 games with 54 shutouts, 267 and 49 of which came in New York. He shared the 1970-71 Vezina Trophy with fellow Rangers goali...
Davis Cup roundup: Spain completes comeback to make Final 8
Pedro Martinez, Jaume Munar and Pablo Carreno Busta all contributed to Spain's reverse sweep of Denmark on Sunday in Marbella to allow Spain to advance to the Davis Cup's Final 8.,Spain's dramatic comeback from down 2-0 completed the field of eight teams to advance. Earlier in the day, Belgium downe...
Miami, Texas A&M rise in AP Top 25 poll, Ohio State stays No. 1
Five teams received first-place votes in the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Sunday as Ohio State remained the No. 1 team in advance of Saturday's Big Ten opener at Washington.,Ohio State, Penn State and LSU were 1-2-3 for the second week in a row, while Miami swiped two of Ohio State's first-...
Virginia Tech parts ways with head coach Brent Pry
Virginia Tech fired head coach Brent Pry on Sunday after an 0-3 start to the season that included an embarrassing 45-26 home loss to Old Dominion on Saturday.,Offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery takes over as interim head coach. ,Pry, 55, went 16-24 in his four seasons as head coach of the Hokie...
Shohei Ohtani's 49th HR highlights Dodgers' hit parade in rout of Giants
Shohei Ohtani launched his 49th home run of the season, Teoscar Hernandez and Ben Rortvedt contributed two-RBI doubles in a six-run fifth inning and a classic pitching matchup of Clayton Kershaw against Logan Webb turned into a slugfest as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the San Francisco...
No. 16 Texas A&M stuns No. 8 Notre Dame on late TD
Nate Boerkircher caught a go-ahead 11-yard touchdown pass with 13 seconds to go, and No. 16 Texas A&M held on for a 41-40 win over No. 8 Notre Dame in a Saturday night thriller in South Bend, Ind., ,Marcel Reed completed 17 of 37 passes for 360 yards, two touchdowns and one interception for Texas A&...
No. 6 Georgia rallies to continue mastery of No. 15 Tennessee
Josh McCray ran in the game-winning 1-yard touchdown in overtime to give visiting No. 6 Georgia a 44-41 win over No. 15 Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn., on Saturday.,Gunner Stockton threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns, adding another on the ground for Georgia (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference), whi...
WVU rallies for OT win over Pitt in Backyard Brawl
Tye Edwards ran for 141 yards and three touchdowns, including one in overtime, as West Virginia rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter for a 31-24 victory over Pitt at Morgantown, W.Va., to win the Backyard Brawl rivalry., ,Nicco Marchiol was 19-of-25 passing with 192 yards and a touc...
Aidan Birr boots 55-yard FG as Georgia Tech upsets No. 12 Clemson
ATLANTA - Aidan Birr hit a 55-yard field goal as time expired to help Georgia Tech upset No. 12 Clemson 24-21 in Atlantic Coast Conference play on Saturday.,Haynes King completed 20 of 28 passes for 211 yards, and added 101 yards and a score on the ground for the Yellow Jackets (3-0, 1-0 ACC), who b...
Harrison Waylee helps Virginia pound William & Mary
Harrison Waylee rushed for 151 yards and three touchdowns as host Virginia seized control early, pulled away in the second quarter and set a school record with 700 total yards in a 55-16 rout of William & Mary on Saturday afternoon in Charlottesville, Va.,The Cavaliers (2-1) scored on six of their f...
Pitt, West Virginia add 4 games to 'Backyard Brawl' series
Pitt and West Virginia agreed to extend their "Backyard Brawl" series by four seasons.,The two rivals meet Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va., in what will be their final game until the series picks up again in 2029. The Friday agreement between the schools added four games from 2033-36.,"The Backyard Br...
Aaron Judge passes Joe DiMaggio on Yankees HR list with 362nd
Aaron Judge passed Joe DiMaggio and took sole possession of fourth place on the New York Yankees' all-time home run list, hitting a solo shot out of Fenway Park in the first inning of Friday night's game against the Boston Red Sox.,It was Judge's 362nd career homer, behind only Babe Ruth, Mickey Man...
Aaron Judge ties Joe DiMaggio with two HRs vs. Tigers
Aaron Judge tied Joe DiMaggio for fourth place on the Yankees' all-time home run list by going deep in each of his first two at-bats of New York's game against the visiting Detroit Tigers on Thursday.,Judge hit his 360th career homer off opener Tyler Holton in the first inning - a 413-foot blast to ...
Aaron Judge ties Joe DiMaggio with two HRs Thursday
Aaron Judge tied Joe DiMaggio for fourth place on the New York Yankees' all-time home run list by going deep in each of his first two at-bats of Thursday's game against the visiting Detroit Tigers.,Judge hit his 360th career homer off opener Tyler Holton in the first inning - a 413-foot blast to lef...
Sabres sign free agent G Alexandar Georgiev
The Buffalo Sabres signed free agent goaltender Alexandar Georgiev to a one-year contract worth $825,000 on Thursday.,Georgiev, 29, joins a Buffalo team that also has veterans Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and Alex Lyon and youngster Devon Levi vying for playing time in the pipes.,Georgiev began last season ...
Virginia Tech out to avoid slumber in second half vs. Old Dominion
Given the way that Virginia Tech flatlined in the second half of a humiliating loss last week, the Hokies might want to consider shifting their signature pregame hype song "Enter Sandman" to halftime.,Playlists aside, the Hokies (0-2) will look to play a complete game on Saturday when they host Old ...
Missing key cogs, West Virginia braces for Pitt in 'Backyard Brawl'
The "Backyard Brawl" will be missing plenty of its expected punch when West Virginia hosts Pitt on Saturday afternoon at Morgantown, W.Va.,West Virginia will play the rest of the season without two key offensive performers after star running back Jahiem White and wide receiver Jaden Bray were lost t...
New York Giants Receiver Malik Nabers Says He Has Natural Bitch Face
Giants WR Malik Nabers laughed off his Week 1 sideline outburst, saying he just has a “natural bitch face.” Here’s what he said after the loss to Washington and what it means for New York....
Giants dump D-backs again, slice into wild-card deficit
Willy Adames and Patrick Bailey hit home runs, Joel Peguero and Ryan Walker pitched out of late jams and the San Francisco Giants made it two straight over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks with a 5-3 victory on Tuesday.,Robbie Ray remained unbeaten against his former team with a third consecutive w...
No. 25 Missouri looks to carry Border War momentum into Louisiana matchup
Missouri defensive end Zion Young would prefer his team not to have to deal with close games like last week's 42-31 victory over Kansas.,"We don't want tight games," he said. "We want to blow people out. But hey, if it comes down to that, we'll take it on.",Young might get his wish for a blowout Sat...