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Meet the 12 CFP Title Contenders: No. 4 Arizona State
4. Arizona State Sun Devils,11-2 (7-2 Big 12 regular season),What's next: First-round bye; vs. winner of No. 12 Clemson-No. 5 Texas at Peach Bowl, Jan. 1.,Head coach: Kenny Dillingham (Second season, 14-11 overall),About Dillingham: A graduate of Arizona State and native Phoenician, Dillingham retur...
No. 15 Baylor might not be full strength against Abilene Christian
Baylor coach Scott Drew admitted frustration that his Bears have been playing short-handed for much of the season.,"You've got to be healthy enough to develop," Drew said following the Bears' 76-72 loss at two-time reigning national champion UConn on Wednesday.,"We've been bit from the injury bug fr...
Braden Smith powers No. 8 Purdue past Maryland
Braden Smith paired 24 points with 10 assists on Sunday to help No. 8 Purdue fend off visiting Maryland 83-78 in Big Ten play in West Lafayette, Ind.,Smith led the Boilermakers with five 3-pointers and made 4 of 5 in the second half to help Purdue (8-2, 1-1 Big Ten) pick up its first conference win ...
Report: Purdue close to signing UNLV's Barry Odom as coach
Purdue is close to hiring UNLV head coach Barry Odom to the same position, Yahoo Sports reported on Sunday morning.,Odom has posted a 19-8 record in two seasons with the Rebels. He has guided the team to consecutive Mountain West championship game appearances, including a 21-7 loss to Boise State on...
Lando Norris wins Abu Dhabi GP as McLaren seals title
Lando Norris held off a pair of Ferrari drivers to win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, giving McLaren its first constructors' championship since 1998.,McLaren entered the race with a 21-point lead over Ferrari, and Norris did enough to hold on as his teammate, Oscar Piastri, endured a rough race...
Avalanche coming together as they visit Devils
The New Jersey Devils will go for their third straight win when they host the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday night.,Colorado, in the midst of a five-game road trip, plays the second of back-to-backs after a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.,Cole Makar ended an eight-game goal droug...
Reports: Orioles get Tyler O'Neill on 3-year, $49.5M deal
Outfielder Tyler O'Neill has agreed to a three-year, $49.5 million deal with the Baltimore Orioles, multiple media outlets reported Saturday. ,The deal includes an opt-out clause after the first year, per the reports. ,O'Neill heads to Baltimore after spending the 2024 campaign with the American Lea...
Oilers stay hot, double up Blues
Connor McDavid scored once and added an assist to lead the host Edmonton Oilers to a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night. ,Corey Perry, Zach Hyman and Troy Stecher also scored while Leon Draisaitl recorded two assists for the Oilers, who have won five of their past six games. Goal...
Blazers, Lakers look to finally get on track
Two struggling teams that have absorbed some intensive beatdowns in recent days get together Sunday night when the Los Angeles Lakers host the Portland Trail Blazers.,Both teams have dropped three straight games and seven of their past nine while sinking the Western Conference standings.,Los Angeles...
Pair of Kings reach milestones in win over Wild
Adrian Kempe and Alex Laferriere scored goals in the opening two periods as the Los Angeles Kings extended their season-best winning streak to five games with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. ,Trevor Moore scored two empty-net goals and Anze Kopitar recorded an assis...
Sharp-shooting Villanova trounces Temple
Eric Dixon scored 24 points to propel Villanova to a comfortable 94-65 win over Temple on Saturday in a Big 5 Classic game from Philadelphia., ,Dixon came in averaging 25.9 points for the Wildcats (6-4), who entered on the heels of their biggest win of the season ...
Injury-riddled Louisville tries to cool off No. 9 Duke
The Louisville Cardinals host a ranked team for the second time this week when the No. 9 Duke Blue Devils pay a visit on Sunday, and the Cardinals hope for a better outcome in the teams' Atlantic Coast Conference opener.,Louisville (5-3) has lost two straight, including an 86-63 thrashing at home by...
Balanced Arizona attack overpowers Southern Utah
Reserve Anthony Dell'Orso's 19 points led a balanced scoring effort of seven players in double figures in Arizona's 102-66 victory Saturday over Southern Utah at Tucson, Ariz.,Arizona's bench outscored Southern Utah's reserves 62-13 behind Dell'Orso, KJ Lewis (15 points on 6-of-7 shooting, eight reb...
Pavel Zacha scores another OT goal as Bruins top Flyers
Pavel Zacha scored his second overtime game-winning goal in three games to propel the Boston Bruins past the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Saturday afternoon.,After Boston goaltender Jeremy Swayman (23 saves) stopped a Joel Farabee breakaway to extend the extra session, David Pastrnak curled a...
No. 15 Arizona State owns Big 12 title game with rout of No. 16 Iowa State
Bo Skattebo rushed for 170 yards and accounted for three touchdowns as No. 15 Arizona State clinched a College Football Playoff spot with a 45-19 rout of No. 16 Iowa State on Saturday in the Big 12 title game at Arlington, Texas.,Skattebo rushed for two scores and also had a receiving touchdown for ...
76ers in a 'flow now' with matchup against Bulls ahead
Philadelphia 76ers star Paul George believes his team is starting to turn a corner., ,After dropping 15 of its first 20 games of the season, Philadelphia carries a renewed sense of optimism into a meeting with the host Chicago Bulls on Sunday afternoon., ,George supplied a team-high 21 points to go ...
Bucks look for more from reunited star trio in matchup with Nets
Other than the eventual defeat, Khris Middleton enjoyed everything about his season debut for the Milwaukee Bucks as he played with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard for the first time this season.,On Sunday, Middleton and the Bucks turn their sights on the Brooklyn Nets, who they lost to 115...
Deep bench strengthens Vanderbilt for challenge from TCU
Vanderbilt, with its deep lineup, will square off with TCU on Sunday in the first game of the USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.,Vanderbilt, (8-1) picked up an 80-64 win at Virginia Tech on Wednesday in the SEC/ACC Challenge. The Commodores didn't win their eighth game until Feb. 2...
St. John's second-half outburst sinks Kansas State
Zuby Ejiofor totaled career highs of 28 points and 13 rebounds as St. John's dominated the second half in an 88-71 victory over Kansas State in the Big 12/Big East Battle Saturday in New York.,After a pregame ceremony to honor late Hall of Fame coach Lou Carnesecca, the Red Storm (7-2) earned their ...
Lewis Hamilton to start from back in final Mercedes race
Lewis Hamilton will be starting from the rear of the grid on Sunday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix -- his final race with his Mercedes team.,Hamilton qualified in 18th place after his car caught a track bollard that had been dislodged by the car driven by Haas' Kevin Magnussen. The bollard, a vertical ...