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Mexico kick off World Cup with 2-0 win over 9-man South Africa
Julian Quinones and Raul Jimenez both scored their first career World Cup goals, and co-hosts Mexico kicked off the 2026 edition with a comfortable 2-0 win over nine-man South Africa on Thursday afternoon to open Group A in Mexico City.,The Colombian-born Quinones scored only nine minutes into his W...
Florida AD presents $1.45B renovation plan for The Swamp
Florida unveiled plans Thursday for a $1.45 billion renovation of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, believed to be the costliest stadium project ever in college football.,Known as "The Swamp" since legendary coach Steve Spurrier bestowed the nickname in 1992, the stadium will remain true to i...
Mexico ticket sales halted on secondary market
With more than two hours to go until Mexico and South Africa were set to kick off the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Mexico City on Thursday, all major secondary ticket websites tracked by ticketdata.com had stopped selling tickets to the high-demand match.,As of 12:50 p.m. ET, there were no seats remaining...
Mexico have history, pressure hosting South Africa in World Cup opener
Javier Aguirre knows exactly what awaits his Mexico side when it hosts the World Cup opener against South Africa on Thursday in Mexico City to kick off Group A.,Forty years and one week ago, Aguirre played all 90 minutes of host Mexico's impressive 2-1 victory over Belgium to open El Tri's 1986 Worl...
Knights aim to cool off Canes' Jordan Staal in pivotal Game 5
Carolina Hurricanes forward Jordan Staal picked a great time to get hot.,Staal has five goals through the first four games of the Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights, helping keep the best-of-7 series tied heading into Game 5 on Thursday evening in Raleigh, N.C.,"I just want to contri...
Behind Jordan Staal's 2 goals, Hurricanes level Stanley Cup Final 2-2
LAS VEGAS -- Jordan Staal scored two goals, including the go-ahead tally in the third period, and Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes evened the Stanley Cup Final at two wins apiece with a 5-3 victory on Tuesday.,It marked the fourth straight game that Staal scored a...
Hurricanes start rookie Brandon Bussi for Game 4 of Stanley Cup Final
The Carolina Hurricanes made a change in net for Tuesday night's Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights.,Carolina gave rookie Brandon Bussi his first career playoff start as the Hurricanes look to level the series at 2-2 in Las Vegas, with the announcement becoming shortly ...
Rams LT Alaric Jackson arrested on suspicion of domestic battery
Rams starting left tackle Alaric Jackson was arrested on suspicion of felony domestic battery early Tuesday morning and booked into a Los Angeles County jail.,Per the police report, Los Angeles police officers responded to his home in the San Fernando Valley late Monday. NBC Los Angeles reported the...
Canes keep goalie decision close to vest ahead of Game 4 at Vegas
LAS VEGAS -- Heading into Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday, the big question is whether Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour will make a goaltender change.,Frederik Andersen, who has started every game of the playoffs so far for the Hurricanes, was pulled Saturday at the start of the...
Josef Newgarden continues dominance with 6th career win at Illinois oval
Josef Newgarden didn't let wet conditions, race delays or his competition prevent him from winning at World Wide Technology Raceway for a record sixth time on Sunday night in the IndyCar Series.,Newgarden captured the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 in his No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet at the 1.25-mile...
Darren Clarke wins 2nd AmFam title with new partner Ben Crane
Darren Clarke surely relishes the American Family Insurance Championship's new format.,In the tournament's two years as the PGA Tour Champions' only team event, the Northern Irishman has won the title both times -- with two different partners.,Clarke and Ben Crane posted a 4-under-par 67 Sunday and ...
Mitch Marner (hat trick), Knights hold off Canes in 2OT for series lead
LAS VEGAS -- Shea Theodore scored at 5:38 of the second overtime and Mitch Marner recorded the fastest hat trick in Stanley Cup history in the second period as the Vegas Golden Knights recovered from blowing a 4-0 third-period lead to edge the Carolina Hurricanes in a wild 5-4 victory in Game 3 on S...
Darren Clarke, Ben Crane post record 54, lead American Family
Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke teamed with Ben Crane to break an event record with their 17-under 54 on Saturday at the American Family Insurance Championship in Madison, Wis.,Partnering for the first time at the PGA Tour Champions' only team event, Clarke and Crane birdied a remarkable 17 of 18 h...
Group claims Iranian, African journalists denied visas for World Cup
"Many" Iranian and African journalists have been denied the necessary visas to cover the World Cup in the United States, according to the International Sports Press Association.,The association sent a letter on Friday to Bryan Swanson, FIFA's director of media relations, and Jochen Steinhoff, the so...
Canes head to Vegas with new life after late rally in Game 2
LAS VEGAS -- The five-hour, 2,000-plus-mile trip to Las Vegas on Friday afternoon was a whole lot smoother for the Carolina Hurricanes after their dramatic 4-3 come-from-behind, overtime victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday., ,Carolina, trailing 2-0 mi...
Freddie Jacobson, Soren Kjeldsen post 59 to begin Champions' team event
Freddie Jacobson of Sweden and Soren Kjeldsen of Denmark teamed up for a 12-under-par 59 to set the pace at the American Family Insurance Championship, the PGA Tour Champions' only team event, on Friday in Madison, Wis.,Jacobson and Kjeldsen lead by a single stroke over two teams, Brian Gay and Slov...
USMNT defender Chris Richards trains, but will not compete vs. Germany
Defender Chris Richards trained with United States Men's National Team on Friday, but will not be competing in Saturday's friendly vs. Germany, according to coach Mauricio Pochettino.,Richards is dealing with an ankle injury he sustained last month.,"Well, today he was training, but still he's not r...
Dramatic Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final draws big audience
Game 1 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final drew its largest audience in seven years.,An average of 4.8 million viewers on ABC watched the opening contest of the best-of-seven series between the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C.,That represents a 98% increase from Gam...
Power-play goal in OT caps Hurricanes' comeback, evens finals 1-1
Seth Jarvis scored a power-play goal at 3:56 of overtime, lifting the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-3 comeback win against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday in Raleigh, N.C.,The best-of-seven series is tied 1-1 heading to Game 3 on Saturday in Las Vegas.,Less than ...
Lions rookie WR Kendrick Law out for season with torn ACL
Detroit Lions rookie wide receiver Kendrick Law is out for the 2026 season after suffering a torn ACL in a non-contact drill during organized team activities.,Law has the build of a running back at 5-11, 203 pounds, and was a fifth-round pick (168th overall) out of Kentucky in the April draft. He op...