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N.C. State beats Florida State to become bowl eligibile
CJ Bailey threw for two touchdowns and kept North Carolina State out of trouble for the most part while the Wolfpack defense, along with strange plays on special teams, took care of the rest in a 21-11 victory over Florida State on Friday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Bailey, who struggled last Saturday in...

Stars look for more success against lowly Flames
The Dallas Stars kicked off a four-game road swing with a win. Now the red-hot Stars will look for another when they visit the Calgary Flames on Saturday.,Thanks to a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, Dallas has won six of seven games overall and posted a 5-0-2 mark in its last sev...

LSU pulls away from Omaha with second-half surge
Max Mackinnon scored 22 points and Dedan Thomas Jr. added 15 points and 10 assists to lead LSU to a 99-73 nonconference win over Omaha on Friday in Baton Rouge, La.,The Tigers (5-0) used a 17-3 run to start the second half to put away the Mavericks (2-4).,Mackinnon hit 7 of 11 shots from the field, ...

Myles Colvin's buzzer-beating trey rallies Wake Forest past Memphis
Myles Colvin capped a 19-point showing by hitting a 3-pointer at the buzzer as Wake Forest outlasted Memphis for a 69-68 victory in the third-place game of the Baha Mar Championship in Nassau, Bahamas on Friday night.,Wake Forest (4-2) trailed most of the night but outscored Memphis (1-4) 20-8 over ...

Rueben Chinyelu grabs 21 boards as No. 10 Florida routs Merrimack
Rueben Chinyelu scored 14 points and made Florida history with 21 rebounds as the 10th-ranked Gators cruised to a comfortable 80-45 victory over Merrimack on Friday night in Gainesville, Fla.,Chinyelu's rebounding total, which included on the six offensive glass, is the highest on a game by a Gators...

Carter Welling's late-game heroics lead Clemson past West Virginia
Carter Welling sank back-to-back 3-point shots down the stretch as part of a personal scoring surge as Clemson stormed back from an 11-point deficit to defeat West Virginia 70-67 on Friday night in the Charleston Classic's Palmetto Bracket at Charleston, S.C.,RJ Godfrey and Jestin Porter led the Tig...

Mammoth try to regain early-season magic vs. Rangers
Stuck in a rut the past week, the Utah Mammoth are searching for the positive vibes of their 8-2-0 start to the season.,The Mammoth hope to end a four-game losing streak (0-1-3) on Saturday night when they face the New York Rangers in Salt Lake City.,Utah scored 36 goals during a seven-game winning ...

Rangers move on from 2023 World Series hero Adolis Garcia, C Jonah Heim
The Texas Rangers parted ways with 2023 World Series hero Adolis Garcia and catcher Jonah Heim on Friday to kickstart a revamping of the franchise.,The Rangers non-tendered both players before Friday's deadline as part of the plan to reduce payroll. The players immediately became free agents.,Garcia...

World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul grabs 3-shot lead at Tour Championship
The two best players in the world were the two best players on the course at the CME Group Tour Championship on Friday.,Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul fired a 9-under-par 63 to vault into a three-stroke lead at the LPGA's season finale at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla. And Nelly Korda made a charge wi...

Flames rule out F Samuel Honzek (upper body) for 6 months
Samuel Honzek's season is likely finished after the Calgary Flames announced Friday that the rookie forward would miss up to six months to recover from upper-body surgery.,Honzek collided with linemate Mikael Backlund and crumpled to the ice in the second period of Calgary's 4-3 shootout loss to the...

Flavio Cobolli's heroics send Italy back to Davis Cup final
Italy is one win away from three-peating as Davis Cup champions, as the host nation swept Belgium 2-0 Friday to get back to the finals in Bologna, Italy.,The semifinal fixture was not without drama, as Flavio Cobolli saved a whopping seven match points against Zizou Bergs to win the clinching match ...

Reports: Missouri QB Beau Pribula to return vs. Oklahoma
Beau Pribula will return as Missouri starting quarterback against host Oklahoma on Saturday, according to multiple reports.,Pribula dislocated his left ankle during a loss to Vanderbilt on Oct. 25 and missed the past two games.,Pribula avoided a fracture and has made a rapid recovery. The Penn State...

Butler dominates inside in wire-to-wire win over South Carolina
Finley Bizjack scored 18 points, Michael Ajayi tallied 15 points and 14 rebounds and Butler never trailed in a 79-72 win over South Carolina to begin the Greenbrier Tip-Off on Friday in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.,Ajayi recorded his fifth straight double-double to begin the season for Butler (4-1),...

UFC Fight Night Qatar: Arman Tsarukyan popular favorite vs. Dan Hooker
UFC's first event in Qatar features a lightweight fight with Arman Tsarukyan and Dan Hooker stepping into the Octagon on Saturday night seeking to position themselves for a title shot against Ilia Topuria.,It's the first fight for both in 2025, and the stakes are extremely high.,Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA,...

Hornets PG LaMelo Ball refutes report he's open to trade
Charlotte Hornets standout LaMelo Ball is making it very clear that a recent report indicating he could be open to a trade is incorrect.,Ball first reposted the report from Yahoo Sports -- which said the 2021 Rookie of the Year has "grown increasingly frustrated with the organization and is open to ...

Falcons rule out Drake London (knee), Billy Bowman Jr. (Achilles) vs. Saints
A bad week became even worse for the Atlanta Falcons on Friday when coach Raheem Morris told reporters that star receiver Drake London (knee) and rookie cornerback Billy Bowman Jr. (Achilles) will both miss Sunday's game at the New Orleans Saints.,They join quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who is out ...

Aga Makurat paces No. 17 Vanderbilt in rout of Alabama State
Aga Makurat scored 21 points off the bench and Mikayla Blakes added 19, fueling No. 17 Vanderbilt to a 92-38 romp over Alabama State on Friday afternoon in Nashville, Tenn.,Makurat sank 8 of 15 shots -- including 5 of 11 from 3-point range -- to pace the Commodores (5-0), who led 50-22 at halftime. ...

Unbeaten Oklahoma State pushing for defensive improvement vs. Nicholls
If Oklahoma State is going to reach its goals, coach Steve Lutz wants the Cowboys to tighten up on the defensive end. ,That assignment starts Saturday against Nicholls in Stillwater, Okla. ,In a 103-95 home win over South Florida on Wednesday, the Cowboys gave up too many easy baskets, according to ...

Report: LSU to officially 'fire' coach departed coach Brian Kelly
LSU intends to send former football coach Brian Kelly an official notice of termination, The Advocate in Baton Rouge reported Friday. ,Per the report, the LSU board of supervisors met in executive session Friday and unanimously authorized new university president Wade Rousse to give formal notice to...

South Korea's Sung-mun Song posted after 26-homer season
South Korean infielder Sung-mun Song was posted for Major League Baseball free agency on Friday.,The 29-year-old left-handed hitter is available for any team to sign through Dec. 21.,Song batted .315 with a career-high 26 homers, 90 RBIs and 25 steals in 144 games for the Kiwoom Heroes in 2025.,The ...