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KJ Lewis leads Arizona in rout of No. 21 West Virginia
Sophomore KJ Lewis came off the bench to score a career-high 21 points as visiting Arizona toppled No. 21 West Virginia 75-56 Tuesday night in Morgantown, W.Va.,Jaden Bradley provided 15 points and five assists while Anthony Dell'Orso added 10 points for Arizona (9-5, 3-0 Big 12), which won its fift...
No. 1 UCLA dominates Purdue to improve to 16-0
Lauren Betts posted 17 points and seven rebounds to guide No. 1 UCLA to an easy 83-49 win over host Purdue on Tuesday in West Lafayette, Ind.,The win helped the Bruins (16-0, 5-0 Big Ten) match their best start to a season in program history. They began the 2019-20 campaign with 16 straight wins as ...
Reports: Giants sign RHP Justin Verlander to 1-year deal
Three-time Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander is in agreement with the San Francisco Giants on a one-year contract pending a physical, ESPN and other outlets reported Tuesday night.,The deal will be for $15 million, ESPN reported.,Verlander, who will turn 42 before the season, will join his four...
Notre Dame, NC State aiming to shake two-game skids
Notre Dame and North Carolina State are both trying to shed a frustrating two-game skid, and one of them will reach a .500 record in Atlantic Coast Conference play after meeting Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C.,"We got to go find a way to capitalize on the road," Notre Dame coach Micah Shrewsberry s...
Miami fighting through difficult season as it faces Florida State
Florida State made the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 as recently as 2021. Miami reached the Final Four in 2023.,Yet when the Seminoles visit the Hurricanes in an ACC game on Wednesday night in Coral Gables, Fla., both programs are in a bit of a mess.,Miami (4-10, 0-3 ACC) hasn't beaten a major-conferen...
Northern Illinois becomes football-only member of Mountain West
Northern Illinois confirmed Tuesday that it is joining the Mountain West in 2026 as a football-only member.,The school hasn't made any decisions on where its other sports will play but remains in discussions with the Mid-American Conference.,The football program is exiting the MAC after having playe...
Penn State looking to contain Tre White, No. 13 Illinois
As Illinois worked its offseason recruiting magic and brought in eight new players for the 2024-25 season, Louisville transfer Tre White was not one of the headline acquisitions.,The 6-foot-7 junior wasn't a five-star freshman like Will Riley. He wasn't a much-coveted international standout like lik...
Masters champ Trevor Immelman to take over as OWGR chair
Trevor Immelman, the 2008 Masters champion and current golf broadcast analyst, will take over as chair of the Official World Golf Ranking on April 10, its board announced Tuesday.,The OWGR said in a news release that the South African will continue in his role as lead golf analyst at CBS, where he's...
Dolphins GM says Tyreek Hill did not request trade
Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier said star wide receiver Tyreek Hill has not directly requested a trade.,Both Grier and head coach Mike McDaniel met with Hill on Monday, one day after the wideout hinted that he was ready to leave Miami.,"There's a lot of things that I need to reassess abou...
Wild sign G Dylan Ferguson to two-way contract
The Minnesota Wild signed goaltender Dylan Ferguson to a one-year, two-way contract on Tuesday.,The deal is for $775,000/$130,000 and runs through the remainder of the 2024-25 season.,Ferguson, 26, is 3-4-0 with a 3.30 goals-against average and a .900 save percentage in seven starts this season with...
Spirit and D Tara McKeown exercise mutual '28 option
The Washington Spirit and defender Tara McKeown exercised the mutual 2028 option on her contract Tuesday.,McKeown, 25, played all 2,350 minutes during the 2024 regular season and made the NWSL Best XI Second Team.,"Tara will continue to be a very important part of the Spirit moving forward and we're...
Bears prez offers tepid support of lame-duck GM
Chicago Bears president Kevin Warren understands he walks a fine line retaining Ryan Poles as head of football operations to hire a second head coach.,That's because Poles' current contract wouldn't align with the replacement selected for Matt Eberflus, potentially laying the groundwork for a power ...
Suspect in Gaudreau deaths pleads not guilty, rejects plea deal
The New Jersey man suspected of driving drunk in the crash that killed Columbus Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother pleaded not guilty to six charges on Tuesday.,Sean Higgins, 44, entered the plea at a hearing in Salem County, N.J., where the brothers were riding bikes on th...
Jets D Colin Miller (fractured larynx) out at least 2 weeks
Winnipeg Jets defenseman Colin Miller will be sidelined at least two weeks due to a fractured larynx, head coach Scott Arniel said Tuesday.,Miller sustained the injury after taking a puck to the throat during the first period of Winnipeg's 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. He immediatel...
No. 5 Alabama faces South Carolina, seeks to extend win streaks
No. 5 Alabama will look to build on a positive debut in Southeastern Conference play when it takes on South Carolina on Wednesday at Columbia, S.C.,The Crimson Tide (12-2, 1-0 SEC) couldn't have played much better than they did during a 107-79 rout of then-No. 12 Oklahoma on Saturday. ,Meanwhile, th...
Jaguars request interviews with eight head-coaching candidates
Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke requested interviews with eight candidates to replace Doug Pederson as head coach.,The team released the names of the coaches on Tuesday, including former New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh, Detroit Lions coordinators Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn, ...
Reports: 49ers fire special teams coordinator Brian Schneider
The San Francisco 49ers fired special teams coach Brian Schneider, multiple media outlets reported.,Schneider's special teams had several high-profile mishaps during his third season with the 49ers, who limped to a 6-11 finish in 2024 and missed the playoffs.,A blocked punt led to San Francisco's un...
Best Sports Betting Picks Today: College Basketball, NBA Predictions for January 7th
While sports fans everywhere anxiously await the return of the College Football Playoff, these are January 7th's best sports betting picks for college basketball and the NBA....
NHL Trade Chaos Could Come Early Thanks to Bettman’s Wild 4 Nations Face-Off
The NHL trade deadline is not until March, but teams could get active well before that due to the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off in mid February....
Disney buys embattled Fubo in dramatic turn
Disney made shock waves in the streaming service industry on Monday, grabbing a majority stake in Fubo, a rival of ESPN's parent company. ,Fubo will be joined with the Hulu + Live TV service -- which Disney also owns -- to create a new platform that will have over 6.2 million North American subscrib...