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Trio of sweeps kicks off Stage 2 Major qualifying Week 2
It was a day of blowouts at the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major on Friday, as all three matches to open Week 2 saw 3-0 sweeps.,Two of the matches saw clubs pick up their first wins of the event -- the Miami Heretics and Carolina Royal Ravens -- while in the day's final match Cloud9 New York improv...
Man City's title defense on life support ahead of Liverpool match
Reigning Premier League champions Manchester City will host league leaders Liverpool on Sunday searching for victory that could resurrect their season, but perhaps without their most important player.,Striker Erling Haaland has 19 league goals this season, but he may not be healthy in time to try to...
Predators, ahead of potential trade-off, return to face Avs
The Nashville Predators host the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday in both teams' first game since a two-week break, but the clubs are looking at the final two months of the season in vastly different ways.,The Predators started the season with high hopes for the postseason after signing several vetera...
Rockets ride red-hot start to victory over Wolves
Jalen Green scored 35 points to lead the Houston Rockets to a 121-115 win over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night.,Green, who hit 5-of-11 3-point attempts, was supported by Alperen Sengun (24 points, 13 rebounds) and Amen Thompson (17 points, 10 rebounds) as Houston won for the thir...
College of Idaho renames arena in honor of Elgin Baylor
The College of Idaho, where Elgin Baylor played a key role in the integration in college athletics, on Friday renamed its basketball arena for the late Basketball Hall of Fame legend at halftime of its 97-46 win against Evergreen State.,Baylor attended the College of Idaho in 1954 and joined the bas...
Ex-RSL star Cristian Arango leads Quakes in season opener
A top-three team in the Western Conference last season, Real Salt Lake will hit the road to play its 2025 MLS season opener against the revamped San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday.,Real Salt Lake lost a pair of matchups in penalty kicks during Round One of the MLS playoffs last season and were elimina...
Charlotte FC ready for Wilfried Zaha era to begin
Wilfried Zaha plans to let his play do the talking.,The former English Premier League standout is set to make his MLS debut Saturday when Charlotte FC opens its season at Seattle.,"I'm not much of a talker -- my thing is I try to lead by example," Zaha said Wednesday in his introductory news confere...
Kyrie Irving lifts Mavericks to win over Pelicans
Kyrie Irving scored a game-high 35 points and the host Dallas Mavericks came to life at the start of the fourth quarter on the way to a 111-103 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.,P.J. Washington added 24 points and seven rebounds for Dallas, which led by only two, 86-84, after Pe...
Will 4 Nations hangover sway Knights-Canucks matchup?
Hours after sharing assistant-coaching duties for Team Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament in Boston, Vancouver head coach Rick Tocchet and Vegas head coach Bruce Cassidy will find themselves behind opposite benches again when their teams meet on Saturday in Las Vegas.,Tocchet and Cassidy, m...
No. 14 Michigan State tops No. 12 Michigan, leads Big Ten
Jase Richardson scored 21 points to lead No. 14 Michigan State to a 75-62 win over No. 12 Michigan in Ann Arbor on Friday in a battle for first place in the Big Ten.,The Spartans (22-5, 13-3) moved a half-game ahead of the Wolverines (20-6, 12-3) for first place in the conference and snapped Michiga...
Utah, Kings receive defensive boosts ahead of clash
The Los Angeles Kings and the Utah Hockey Club are both expected to welcome back a key defenseman when they come off their two-week break on Saturday evening in Los Angeles.,Mikey Anderson, third on the Kings in average ice time at 22:50, is set to return after missing the past four games with an up...
Michigan coach Dusty May signs new contract amid Indiana rumors
Less than a year after hiring him, Michigan awarded coach Dusty May with a multi-year contract extension to stave off any chance that his alma mater might pursue him this offseason.,Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel announced the contract Friday before the 12th-ranked Wolverines hosted No. 14 ...
Late block seals Grizzlies' comeback win over Magic
Desmond Bane hit a tiebreaking foul shot with 45.2 seconds left, and the visiting Memphis Grizzlies rallied from a 19-point third-quarter deficit to defeat the Orlando Magic 105-104 on Friday.,Jaren Jackson Jr. blocked a potential game-winning 10-foot shot attempt by Paolo Banchero in the closing se...
Andrej Stojakovic, Cal face Stanford in ACC clash
California standout Andrej Stojakovic gets an opportunity to perform in front of his former fans when the Golden Bears visit Stanford in an Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball rematch Saturday night.,Stojakovic, who transferred from one side of the San Francisco Bay to the other last summer a...
Cavs shoot 61 percent to blow out Knicks
Donovan Mitchell scored 17 of his 27 points in the second quarter and Evan Mobley finished with 21 points, fueling the host Cleveland Cavaliers to a 142-105 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday.,Mitchell made 10 of 15 shots from the floor -- including 5 of 7 from 3-point range -- before sittin...
Prolific Djordje Mihailovic leads Rapids against St. Louis City
The Colorado Rapids are coming off a 2024 season that saw them make the playoffs, while St. Louis City wants to return there after struggling most of last year.,The teams open the MLS season against each other on Saturday night in St. Louis.,Colorado fashioned an exciting squad last season, one that...
Villanova upsets No. 16 Marquette behind 3-point barrage
Eric Dixon scored 23 points and Jhamir Brickus added 21 as host Villanova used a 3-point shooting assault to take down No. 16 Marquette 81-66 on Friday night.,Brickus made five 3-pointers, while Jordann Dumont went 4-of-4 from long distance. Dixon knocked down three triples of his own. As a team, Vi...
Houston Dynamo, FC Dallas sport new looks for Texas Derby
There will be plenty of new faces in different places when the Houston Dynamo host rival FC Dallas in the first Texas Derby match that doubles as the opener for both sides.,Much of the offseason talk surrounding the Dynamo and FC Dallas has been about who is no longer with the teams - as opposed to ...
Hornets look to get back on track vs. Blazers
After snapping a 15-game losing streak in Portland last season, the Charlotte Hornets take aim at beating the Trail Blazers again in the Rose City when the teams meet Saturday night.,On Feb. 25, 2024, Charlotte snapped the streak in Portland with a 93-80 victory.,The franchise's previous road win in...
Revs, Nashville SC return to action after roster makeovers
The New England Revolution and Nashville SC were two of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference last season.,That led to some roster makeovers and both teams hope to improve this year, beginning when the Revolution visit Nashville on Saturday night.,New England finished 14th in the 15-team confere...