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No. 25 Vanderbilt opens season-ending road swing vs. Kentucky
No. 25 Vanderbilt begins a season-ending three-game road swing with a Southeastern Conference game against Kentucky on Saturday afternoon in Lexington.,The Commodores (22-6, 9-6 SEC) are coming off an 88-80 win over Georgia on Wednesday, snapping a two-game losing streak.,They now prepare for the fi...

Austin Smotherman fires bogey-free 62 for 1-shot Cognizant Classic lead
Austin Smotherman fired a bogey-free 9-under 62, including six straight birdies in the middle of his round, to take the first-round lead at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches on Thursday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,Nico Echavarria of Colombia sits one back after a 63, while a six-man group fe...

Magic G Desmond Bane fined $25K for hurling ball into stands
Orlando Magic guard Desmond Bane was fined $25,000 on Thursday for forcefully throwing the game ball into the stands at the end of his team's 110-109 road win against the Los Angeles Lakers.,After LeBron James missed a turnaround three-point attempt at the buzzer on Tuesday, Bane hurled the ball to ...

St. Louis City extend F Simon Becher through June '28
St. Louis City SC extended forward Simon Becher's contract through June 2028 with an option for 2028-29, the club announced Thursday.,Becher, 26, has recorded nine goals and six assists in 48 appearances across all competitions since joining St. Louis on loan from Denmark's AC Horsens in 2024.,"We a...

Bills GM: Owner Terry Pegula acted alone in firing Sean McDermott
Bills general manager Brandon Beane had no input on the coaching change in Buffalo, he said at the NFL Scouting Combine this week.,Beane and head coach Sean McDermott were "equals" reporting independently to owners Terry and Kim Pegula, according to the GM. The Pegulas retained Beane and had him lea...

Tennessee CB Jermod McCoy recovered from torn ACL
Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy is ready to fight his way back into the debate among candidates to be the first cover man off the board in the 2026 NFL Draft.,McCoy said Thursday at the NFL Scouting Combine that he's fully recovered from the torn ACL in January 2025 that required him to sit out th...

Avalanche ride eventful second period to win over Mammoth
Parker Kelly and Martin Necas each tallied a goal and an assist as the Colorado Avalanche topped Utah Mammoth 4-2 on Wednesday in Salt Lake City during the teams' return from the Olympic break.,All six goals were scored in the second period.,Scott Wedgewood made 28 saves for the Avalanche, who won f...

DePaul sweeps Creighton with yet another 1-point win
Brandon Maclin scored 21 points to fuel visiting DePaul to a 72-71 victory over Creighton on Wednesday in Omaha, Neb.,Maclin made 8 of 12 shots from the floor and all three attempts from 3-point range for the Blue Demons (15-13, 7-10 Big East), who completed a season sweep of the Bluejays after losi...

No. 25 Vanderbilt puts six in double figures, staves off Georgia
No. 25 Vanderbilt never trailed, but had to survive Georgia's second-half rally to earn an 88-80 win over the Bulldogs on Wednesday evening in Nashville, Tenn.,The Commodores (22-6, 9-6 Southeastern Conference) got double-figure scoring from Devin McGlockton and Tyler Tanner (17 points apiece), Duke...

Aidan Shaw's game-winning put-back lifts Boston College over Wake Forest
Aidan Shaw scored on a put-back with five-tenths of a second to play to help Boston College end an eight-game losing streak by beating visiting Wake Forest 68-67 in an ACC matchup Wednesday night.,Shaw's basket came after a Juke Harris 3-pointer put Wake Forest up 67-66 with 18 seconds to play. Bost...

Diamondbacks RHP Merrill Kelly to miss opener with nerve issue
Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Merrill Kelly will miss his scheduled Opening Day start because of an intercostal nerve irritation, the team said on Wednesday.,Kelly was scheduled for additional testing Wednesday, including a CT scan, after he was scratched from a throwing session against hitters ...

Oilers' Connor McDavid, Ducks' Leo Carlsson back as teams return from break
Edmonton and host Anaheim will have stronger lineups for their game Wednesday with the return of Oilers star center Connor McDavid from the Winter Olympics and Ducks center Leo Carlsson from injury.,McDavid played for the silver medal-winning Canadian team that fell in overtime to the United State o...

Mammoth ascending, while rival Avs try to hold down top spot
The NHL season resumes with what promises to be an exciting Central Division rumble between the Colorado Avalanche and the Utah Mammoth Wednesday in Salt Lake City.,It marks the fourth and final regular-season meeting between Colorado and Utah. The Avalanche won the two previous meetings in Colorado...

DIII football player dies of carbon monoxide poisoning
A football player at Rhode Island's Division III Salve Regina was found unresponsive in his car during Monday's historic blizzard and later died at a hospital, with his passing attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning.,Joseph Boutros, 21, was found in a snow-covered vehicle Monday night while chargin...

Whitecaps extend D Tristan Blackmon, M Andres Cubas
The Vancouver Whitecaps signed defender Tristan Blackmon and midfielder Andres Cubas to contract extensions.,Blackmon, the 2025 MLS Defender of the Year, is now under contract through the 2029-30 season.,Cubas, who will no longer occupy a designated player spot on the roster, is signed through 2027-...

NJ Benson's red-hot run gives DePaul chance for Creighton sweep
Senior center NJ Benson aims to continue his strong stretch of play when DePaul bids for a season sweep of Creighton on Wednesday in Omaha, Neb.,Benson began a sizzling three-game run by making 10 of 11 shots from the floor during a 23-point performance -- the second-highest of his career -- in the ...

Diamondbacks await more test results on RHP Merrill Kelly's ailing back
Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Merrill Kelly has undergone additional testing, including a CT scan, on his ailing back, manager Torey Lovullo told reporters on Tuesday.,Kelly was set to pitch a batting practice session in spring training against Diamondbacks hitters on Saturday, but that session ...

‘Magical’ Italian Games close with party in ancient Verona Arena
VERONA, Italy -- Italy said a fond farewell to the Winter Olympics on Sunday with an open-air ceremony in the ancient Verona Arena that celebrated art and sporting achievement at a Games lauded as a model for how to stage such events.,The Games, formally co-hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, hav...

Guilherme nets pair as Dynamo rally past Fire
Guilherme scored twice in his MLS debut, and the Houston Dynamo rallied for a 2-1 win against the visiting Chicago Fire in the season opener for both clubs on Saturday.,The Brazilian, signed as a designated player, was one of several key additions for the Dynamo (1-0-0, 3 points) in the offseason.,H...

Cardinals sign INF Ramon Urias to one-year deal
The St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent infielder Ramon Urias to a one-year deal on Saturday.,Financial terms of the contract, which includes a mutual option for 2027, were not disclosed.,The Athletic reported it was a $2 million deal -- $1.5 million in 2026 with a $500,000 buyout for 2027. It als...