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Jared Spurgeon comes up big again, nets OT winner as Wild top Predators
Jared Spurgeon scored the game-winning goal one minute into overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Spurgeon and Kirill Kaprizov each finished with a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which won its third game in a row. ...
Jared Spurgeon comes up big again, netting OT winner as Wild top Predators
Jared Spurgeon scored the game-winning goal 58 seconds into overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night in St. Paul, Minn.,Spurgeon and Kirill Kaprizov each finished with a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which won its third game in a row. De...
Hot-shooting Georgia uses balanced attack to crush Jacksonville
Dakota Leffew scored a team-high 16 points off the bench, including four 3-pointers, to help lead the Georgia Bulldogs to a 102-56 drubbing of the Jacksonville Dolphins in Athens, Ga., on Saturday.,Silas Demary Jr. and Tyrin Lawrence each added 14 for the Bulldogs (7-1), who won their second straigh...
Louisville ends losing streak to Kentucky in blowout fashion
Louisville's Issac Brown ran for a season-high 178 yards and also scored twice, and Duke Watson added 104 yards and two touchdowns on just six carries to lead the visiting Cardinals to a 41-14 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats in Lexington on Saturday.,Thanks to the freshmen running back tandem and...
Surprising Oklahoma clips Louisville to earn Battle 4 Atlantis title
Jalon Moore matched his career high of 24 points to propel Oklahoma to a 69-64 win over Louisville and an unlikely title in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Friday in Paradise Island, Bahamas.,Glenn Taylor Jr. provided 12 points off the bench for Oklahoma (7-0), which was picked in the preseason to finish 1...
Improving Georgia aims to stymie Jacksonville
Fresh off its first ranked win away from home in five seasons, Georgia returns to Athens, Ga., on Saturday to host upset-minded Jacksonville.,Georgia (6-1) split a pair of games in the Bahamas last weekend, falling 80-69 to No. 15 Marquette before earning a 66-63 victory over No. 22 St. John's.,The ...
Michigan CB Will Johnson out vs. Ohio State
Michigan All-American cornerback Will Johnson's next football game might be played on a Sunday.,The projected first-round cornerback is out for the Wolverines' trip to No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday with a toe injury. Johnson has been limited since leaving the game at Illinois on Oct. 19, and his next...
Kentucky embraces chance to close by serving 'L' to Louisville
The Kentucky Wildcats end their season Saturday but before they go, a chance to extend their dominance over archrival Louisville in the annual edition of the Governor's Cup game in Lexington., ,The Wildcats (4-7) lost 31-14 at No. 3 Texas last Saturday to ensure their first season without a bowl gam...
Louisville takes aim at Oklahoma in tournament final in Bahamas
Coming off its two worst seasons since the 1940s, Louisville is one win away from capturing the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.,Under first-year coach Pat Kelsey, the Cardinals (5-1) will square off against Oklahoma (6-0) in the championship game of the tournament on Friday in Paradise Island, Bahamas...
Missouri G Caleb Grill out of hospital after injuring neck
Missouri guard Caleb Grill was discharged from a local hospital after injuring his neck and taken off the court on a stretcher during the Tigers' home victory over Lindenwood on Wednesday night in Columbia, Mo., the school announced Thursday.,Grill was responsive and gave a thumbs-up signal when he ...
Lightning, Predators frustrated after wasting third-period leads
After winning just four times in 13 November contests, the Nashville Predators are looking for a Black Friday deal that will give them two points.,In the second game where newcomer Steven Stamkos will face his former team, the Predators will host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday afternoon to comple...
Chucky Hepburn carries Louisville to OT win over West Virginia
Chucky Hepburn scored 10 of his 32 points in overtime as Louisville pulled out a 79-70 victory against West Virginia in the Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals Thursday at Nassau, Bahamas.,Hepburn's three-point play with 2:20 remaining in overtime gave the Cardinals the lead for good at 70-67. He finished ...
Former Vols football coach Bill Battle dies at 82
Bill Battle, former Tennessee football coach and Alabama athletic director, has died at the age of 82.,The University of Alabama, where Battle played for Paul "Bear" Bryant from 1960-62 and served as AD from 2013-17, confirmed his passing on Thursday.,Battle compiled a 59-22-2 record over seven seas...
Top 10 CFB Player Props For Rivalry Weekend
It's Saturday. ,You have a big ol' turkey sandwich in front of you. ,You finished your Christmas shopping on Black Friday, and now you're ready to win the money to pay for all those gifts by betting on a few college football player props from one of the many intense rivalry games on the schedule.,Th...
Banged-up 49ers hope to get well against soaring Bills
The Buffalo Bills might have a chance to clinch the AFC East on Sunday night when they battle the injury-decimated San Francisco 49ers at Orchard Park, N.Y.,Buffalo (9-2) has won six straight games and is on the verge of a fifth straight AFC East crown. If the Miami Dolphins lose to the Green Bay Pa...
Louisville aims to pick up more steam vs. West Virginia in Bahamas
Louisville and West Virginia already have checked in with accomplishments in the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas.,Now they'll try to gain more momentum in Thursday afternoon's semifinals.,While it's no surprise that they're meeting on the tournament's second day, it wasn't supposed to ...
No. 10 Marquette rolls past Stonehill
David Joplin scored 27 points and Kam Jones and Damarius Owens added 14 apiece as 10th-ranked Marquette rolled to a 94-59 nonconference victory over Stonehill on Wednesday night in Milwaukee.,Marquette (7-0) gained control with a 17-7 run to end the first half for a 51-31 lead at the break, a season...
Villanova capitalizes on turnovers, routs Rider
Eric Dixon had 16 points and five assists as host Villanova put away turnover-prone Rider 72-48 on Wednesday in Philadelphia., ,The Wildcats (4-4) were working with a narrow lead until the final 4:17 of the first half, when they netted 13 straight points to crack the game open while Rider struggled ...
Injuries pile up, 49ers uncertain QB Brock Purdy can return Sunday
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy was limited with the right shoulder injury that sidelined him last week and there is growing concern about the long-term status of left tackle Trent Williams. ,Wednesday's practice was not the start to the NFL workweek head coach Kyle Shanahan had hoped af...
Louisville wallops No. 14 Indiana to advance in Paradise Jam
Chucky Hepburn posted his first career double-double to lead Louisville to its biggest victory in years on Wednesday as it demolished No. 14 Indiana 89-61 in the quarterfinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis at Paradise Island, Bahamas.,The senior guard, who transferred from Wisconsin, scored 16 points on ...