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No. 7 Tennessee heads to No. 12 Georgia in pseudo-elimination game
Playoff football arrived early in the Southeastern Conference where two losses became the new cut line for the 12-team College Football Playoff.,No. 12 Georgia enters uncharted territory and leans into head coach Kirby Smart's history of avoiding consecutive losses with No. 7 Tennessee coming to Ath...

Darcy Kuemper, Cup winner with Avs, returns with Kings
The Los Angeles Kings sit atop the Pacific Division early in the season but have been consistently inconsistent for the past month.,Los Angeles started the campaign by dropping three of four games, but since then, it has not won or lost more than two in a row. If the up-and-down play continues, the ...

Colorado puts perfect record on the line vs. Cal State Fullerton
Colorado aims to remain undefeated when the Buffaloes host Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday night in Boulder, Colo.,The Buffaloes (2-0), Pac-12 Tournament runners-up last season before joining the Big 12 this summer, come off a 90-88 double-overtime win over Northern Colorado on Friday. Elijah Malon...

Hurricanes make first trip to Utah on a 9-1-0 roll
The red-hot Carolina Hurricanes make their first-ever visit to Salt Lake City when they face the struggling Utah Hockey Club on Wednesday.,Carolina is 9-1-0 in its last 10 games. The only blip in that stretch was a 6-4 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday in the first game of the Hurricanes' t...

Several reunions in store for unbeaten Vanderbilt, Cal
Both Vanderbilt (2-0) and Cal (2-0) hope to remain unbeaten as the two meet Wednesday night in Nashville, Tenn.,Vanderbilt comes off Sunday's 85-76 win over Southeast Missouri State, while the Bears (making their first road trip) beat Cal Poly 91-73 last Thursday.,As expected under new coach Mark By...

Seton Hall tries to avoid being 'outscrapped' again vs. Hofstra
The first two games for a new-look team have gone about as well as Hofstra could have hoped.,Seton Hall's first two games with an overhauled roster have not been as fruitful.,Seton Hall will look to bounce back from a stunning defeat and Hofstra will aim to remain perfect Wednesday night, when the t...

Texas Tech assistant Jeff Linder set to face his old program, Wyoming
Wyoming got the game -- three, to be exact -- and the money. Texas Tech got coach Jeff Linder.,Now an assistant for the Red Raiders, Linder will reconvene with his former team on Wednesday when the Cowboys visit Lubbock, Texas.,Linder was Wyoming's head coach for four seasons before suddenly departi...

Minnesota hopes to have Dawson Garcia against North Texas
Dawson Garcia has begun the season with back-to-back stellar performances, but he might have to wait a while before notching a third.,The Minnesota star is considered a game-time decision with a groin injury when the Golden Gophers battle North Texas in nonconference play on Wednesday night in Minne...

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...

Alperen Sengun, Rockets prepare to face balanced Clippers
When the situation suddenly and surprisingly became dire against the Washington Wizards early in the fourth quarter on Monday, the Houston Rockets reclaimed stability by utilizing their most reliable offensive option.,Houston center Alperen Sengun led the way down the stretch of a 107-92 victory by ...

Streaking Eagles battle rising Commanders for NFC East supremacy
Forget the short week of practice. Dan Quinn was ready to lead his Washington Commanders into Thursday night's NFC East showdown in Philadelphia by Monday.,"I'm fired up about it. ... This is what division games should be -- an absolute blast," the first-year Washington coach said. "Philadelphia and...

Penguins, Red Wings try to brush off recent stumbles
Both the Detroit Red Wings and host Pittsburgh Penguins are struggling as they prepare to square off Wednesday.,The Red Wings have lost their past two games while being outscored 7-1, and the Penguins have lost three of their last four.,Detroit fell 4-0 to the New York Rangers at home on Saturday af...

Pelicans, Thunder trying to cope as injuries stack up
The Oklahoma City Thunder are still reeling from losing one of their promising young players for an extended period of time.,The New Orleans Pelicans, meanwhile, keep absorbing injury after injury.,The Pelicans and Thunder will face off Wednesday in Oklahoma City with both rotations looking drastica...

Bidding for 3-0 start, NC State faces Coastal Carolina
NC State wants to build off last year's Final Four appearance with a 3-0 start, but first-year coach Justin Gray and Coastal Carolina stand in the way when the teams meet Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C.,Gray hopes to lead the Chanticleers to their first NCAA Tournament since 2015. Interim coach Benny Mos...

Islanders struggling to close out games, tangle with Oilers next
The New York Islanders' third-period collapse on Saturday night unearthed some familiar questions.,Conversely, the Edmonton Oilers' third-period outburst on Saturday provided a hint they might finally be ready to return to form.,The former tries to bounce back and the latter aims to build momentum T...

Georgia tries to avoid being latest in North Florida's run of upsets
One of the biggest stories to start the college basketball season will try to pull off another upset when North Florida visits Georgia in a nonconference game Tuesday night in Athens, Ga.,The visiting Ospreys (3-0) already have picked up wins at South Carolina and Georgia Tech, the latter a 105-93 v...

'Confident' Penn State shoots for 100 again vs. St. Francis
Penn State made history to start its season by scoring more than 100 points in blowout wins over Binghamton and UMBC.,Now the Nittany Lions try to go 3-for-3 -- not just in the win column but in reaching triple figures -- on Tuesday night when they host St. Francis in University Park, Pa.,The key fo...

Jacobi Wright, South Carolina take on hungry Towson
South Carolina opened the season in disappointing fashion but now sets its sights on a second straight victory when the Gamecocks battle Towson on Tuesday night at Columbia, S.C.,South Carolina fell to North Florida in its opener before bouncing back with an 86-64 rout of South Carolina State on Fri...

Providence working through lineup questions, faces Hampton
Looking to improve to 3-0 for the fourth straight season, Providence continues its season-opening, five-game homestand Tuesday against Hampton in the first-ever meeting between the programs.,The Friars (2-0) are coming off a 76-49 win Saturday over nearby Stonehill in which 11 different players scor...

Struggling Bucks welcome injury-prone Raptors in NBA Cup opener
Two teams at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings tangle when the Toronto Raptors travel to face the Milwaukee Bucks to open up Emirates NBA Cup play Tuesday night.,For the Raptors, coming off a 25-win season last year, it's not a surprise to see them where they are in the standings, but t...