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Sidney Crosby, Penguins take aim at visiting Predators
The Pittsburgh Penguins will return home to host the Nashville Predators on Saturday night after wrapping up their season-long seven-game road trip with a 3-2 overtime win in Utah.,Superstar captain Sidney Crosby scored at the 3:54 mark in overtime as the Penguins snapped a three-game losing streak....

Timeless, Spacestation Gaming open Overwatch Champions Series with wins
Timeless and Spacestation Gaming opened play in the 2025 Overwatch Champions Series North America with wins on Friday.,Timeless topped Team Liquid 3-0, with Spacestation Gaming taking out NTMR 3-1.,The $100,000 tournament, played online, features eight teams. The regular-season round robin will conc...

Royal Ravens extend stay at CDL Major 1
The Carolina Royal Ravens won six of the seven maps they contested on Friday while winning two matches in the lower bracket of the Call of Duty League Stage 1 Major in Madrid. ,After sweeping the Vegas Falcons 3-0, the Royal Ravens raced past OpTic Texas 3-1 to move into the lower-bracket quarterfin...

Canucks keep dealing, get Marcus Pettersson, Drew O'Connor from Pens
The Vancouver Canucks further reshaped their lineup by acquiring defenseman Marcus Pettersson and forward Drew O'Connor from Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night.,The Penguins will get forward Danton Heinen, defenseman Vincent Desharnais, the New York Rangers' 2025 first-round draft pick (conditional...

Fortified Flames face Red Wings, who have won 4 straight
The new-look Calgary Flames will continue their push for a playoff berth when they host the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.,During Calgary's 4-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday, the club acquired forwards Morgan Frost and winger Joel Farabee, both expected to be second- and third-line skat...

Reports: Mercury acquire Satou Sabally in another blockbuster
The WNBA's busy offseason continues to steamroll ahead, with another big trade going down a day before deals can even be made official.,According to multiple reports, the Phoenix Mercury acquired two-time All-Star forward Satou Sabally from the Dallas Wings as part of a three-team trade on Friday ni...

Report: Jags interviewing Grant Udinski, 29, for OC gig
Grant Udinski, a 29-year-old Minnesota Vikings assistant coach, interviewed for the Jacksonville Jaguars' vacant offensive coordinator job, NFL.com reported on Friday.,A day earlier, ESPN reported that Udinski interviewed to be the Houston Texans' offensive coordinator. Per the reports, Udinski has ...

Thunder to face Kings, eye bounce-back from recent inconsistency
Even though the losses are fewer and further between for the Oklahoma City Thunder these days, star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander still finds them hard to stomach.,"It feels a lot worse," Gilgeous-Alexander said after Wednesday's loss to the host Golden State Warriors. The Thunder dropped their third game...

Reports: Cowboys hiring Cards' Klayton Adams as OC
The Dallas Cowboys are hiring Arizona Cardinals offensive line coach Klayton Adams to be their new offensive coordinator, multiple media outlets reported Friday.,He would replace Brian Schottenheimer, who earlier this month was promoted to head coach after the Cowboys parted ways with Mike McCarthy ...

No. 13 Texas A&M aims to crash glass vs. struggling South Carolina
No. 13 Texas A&M aims to lean on its strengths and move up in the league standings when it battles struggling South Carolina on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference contest in Columbia, S.C., ,The Aggies (16-5, 5-3 SEC) have won three of their past four games, including a gritty 75-68 decision at h...

Islanders shoot for seventh straight win vs. Lightning
No NHL team is playing better right now than the surging New York Islanders, who will hunt for their seventh straight win when they visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.,New York owns the league's longest active winning streak and has soared up the Eastern Conference standings after finis...

Hurricanes getting used to new personnel with slumping Kings up next
Saturday night's game between the host Carolina Hurricanes and the Los Angeles Kings in Raleigh, N.C., features two teams going in opposite directions.,The Hurricanes have won six of their last seven and the Kings have lost eight of their last 10.,Carolina defeated the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 3-...

Jets keep poaching Lions, hire Tanner Engstrand as OC
The New York Jets announced the hiring of Tanner Engstrand as their next offensive coordinator on Friday, continuing to raid the Detroit Lions' cupboard in the process.,Engstrand, 42, was on the Lions' staff since 2020 and served as their passing game coordinator for the past three seasons.,He follo...

Sepp Straka emerges as 36-hole leader at Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Austria's Sepp Straka opened up a three-stroke lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am by firing his second straight round of 65 on Friday in Pebble Beach, Calif.,Straka followed a strong opening round at Spyglass Hill Golf Course with a 7-under-par 65 at Pebble Beach Golf Link on Friday with eight bir...

A Lim Kim still leads, Nelly Korda rising at Tournament of Champions
A Lim Kim of South Korea will take a three-shot lead into the weekend after posting a 3-under-par 69 in the second round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions on Friday in Orlando, Fla.,Kim led by four after the first round and moved to 10-under 134 at the halfway mark of the LPGA's ...

Padres reach deal with RHP Michael King to avoid arbitration
The San Diego Padres and right-hander Michael King agreed to a one-year deal on Friday to avoid arbitration.,King reportedly will receive $7.75 million this season with a $15 million mutual option for 2026. There's a $3.75 million buyout that could raise to $4 million depending on King's number of s...

UFC Fight Night 250: Adesanya-Imavov vie for title shot in Saudi Arabia
The UFC returns to Saudi Arabia with Fight Night 250 on Saturday night, with the main event at ANB Arena in Riyadh pitting former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya against rising contender Nassourdine Imavov.,Adesanya (24-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) is a two-time title holder in the 185-pound weight class ...

Virginia Tech, Virginia hoping to catch late wave of success
It takes a deep dive into the history books at Virginia and Virginia Tech to discover that the last time both teams had losing records when they squared off was in 1970.,It's happening again on Saturday as the Hokies (9-12, 4-6 ACC) travel to Charlottesville to face the Cavaliers (10-11, 3-7).,The t...

WTA roundup: Top seeds move on to semifinals in Singapore
No. 1 seed Anna Kalinskaya of Russia and No. 2 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium advanced to the semifinals of the Singapore Tennis Open with their respective victories Friday.,Kalinskaya fended off Thailand's Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, while Mertens was a 6-4, 6-2 winner over sixth seed Camil...

Franck Kepnang glad to be back as Washington faces Minnesota
Over the previous two seasons, Franck Kepnang had played one half of one conference game for Washington due to injuries.,He surpassed that last week against UCLA and is expected to play Saturday when the Huskies (10-10, 1-8 Big Ten) try to snap a six-game losing streak against Minnesota (11-10, 3-7)...