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Elite field set to battle Bay Hill at Arnold Palmer Invitational
Bay Hill Club and Lodge is a challenging course that tends to separate the wheat from the chaff and produce deserving winners.,Tiger Woods won eight times at the course, after all, and champions from the past 10 years include Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and ...
Flyers bring promising win streak into Mammoth matchup
The Philadelphia Flyers appear to have righted the ship, but a stiff challenge awaits Thursday when the Utah Mammoth come to town.,The Flyers have won three games in a row following a 3-9-4 stretch. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in a shootout on Monday as Noah Cates recorded a goal and a...
Chargers release G Mekhi Becton, TE Will Dissly
The Los Angeles Chargers released guard Mekhi Becton and tight end Will Dissly in cost-cutting moves Wednesday.,The Chargers cleared $9.7 million in salary cap room by cutting Becton and another $4 million by dumping Dissly.,Los Angeles now has about $98 million in cap space with the new league year...
Portland Thorns hire Robert Vilahamn as head coach
The Portland Thorns announced the hiring of head coach Robert Vilahamn on Wednesday.,The 43-year-old Sweden native most recently coached Tottenham Hotspur in England's Women's Super League from 2023-25, leading the team to the Women's FA Cup final in his first season.,Vilahamn replaces Rob Gale, who...
Trail Blazers readying for stretch run, set for clash with short-handed Grizzlies
Deni Avdija, recovering from a back injury, is nearing a return to the Portland Trail Blazers lineup, a development that has interim coach Tiago Splitter in a better frame of mind.,Portland travels to Memphis for Wednesday's game against the Grizzlies having lost two straight and four of their last ...
Devils keeping positive ahead of clash vs. struggling Leafs
Two teams struggling to stay relevant in the playoff race will meet Wednesday night in Newark, N.J., when the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the New Jersey Devils.,The Maple Leafs are nine points behind the Boston Bruins for the final Eastern Conference wild-card slot. New Jersey sits two points behind T...
Devils dim Panthers' playoff hopes in blowout victory
Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist and Jack Hughes and Connor Brown each had two assists in the New Jersey Devils' 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday in Newark, N.J.,The Devils are on a two-game winning streak, though the club remains in next-to-last place in the Eastern Conference. ...
Kirill Kaprizov sets all-time Wild goals record in win over Lightning
Kirill Kaprizov set the Wild's all-time goal-scoring record Tuesday night as Minnesota rolled to a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Saint Paul, Minn.,With his club comfortably ahead and the Lightning net empty, the 28-year-old Kaprizov tallied the history-making goal, his 220th, into an e...
Resilient Oilers beat Senators on Evan Bouchard's OT winner
Evan Bouchard helped get the Edmonton Oilers back on track with the overtime winner in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.,Leon Draisaitl contributed on all five scores (two goals, three assists) for the Oilers, who earned just their second win over their past seven outin...
Tyler Tanner, No. 24 Vanderbilt eke out OT win over Ole Miss
Tyler Tanner scored a game-high 34 points, dished out seven assists and grabbed five steals while leading No. 24 Vanderbilt to an 89-86 overtime victory over Ole Miss on Tuesday in Oxford, Miss.,The Commodores (23-7, 10-7 Southeastern Conference) improved their potential NCAA Tournament seeding, pic...
Louisville waltzes past Syracuse with strong deep shooting
Ryan Conwell and Isaac McKneeley both made five 3-pointers to propel Louisville to a 77-62 win over visiting Syracuse on Tuesday.,Conwell scored 23 points and McKneeley notched 16 for Louisville (21-9, 10-7 ACC), which had lost three of its last four games to drop out of the Top 25. J'Vonne Hadley a...
Andrej Stojakovic posts double-double as No. 11 Illinois routs Oregon
Andrej Stojakovic notched a double-double of 21 points and 12 rebounds and David Mirkovic added 19 points and seven boards to help 11th-ranked Illinois rout visiting Oregon 80-54 on Tuesday in Champaign, Ill.,Illinois (23-7, 14-5 Big Ten) dominated behind multiple extended runs to stop a two-game lo...
Devils dim Panthers playoff hopes in dominating victory
Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist, and Jack Hughes and Connor Brown each had two assists in the New Jersey Devils' 5-1 win over the visiting Florida Panthers on Tuesday in Newark, N.J.,The Devils are on a two-game winning streak, though the club remains in third-to-last place in the Eastern C...
Reports: Prosecutors offering plea deals in NBA-related gambling cases
Basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups and ex-NBA player Damon Jones are among the people who will appear in federal court this week for status hearings in their illegal gambling cases, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.,At least 30 people in all will be in Brooklyn court as prosecutors and defen...
Wild acquire F Michael McCarron from Predators
The Minnesota Wild acquired forward Michael McCarron from the Nashville Predators on Tuesday in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft.,The trade was officially confirmed shortly after McCarron was a late scratch from Nashville's Tuesday evening game against the Columbus Blue Jackets...
Nemesis Villanova standing in way of DePaul's continued ascent
DePaul might be playing its best basketball at the right time.,Meanwhile, Villanova must get back on track minus a key contributor.,The Blue Demons can record a third straight win by snapping their seven-game losing streak to the Wildcats on Wednesday night in Big East play at Chicago.,After totalin...
Reports: Rangers place captain J.T. Miller on IR
The New York Rangers moved captain J.T. Miller to injured reserve on Tuesday with an upper-body issue, according to multiple media outlets.,ESPN reported the injury is unrelated to the one that forced Miller to miss seven games in December and January.,Miller recovered in time to win an Olympic gold...
Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier due in court in gambling cases
Basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups and current player Terry Rozier are among the people who will appear in federal court this week for status hearings in their illegal gambling cases, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.,At least 30 people in all will be in Brooklyn court as prosecutors and def...
Aston Villa, Chelsea looking to rebound from recent defeats
Fourth-place Aston Villa will try to solidify their hold of a UEFA Champions League place and reverse their recent slide on Wednesday when they host sixth-place Chelsea in Birmingham.,Villa (15-7-6, 51 points) enter the midweek slate in better position despite having earned only one victory in their...
Report: Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart to retire after 24 years
Longtime Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart is expected to announce his retirement in the "near future," ESPN reported on Tuesday.,Barnhart, 66, has overseen the Wildcats' athletic department since 2002 and is the longest-tenured athletic director in any of the Power Four conferences.,In Augu...