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Tulsa fires head coach Kevin Wilson
Tulsa fired head coach Kevin Wilson on Sunday.,The Golden Hurricane fell to 3-8 overall (1-6 in American Athletic Conference) this season and 7-16 during Wilson's two years as their head coach with a 63-30 setback to South Florida on Saturday. ,While Tulsa gained 478 yards against South Florida, the...
Reports: Tulsa to fire head coach Kevin Wilson
Tulsa is expected to fire head coach Kevin Wilson, multiple outlets reported Sunday.,The Golden Hurricane fell to 3-8 overall (1-6 in American Athletic Conference) this season and 7-16 during Wilson's two years as their head coach with a 63-30 setback to South Florida on Saturday. ,While Tulsa gaine...
After record-setting shooting display, Liberty set to battle Kansas State
A pair of teams off to strong starts to the season -- and one coming off a historic performance -- will face off Sunday when Kansas State plays Liberty in the semifinals of the Paradise Jam in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.,The Wildcats (4-1) beat George Washington 83-71 in the first round F...
Vanderbilt, Drake bring undefeated marks into Charleston Classic title game
Drake and Vanderbilt, which both have new coaches and are off to undefeated starts, are set to face off Sunday in the Charleston Classic championship game in Charleston, S.C.,Drake (5-0) beat Miami on Thursday and Florida Atlantic on Friday in two impressive wins in Charleston, but Drake coach Ben M...
Connor McDavid, Oilers rough up Rangers
Connor McDavid scored twice in the third period and added an assist in the second and Leon Draisaitl collected a goal and an assist as the host Edmonton Oilers rolled to a 6-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday night.,McDavid notched at least three points in a game for the fourth time thi...
LSU stops 3-game slide with 24-17 win over Vanderbilt
Josh Williams rushed for two touchdowns, Garrett Nussmeier passed for one and host LSU ended a three-game losing streak by defeating Vanderbilt 24-17 on Saturday night in Baton Rouge, La., ,Williams finished with 90 rushing yards and 61 receiving yards. Nussmeier completed 28 of 37 passes for 332 ya...
Surging Bucks top Hornets despite LaMelo Ball's 50 points
The Milwaukee Bucks survived a career-best 50-point night from LaMelo Ball to beat the visiting Charlotte Hornets 125-119 and extend their winning streak to four in a row.,Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for Milwaukee, while Damian Lillard scored 31 points.,Ball star...
Blazers win second game of back-to-back with Rockets
Anfernee Simons hit a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 28.7 seconds remaining and the Portland Trail Blazers claimed the second game of a back-to-back with the host Houston Rockets 104-98 on Saturday.,Simons finished with a team-high 25 points to help Portland survive a wild fourth quarter that included ...
Devils use power-play goals to slip past Capitals
Tomas Tatar and defenseman Dougie Hamilton each scored a power-play goal to lift the visiting New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday.,Tatar also had an assist on defenseman Brenden Dillon's goal in the second period. ,Jake Allen made 23 saves to propel the Devils...
Tyler Shough, Isaac Brown lead Louisville's rout of Pitt
Tyler Shough threw for 293 yards and two touchdowns to lead Louisville to a convincing 37-9 victory over visiting Pitt in their Atlantic Coast Conference matchup on Saturday.,Isaac Brown rushed for 93 yards and two scores on 13 carries for the Cardinals (7-4, 5-3 ACC), who racked up 505 yards.,Louis...
Hobbled Quinn Ewers leads No. 3 Texas past Kentucky
Quinn Ewers passed for 191 yards and two touchdowns while playing the final two and a half quarters with a gimpy right leg as No. 3 Texas handled Kentucky 31-14 on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference dustup in Austin, Texas., ,The Longhorns (10-1, 6-1 SEC) survived despite fumbling six times (they...
Michigan hammers Northwestern to become bowl eligible
Kalel Mullings rushed for three touchdowns and Michigan scored 40 straight in a 50-6 victory over visiting Northwestern on Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor, Mich.,The Wolverines (6-5, 4-4 Big Ten) became bowl eligible and won for just the second time in six games with the Senior Day victory.,Sparked ...
Rasmus Andersson's shootout goal lifts Flames over Wild
Rasmus Andersson scored the shootout winning goal in the fifth round and the Calgary Flames completed a perfect four-game homestand with a 4-3 victory over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday.,Kevin Rooney, Martin Pospisil and Yegor Sharangovich scored regulation-time goals for the Flames, who s...
TCU's TD barrage breaks open tight game vs. Arizona
Savion Williams rushed for two touchdowns and Josh Hoover threw for 252 yards as TCU pulled away from Arizona in the second half, winning 49-28 on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas., ,The Horned Frogs (7-4, 5-3 Big 12) scored touchdowns on five consecutive possessions, starting late in the first half af...
Tyrese Maxey, 76ers host Clippers in matchup of short-handed squads
Sunday's showdown between the Philadelphia 76ers and visiting Los Angeles Clippers is not going to materialize in the way Paul George had hoped.,After five seasons with the Clippers, George signed a four-year, $212 million deal with the Sixers in the offseason. However, the team has won only three t...
Wild F Kirill Kaprizov (knee) sits out against Flames
Minnesota Wild star forward Kirill Kaprizov did not play in Saturday's road game against the Calgary Flames due to a lower-body injury.,Kaprizov, who entered Saturday tied with Colorado Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon for the NHL lead with 34 points, was on the receiving end of a knee-on-knee collis...
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...
Villanova vies to subdue high-powered Maryland
Amid a rocky start to the season, Villanova coach Kyle Neptune saw his team's defense strengthen during Tuesday's 93-49 home win over Pennsylvania.,"I thought we were way more cohesive than we've been," Neptune said. "Guys were together, they were talking. I thought our switches were better.",The im...
Luis Gil vs. Mason Miller: One Rookie Got the Hype, the Other Got the Outs
A’s Mason Miller dominated with 104 relief strikeouts, but Yankees’ Luis Gil stole the Rookie of the Year spotlight. Who deserved it more?...
Balanced Rockets seek back-to-back wins over struggling Blazers
It seems counterintuitive to expect Houston to thrive offensively when Fred VanVleet, the Houston Rockets' third-leading scorer, takes two shots and scores only two points like he did on Friday.,In their 116-88 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers -- the first of back-to-back games between the te...