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Terrence Edwards Jr., Louisville cruise past Bellarmine
Terrence Edwards Jr., scored 26 points to lead host Louisville to a 100-68 victory over Bellarmine on Tuesday.,The win marked just the second time since November 2018 that the Cardinals scored 100 or more points in a game.,Edwards, a transfer from James Madison and last season's Sun Belt Conference ...
Jamir Watkins, Florida State hand Hofstra first loss
Jamir Watkins scored a game-high 17 points and host Florida State pulled away in the second half to beat Hofstra 79-61 Tuesday night in Tallahassee, Fla.,Watkins missed his first four shots from the field before hitting a 3-pointer to end the first half. He added 10 points in the second half for Flo...
Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest pull away from Western Carolina
Hunter Sallis scored 20 points and Cameron Hildreth added 18 points and six assists as host Wake Forest returned to the win column by defeating Western Carolina 82-69 on Tuesday night in Winston-Salem, N.C., ,Parker Friedrichsen poured in 14 points with the aid of four 3-point baskets, Tre'Von Spill...
Sabres getting healthier as they fly west to face Kings
The Buffalo Sabres will have at least one key player back and could have two when they kick off a three-game California road trip with a visit to the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday.,Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is set to return from a lower-body injury that sidelined him the past two games and led co...
Minnesota outlasts Cleveland State in low-scoring affair
Parker Fox scored 18 points on 7-for-11 shooting off the bench and Minnesota held on for a 58-47 win over Cleveland State on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Dawson Garcia and Brennan Rigsby each finished with 13 points for Minnesota (4-1), which won its second game in a row. Isaac Asuma scored 10 poin...
Simas Lukosius stays sharp for No. 18 Cincinnati in holding off Northern Kentucky
Simas Lukosius continued his torrid 3-point shooting and No. 18 Cincinnati held off several rallies from host Northern Kentucky to post a 76-60 win Tuesday night in Highland Heights, Ky.,The winless Norse (0-4) had hopes of repeating the shocking 64-51 win over Cincinnati in 2022, when the Bearcats ...
Maryland goes on 28-0 run, obliterates Canisius by 71 points
Julian Reese had a game high 20 points and 12 rebounds to lead Maryland to a 108-37 rout over Canisius on Tuesday night in College Park, Md.,Selton Miguel scored 15 points, Rodney Rice added 13 and Jay Young netted 12 for the Terrapins (4-1). Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Derik Queen and Malachi Palmer all sco...
Markus Burton, Notre Dame pull away from North Dakota
Markus Burton had a big night for Notre Dame, scoring 29 points to lead the Irish to a 75-58 win over visiting North Dakota on Tuesday night in South Bend, Ind.,Burton also pulled down nine rebounds for Notre Dame and J.R. Konieczny added 12 points for the Fighting Irish (4-0), who failed to score 8...
Rafael Nadal's career ends with Spain's Davis Cup exit
Rafael Nadal's legendary tennis career ended Tuesday not in victory, as had so often been true for the 22-time Grand Slam champion, but with a loss in his singles match for Spain against the Netherlands in the Davis Cup quarterfinals.,With a tremendous home-country advantage making for an electric a...
Lynne Roberts leaving Utah to coach Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks hired Utah head coach Lynne Roberts to the same position on Tuesday.,Roberts, 49, is a California native who has excelled at the collegiate level, most recently as the Utes' head coach since 2015.,Utah announced that associate head coach Gavin Petersen was promoted to head coa...
Top five stay same in CFP rankings; Boise State in position for bye
The Big Ten-heavy top five of the College Football Playoff committee's rankings stayed the same in the newest iteration released Tuesday night, with Oregon remaining on top after being the first team to reach 11-0.,Ohio State, Texas, Penn State and Indiana rounded out the top five for the second str...
Georgia Tech ready for home finale in Thursday clash with NC State
A pair of well-rested teams will meet Thursday in Atlanta, when Georgia Tech hosts North Carolina State in Atlantic Coast Conference play.,Neither team has played since Nov. 9, with each coming off bye weeks.,The last time Georgia Tech played, the Yellow Jackets (6-4, 4-3 ACC) delivered one of the b...
NFL suspends Cardinals LB Markus Bailey 6 games for PED violation
Arizona Cardinals linebacker Markus Bailey was suspended six games without pay for violating the performance-enhancing substances policy, the NFL announced on Tuesday.,A member of the Cardinals' practice squad, Bailey, 27, has appeared in one game this season, a 17-15 home win over the Los Angeles C...
Slovakia upends Great Britain, advances to Billie Jean King Cup final
Slovakia advanced to face Italy in the Billie Jean King Cup finals by rallying to defeat Great Britain 2-1 on Tuesday in Malaga, Spain.,Emma Raducanu of Great Britain swept Viktoria Hruncakova 6-4 6-4, and Rebecca Sramkova lost her first set to Katie Boulter, putting Slovakia's backs against the wal...
Bruins fire Jim Montgomery, make Joe Sacco interim head coach
The Boston Bruins fired Jim Montgomery on Tuesday, 20 games into the current season and two years removed from a historic season when he was named the NHL's coach of the year.,The Bruins are 8-9-3 for 19 points, tied for third in the Atlantic Division and seventh in the Eastern Conference. Boston is...
Spirit owner Michele Kang makes $30M donation to U.S. Soccer
Michele Kang will invest $30 million in U.S. Soccer over five years, making the Washington Spirit's owner the biggest contributor ever to girl's and women's soccer initiatives through the national program.,The donation is the largest ever to U.S. Soccer by a woman.,Kang not only is the owner of the ...
Reports: 'Tata' Martino resigns as Inter Miami head coach
Gerardo "Tata" Martino has resigned as the head coach of Inter Miami, citing personal reasons, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.,Martino guided the Lionel Messi-starring club to 74 points (22-4-8) and the Supporters' Shield in the regular season, but Inter Miami fell short in the MLS Cup Playoffs. ...
Report: Sixers' team meeting calls out tardy Joel Embiid
With frustration growing after a 2-11 start to the season, the Philadelphia 76ers held a team meeting Monday night, pointing some of the blame at former league Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid, ESPN reported Tuesday.,With NBA championship aspirations after spending more than $400 million to put toge...
Stubbs: RFK gives Ryan Preece best (final?) shot at success
First chances are rare in racing, and second chances rarer still.,Ryan Preece has thrown the aforementioned proverb to the wayside.,On Tuesday, RFK Racing announced that Preece will be the pilot of the organization's third NASCAR Cup Series entry in 2025, marking Preece's third Cup Series team in fi...
White Sox add Walker McKinven as bench coach
The staff under new Chicago White Sox manager Will Venable is taking shape with Walker McKinven hired as the team's bench coach.,McKinven, 35, comes from the staff of the Milwaukee Brewers, where the former minor league pitcher worked as the club's run-prevention coordinator. The Chicago-area native...