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With Cooper Flagg, Duke title talk more than hype
DURHAM, N.C. -- By the standards of most men's college basketball programs, Jon Scheyer's first two seasons at the helm of the Blue Devils since taking over for the retired coaching legend Mike Krzyzewski would be considered enormous success. ,In Scheyer's first season, Duke won the ACC Tournament a...
Sabres D Rasmus Dahlin fined $5K for high-sticking
Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin has been fined $5,000 by the NHL on Tuesday for high-sticking Florida Panthers forward Anton Lundell.,The fine is the maximum allowable under the league's collective bargaining agreement.,The incident occurred with 7:02 remaining in the third period of the Pan...
South Florida names Ben Fletcher interim coach
South Florida named Ben Fletcher as the interim coach on Tuesday following last week's unexpected passing of head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim.,Fletcher joined the Bulls as an assistant coach on Abdur-Rahim's first staff last season. He spent the previous four seasons as Abdur-Rahim's assistant at Kennesa...
What We Learned During First Week of the NBA Season
The first week of the NBA season is already in the books, and while the Boston Celtics look like they're still the team to beat, here are some other learnings from the first week of basketball....
Tuesday October 29 Best Sports Betting Picks for World Series Game 4, NBA, NHL
The sports calendar is absolutely packed on Tuesday, October 29th so these are our top sports betting predictions for the Dodgers vs. Yankees Game 4, NBA, and NHL....
Pittsburgh Steelers Might Be Overrated Despite 6-2 Record
The Pittsburgh Steelers are 6-2, but nobody believes they've been tested in their first eight games of the season, as they look very overrated and flawed....
Dillon Gabriel, No. 1 Oregon brace for best shot from Michigan
No. 1 Oregon will look to continue its undefeated season on Saturday afternoon when it faces Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich.,The Ducks (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) are one of eight remaining unbeaten teams in the nation. They also are 8-0 for the first time since 2013 and for the fifth time in program history.,A...
Wolves, still stinging from playoff loss, eager to face Mavs again
For the Minnesota Timberwolves, the sting is still fresh from the last time they played against the Dallas Mavericks.,The Mavericks finished off a 4-1 series win over the Timberwolves in the best-of-seven Western Conference finals on May 30. Dallas advanced to the NBA Finals, where it eventually los...
Dodgers go with bullpen game in bid to sweep Yankees
NEW YORK -- Shohei Ohtani is playing with a partially dislocated left shoulder. Freddie Freeman is dealing with the effects of a sprained right ankle.,One more win and the Los Angeles Dodgers can get their stars some rest after a championship celebration.,Ohtani, Freeman and the Dodgers can clinch t...
Adin Hill, Golden Knights blank Flames
Keegan Kolesar scored two goals and Adin Hill stopped 16 shots for his first shutout of the season as the Vegas Golden Knights completed a sweep of a four-game homestand with a 5-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night in Las Vegas.,It was the first two-goal game and three-point game of Ko...
Jazz F Taylor Hendricks fractures fibula, dislocates ankle
Utah forward Taylor Hendricks fractured his right fibula and dislocated his ankle during the third quarter of the Jazz's 110-102 loss to the host Dallas Mavericks on Monday night.,Hendricks sustained the injuries with 5:59 remaining in the third, with his right leg getting caught up under him as he ...
Kings top Blazers, end modest skid
De'Aaron Fox scored a game-high 24 points, DeMar DeRozan chipped in with 23 and the host Sacramento Kings broke into the win column with a 111-98 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.,Domantas Sabonis went for 16 points and game highs in rebounds with 13 and assists with seven aga...
Connor McDavid (lower-body injury) headed back to Edmonton
Star center Connor McDavid is headed back to Edmonton to be re-evaluated after sustaining a lower-body injury in the first minute of the Oilers' 6-1 road loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.,McDavid, crossing the blue line with the puck shortly after winning the opening faceoff, fell after a...
Freddie Freeman, Dodgers take commanding 3-0 lead vs. Yanks
NEW YORK -- Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer in the first and Walker Buehler pitched five innings of two-hit ball as the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled within one win of their eighth World Series title in team history with a 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday night.,Los Angeles leads the...
Ryan Donato nets pair as Blackhawks take down Avalanche
Ryan Donato had two goals and an assist, Philipp Kurashev and Lukas Reichel also scored, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 in Denver on Monday night.,Ilya Mikheyev scored his first goal of the season, Jason Dickinson had two assists and Petr Mrazek turned away 24 shots for C...
Sharks overtake Utah, prevail in OT for first win of season
Alexander Wennberg scored the overtime winner as the San Jose Sharks erased a three-goal third-period deficit to edge the Utah Hockey Club 5-4 on Monday in Salt Lake City.,Fabian Zetterlund scored twice, Mikael Granlund had a goal and two assists and Wennberg and Tyler Toffoli each had a goal and an...
Calvin Austin III's two TDs steer Steelers past Giants
Calvin Austin III scored touchdowns on a 73-yard punt return and a 29-yard toss from Russell Wilson to push the host Pittsburgh Steelers past the New York Giants 26-18 on Monday night.,Austin broke a 9-9 tie in the third quarter with his thrilling return, and on the Steelers' next possession, Wilson...
Sounders earn PK win over Dynamo in playoff opener
Alex Roldan scored the clincher in a penalty-kick shootout as the Seattle Sounders defeated the visiting Houston Dynamo after a scoreless draw Monday night in the opener of their best-of-three Western Conference quarterfinal playoff series.,The fourth-seeded Sounders made all five of their penalty a...
Michigan QB Jack Tuttle retires due to medical reasons
Michigan quarterback Jack Tuttle announced his retirement on Monday.,Tuttle is stepping away from football for medical reasons, as he "didn't fully recover from" an offseason procedure to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing arm. He also recently sustained his fifth concussion.,"Toda...
Bulls use 3-ball to rally past Grizzlies
Zach LaVine scored 30 points and Nikola Vucevic added 22 on Monday night to lead the visiting Chicago Bulls to a 126-123 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies, who played without injured guard Ja Morant. ,Morant missed his first game of the season due to thigh soreness. Desmond Bane led the Grizzlies w...