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Tristan Jarry exits early as Connor McDavid, Oilers top Bruins
Quinn Hutson scored his first NHL goal with 5:22 left in the second period, and it stood as the game-winner as the visiting Edmonton Oilers beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Thursday night.,Edmonton tallied a goal in each period on the way to its sixth win in eight games (6-1-1). Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and...

Oilers goalie Tristan Jarry leaves with injury
Edmonton Oilers goaltender Tristan Jarry left Thursday's game against the Boston Bruins late in the second period with an apparent lower-body injury after making a save.,Jarry, who stopped 12 of 13 shots, departed at the 16:55 mark of the second. Calvin Pickard finished the rest of the stanza and re...

No. 25 Georgia hits century mark again in win over Western Carolina
No. 25 Georgia and the nation's highest-scoring offense put up big numbers again in a 112-82 win over outmatched Western Carolina Thursday night in Athens, Ga.,Georgia exceeded the 100-point mark for the fifth time this season. That ties a program single-season record set in the 1990-91 season.,Jere...

Transfer roundup: Starting QBs, Penn State’s Chaz Coleman entering portal
Missouri quarterback Beau Pribula will enter the transfer portal after one season with the Tigers, multiple outlets reported Thursday.,Pribula played two seasons at Penn State (2023-24) before transferring to Missouri, where he threw for 1,941 yards with 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions in 10 ga...

Cal continues to push for ranking consideration vs. Morgan State
Two men's basketball programs that share a common coach who took them to some of their greatest heights meet in Berkeley, Calif., on Friday night when Morgan State and Cal duel in a nonconference matchup.,In seeking their first NCAA Tournament bid since Todd Bozeman was the coach in 2010, Morgan Sta...

Jaguars sign WR Jakobi Meyers to 3-year, $60 million deal
The Jacksonville Jaguars signed wide receiver Jakobi Meyers to a long-term extension on Thursday, six weeks after acquiring him from the Las Vegas Raiders in a trade.,The team announced the deal Thursday, but didn't share details of the contract. Per multiple media reports, Meyers, who was set to be...

Rams WR Davante Adams inactive vs. Seahawks
Los Angeles Rams star wideout Davante Adams is sitting out a massive contest on Thursday night at the NFC West rival Seattle Seahawks with hamstring and knee injuries.,Adams aggravated a left hamstring injury during the fourth quarter of a 41-34 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday. He has 60 re...

Devils hope to continue 'progress' at Mammoth
The New Jersey Devils will try to complete a sweep of their two-game road trip on Friday when they face the Utah Mammoth in Salt Lake City.,The Devils opened the trip with a 2-1 shootout victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Las Vegas on Wednesday as goaltender Jake Allen turned in a sparkling pe...

Yandex, Spirit reach upper-bracket final at DreamLeague Season 27
Team Yandex won two matches Thursday and joined Team Spirit in reaching the upper-bracket final of the DreamLeague Season 27 playoffs.,After the playoffs began with three matches Wednesday, Yandex played in the last upper-bracket quarterfinal match saved for Thursday. They took down Virtus.pro 2-1 t...

Florida State desperate for win against Mississippi Valley State
Luke Loucks' first season leading the Florida State basketball team has gone off the rails in a major way.,The Seminoles (5-6) have lost their last five games, tied for the program's longest losing streak since a six-game skid in early 2022.,Desperate for a win, Florida State could find one in a mat...

Eagles' Jalen Carter, Lane Johnson, Commanders' Laremy Tunsil out for Saturday
The Philadelphia Eagles ruled out defensive tackle Jalen Carter (shoulders) and offensive tackle Lane Johnson (foot) on Thursday for Saturday's road game against the Washington Commanders after they did not practice all week.,The Commanders ruled out five-time Pro Bowl left tackle Laremy Tunsil beca...

Commanders set on spoiling Philly's playoff party
Philadelphia is on the brink of becoming the NFC East's first repeat champion since the Eagles won the division four straight years from 2001-04.,More than two decades later, the Eagles (9-5) only need to win one of the three regular-season games left on their schedule or have the Dallas Cowboys (6-...

Bears WR Rome Odunze (foot) ruled out vs. Packers
Chicago Bears wide receiver Rome Odunze was ruled out for Saturday's game against the visiting Green Bay Packers due to a foot injury.,Odunze had yet to participate in practice this week after aggravating the injury during pre-game warmups last Sunday, ultimately leading to him being scratched prior...

RB Josh Jacobs, other Packers might be game-time decisions
Already without star defensive end Micah Parsons for the rest of the season, the Green Bay Packers are dealing with other key injuries -- namely star running back Josh Jacobs -- ahead of Saturday's crucial divisional showdown at the Chicago Bears.,Jacobs (knee), starting right tackle Zach Tom (back/...

Week 16 TNF: Rams-Seahawks Preview, Props, Prediction
Week 16 kicks off with one of the biggest games of the 2025 regular season, and one chock full of playoff ramifications when the Los Angeles Rams visit the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night. ,The NFC West rivals enter with identical 11-3 records atop the conference. The Seahawks have won four conse...

Rams' Puka Nacua apologizes, 'had no idea' gesture was offensive
Los Angeles Rams star wide receiver Puka Nacua apologized on Thursday for performing a potential touchdown celebration that included an antisemitic undertone.,"When I appeared the other day on a social media livestream, it was suggested to me to perform a specific movement as part of my next touchdo...

U.S. government admits role in plane collision that killed figure skaters
The government admitted U.S. Army pilots failed to "maintain vigilance" that would have avoided a crash with an American Airlines jet in January that counted competitive figure skaters among the 67 victims.,The jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter as it made its approach to Reagan National Airp...

Heisman presentation scores highest ratings in 13 years
Saturday night's Heisman Trophy presentation to Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza drew the largest television audience for the event since 2012.,The show averaged 4.3 million viewers on ABC, the highest number since 2012 when 4.9 million watched Texas A&M signal-caller Johnny Manziel become the f...

CFP first round: What to know about Alabama at Oklahoma
College Football Playoff First Round,No. 9 Alabama (10-3) at No. 8 Oklahoma (10-2),Friday, Dec. 19, 8 p.m. ET,Norman, Okla.,Consensus odds: Oklahoma -1.5, Total 41.5,Oklahoma and Alabama square off in the first round of the College Football Playoff, but the Southeastern Conference rivals need no int...

Whitecaps re-sign GK Yohei Takaoka through 2027
The Vancouver Whitecaps re-signed goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka through June 2027 on Thursday.,Takaoka, 29, was an MLS All-Star and Goalkeeper of the Year finalist in 2025 with a league-high 13 clean sheets.,He has recorded 35 shutouts in 129 starts across all competitions since arriving from Japan's Yok...