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Minnesota Wild vs. Pittsburgh Penguins Nov. 21st Betting Picks, Predictions
These are Deadspin's expert betting picks and predictions for Friday November 21st's NHL contest between the Minnesota Wild and Pittsburgh Penguins....
Keeping composure top task for No. 1 Purdue vs. No. 15 Texas Tech
No. 1 Purdue and No. 15 Texas Tech should be happy to be meeting in the title game of the Baha Mar Championship on Friday night at Nassau, Bahamas.,They weren't that far away from facing each other in the consolation game.,But they both found the necessary resolve to set up what could be an entertai...
Wake Forest, Memphis vie in Bahamas after hard-fought losses
Memphis and Wake Forest turned in highly competitive showings and were pleased with the efforts against ranked opponents on Thursday.,After falling short in their opening games at the Baha Mar Championship, Memphis and Wake Forest will get together in the third-place game on Friday night in Nassau, ...
Jack Eichel's 3 points lead Golden Knights past Mammoth
Jack Eichel scored two goals and had an assist to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-1 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night in Salt Lake City.,It was Eichel's third two-goal game and also his fourth three-point game of the season. Shea Theodore had three assists, Braeden Bowman had a go...
No. 15 Texas Tech edges Wake, will face Purdue in Bahamas' title game
JT Toppin scored 21 points on 10-of-19 shooting from the field and Christian Anderson notched 16 as No. 15 Texas Tech overcame Wake Forest 84-83 on Thursday night on the first day of the Baha Mar Championship in Nassau, Bahamas.,Texas Tech (4-1) will meet top-ranked Purdue, an 80-71 winner against M...
Cal aims for complete effort vs. Sacramento State
Cal coach Mark Madsen is hoping for a fast start when the Bears face Sacramento State on Friday in Berkeley, Calif.,Madsen would like to avoid a replay of the team's last game, when Cal (4-1) struggled in the first half before going on to beat visiting Presbyterian 67-57 on Tuesday.,Delaware transfe...
Mohamed Wague, Oklahoma stymie Oral Roberts
Mohamed Wague scored a career-high 20 points to lead Oklahoma to a 95-71 win over Oral Roberts on Thursday in Norman, Okla.,Wague added seven rebounds and a block. He was 9 of 12 from the floor.,After Oklahoma struggled defensively in a loss to Nebraska on Saturday to continue an early trend, Sooner...
Somi Lee takes 2-stroke lead after 18 holes of Tour Championship
South Korea's Somi Lee carded an 8-under-par 64 to take a two-stroke lead after one round of the season-concluding CME Group Tour Championship on Thursday in Naples, Fla.,Allisen Corpuz is Lee's closest pursuer, coming in with a 6-under total of 66, and four players got to the clubhouse with identic...
Miami’s starting five excels in runaway win over Elon
Tru Washington finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead a balanced effort by host Miami in a 99-72 win over Elon on Thursday night in Coral Gables, Fla.,The Hurricanes (4-1) bounced back from a loss Sunday against Florida by pulling away in the second half from the Phoenix (3-2), who lost for...
No. 14 St. John's balks early before blasting Bucknell
Bryce Hopkins finished with 20 points as 14th-ranked St. John's overcame a shaky start to pull away late in the first half on the way to a 97-49 victory over Bucknell on Thursday night in Queens, N.Y.,Hopkins scored 13 points in the first half, including nine in the final 11-plus minutes when the Re...
Vanderbilt routs Texas Southern 109-74 to remain undefeated
Vanderbilt (5-0) had seven players in double figures and shot 53.4% from the field in a 109-74 rout of Texas Southern (0-5) in Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday evening. ,The Commodores' Tyler Tanner notched 20 points and seven assists while adding a block and two steals. ,Tyler Nickel (20 points), Devi...
Top-ranked Purdue scraps past Memphis in the Bahamas
Fletcher Loyer scored 18 of his game-high 20 points in the second half as No. 1 Purdue remained perfect with an 80-71 victory over Memphis in the semifinals of the Baha Mar Championship at Nassau, Bahamas.,C.J. Cox scored a season-high 18 points while Trey Kaufman-Renn added 12 points with 11 reboun...
Timberwolves, Suns meet in clash of NBA Cup unbeaten teams
Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards, a marketing face in the NBA Race for the Cup, will take another run at it Friday.,Two Cup contenders will continue to battle for a spot in the knockout phase when the Timberwolves (10-5, 2-0) visit the Phoenix Suns (9-6, 1-0). They are among nine remaining unbeaten t...
Spain, Germany round out semifinalists at Davis Cup
Thanks to some wild doubles wins, Spain and Germany clinched the last two berths into the Davis Cup semifinals Friday in Bologna, Italy.,Spain took down fourth-seeded Czech Republic 2-1, while No. 2 seed Germany rallied to defeat Argentina by the same score in the other quarterfinal on Thursday.,Now...
Mike Nwoko enjoying breakout start as LSU pivots to Omaha
Mike Nwoko is turning heads with the start to his first LSU season.,The 6-foot-10 forward averages 20.3 points per game and six rebounds per game for the Tigers. Nwoko has hit 32 of 41 (78%) shots from the field and developed into the Tigers' go-to player inside.,Nwoko and the Tigers (4-0) will try ...
Buzzer-beating Bulls eager for easier ride against Heat
Relying on late-game heroics is "not sustainable basketball," Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan finds.,While his players agree, they've decided to excel at this style anyway.,The Bulls return home Friday to face the Miami Heat in NBA Cup play still beaming over Wednesday's buzzer-beater in Portland....
Kings star C Domantas Sabonis has torn meniscus, out at least 3-4 weeks
The skidding Sacramento Kings got more bad news on Thursday when MRI imaging revealed star center Domantas Sabonis has a partial meniscus tear in his left knee, the team announced.,Sabonis, 29, will be re-evaluated in three to four weeks, the Kings said.,A three-time All-Star, Sabonis last played on...
Doug Ghim comes close to breaking 60, shares lead at RSM Classic
Doug Ghim, Davis Thompson and the Philippines' Rico Hoey are tied atop the first-round leaderboard Thursday at the RSM Classic, the finale of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Fall series.,Ghim, Thompson and Hoey stand at 10 under par after the first day of the event at Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Isl...
West Virginia gets first test away from home vs. Clemson in Charleston
West Virginia needs to see what it can do when stepping out of its comfort zone, while Clemson is anxious for another shot at a fellow power-conference opponent.,The two teams will learn how their efforts pan out when they meet in the Charleston Classic's Palmetto Bracket on Friday night in Charlest...
Chiefs ST coach Dave Toub tees off on Donald Trump's kickoff take
President Donald Trump waded into the revised kickoff rules in the NFL. Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub would gladly usher him right back out of the conversation.,Toub, 63, said Trump's critique doesn't hold much weight.,"He doesn't even know what he's looking at. He has no idea what's going on...