m Page 881 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Heat edge Timberwolves on clutch three-point play
Nikola Jovic converted a go-ahead, three-point play with 7.8 seconds remaining, and the Miami Heat held on for a 95-94 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night in Minneapolis., ,Tyler Herro scored a game-high 26 points on 9-for-15 shooting from the floor for Miami, which ended a three-gam...
Top 25 roundup: No. 18 Maryland holds off No. 11 Duke in ranked matchup
Kaylene Smikle scored a game-high 23 points Sunday as No. 18 Maryland established a 13-point fourth quarter lead and held off No. 11 Duke 85-80 in women's college basketball in College Park, Md.,Shyanne Sellers added 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Terrapins (3-0), while Bri McDan...
New York Giants Should Put Brian Daboll and Daniel Jones on Hot Seat
It's time for the New York Giants to start over, and that means moving on from head coach Brian Daboll and quarterback Daniel Jones after an ugly loss to the Carolina Panthers....
Steady Kings visit point-hungry Flames
The Los Angeles Kings are perched atop the Pacific Division standings, and among the reasons for that success is their ability to curtail losing streaks. ,Heading into a clash with the host Calgary Flames on Monday, the Kings have not lost consecutive games since the first week of the season.,"That'...
No. 13 Texas A&M wants to keep growing vs. Lamar
No. 13 Texas A&M will look to continue its accelerated growth path when it squares off against Lamar on Monday in College Station, Texas.,The Aggies (1-1), who sport one of the most experienced teams in the nation, rebounded from a season-opening loss on the road to UCF with a definitive 87-55 victo...
Reports: Marlins tap Dodgers' Clayton McCullough as next manager
The Miami Marlins are hiring Los Angeles Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough as their new manager, multiple reports said Sunday.,McCullough, 44, had been with the Dodgers in a variety of roles since 2014 but has prior managing experience in the Toronto Blue Jays' minor league system from 200...
LSU tightens defense, surges past Alabama State
Cam Carter scored 21 points and LSU overcame a 10-point second-half deficit to defeat Alabama State 74-61 in a nonconference game Sunday in Baton Rouge, La.,Jordan Sears added 18 points, Dji Bailey scored 15 and the Tigers (2-0) used tighter defense to trigger the turnaround. They outscored ASU 48-2...
Joey Logano wins third Cup Series Championship at Phoenix
Joey Logano completed his Cinderella story Sunday afternoon by holding off teammate Ryan Blaney and winning the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway and his third career title in Avondale, Arizona.,After passing William Byron by going from fifth to first in one lap following a rest...
Austin Eckroat wins World Wide Technology Championship
25-year-old Austin Eckroat shot a final-round 9-under-par 63 to take his second career PGA Tour title and second of 2024 at the World Wide Technology Championship on Sunday in Los Cabos, Mexico.,A third-year pro out of Oklahoma State, Eckroat joined the tour in 2023 and previously won at the Cogniza...
Rose Lavelle's late goal lifts Gotham past Thorns in quarterfinals
Rose Lavelle broke a tie in second-half stoppage time to lift defending champion NJ/NY Gotham FC to a 2-1 win against the visiting Portland Thorns in their NWSL quarterfinal match on Sunday in Harrison, N.J.,Lavelle took a pass from Delanie Sheehan near the spot and fired it quickly into the back of...
Oklahoma State holds off upset-minded St. Thomas
Marchelus Avery scored 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting, while Pat Suemnick and Bryce Thompson added 11 points apiece to lead Oklahoma State over St. Thomas 80-71 on Sunday in Stillwater, Okla.,The upset-minded Tommies were down 40-33 with 15 minutes remaining until a 7-0 Cowboys run in a 47-second spa...
Mike Williams scores in team debut, Steelers edge Commanders
Mike Williams caught a 32-yard touchdown pass with 2:22 left in the game and the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers rallied for a 28-27 win against the Washington Commanders on Sunday in Landover, Md.,It was the first catch as a Steeler for Williams, who was acquired Tuesday in a trade with the New York J...
49ers finally on target to edge Buccaneers 23-20
Jake Moody found redemption on a 44-yard field goal as time expired as the visiting San Francisco 49ers finished off a 23-20 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday in the return of Christian McCaffrey.,Moody had earlier missed field goals of 49, 50 and 44, with the final one of the bunch co...
Miami starts a bit slow, surges past Binghamton
Starting guards Jalen Blackmon and Nijel Pack combined for 34 points as the host Miami Hurricanes routed the Binghamton Bearcats 88-64 on Sunday afternoon.,Miami (2-0) got 17 points and two steals from Blackmon and 17 points and a game-high six assists from Pack. Combined they shot 11-for-22 from th...
Team Falcons win DreamLeague Season 24 grand final
Team Falcons emerged from the lower bracket to defeat BetBoom Team in the grand final and take first place at the DreamLeague Season 24 event on Sunday.,Falcons opened the day with a 2-0 sweep of Team Spirit in the lower-bracket final, then brushed off BetBoom 3-1 in the grand final. They won $300,0...
No. 21 Florida faces tricky test against Grambling
No. 21 Florida has been doing just fine on the court after a pair of season-opening wins. It's the recent off-court concerns with Title IX allegations against coach Todd Golden that have dominated the news.,In a home battle with Grambling on Monday in Gainesville, Fla., the Gators will try to keep t...
Wake Forest completes comeback against Michigan
Hunter Sallis scored 18 points and Tre'Von Spillers posted 16 points as they sparked Wake Forest in the second half of a 72-70 victory against Michigan on Sunday afternoon in Greensboro, N.C.,Sallis sank two free throws with 4.7 seconds left as the Demon Deacons (3-0) went up by three and completed ...
No. 2 Alabama readies for McNeese State as challenging week awaits
Second-ranked Alabama might be tempted to look past its home game against McNeese State on Sunday, especially with a clash against No. 14 Purdue looming later this week. ,But coach Will Wade and the reigning Southland Conference champion McNeese State have proved they aren't a team to sleep on.,McNe...
No. 14 Purdue looks for inspired performance vs. Yale
Purdue won its first two games by an average of 19.5 points but coach Matt Painter wasn't all that impressed.,The No. 14 Boilermakers (2-0) look to please their leader when they battle Yale (1-1) on Monday night in nonconference play at West Lafayette, Ind.,A showdown with No. 2 Alabama looms on Fri...
Eddy Pineiro kicks Panthers past reeling Giants in Germany
Eddy Pineiro kicked a 36-yard field goal at 2:07 of overtime as the Carolina Panthers converted off a New York Giants turnover for a 20-17 victory on Sunday in Munich.,The Panthers (3-7) got the ball at the New York 23 for its only possession of overtime.,Bryce Young completed 15 of 25 passes for 12...