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No. 5 Florida seeks outright SEC title with win over Mississippi State
With only a week left in the Southeastern Conference's regular season, defending national champion Florida stands on another title-winning doorstep.,The No. 5 Gators will host struggling Mississippi State on Tuesday night in Gainesville, Fla., and a victory would result in coach Todd Golden's squad ...
No. 19 Miami (Ohio) looks to keep its cool vs. rival Toledo
After surviving a major scare on the road, unbeaten No. 19 Miami (Ohio) returns home to battle Mid-American Conference rival Toledo on Tuesday night in Oxford, Ohio.,Miami (29-0, 16-0 MAC) needed a last-second layup from backup point guard Trey Perry to fend off 10-win Western Michigan 69-67 on the ...
No. 18 St. John's counting on Zuby Ejiofor with Georgetown next up
About two months after Rick Pitino was hired to coach St. John's in March 2023, Zuby Ejiofor joined the Red Storm as former top recruit who received limited playing time in his only season at Kansas.,He was Joel Soriano's backup in his first season at St. John's, but in the past two seasons, Ejiofor...
No. 16 Alabama takes hot streak to Georgia in battle of high-scoring teams
No. 16 Alabama looks to extend its Southeastern Conference winning streak to nine games when it travels to play Georgia on Tuesday in Athens.,Alabama (22-7, 12-4 SEC) remains in second place in the conference after coming from behind to knock off then-No. 22 Tennessee 71-69 on Saturday in a battle b...
MLB adapting Spring Breakout into dual-tournament event in 2027
MLB is adapting its annual Spring Breakout event into a pair of tournaments starting in 2027.,The event, which began in 2024 as a set of games during spring training to highlight each team's farm system, will now see both the Grapefruit League in Florida and Cactus League in Arizona hold single-elim...
Unbeaten UConn takes No. 1 ranking into postseason
Undefeated UConn enters the postseason as the consensus No. 1 team in the Associated Press women's Top 25 poll released on Monday.,The defending national champion Huskies (31-0) have won 47 consecutive games and received all 31 votes from the national media panel in a week where the top nine teams w...
Jerry Jones Promises Free Agency Splash as Cowboys Seek End to Super Bowl Drought
Jerry Jones vows to spend more in free agency as the Dallas Cowboys look to end a decades-long Super Bowl drought....
Why the Undefeated Miami RedHawks Deserve NCAA Tournament Respect
Miami of Ohio is 29-0, but metrics like KenPom and NET don’t love them. Here’s why the RedHawks still deserve NCAA Tournament respect....
MLB’s Unsigned Veteran Pitchers Could Create a Competitive Spring Training Roster
What if MLB’s remaining free agents formed their own Spring Training barnstorming team? A look at the lineup, rotation and bullpen that could compete....
NBA Picks Tonight: Clippers vs. Warriors, Celtics vs. Bucks, Nuggets vs. Jazz Predictions
Get expert NBA picks and betting analysis for Clippers vs. Warriors, Celtics vs. Bucks, and Nuggets vs. Jazz, including spreads and player props....
No. 15 St. John's counting on Zuby Ejiofor with Georgetown next up
About two months after Rick Pitino was hired to coach St. John's in March 2023, Zuby Ejiofor joined the Red Storm as former top recruit who received limited playing time in his only season at Kansas.,He was Joel Soriano's backup in his first season at St. John's, but in the past two seasons, Ejiofor...
Why Boston Celtics Guard Payton Pritchard Deserves Most Improved Player Buzz
A bold comparison between Caitlin Clark and Payton Pritchard leads to a bigger argument: why Pritchard deserves serious Most Improved Player consideration....
No. 17 Alabama takes hot streak to Georgia in battle of high-scoring teams
No. 17 Alabama looks to extend its Southeastern Conference winning streak to nine games when it travels to play Georgia on Tuesday in Athens.,Alabama (22-7, 12-4 SEC) remains in second place in the conference after coming from behind to knock off No. 22 Tennessee 71-69 on Saturday in a battle betwee...
Youth is served as Joao Fonseca, 19, beats elders for MGM Slam exhibition title
Brazil's Joao Fonseca, by far the youngest and perhaps the least heralded competitor, won the MGM Slam exhibition tennis tournament on Sunday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.,The event featured eight professional men's players, including the 19-year-old Fonseca, vying for a $1 million prize pool in a...
Clippers, Warriors battle injuries, each other for playoff contention
Two teams battling for NBA play-in positioning and a leg up on what could turn into a critical tiebreaker go head-to-head Monday night when the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors duel in San Francisco.,The clubs split a pair of earlier meetings, each winning on its home court. More than ...
Bucks out to contain emerging center Neemias Queta, Celtics
The Milwaukee Bucks will be dealing with two quality centers when they face the visiting Boston Celtics on Monday night., ,The center position was a question mark for the Celtics when the season began, but it's turned into one of the team's strengths., ,Starter Neemias Queta is coming off what may h...
LYON downs Cloud9 to claim LCS Lock-In title in Los Angeles
Cloud9's unscathed run through the playoffs ended Sunday in the grand final as LYON won 3-1 to capture the League Championship Series 2026 Lock-In at Los Angeles.,LYON emerged from the lower bracket with wins in the quarterfinals, semifinal and final, including a 3-1 victory over Sentinels on Saturd...
OpTic Texas strengthen hold on first place in CDL Major 2 qualifying
OpTic Texas increased their lead in the standings with a sweep of the Vancouver Surge on Sunday in qualifying for the Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major.,Toronto KOI and the Miami Heretics also swept their way to victories, while Boston Breach took a 3-1 decision in other third-day action of Week 3.,...
Lindsey Vonn comes home, "long and painful" rehab ahead
Happy to finally be home, Lindsey Vonn said in a social media post on Sunday that "a hard and painful journey" is ahead as the American skier recovers from a devastating crash last month in the women's downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics.,Vonn, 41, has undergone five surgeries since suffering a c...
NBA roundup: Knicks halt Spurs' 11-game winning streak
Mikal Bridges scored 25 points and Jalen Brunson added 24, helping the host New York Knicks halt the San Antonio Spurs' 11-game winning streak with a 114-89 victory on Sunday afternoon.,Bridges made 10 of 17 shots from the floor and 5 of 9 from 3-point range. He also contributed five rebounds and fi...