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Expectations rise for No. 19 Texas, Ohio State
No. 19 Texas and Ohio State will look to begin their campaigns on the right foot when they square off Monday in Las Vegas as part of the season-opening Hall of Fame Series. Both teams are rebuilding around key players from the transfer portal. ,The Longhorns went 21-13 in 2023-24 in coach Rodney Ter...

QB a question mark for No. 3 Penn State vs. No. 4 Ohio State
Penn State could have quarterback Drew Allar available when the No. 3 Nittany Lions host No. 4 Ohio State in a Big Ten showdown on Saturday afternoon in University Park, Pa.,Allar sustained a knee injury that kept him out the second half of a 28-13 win at Wisconsin last Saturday after going 14-for-1...

Big Ten: No disicipline for Spartans-Wolverines fight
The Big Ten will not take any further action against participants in Saturday's postgame fight involving players from Michigan State and Michigan.,The conference announced Tuesday that its thorough review of the video evidence from the incident in Ann Arbor was "inconclusive.","Amidst the confrontat...

Playoffs in view as No. 13 Indiana takes on Michigan State
With the last third of the college football regular season here, No. 13 Indiana serving as a feel-good story this year feels like old news.,Now, remarkably, the big question is whether the Hoosiers can play their way into the College Football Playoff.,Four games remain for Indiana (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten)...
What We Learned During First Week of the NBA Season
The first week of the NBA season is already in the books, and while the Boston Celtics look like they're still the team to beat, here are some other learnings from the first week of basketball....

Dillon Gabriel, No. 1 Oregon brace for best shot from Michigan
No. 1 Oregon will look to continue its undefeated season on Saturday afternoon when it faces Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich.,The Ducks (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) are one of eight remaining unbeaten teams in the nation. They also are 8-0 for the first time since 2013 and for the fifth time in program history.,A...

Michigan QB Jack Tuttle retires due to medical reasons
Michigan quarterback Jack Tuttle announced his retirement on Monday.,Tuttle is stepping away from football for medical reasons, as he "didn't fully recover from" an offseason procedure to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing arm. He also recently sustained his fifth concussion.,"Toda...

Big Ten probing postgame fight between Michigan, Michigan St.
While it wasn't as dire as 2022, another fight between the Michigan and Michigan State football teams is being investigated by the Big Ten Conference, Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller said Monday.,In the final moments of Michigan's 24-17 home win over Michigan State on Saturday, Spartans...

Sun part ways with Stephanie White; coach headed to Fever?
The Connecticut Sun parted ways with coach Stephanie White on Monday amid reports that she could be headed back to the Indiana Fever.,"We want to thank Stephanie for her time in Connecticut and her commitment to our organization over the past two seasons," Sun president Jen Rizzotti said in a news r...

Chiefs acquire OLB Josh Uche from Patriots
The Chiefs acquired pass-rusher Josh Uche from the New England Patriots, Kansas City coach Andy Reid confirmed Monday.,The Chiefs are sending a 2026 sixth-round draft pick to the Patriots, NFL Network and ESPN reported.,Uche, 26, was an 11th-hour "healthy scratch" ahead of New England's win over the...

AmFam Champ moving to new course, team format in '25
The Champions Tour's American Family Insurance Championship is getting a makeover in 2025.,The June 6-8 tournament is moving to Madison's TPC Wisconsin and switching to a team format.,"With this tournament moving to a new course in 2025, it's an ideal time to try a new format as well," tournament ho...

Penn State QB a game-time decision for Ohio State clash
Penn State quarterback Drew Allar will be a game-time decision for Saturday's showdown between the No. 3 Nittany Lions and visiting No. 4 Ohio State.,Head coach James Franklin told reporters Monday that evaluating the status of Allar's injured left knee is a "timeline that will go all the way up to ...

Reports: Chiefs acquire OLB Josh Uche from Patriots
The Kansas City Chiefs acquired pass-rusher Josh Uche from the New England Patriots on Monday, multiple outlets reported.,The Chiefs are sending a 2026 sixth-round pick to the Patriots, NFL Network reported.,Uche was an 11th-hour "healthy scratch" ahead of New England's win over the New York Jets on...

Report: Fever targeting Sun coach Stephanie White
The Indiana Fever are targeting current Connecticut Sun coach Stephanie White to fill their head coaching vacancy, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday.,White, 47, previously coached the Fever from 2015-16, compiling a 37-31 record before departing to become the head coach at Vanderbilt for six sea...

Top two picks face off as Wizards take on Hawks
The first two picks in the 2024 NBA draft -- Atlanta's Zaccharie Risacher and Washington's Alex Sarr -- will go head-to-head for the first time on Monday when the Hawks host the Wizards.,Risacher, the No. 1 overall pick, started for the first time on Sunday. Sarr, the No. 2 overall pick, has started...

Denis Bouanga scores 8th playoff goal as LAFC top Whitecaps in Game 1
Denis Bouanga scored his eighth career MLS Cup Playoff goal on a first-half penalty kick, and LAFC defeated the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 on Sunday evening in Game 1 of their Round 1 Western Conference series.,Cristian Olivera doubled the lead after halftime for top West seed LAFC, which is s...

Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs hold off Raiders to stay unbeaten
Patrick Mahomes completed 27 of 38 passes for 262 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, and the Kansas City Chiefs held on for a 27-20 win over the host Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday afternoon.,Travis Kelce had 10 catches for 90 yards and a touchdown for Kansas City (7-0), which is the NFL's las...

Padraig Harrington wins inaugural Simmons Bank Championship
Padraig Harrington made four birdies on the front nine and held on to capture the inaugural Simmons Bank Championship on Sunday in Little Rock, Ark.,The Irishman won his third PGA Tour Champions event of the season and leapt seven spots to No. 4 in the playoff standings entering next week's season f...

Grizzlies, with trio finally healthy, take on Bulls
Nearly 300 days had passed since the three core players on the Memphis Grizzlies' roster -- Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Desmond Bane -- had started the same game.,But during Saturday's wire-to-wire 124-111 win over visiting Orlando, Morant, Jackson and Bane were together again. Their reunion ga...

Chad Ryland hero again as Cards nip Dolphins on last-play FG
Chad Ryland booted a 34-yard field goal with no time remaining to give the Arizona Cardinals a 28-27 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday afternoon at Miami Gardens, Fla.,The winning kick was Ryland's second straight and third of the season. He made a field goal to beat the San Francisco 49ers ...