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NFL Championship Weekend Picks: AFC & NFC Best Bets
Two bets for Championship Weekend, including a Broncos team total fade and a Seahawks spread play with the Super Bowl on the line....
Jarin Stevenson helps No. 22 North Carolina jolt No. 14 Virginia
No. 22 North Carolina got 17 second-half points from Jarin Stevenson and rallied for an 85-80 win over No. 14 Virginia in Atlantic Coast Conference action Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.,Caleb Wilson scored 20 points for the Tar Heels (16-4, 4-3 ACC), who had lost their first three conference road ...
No. 7 Nebraska surges past Minnesota to remain undefeated
Pryce Sandfort scored 22 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, and No. 7 Nebraska relied on a second-half surge for a 76-57 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference matchup Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Jamarques Lawrence and Sam Hoiberg added 14 points apiece for Nebraska (20-0, 9-0), which ma...
Report: Steelers to hire Mike McCarthy as head coach
The Pittsburgh Steelers plan to hire Mike McCarthy as their head coach, ESPN reported on Saturday.,McCarthy, a Pittsburgh native, will become the Steelers' fourth head coach since 1969.,He will take over the post previously held by Mike Tomlin, who coached the team from 2007-25 before stepping down ...
AFC Championship Game: Patriots-Broncos Preview, Props, Prediction
The Denver Broncos claimed the No. 1 seed in the conference but enter Sunday's AFC Championship Game as more than a field goal underdog at home following the season-ending ankle injury suffered by quarterback Bo Nix.,The Broncos (15-3) will turn to veteran backup Jarrett Stidham against the visiting...
Report: NFL to return to Madrid in 2026
The NFL intends to return to Spain in 2026 with a game at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium, The Athletic reported Saturday.,Negotiations are underway for the 2026 season with plans to put more games in Madrid beyond next season, per the report.,The stadium hosted one of seven NFL internationa...
Reports: Wink Martindale to interview for Jets DC position
Former NFL defensive coordinator Don "Wink" Martindale will have an in-person interview in New York on Saturday for the same open position with the Jets, according to multiple reports.,Martindale, 62, spent the past two seasons as the defensive coordinator for Michigan but was one of many staffers n...
Mikaela Shiffrin reaches podium at giant slalom
Mikaela Shiffrin reached the podium at a World Cup giant slalom on Saturday for the first time in two years, coming in third place at the final event in the discipline ahead of Milan Cortina Olympics next month.,The defending giant slalom Olympic champion, Sara Hector of Sweden, held onto her openin...
Stan Wawrinka, Novak Djokovic part of memorable day in Melbourne
One champion said farewell, one tied a record and another was tested in an action-packed day in the men's draw Saturday at the Australian Open.,Stan Wawrinka, who won the first of his three career Grand Slam titles in Melbourne in 2014, lost his third-round match to No. 9 Taylor Fritz 7-6 (5), 2-6, ...
NC Courage tab Mak Lind as head coach
The North Carolina Courage on Saturday announced the hiring of Mak Lind as the team's head coach.,Lind, 37, joins the Courage after spending the past two seasons with Swedish side BK Hacken Women. He helped the club post a 21-1-4 record en route to capturing the 2025 Damallsvenskan title.,"Mak's abi...
Five College Basketball Bubble Teams Ready to Make a March Madness Push
Seven weeks from Selection Sunday, we identify one bubble team from each power conference that’s poised to surge into the NCAA Tournament picture....
College Basketball Player Prop Bet Picks for Saturday, January 24th
We break down five college basketball player prop picks for Saturday’s loaded slate, featuring Top 25 matchups throughout the day....
Patrick Reed takes 4-stroke lead into final round in Dubai
Patrick Reed shot a 67 on Saturday to hold a four-stroke lead heading into the final round at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic in the United Arab Emirates.,The American is the only player in the field at Emirates Golf Club to finish all three rounds in the 60s and stands at 14-under for the tournament....
Kings getting healthier ahead of opener of road trip vs. Blues
The Los Angeles Kings moved closer to full strength as they begin a packed six-game road trip over nine days.,Defenseman Drew Doughty and goaltender Darcy Kuemper should be available when the Kings start their sojourn by visiting the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.,Doughty missed the Kings' 4-3 v...
Lightning put points streak on line vs. revitalized Blue Jackets
Charlie Coyle keeps clicking off games played and the Columbus Blue Jackets keep counting wins after a coaching change as they await the arrival of the Tampa Bay Lightning, the NHL's hottest club, for a Saturday night visit.,In his first season with the Blue Jackets, the 33-year-old forward has 10 g...
PARIVISION, Vitality move into BLAST Bounty Winter semis
PARIVISION rallied for a 2-1 win over Team Spirit on Friday to reach the semifinals of the BLAST Bounty Winter at Attard, Malta.,In the day's other match, Team Vitality swept GamerLegion 2-0.,The teams were reseeded after the quarterfinals, setting up Saturday semifinal matchups of FURIA vs. PARIVIS...
Arizona State hosts Cincinnati as both clubs seek better results
While the Big 12 proves to be one of the toughest conferences in college basketball, it's still an entertaining slugfest for teams that find themselves at the bottom of the conference standings.,Arizona State looks to prove its eyes are set on returning to winning ways against visiting Cincinnati wh...
UFC fighters still waiting for pay increases from new $7.7b media deal
Saturday marks a major milestone for UFC as it hosts UFC 324 in Las Vegas, the first event that will stream on Paramount+, marking the end of the pay-per-view era.,The seven-year, $7.7 billion deal with Paramount -- twice what the UFC was previously making in its media deal with ESPN -- is a windfal...
Stewart Cink, Freddie Jacobson atop leaderboard at Mitsubishi Electric
Stewart Cink fired a 9-under-par 63 and Sweden's Freddie Jacobson carded a 64 on Friday to share the lead after two rounds of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in Ka'upulehu-Kona, Hawaii.,The event is the opener of the 2026 PGA Tour Champions season.,Jacobson followed his first-round ...
Match involving Jannik Sinner temporarily suspended due to heat rule
The third-round match between World No. 2 Jannik Sinner and Eliot Spizzirri was suspended for about 10 minutes in the middle of the third set due to the extreme heat policy of the Australian Open.,The temperature has reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Melbourne.,The match is being held in Rod Laver A...