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South Carolina out to rebound vs. South Carolina State
South Carolina coach Lamont Paris can handle stretches when his team does not play well but getting outplayed by an opponent is another story.,Paris felt the Gamecocks were outplayed in a disappointing loss to North Florida to start his third season and he is hoping they respond against visiting Sou...
Wolves score 45 points in fourth to rally past Bulls
Anthony Edwards scored a game-high 33 points with eight rebounds and six assists, and Julius Randle added 22 points and 10 rebounds as the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves rallied past the Chicago Bulls 135-119 on Thursday.,Minnesota outscored Chicago 45-24 in the fourth quarter to win for the third ...
Flames force OT, but Brad Marchand wins it for Bruins
Brad Marchand scored a backhand game-winning goal with 20 seconds remaining in overtime as the Boston Bruins defeated the visiting Calgary Flames 4-3 on Thursday.,After Elias Lindholm forced a turnover behind the net, Marchand followed his own initial shot that Calgary goaltender Dustin Wolf saved a...
Wake Forest's balanced scoring attack sinks NC A&T
Tre'Von Spillers paired 15 points with a career-high-tying 16 rebounds as Wake Forest pulled away from North Carolina A&T for an 80-64 win on Thursday in Winston-Salem, N.C.,Spillers, an Appalachian State transfer, led all five Demon Deacons starters in double-figure scoring. Hunter Sallis provided ...
Clemson out to build on solid opener with St. Francis in town
Fresh off last year's Elite Eight run and a convincing opening-night victory, Clemson looks to continue its momentum Friday, when the Tigers host the Saint Francis Red Flash.,The Tigers, a No. 6 seed in last season's NCAA Tournament, advanced as far as they've been in the "Big Dance" since 1980. Coa...
LAFC focused on task at hand in Game 3 vs. Whitecaps
All the pressure is on Los Angeles FC as they host the Vancouver Whitecaps in Game 3 of a Western Conference first-round series on Friday night.,Top-seeded LAFC were supposed to cruise through the best-of-three series but are now locked up in a winner-take-all battle against the eighth-seeded Whitec...
Three share lead at windy World Wide Technology Championship
Kevin Streelman, Tom Whitney and Rico Hoey are tied atop the leaderboard after the first round of the World Wide Technology Championship on Thursday in Los Cabos, Mexico.,The round is effectively but not officially over, as play was suspended due to darkness with one threesome still on their last ho...
Stewart Cink takes 3-shot lead at Schwab Cup Championship
Stewart Cink might not have a chance to win the PGA Tour Champions' season-long championship, the Schwab Cup, but that won't stop him from showing off at the tour's season finale.,Cink jumped out to a three-shot lead at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship by firing a 7-under-par 64 on Thursday at Ph...
VCU wary of new-look Boston College entering Veterans Classic
Boston College has wasted little time embracing its new look.,Four transfers and three freshmen joined the program this season, and those newcomers will attempt to keep building chemistry when the Eagles face VCU on Friday night as part of the Veterans Classic in Annapolis, Md.,"It was really free a...
New Hampshire on menu with No. 3 UConn cooking chemistry behind Alex Karaban
New Hampshire pursues the first victory in program history over No. 3 UConn when the teams meet Saturday night in Hartford, Conn. , ,The Huskies (1-0) have a 10-0 edge in the series against the Wildcats (1-1), including an 84-64 victory last year. New Hampshire has 11 new players on its roster this...
No. 10 Arizona meets Old Dominion with stacked schedule ahead
Ticketed for a new conference and striving to make a big impression, No. 10 Arizona hosts Old Dominion in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday with a long list of objectives.,The 10th-ranked Wildcats (1-0) have a tall task, playing their first season in the Big 12 Conference, which is loaded with traditional ...
Ty Majeski to appeal fine for skipping NASCAR event to vote
Ty Majeski, a NASCAR Truck Series driver, said he plans to appeal a $12,500 fine assessed for not taking part in NASCAR's content-gathering day Tuesday in advance of the series championship.,His reason for skipping the event? He said he returned to his home state of Wisconsin to vote on Election Day...
No. 24 Ole Miss hopes to fine-tune its scoring vs. Grambling State
One of the challenges for uber-deep and talented Ole Miss this season will be spreading the wealth and scoring opportunities. The No. 24 Rebels will look to take another step toward that goal when they host Grambling State on Friday in Oxford, Miss. ,The Rebels (1-0) head back to the court after a d...
No. 13 Texas A&M licking wounds after opening loss, resets with A&M-Commerce
Fans storming the court on opening night was not what Texas A&M wanted to see, considering the Aggies were the losing team being ushered off the court after a three-point loss in the season opener at UCF.,The Aggies, ranked No. 13 in the preseason Top 25, are sure to slide after they fell victim to ...
Rams open practice window for Steve Avila, Jonah Jackson
The Los Angeles Rams' revolving door on the offensive line had more movement Thursday as the team opened the practice window for starters Steve Avila and Jonah Jackson.,There is a possibility that both will be activated from injured reserve and available for Monday night's home game against the Miam...
Stubbs: Keys to victory for Championship 4 drivers
When the checkered flag flies at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday afternoon, the NASCAR Cup Series will crown its 2024 champion. Here's how the Championship 4 drivers -- Tyler Reddick, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and William Byron -- stack up against each other:,Ryan Blaney:,The defending champion will try to...
No. 14 Purdue, Northern Kentucky look to build on openers
It might be too early to compare 7-foot-4 freshman Daniel Jacobsen to Zach Edey, the national Player of the Year in the past two seasons. ,But Jacobsen did a passable imitation of Edey in No. 14 Purdue's season-opening 90-73 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, recording 13 points, seven rebounds and ...
Curtin closed: Union fire 2-time MLS Coach of Year
The Philadelphia Union parted ways with two-time MLS Coach of the Year Jim Curtin on Thursday after 11 seasons.,Curtin, 45, guided the team to its first MLS Cup final appearance in 2022, losing to Los Angeles FC on penalties.,The Union (9-15-10, 37 points) finished 12th in the 15-team Eastern Confer...
No. 2 Alabama looks to flex muscles vs. Arkansas State
Second-ranked Alabama began the season with an electric performance and looks to post another large-margin victory when it hosts Arkansas State on Friday night at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,The Crimson Tide (1-0) steamrolled UNC Asheville 110-54 on Monday. The 56-point margin rates as the biggest in a season ...
UConn-Louisville to tip off 2025-26 season in Germany
The UConn and Louisville women's basketball teams will tip off the 2025-26 season in the Armed Forces Classic at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.,Previous editions of the event have been held since 2012, but the Nov. 4, 2025 game announced Thursday will be the first featuring women's hoops.,"We want to...