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Utah aims to treat jersey-clad crowd to win over Golden Knights
The wait to buy official Utah Hockey Club jerseys finally ends Friday, a few hours before the team hosts the Vegas Golden Knights in Salt Lake City.,Long lines are expected at the team store at the Delta Center for the first jersey drop for a franchise that moved in from Phoenix on April 18. Only a ...

Golden Knights continue their dominance of Ducks
Pavel Dorofeyev scored what proved to be the game winner early in the third period and Adin Hill made 22 saves as the Vegas Golden Knights handed the host Anaheim Ducks a 3-2 loss on Wednesday night.,Tomas Hertl and Nicolas Roy also scored goals and Shea Theodore had two assists for Vegas, which imp...

Knights hitting road to face Ducks, with dads watching
The Vegas Golden Knights are looking for just their second road win this season when they open a two-game trip Wednesday in Anaheim.,The early road futility is tied with Nashville and Columbus for fewest in the NHL. But if history is any indication, Vegas' fortunes could change significantly this we...

Nebraska searching for more offense vs. Fairleigh Dickinson
After a closer-than-expected 63-58 win Saturday night over Bethune-Cookman, Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg is searching for a few things before Wednesday night's home game against Fairleigh Dickinson in Lincoln, Neb.,Hoiberg wants to see his team improve its execution offensively and cut down on mistak...

Hurricanes pin Golden Knights with first home loss
Jordan Staal, Eric Robinson and Jesperi Kotkaniemi each had a goal and an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes handed the Vegas Golden Knights their first home loss of the season, prevailing 5-2 on Monday night in Las Vegas.,Tyson Jost and Jordan Martinook also scored goals for Carolina, which picked u...

No. 24 Rutgers pulls away late to keep Saint Peter's winless
Freshman guard Dylan Harper's 24 points led No. 24 Rutgers to a tightly contested 75-65 win over Saint Peter's on Monday night in Piscataway, N.J.,Lathan Sommerville scored 14 points off the bench with four rebounds and three blocks, while Jordan Derkack scored nine points and made key defensive sto...

Golden Knights eye franchise-record home win streak as Hurricanes pay visit
The Vegas Golden Knights will try to set a franchise record for consecutive home wins on Monday night when they host the Carolina Hurricanes in Las Vegas.,Vegas is 8-0-0 at T-Mobile Arena this season, outscoring its opponents an impressive 43-19 in the process. The eight-game home unbeaten streak ma...

Arizona State scores late to win seesaw affair vs. UCF
Sam Leavitt completed three touchdown passes, two of them to Jordyn Tyson, in Arizona State's 35-31 victory over UCF on Saturday in a Big 12 game at Tempe, Ariz.,Arizona State (7-2, 4-2 Big 12) improved to 5-0 at home this season.,The Sun Devils played without leading rusher Cam Skattebo, who suffer...

No. 25 Army grinds past North Texas for 13th straight victory
Army quarterback Bryson Daily engineered a 21-play drive and scored his second touchdown as the No.25 Black Knights pulled away in the second half to topple North Texas 14-3 on Saturday in an American Athletic Conference game in Denton, Texas.,Following his first touchdown to take a 7-3 lead in the ...

Post play to loom large as No. 15 Creighton faces Fairleigh Dickenson
No. 15 Creighton received a record-breaking performance from Ryan Kalkbrenner in its season opener. ,When Fairleigh Dickinson visits the Bluejays on Sunday afternoon in Omaha, Neb., Kalkbrenner will try to follow his career high 49-point outburst where he set a school record with 20 made field goals...

QB Athan Kaliakmanis excels against former team as Rutgers downs Minnesota
Athan Kaliakmanis threw three touchdowns against his former team, including a go-ahead 4-yard score to Ian Strong with 7:41 remaining in the fourth quarter, in Rutgers' 26-19 home victory over Minnesota on Saturday afternoon in Piscataway, N.J.,Kaliakmanis completed 17 of 33 passes for 240 yards aga...

Jared McCann, Kraken edge Golden Knights in OT
Jared McCann scored the overtime winner as the Seattle Kraken edged the visiting Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Friday night.,McCann beat Adin Hill on a breakaway 29 seconds into the extra period for his team-leading seventh goal as the Kraken snapped a four-game losing streak.,Brandon Tanev scored twi...

UCF fends off visiting Purdue Fort Wayne
UCF's Jordan Ivy-Curry scored five of his game-high 18 points in the final 3:45 Friday as the Knights staved off an upset after pulling off one earlier in the week, beating the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons 75-68 in Orlando.,The Knights (2-0), whose fans stormed the court Monday after a 64-61 shocker ...

No. 7 Duke uses balanced attack to roll past Army
Kon Knueppel's 15 points led six Duke players in double-figure scoring as the No. 7 Blue Devils blew out visiting Army 100-58 on Friday night at Durham, N.C., ,Tyrese Proctor, who matched Knueppel's four 3-point field goals, had 14 points, Cooper Flagg tallied 13 points, reserve Sion James added 12 ...

With Cam Skattebo in question, Arizona State hosts UCF
Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham said his top running back, Cam Skattebo, is "doubtful to questionable" to play against UCF in a Big 12 game Saturday at Tempe, Ariz.,Skattebo did not play because of an undisclosed injury in the waning minutes of the Sun Devils' 42-21 victory at Oklahoma State la...

Vegas tops Edmonton despite Connor McDavid's return
Vegas' Noah Hanifin scored twice in the third period, including the game winner in the final minute, as the Golden Knights got their first road win of the season, 4-2 over the host Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid.,Hanifin, who had a three-point showing in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Utah Hockey C...

Dylan Harper drops 20 points in debut as No. 25 Rutgers wallops Wagner
Dylan Harper put up 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting in his college debut and No. 25 Rutgers sailed to a 75-52 win over visiting Wagner on Wednesday in Piscataway, N.J., ,Harper played his first game for Rutgers without freshman classmate Ace Bailey, who suffered an injury in practice Monday and is con...

Knights look to end road woes vs. returning Connor McDavid, Oilers
The first-place Vegas Golden Knights have had a few days off to prepare for a two-game trip that begins Wednesday night against the returning Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.,McDavid initially was expected to miss two-to-three weeks after injuring his ankle during his first shift in Edmonton'...

Debut of Ace Bailey on hold as No. 25 Rutgers clashes with Wagner
Rutgers' expectations for this season have been building to a fever pitch since two five-star high school recruits committed to the program.,They're not just any two five-stars, either, but potential future NBA players who were often ranked second and third in the Class of 2024: Ace Bailey and Dylan...

Golden Knights aim for first road win in matchup vs. McDavid-less Oilers
The first-place Vegas Golden Knights have had a few days off to prepare for a two-game trip that begins Wednesday night against the Edmonton Oilers.,The matchup in Alberta will be the first meeting this season between the Pacific Division clubs, who are expected to battle for supremacy in the divisi...