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Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa (illness) expected to play vs. Falcons
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is expected to play in Sunday's game against the host Atlanta Falcons despite being added to the injury report with an illness.,Tagovailoa, who does not carry an injury designation into the game, was benched last week in a 31-6 loss to the Cleveland Browns. ...
After milestone win, Lightning look to keep momentum vs. Golden Knights
Tampa Bay star Nikita Kucherov had not played with former captain Steven Stamkos in over a season, but the two high-scoring forwards were united in franchise history in the Lightning's most recent outing. ,Kucherov joined Stamkos Saturday as the only Lightning players to reach 1,000 career points by...
No. 6 Oregon overcomes QB injury, slow start to defeat Wisconsin
Sixth-ranked Oregon survived the loss of starting quarterback Dante Moore for almost all of the second half and a slow start on offense, defeating Wisconsin 21-7 Saturday at rainy Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore.,The Ducks (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten) scored touchdowns on their final drive of the first half and...
Panthers blank Knights in Sergei Bobrovsky's 50th shutout
Sergei Bobrovsky made 17 saves for his 50th career shutout as the Florida Panthers handed the visiting Vegas Golden Knights their first regulation loss of the season, 3-0, on Saturday night in Sunrise, Fla., ,A.J. Greer had a goal and an assist and Sam Reinhart and Cole Schwindt each scored goals fo...
Unranked Oregon looks to set tone vs. Hawaii in home opener
Oregon enters the 2025-2026 men's college basketball season unranked, but the Ducks have advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament in each of the past two seasons and have two of the top players in the Big Ten back for 2025-26.,Forward Nate Bittle made the conference's all-defensive team a...
Iowa takes down Minnesota in all-around dominant performance
Mark Gronowski passed for one touchdown and rushed for another, and Iowa pulled away for a commanding 41-3 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference contest Saturday afternoon in Iowa City.,Gronowski completed 12 of 19 passes for 135 yards and a score for Iowa (6-2, 4-1), which won its third game i...
Chucky Lozano's status uncertain as San Diego prepares to host Timbers
San Diego FC is experiencing more drama than a No. 1 seed would like entering its playoff opener against the visiting Portland Timbers on Sunday night.,San Diego FC coach Mikey Varas has yet to determine if face of the franchise Hirving "Chucky" Lozano will play in the opener of the Round 1 best-of-...
Union begin quest for 1st MLS title with 3-game series vs. Fire
Bradley Carnell's first year as coach of the Philadelphia Union has been a revelation, as he has transformed a team that finished 12th in the MLS Eastern Conference last year into a winner of the Supporters' Shield.,Now it is on to the postseason for the Union, who open a three-game series at home a...
Why Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia Might Be the Real Heisman Favorite
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia is climbing the Heisman odds while turning the Commodores into surprise College Football Playoff contenders....
Diego Pavia's lawyers amending JUCO lawsuit to be class action
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia is not the only one who thinks junior college play shouldn't count against NCAA eligibility.,The 24-year-old is able to compete for the Heisman Trophy and potentially lead the Commodores to the College Football Playoff this season thanks to a federal court injuncti...
San Diego FC captain Jeppe Tverskov signs extension
San Diego FC signed captain Jeppe Tverskov to a contract extension through 2027 with an option for 2028, the team announced Friday.,The 32-year-old Danish midfielder delivered two goals and 13 assists in 33 starts during his first season in MLS while leading the expansion club to the No. 1 seed in t...
Ex-Alabama QB AJ McCarron launches campaign for lieutenant governor
Former Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron is running for lieutenant governor in the state's 2026 election, he announced Thursday.,The Mobile native and two-time national champion with the Crimson Tide released a statement on YouTube.,"When Coach (Nick) Saban recruited me to play quarterback for the Uni...
Fire end playoff-win drought, KO Orlando in East wild-card game
Hugo Cuypers recorded a second-half brace and the Chicago Fire picked up their first playoff win in 16 years with a dominating 3-1 triumph over Orlando City in an Eastern Conference wild-card match on Wednesday night in Bridgeview, Ill.,Brian Gutierrez also scored for the eighth-seeded Fire, who end...
Out to shake slow start, Lightning face upstart Blackhawks
Intent on emerging from their early-season struggles, the Tampa Bay Lightning will open a three-game homestand with a visit from the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.,One of the NHL's best clubs on home ice last season, the Lightning have struggled their way to one win and four total points in six gam...
Dolphins' Mike McDaniel understands 'big-boy league. It does get tough'
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel might be on alert after Miami lost a game by more than 10 points for the 14th time in his tenure at Cleveland last week, but he insists the focus is on winning in Week 8.,"Anything else other than the Atlanta Falcons is a disservice to our entire team," McDaniel said of ...
Fire hunt first playoff win in 16 years at Orlando City's expense
After ending one of the longest playoff droughts in MLS, the Chicago Fire will look to halt another when they host Orlando City in the Eastern Conference wild-card game on Wednesday night in Bridgeview, Ill.,Chicago finished eighth in the East to end a league-worst run of seven years without a posts...
Pistons poised for another leap starting with opener vs. Bulls
The Detroit Pistons engineered much of last season's historic turnaround without guard Jaden Ivey.,As their young core prepares to keep climbing -- beginning with Wednesday's opener against the host Chicago Bulls -- the Pistons will be minus Ivey for a bit longer.,Ivey encountered a setback after he...
No. 1 UConn's Sarah Strong named to preseason All-America team
Sarah Strong of No. 1 UConn, one of the nation's top freshmen last season, was named to the Associated Press All-America women's college basketball preseason team, announced Tuesday.,She joins an impressive group headlined by senior Lauren Betts of UCLA, junior Madison Booker of Texas and junior Han...
PWHL expansion franchises unveil colors, uniforms
The latest teams to enter the Professional Women's Hockey League -- PWHL Seattle and PWHL Vancouver -- unveiled their home and away jerseys, as well as team colors, on Tuesday, a month ahead of the expansion clubs' opening game.,The city names of each team are stitched diagonally across the front of...
With coach's seat getting hot, Wisconsin braces for No. 6 Oregon
Wisconsin, in the midst of a five-game losing streak, couldn't have found a worse time to visit No. 6 Oregon.,The Badgers, held scoreless in blowout defeats the past two games, will oppose the Ducks on Saturday in Eugene, Ore.,Oregon (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) is coming off a blowout win at Rutgers, 56-10 i...