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Angel City FC sign Thompson sisters to extensions
Angel City FC announced contract extensions on Wednesday with sisters Alyssa and Gisele Thompson.,Alyssa, 20, a forward, agreed to a three-year extension and Gisele, 19, a defender, agreed to a two-year extension. The contracts will run through the 2028 season.,Financial terms were not announced.,"A...
Logan Thompson shines in hometown as Capitals handle Calgary
Logan Thompson made 32 saves in his hometown one day after signing a contract extension with Washington, helping the Capitals beat the host Calgary Flames 3-1 on Tuesday night.,Pierre-Luc Dubois, Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas all scored for Washington, which rebounded from its first regulation lo...
Pitt takes control late to take down North Carolina
Zack Austin scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:35 remaining as Pittsburgh executed down the stretch and earned a 73-65 victory over visiting North Carolina on Tuesday night.,Austin made 5 of 7 shots and none were bigger than his triple with 2:35 left ...
Report: Brittney Griner lands free agent deal with Dream
Brittney Griner, who has played for only the Phoenix Mercury in her WNBA career, reportedly is joining a new team.,The 34-year-old center agreed to a one-year free agent deal with the Atlanta Dream, ESPN reported on Tuesday.,The news broke on the same day as reports that the Mercury were acquiring f...
Pacers look to keep hot streak going at home vs. Pistons
After a split of two games in Paris, the Indiana Pacers return home for the first time in 11 days to host the Detroit Pistons Wednesday.,The Pacers are 9-2 in 2025, the best record of any team in the NBA since the year started. They closed their trip to Paris with a 38-point win over the Spurs, thei...
Tiger Woods details 'difficult' decision to move Genesis to Torrey Pines
Tiger Woods admitted that it was "very difficult" to relocate The Genesis Invitational to Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego in the wake of the wildfires in California.,Riviera Country Club is in the hard-hit Pacific Palisades section of Los Angeles and was set to hold the Feb. 13-16 tournament, ...
TGL: Tiger Woods' team beats Rory McIlroy's despite shot clock violation
Tiger Woods has experienced just about every conceivable situation in nearly three decades as a professional, but it's a safe bet he had never incurred a shot clock violation before Monday.,But that was the pickle Tiger found himself in after dilly-dallying for too long over an 8-foot birdie putt to...
Michigan mounts late rally to stun Penn State
Tre Donaldson scored 21 points Monday night, including the last seven of a game-ending nine-point flurry that gave Michigan a 76-72 Big Ten Conference win over visiting Penn State in Ann Arbor, Mich.,The Nittany Lions (13-8, 3-7) were on the verge of one of their best wins of the season after Ace Ba...
North Carolina, Pitt eye resume-boosting win
Both coming off wins and needing more to boost their respective NCAA Tournament resumes, visiting North Carolina and Pitt will tangle on Tuesday night.,The Tar Heels (13-8, 6-3 ACC) and Panthers (13-6, 4-4) both ended losing streaks on Saturday. On its home floor, North Carolina squeaked out a six-p...
Capitals visit Flames as both teams brush aside snapped streaks
As disappointing as it was to lose in regulation time for the first time since the calendar flipped to 2025, the Washington Capitals are not fretting as they continue their road trip Tuesday against the Calgary Flames.,The East-leading Capitals arrive in Calgary after a 2-1 loss to the Vancouver Can...
Capitals G Logan Thompson signs 6-year, $35.1M extension
The Washington Capitals and goaltender Logan Thompson agreed to a six-year contract extension worth $35.1 million on Monday.,The contract (average annual value of $5.85 million) comes amid Thompson's stellar first season in Washington. The Vegas Golden Knights traded him to Washington last June for ...
Dash acquire F Messiah Bright from Angel City
The Houston Dash acquired forward Messiah Bright from Angel City FC, both NWSL teams announced Monday.,Angel City receives $100,000 in intra-league transfer funds and up to $50,000 in additional performance-based incentives in exchange.,Bright, 25, played in 21 matches for Angel City in 2024 and pos...
NYCFC transfer D Christian McFarlane to Man City
New York City FC announced the permanent transfer Monday of 18-year-old defender Christian McFarlane to Manchester City.,The England native becomes the first NYCFC homegrown player to pass through the MLS club's entire development pipeline and join a Premier League side.,McFarlane joined the NYCFC a...
Bills’ Breakthrough Fails, Buffalo Left Broken After AFC Championship
The Buffalo Bills breakthrough against the Kansas City Chiefs fell tragically short in the AFC Championship game, leaving Bills Mafia to wonder what comes next....
Upper-bracket semis set at Championship of The Americas North Split 1
Team Liquid and 100 Thieves claimed the final two spots in the upper-bracket semifinals of the League of Legends Championship of The Americas North 2025 Split 1 in Los Angeles on Sunday.,Both teams won their upper-bracket quarterfinal matches 2-0. Liquid defeated Dignitas, and the Thieves disposed o...
Team Spirit defeats Eternal Fire to win BLAST Bounty Spring
Team Spirit rallied for a 3-1 victory over Eternal Fire to win the grand final of the BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 event Sunday in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Team Spirit will take home $288,125 of the $500,000 prize pool. Eternal Fire settled for a second prize of $85,625.,The first S-Tier Counter-Strike: Glo...
No. 21 Michigan hopes lessons learned translate vs. Penn State
No. 21 Michigan likely will fall out of the Associated Press Top 25 before it plays host to Penn State on Monday night in Ann Arbor, Mich., following a humbling 91-64 defeat against No. 11 Purdue on Friday. ,But first-year Wolverines coach Dusty May wants his team to use the loss as a tool from whic...
Cavaliers to focus on defense as Pistons pay a visit
Defense has become a growing concern for the Cleveland Cavaliers, who look to snap a season-high three-game losing streak when they face the visiting Detroit Pistons on Monday.,The Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers lost to the Houston Rockets for the second time in four days on Saturday in a 135-...
FlyQuest, Cloud9 start Championship of The Americas North Split 1 strong
FlyQuest and Cloud9 pulled off sweeps on Saturday in the upper-bracket quarterfinals of the League of Legends Championship of The Americas North 2025 Split 1 in Los Angeles.,All matches in the double-elimination tournament are best-of-three. Four of the eight participating teams will qualify for the...
Quinn Hughes, Canucks end Caps' winning streak
Quinn Hughes scored two goals and the Vancouver Canucks held on to defeat the visiting Washington Capitals 2-1 on Saturday night, ending Washington's six-game winning streak.,Filip Hronek had two assists for the Canucks, who had lost four of five and bounced back from a 6-2 drubbing at the Edmonton ...