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Tiger Woods won't play in Hero World Challenge
When the Hero World Challenge takes place Dec. 5-8 in the Bahamas, tournament host Tiger Woods will not be part of the field.,Still recovering from his latest surgery, on his back last September, Woods had the option of joining the 20-player field in the exhibition event but announced Monday he woul...
No. 6 Purdue bounces back, blows out Marshall
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored a game-high 18 points as No. 6 Purdue rolled to an 80-45 win over visiting Marshall on Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind. ,With starting center Daniel Jacobsen out with a leg injury, Purdue tweaked its lineup as Camden Heide and Myles Colvin got their first career st...
No. 6 Purdue looks for challenges; Marshall next
No. 6 Purdue enters its game with Marshall on Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind., with an unfamiliar feeling.,For the first time since 2020, the Boilermakers lost a regular season, non-conference game when they fell to No. 15 Marquette 76-58 on Tuesday in Milwaukee. But the early-season setback is all...
Raiders activate TE Michael Mayer
The Las Vegas Raiders activated tight end Michael Mayer from the reserve/non-football illness list on Saturday morning.,Mayer missed the Raiders' last seven games after being placed on the list Oct. 11 due to a personal matter. He is questionable to play in Las Vegas' game against the host Miami Dol...
NoMercyLambo wins MCS' Unstoppable Challenge belt, $50k
NoMercyLambo won the Madden Challenge Series' Unstoppable Challenge on Wednesday night, claiming the $50,000 top prize.,Playing with the Baltimore Ravens, the Level Next 2023 Champion won his first MCS belt and will defend his title at MCS Zero Chill, the final MCS 25 major of the year.,NoMercyLambo...
MLB to test strike zone challenge system next spring
Major League Baseball will begin testing a strike zone challenge system next year at spring training, commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed Monday.,Manfred previously said the automated strike zone system already used in some minor leagues to determine balls and strikes would have a trial run before be...
Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Celtics embrace challenge of repeat
Not long after the Boston Celtics won the NBA title in 2008, some new wall decor went up at their practice facility in Waltham, Mass. ,It was a banner. An 18th one. But it stood out from the rest. It was completely blank, its story not yet written. ,For well over a decade, that blank canvas showed t...
Don Marshall, 5-time Cup champ with Canadiens, dies at 92
Don Marshall, who won five straight Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens as part of a 19-year NHL career, has died. He was 92.,Marshall was one of 12 players who skated on all five of Canadiens' championship teams from 1956-60. He had been the last living player from that dynasty following Jean-...
Mavs CEO Cynthia Marshall plans to retire at end of year
Dallas Mavericks chief executive officer Cynthia Marshall is retiring at the end of the calendar year, she announced Tuesday.,Marshall, 64, had been with the franchise since March 2018, when she was hired by former majority owner Mark Cuban. Getting the job made her the NBA's first-ever Black female...
No. 3 Ohio State dominates in lopsided win over Marshall
Quinshon Judkins and TreVeyon Henderson combined for 249 rushing yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 3 Ohio State to a 49-14 win over Marshall in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday.,Henderson ran for a 40-yard touchdown on the first possession of the third quarter for a 35-14 lead in the final nonconfere...
Marshall optimistic ahead of clash at No. 3 Ohio State
Marshall coach Charles Huff was in a good mood and optimistic during his session with the media Monday as the Thundering Herd prepared to face No. 3 Ohio State on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.,He first likened the situation to one of his favorite movies, "Moneyball," where a frugal major league team i...
Virginia Tech uses defense, special teams to top Marshall
On a day when Virginia Tech celebrated its past, the Hokies relied on an old-school formula, using defense and special teams to down Marshall 31-14 in Blacksburg, Va., on Saturday. ,Jaylin Lane returned a punt for a touchdown and Virginia Tech (1-1) held Marshall to 278 yards of total offense and 12...
Virginia Tech hosts Marshall, looks to forget Week 1 loss
Metallica's "Enter Sandman" will pulsate again through a bouncing sellout crowd Saturday before Virginia Tech plays its home opener against Marshall.,The song has blared at Lane Stadium for the past 24 seasons.,But there is an undertone of discontent in Blacksburg, Va., as the Hokies (0-1) are comin...
Stewart Cink wins Ally to clinch first PGA Tour Champions title
Stewart Cink shot a 6-under-par 66 and ran away with the Ally Challenge for his first win on the PGA Tour Champions on Sunday in Grand Blanc, Mich.,The highlights of Cink's bogey-free round included a lengthy downhill birdie putt at No. 5 and three short birdie putts on the back nine (Nos. 11, 13 an...
Stewart Cink grabs 3-stroke lead at Ally Challenge in Michigan
Stewart Cink got his Saturday off to a rousing start with an eagle on the par-5 first, then put together a flawless rest of his round to shoot a 6-under-par 66 and grab the lead by three strokes at the Ally Challenge in Grand Blanc, Mich.,The 51-year-old has four top-10 finishes this season but no c...
K.J. Choi alone on top at Ally Challenge
K.J. Choi posted a bogey-free, 6-under-par 66 to earn the first-round lead at the Ally Challenge on Friday in Grand Blanc, Mich.,The South Korea native made four of his six birdies on the back nine at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, enough to take a one-shot lead over a four-way tie for second.,B...
Fantasy Football Mock Draft: PPR, 10-Team Advice
This fantasy football mock draft should help you ace the first round of your draft this year in 10-team, PPR leagues....
Kentucky's Valhalla to host 2028 Solheim Cup
Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., was named Tuesday as the host course for the 21st Solheim Cup in 2028.,Valhalla will join The Greenbrier, Muirfield Village and Gleneagles as the only courses to host both a Solheim Cup -- which pits top American players from the LPGA Tour against European pros...
CF Montreal acquire Toronto F Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty
CF Montreal acquired Canadian forward Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty from Toronto FC on Friday.,Toronto received $850,000 in general allocation money in exchange -- $450,000 in 2024 and $400,000 in 2025.,Toronto also will receive a sell-on percentage of Marshall-Rutty's next transfer, and could receive up ...
Devin Hester, It Was a Hell of a Run
It was a hell of a run for Chicago Bears legend and 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Devin Hester. We'll never see another player quite like him....