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Florida owns second half to upend No. 9 Ole Miss 24-17
Montrell Johnson Jr. rushed for the tiebreaking touchdown and Bryce Thornton made two huge interceptions in the final 1:32 to help Florida post a 24-17 victory over No. 9 Ole Miss on Saturday afternoon in Southeastern Conference play at Gainesville, Fla.,Johnson rushed for 107 yards on 18 carries as...

Down two in third, Flyers rally past Blackhawks in OT
Matvei Michkov scored in overtime to give the host Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 comeback victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday afternoon.,Sean Couturier and Noah Cates scored third-period goals to erase a two-goal deficit. Goalie Aleksei Kolosov made 19 saves for his first NHL win as Philadel...

Boston College wallops North Carolina to gain bowl eligibility
Boston College scored on five of six trips to the red zone and possessed the ball for 38:02 en route to a dominant 41-21 win over visiting North Carolina in Atlantic Coast Conference action Saturday in Chestnut Hill, Mass.,Grayson James finished 18-of-27 passing for 192 yards and a touchdown while r...

Kevin Jennings, No. 13 SMU blow out Virginia
Kevin Jennings passed for 323 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score as No. 13 SMU added to its case to be a part of the College Football Playoff with a 33-7 win over Virginia on Saturday afternoon in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup in Charlottesville, Va.,The Mustangs (10-1, 7-0 AC...

Kaleb Johnson, Kamari Moulton help Iowa run over Maryland
Iowa's Kaleb Johnson gashed Maryland for 164 yards, leading the Hawkeyes to a 29-13 win Saturday afternoon in College Park, Md.,On a windy afternoon, Drew Stevens tied a program record with five field goals and Kamari Moulton scored on a 68-yard sprint as Iowa (7-4, 5-3 Big Ten) bounced back from a ...

Atlanta United puts survival instincts up against Orlando City
Atlanta United is out to continue one of the great Cinderella runs in MLS Cup Playoff history when they visit Orlando City in an Eastern Conference semifinal match Sunday.,Ninth-seeded Atlanta United needed to win its last two regular-season matches just to reach the postseason and finished that tas...

Celtics eye fifth straight win as road-weary Wolves visit
The Boston Celtics will attempt to extend their winning streak to five on Sunday when they face the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves., ,The reigning NBA champions are coming off one of their worst offensive performances of the season, but still beat the host Washington Wizards 108-96 on Friday in an ...

Ole Miss WR Tre Harris injured, ruled out vs. Florida
Ole Miss star receiver Tre Harris departed in the second quarter against Florida on Saturday and didn't return due to a lower-body injury.,Harris fell to the ground and grabbed his hip and groin areas after being unable to hang on to a pass with just over five minutes to go in the first half in Gain...

George Russell speeds to pole at Las Vegas Grand Prix
George Russell seized his third pole position of the season for Saturday's Las Vegas Grand Prix.,Russell, of Mercedes, overcame a brush with the Turn 5 wall on his first lap in Q3 on Friday to turn in a top qualifying time of 1 minute 32.312 seconds. He finished just ahead of Ferrari's Carlos Sanz (...

Dodgers name former Rangers manager Chris Woodward as 1B coach
The Los Angeles Dodgers named former Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward as their first-base coach.,Woodward replaces Clayton McCullough, who was named the Miami Marlins manager earlier this month.,A native of the Los Angeles area, Woodward was the Rangers' manager from 2019 into the 2022 season be...

No. 6 Purdue bounces back, blows out Marshall
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored a game-high 18 points as No. 6 Purdue rolled to an 80-45 win over visiting Marshall on Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind. ,With starting center Daniel Jacobsen out with a leg injury, Purdue tweaked its lineup as Camden Heide and Myles Colvin got their first career st...

Mikaela Shiffrin gets 99th career World Cup win
Mikaela Shiffrin extended her record World Cup victories to 99 with a win Saturday in the women's slalom in Gurgl, Austria.,Shiffrin won in a combined time of 1 minute, 40.22 seconds, beating Italian prodigy Lara Colturi, who starts for Albania, by 0.55 seconds and Camille Rast of Switzerland by 0.5...

Micah Peavy, Jayden Epps pace Georgetown past St. Francis (Pa.)
Micah Peavy scored 24 points and Jayden Epps added 23 as host Georgetown pulled away from pesky St. Francis (Pa.) 82-65 on Saturday in Washington, D.C.,Malik Mack paired 11 points with seven rebounds for the Hoyas (4-1), who squandered a double-digit lead in both the first and second halves but stea...

Miami aims to halt skid in encounter vs. VCU
Miami might be forgiven if it seems that it is eager to get out of Charleston, S.C.,After all, the Hurricanes (3-2) have dropped two straight games at the Shriner Children's Charleston Classic. They will hope to salvage at least one win when they challenge VCU on Sunday afternoon.,Barely tested in t...

David Joplin, No. 15 Marquette too strong for Georgia
David Joplin made six 3-pointers to highlight his career-high 29-point performance, lifting No. 15 Marquette to an 80-69 win over Georgia on Saturday in Nassau, Bahamas.,Chase Ross and Ben Gold chipped in 14 points apiece and Kam Jones added 10 points and seven assists for Marquette (6-0).,Blue Cain...

Villanova vies to subdue high-powered Maryland
Amid a rocky start to the season, Villanova coach Kyle Neptune saw his team's defense strengthen during Tuesday's 93-49 home win over Pennsylvania.,"I thought we were way more cohesive than we've been," Neptune said. "Guys were together, they were talking. I thought our switches were better.",The im...

Falcons, Crazy Raccoon advance at Overwatch Champions Series finals
Team Falcons and Crazy Raccoon each recorded a sweep on Saturday to advance to the upper bracket final of the Overwatch Champions Series 2024 Finals in Stockholm.,Team Falcons recorded a 3-0 decision over NTMR after posting a 2-0 win on Ilios, 2-1 victory on Shambali Monastery and 3-2 triumph on Kin...

Pitt QB Eli Holstein to start vs. Louisville
Pitt quarterback Eli Holstein will return from injury to start Saturday against Louisville, according to multiple reports.,Holstein left two games within the past month with apparent head injuries. ,He departed the Panthers' 41-13 win over Syracuse on Oct. 24 after taking a hit on a run, but he play...
It Feels Like Aaron Rodgers, New York Jets Are Heading For Divorce
Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets seem to be headed for a split, as the future Hall of Fame quarterback will be looking for a new team in 2025....

Colts activate DE Tyquan Lewis from IR
The Indianapolis Colts activated Tyquan Lewis from injured reserve on Saturday and waived fellow defensive end Genard Avery.,Lewis was placed on injured reserve Oct. 1 with an elbow injury he sustained two days earlier in the Colts' 27-24 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is questionable to p...