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Improving Pistons host Jazz, look for back-to-back wins
The Detroit Pistons have shown significant improvement after enduring the worst season in franchise history. Still. they have difficulty stringing two wins together.,They will look to do that for the fourth time this season on Thursday when they host the Utah Jazz.,Detroit is coming off an entertain...
Elite run games clash as Jax State meets Ohio in Cure Bowl
Jacksonville State won its first Conference USA championship in only its second year playing FBS football. Now the leader and architect of the program's transition from the FCS level is off to West Virginia.,The Gamecocks will move forward without Rich Rodriguez and face Ohio in a battle of conferen...
Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes wants to face Texans but might not
After sustaining a high right ankle sprain in the fourth quarter of a victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes left open the possibility that he could play on Saturday when Kansas City hosts the Houston Texans.,Initially saddled with a recovery period described...
Slumping Chargers chase sweep of streaking Broncos
On a season-best four-game winning streak, the Denver Broncos enter a battle for playoff seeding holding the upper hand when they face the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday night in Inglewood, Calif.,The Broncos (9-5) last reached the playoffs in 2015, when they won the Super Bowl behind quarterback ...
Jets flying high as they face Ducks
The Winnipeg Jets will look to extend one of the league's most lopsided rivalries when they visit the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday.,In a dominant stretch of play that dates back to the 2016-17 season, the Jets are 16-2-1 in their past 19 games against Anaheim. That includes an 8-0-0 mark in the last e...
Utah Hockey Club itching to stay hot vs. Canucks
The Utah Hockey Club will put a season-best five-game point streak on the line when it hosts the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City.,The 4-0-1 spurt included four road wins and moved Utah within three points of Colorado for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference stand...
Back in starting role, Wild's Marc-Andre Fleury faces Panthers
Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has played a complementary role in his 21st NHL season., ,Suddenly, the 40-year-old netminder has been thrust back into regular action because of a lower-body injury to teammate Filip Gustavsson, who left last Thursday's 7-1 home loss to the Edmonton Oiler...
Upset-minded Cal State Northridge takes aim at USC
Nearly a year to the day after upsetting UCLA, Cal State Northridge aims for its second win in as many seasons over a local power-conference program when it travels to face Southern California on Wednesday in Los Angeles.,In reaching its highest win total since 2007-08, Cal State Northridge stunned ...
Rivals Washington State, Washington set for 300th meeting
It will be a milestone moment when visiting Washington State tips off against rival Washington on Wednesday night in Seattle.,The teams will be meeting for the 300th time, the ninth-most in NCAA Division I history. It will be a nonconference game, as Washington has joined the Big Ten and Washington ...
Cold-shooting Arizona eyes turnaround vs. high-scoring Samford
Samford and Arizona enter Wednesday's game at Tucson, Ariz., with each having a different outlook a little more than a month into the season.,Samford (9-2) is on a five-game winning streak while Arizona (4-5) has lost three of its last four games following Saturday's 57-54 loss in Phoenix against fo...
Storylines galore when No. 5 Texas, No. 12 Clemson clash in playoffs
No. 5 seed Texas and No. 12 seed Clemson are set to clash in a captivating first-round matchup in the College Football Playoff on Saturday afternoon in Austin, Texas.,The winner will advance to the CFP quarterfinals, with fourth seed Arizona State awaiting in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta on Jan. 1. Tex...
Vandy returns home on winning streak to host The Citadel
Vanderbilt looks to eclipse last season's win total when it meets The Citadel in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday evening.,The Commodores last played Dec. 8, when they notched an 83-74 win over TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, their third victory in a row. This will be Vanderbilt's first home game since an 8...
Oklahoma State licking its chops for turnover-prone Tarleton State
Oklahoma State coach Steve Lutz had a simple message for his team after an 80-65 loss Saturday night to then-No. 13 Oklahoma in the Bedlam Series -- one that he's probably repeated leading up to Wednesday night's nonconference home game with Tarleton State in Stillwater, Okla.,"We've got to be bette...
Stars try to continue home dominance vs. Maple Leafs
The Dallas Stars aim to continue their winning ways at home on Wednesday when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs.,The Stars skated to a 3-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Monday to improve to 3-1-0 on their six-game homestand and 13-3-0 at American Airlines Center this season.,While Roope Hi...
Red Wings get another crack at Flyers after Scott Laughton's big night
The Detroit Red Wings have become masters of suspense. All but one of their last 13 games has been decided by one or two goals.,More often than not, they have left the rink disappointed. The Red Wings, who host the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday, are 5-5-3 during that span. That included a string ...
Georgia Tech looks to snap losing streak vs. UMBC
Looking to snap a season-long three-game skid, Georgia Tech vies to get back on track when it hosts UMBC on Wednesday in Atlanta.,The Yellow Jackets (4-6) enter play following power conference losses to Oklahoma, North Carolina and most recently a 71-60 defeat against Northwestern in Milwaukee. ,Hea...
No. 6 Alabama hopes to avoid chill at North Dakota
Nate Oats didn't lose his mind. There's really nothing odd about No. 6 Alabama visiting North Dakota in the dead of winter and playing in a 3,300-seat arena.,Again, not odd in the least that one of the top programs in the country is playing a game in Grand Forks, N.D.,The big occasion is that Alabam...
No. 11 SMU shoots for playoff statement at No. 6 Penn State
SMU was picked to finish seventh in its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, a projection that would have meant an invite to a pedestrian bowl game.,Preseason projections are meaningless as the Mustangs wrap preparations for the first 12-team College Football Playoff.,SMU shattered expecta...
Surging Hoyas face first Big East test vs. Creighton
Georgetown coach Ed Cooley proclaimed that his team's win Saturday at Syracuse was its best "by far" in his two seasons with the Hoyas.,Now the question is: Can the high-flying Hoyas sustain their success in the Big East?,Georgetown (8-2) will begin to find out when it faces Creighton (7-4) in the c...
No. 14 Oklahoma takes 10-0 start into Jumpman matchup vs. No. 24 Michigan
For the second consecutive season, Oklahoma is 10-0 heading into the Jumpman Invitational.,Last season, the Sooners lost in the event to begin a slide that ultimately left them out of the NCAA Tournament.,But heading into this season's event, where 14th-ranked Oklahoma will take on No. 24 Michigan o...