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Reports: Fenway Sports Group to sell Penguins to Hoffmann family
Fenway Sports Group has agreed in principle to sell the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Chicago-based Hoffmann family, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday.,The price for the club is expected to be between $1.7 and $1.8 billion, per reports.,The final sale of the club requires approval by the NHL...
NC State pursues strong finish vs. Memphis in Gasparilla Bowl
North Carolina State has momentum going into the Gasparilla Bowl, and would like to build more before the offseason.,The Wolfpack will take on a Memphis team in transition on Friday afternoon in the bowl matchup in Tampa, Fla.,"It helps in the offseason, like, we won three out of the last four, and ...
Surging foes Western Michigan, Kennesaw State set for Myrtle Beach Bowl
Kennesaw State and Western Michigan were somewhat surprising winners of their respective conferences this season.,Western Michigan (9-4) had a breakthrough in Lance Taylor's third season as coach, beating Miami (Ohio) 23-13 for the Mid-American Conference title Dec. 6 after being picked seventh out ...
No. 17 Kansas trounces Towson thanks to balanced attack
Flory Bidunga finished with 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Tre White added 16 points and No. 17 Kansas pulled away for a 73-49 victory over Towson on Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.,The Jayhawks (9-3) were playing without star freshman Darryn Peterson, who was ruled out be...
Georgia Tech pulls away late to get rid of Marist
Kowacie Reeves Jr. had 21 points and 10 rebounds Tuesday night to help Georgia Tech pull away for an 87-76 victory over visiting Marist in Atlanta., ,Freshman Mouhamed Sylla totaled 14 points and eight rebounds, while Akai Fleming chipped in 13 and Lamar Washington added 11 points and 10 assists in ...
Louisville star freshman Mikel Brown Jr. (back) out vs. Tennessee
Mikel Brown Jr., the highly touted freshman point guard for No. 11 Louisville, will not play at No. 20 Tennessee on Tuesday night.,Brown is dealing with a lower back injury, the Cardinals revealed.,Brown ranks second on the team averaging 16.6 points per game and leads the team with 5.1 assists per ...
Marquette eager to find range vs. Georgetown
Marquette will be looking to rediscover its shooting touch when it hosts Georgetown on Wednesday night in Milwaukee in the Big East opener for each team.,The Golden Eagles (5-6) lost at No. 6 Purdue, 79-59, on Saturday. That marked their third setback in the last four games, with their only win in t...
Brown, USC agree to cancel game in wake of shooting
Brown's nonconference road game against Southern California on Sunday was canceled by mutual decision in the wake of the shooting at the school in Rhode Island.,Two students were killed and nine others were wounded Saturday after a shooter opened fire in an engineering and physics building on Brown'...
Commanders place WR Noah Brown on season-ending IR
The Washington Commanders placed wide receiver Noah Brown on injured reserve Tuesday, ending his season.,Brown, who turns 30 next month, sustained a rib injury in Sunday's 29-21 win against the New York Giants.,He missed Weeks 3-13 with an ankle injury and finishes the season with five catches for 8...
Jerry Jones to injured Micah Parsons: 'I wish you the very best'
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones offered his best wishes to Micah Parsons on the heels of the Green Bay Packers' star defensive end sustaining a torn ACL over the weekend.,Parsons will miss the remainder of the season after he was injured in the Packers' 34-26 setback to the Denver Broncos on Sunday...
Interim coach Nick Petrino, Missouri St. go bowling vs. Arkansas St.
After beating the odds and enough opponents to earn a bowl bid in its first FBS season, Missouri State finds itself searching for a new coach and trying to beat Arkansas State in the Xbox Bowl on Thursday in Frisco, Texas.,The Bears' surprising 7-5 season came with a price. Ryan Beard departed last ...
Jerry Rice, Steve Young chosen as Pro Bowl Games coaches
Pro Football Hall of Famers and former teammates Steve Young and Jerry Rice will oppose each other on the sideline as the head coaches for the 2026 Pro Bowl Games.,Young will coach the AFC, while Rice will coach the NFC, the NFL announced on Monday. The two were teammates on the San Francisco 49ers ...
Darryn Peterson's status uncertain as No. 17 Kansas awaits Towson
No. 17 Kansas, fresh off a road win at North Carolina State on Saturday and a neutral-site victory over Missouri on Dec. 7, returns home to face Towson on Tuesday night in Lawrence, Kan.,The Jayhawks (8-3), winners of five of their last six, have two more nonconference games before opening Big 12 pl...
Well-rested Georgia Tech faces test from defense-oriented Marist
After a 10-day break, Georgia Tech will look for an energized performance on Tuesday when it hosts red-hot Marist in Atlanta.,The Yellow Jackets (6-4) failed to pick up a win in their three nonconference games against Power 5 schools, but they have a chance to enter Atlantic Coast Conference play on...
Jerry Jones with 3 games left: 'Very disappointed,' Cowboys 'underachieved'
Owner and general manager Jerry Jones walked away from the home stadium of the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night with one overwhelming emotion.,"It's very disappointing. I'm really obviously very disappointed for our fans," Jones said of the Cowboys losing to the Minnesota Vikings and falling to 6-7-1 ...
Delaware, Louisiana to showcase different offense styles in 68 Ventures Bowl
Teams with opposite offensive philosophies will tangle Wednesday night when Delaware faces Louisiana in the 68 Ventures Bowl in Mobile, Ala.,Delaware (6-6, 4-4 CUSA) has a pass-first offense directed by quarterback Nick Minicucci. The Blue Hens averaged 302.2 passing yards per game, which was the be...
Vikings' win dampens Cowboys' playoff hopes
J.J. McCarthy passed for two touchdowns and ran for one to lead the Minnesota Vikings to a 34-26 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night at Arlington, Texas.,Jalen Nailor caught both scoring passes and C.J. Ham rushed for a touchdown as the Vikings (6-8) won their second straight game.,Dak P...
Iowa runs away with 40-point win over Western Michigan
Five players scored in double figures as Iowa bounced back from a tough loss at No. 4 Iowa State with a 91-51 rout of Western Michigan on Sunday in Iowa City.,Bennett Stirtz and reserves Alvaro Folgueiras and Brendan Hausen each provided 13 points for the Hawkeyes (9-2), while Cam Manyawu and anothe...
Bears batter Shedeur Sanders, Browns for first 10-win season since 2018
D'Andre Swift rushed for two touchdowns, D.J. Moore hauled in two touchdown passes and the Chicago Bears cruised to a 31-3 win over the visiting Cleveland Browns on Sunday afternoon.,Caleb Williams completed 17 of 28 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns for Chicago (10-4), which reached double-di...
No. 4 Iowa State takes down Eastern Illinois, improves to 11-0
Milan Momcilovic scored a game-high 18 points to lead No. 4 Iowa State to a 78-53 win against Eastern Illinois on Sunday in Ames, Iowa. ,Blake Buchanan contributed 14 and six rebounds, Joshua Jefferson added 11 points with nine rebounds and Killyan Toure chipped in 10 points for the Cyclones, who re...