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Sunderland, Newcastle renew Premier League rivalry after decade
As ninth-place Sunderland prepare to host 12th-place Newcastle United in the first Tyne-Wear Derby league fixture in nearly a decade, both sides will be trying to harness the hype in the right manner.,While Newcastle earned a 3-0 win in a third-round FA Cup match in January 2024, the sides haven't m...
South Carolina, coming off blowout win, face The Citadel
South Carolina, which needs more growth amid roster adjustments, faces The Citadel on Saturday night at Columbia, S.C.,South Carolina (6-3) showed signs of breaking out with its largest margin of victory last Saturday, socking Stetson 82-51.,"There was some growth," Gamecocks coach Lamont Paris said...
OG, Spirit, Falcons move to 3-0 at DreamLeague Season 27
OG, Team Spirit and Team Falcons separated themselves from the pack by going 3-0 through three matches at DreamLeague Season 27 on Friday.,Another nine teams sit right behind at 2-1, including BetBoom Team, which entered the day atop the group-stage standings but suffered its first loss, 2-0 to OG.,...
Villanova hungry for a rebound, but Pitt might be even hungrier
Villanova is coming off a humbling loss, but the Wildcats won't be getting any sympathy cards from the Pitt players.,The Panthers have larger problems, as they look to avoid their fifth loss in six games Saturday when they visit Villanova for a nonconference matchup.,Pitt (5-5) has endured a rough s...
Slumping Jets look to reverse lengthy slide vs. surging Capitals
The Winnipeg Jets are trying to reverse what has been a nearly month-long slide, and that task won't get any easier when they host the Washington Capitals on Saturday night.,Despite absorbing a 3-2 shootout loss to the visiting Hurricanes on Thursday night, the Capitals have earned points in nine st...
Longtime Utah coach Kyle Whittingham stepping down after 21 seasons
Kyle Whittingham announced Friday that he will step down as Utah's coach after the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 31.,Whittingham, 66, served as coach of the Utes for 21 seasons. He leads the school in all-time wins with 177 victories.,"The time is right to step down from my position as the head football co...
Report: Royals finalizing extension with 3B Maikel Garcia
The Kansas City Royals are finalizing a five-year, $57.5 million extension with All-Star third baseman Maikel Garcia, ESPN reported on Friday.,The deal with the 2025 Gold Glove award winner includes a club option for a sixth year and is pending the results of a physical, per the report.,Garcia, 25, ...
Caitlin Clark: CBA talks are 'biggest moment WNBA has ever seen'
DURHAM, N.C. -- WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark is making her debut with the senior U.S. women's national team this weekend, taking part in a training camp at Duke under first-time Team USA head coach Kara Lawson.,And while much of the attention on Friday was focused on how the American squad might evo...
Penguins activate F Rickard Rakell (hand) from IR
The Pittsburgh Penguins activated forward Rickard Rakell from injured reserve Friday, after the veteran missed 20 games with a hand injury.,Rakell, 32, is expected to rejoin the first line, alongside Sidney Crosby, when the Penguins face the San Jose Sharks at home Saturday.,In just nine games this ...
Superstar centers in spotlight as Sharks visit Penguins
Sidney Crosby and Macklin Celebrini are connected as centers who were No. 1 overall draft picks, Team Canada teammates in last May's World Hockey Championships and by that fact that there's more than a little bit of Crosby in the way Celebrini plays.,The pair will meet Saturday afternoon when Celebr...
Steelers' T.J. Watt has surgery for collapsed lung
Pittsburgh Steelers pass rusher T.J. Watt is recovering from surgery to repair a partially collapsed lung, his brother J.J. Watt posted Friday on social media.,According to J.J. Watt, the Steelers' star linebacker sustained the injury during a dry needling session Wednesday at the team's practice fa...
Wichita State looks to make 'tough plays' against DePaul
Will Berg only had four points in Wichita State's win over Northern Iowa last weekend, but he made the last two really count.,The 7-foot-2 center from Sweden grabbed an offensive rebound with 25 seconds left and put back a go-ahead layup in the Shockers' 74-69 overtime win.,Berg and the rest of the ...
Bill Belichick makes staff changes at UNC after 4-8 season
Bill Belichick is making changes to his staff at North Carolina, dismissing offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens and special teams coordinator Mike Priefer.,The moves come after the Tar Heels finished 4-8 (2-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) in the 2025 season, Belichick's first at Chapel Hill.,"We wan...
Lindsey Vonn, 41, posts first World Cup downhill win since 2018
Lindsey Vonn recorded her first World Cup victory in nearly eight years after earning top honors in a downhill event on Friday in St. Moritz, Switzerland.,Vonn, 41, also became the oldest woman to win a World Cup race by finishing in 1 minute, 29.63 seconds. Her time was 0.98 seconds and 1.16 second...
No. 22 St. John's clashes with Iona as Rick Pitino faces former team
Before he raised expectations for St. John's and delivered the best season for the Red Storm in 40 years, Rick Pitino returned to college basketball by coaching Iona for three seasons, going 64-22 while reaching a pair of NCAA Tournaments.,Pitino is eight games into his third season with St. John's,...
After late collapse vs. Duke, 9 Michigan State takes on Penn State
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo was hot after Duke handed the Spartans their first loss of the season.,"There were coverages that we just didn't do, and those are effort-related and intelligence-related, not skill-related," Izzo said in part. "And that stuff bothers me, so that means I didn't do a goo...
Hurricanes take top spot in East with shootout win over Capitals
Seth Jarvis scored the only tally in the shootout to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 road win over the Washington Capitals on Thursday.,The victory moved the Canes into first place in the Eastern Conference. Carolina and Washington each have 40 points, but the Hurricanes hold the tiebreaker advan...
U.S. proposes 5-year social media review for World Cup tourists
A new proposal from the Trump administration would require visitors to the U.S. to provide five years of social media activity for review as a condition of entry.,The news broke Thursday, six months exactly before the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which the U.S. is co-hosting with Mexico and Can...
‘Incredibly optimistic': Team owners react to NASCAR settlement
Veteran driver Denny Hamlin had plenty to say in court over the past week and a half, but after Thursday's groundbreaking settlement in the antitrust case against NASCAR, Hamlin summed it up in two sentences.,"Standing up isn't easy, but progress never comes from staying silent. The reward is in kno...
Spirit, Vitality roll into semis at StarLadder Budapest Major
Team Spirit and Team Vitality cruised into the semifinals of the StarLadder Budapest Major by sweeping their respective quarterfinal matches on Thursday in Hungary.,Spirit defeated Team Falcons 2-0 and Vitality crushed The MongolZ by the same score to open the eight-team, single-elimination playoff ...