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No. 10 North Carolina vies to rebound from tough loss in clash vs. American
No. 10 North Carolina and American probably don't have much in common at this stage of the season, although both teams are counting on what they learned from recent losses to aid them in the future.,The teams will meet in a non-conference game Friday night in Chapel Hill, N.C.,North Carolina (1-1) w...
Struggling Jazz, showing no home-court advantage, take on Mavs
The Utah Jazz will try to avoid their worst-ever start at home on Thursday night when they face the Dallas Mavericks in Salt Lake City.,On the heels of a 120-112 loss to the visiting Phoenix Suns on Tuesday, the Jazz own an 0-5 record at the Delta Center. That's the worst start on their own court si...
Report: U.S. players to get paid to compete at Ryder Cup
Along with national pride, it appears members of the United States' 2025 Ryder Cup team will have another incentive when teeing off against their European counterparts at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y.,Lots of zeros.,According to a report in The Telegraph of London on Wednesday, U.S. players co...
Utah's Karel Vejmelka (49 saves) stymies Hurricanes
Karel Vejmelka made a career-high 49 saves and the Utah Hockey Club scored three goals within a 2:19 span in the third period for a 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday in Salt Lake City.,Nick Bjugstad had two goals for Utah, and Michael Kesselring had two assists. Jack McBain and Mikha...
Steph Curry, Warriors prevail over Klay Thompson, Mavs
Stephen Curry spoiled Klay Thompson's return to San Francisco with a game-high 37 points, including 12 straight in a late flurry that lifted the Golden State Warriors to a 120-117 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks in an NBA Cup opener Tuesday night.,Thompson turned back the clock with 22 po...
Southern California eyes 3-0 start with UT Arlington in town
Southern California continues a six-game homestand to open its season on Wednesday when the Trojans welcome UT Arlington to Los Angeles.,USC (2-0) needed a late-game surge to hold off Idaho State 75-69 last Thursday. Josh Cohen scored 19 points to lead three Trojans scorers in double figures, a trio...
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...
Rays' storm-damaged stadium won't be ready until '26
The Tampa Bay Rays' hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field will not be repaired in time for next season, according to a report released Tuesday by the city of St. Petersburg, Fla.,The domed stadium was hammered by winds from Hurricane Milton on Oct. 9 and will need more than $55 million in repairs, altho...
Hurricanes pin Golden Knights with first home loss
Jordan Staal, Eric Robinson and Jesperi Kotkaniemi each had a goal and an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes handed the Vegas Golden Knights their first home loss of the season, prevailing 5-2 on Monday night in Las Vegas.,Tyson Jost and Jordan Martinook also scored goals for Carolina, which picked u...
Klay Thompson returns to Bay Area as Mavs visit Warriors
The NBA Cup tips off with one of the most highly anticipated games of the season Tuesday night when Klay Thompson returns to San Francisco with the Dallas Mavericks to face his old pals, the Golden State Warriors.,The 34-year-old Thompson, a first-round pick by the Warriors in 2011, elected to leave...
Another triple-double from Nikola Jokic helps Nuggets past Mavs
Nikola Jokic had 37 points, 18 rebounds and 15 assists, Michael Porter Jr. hit a go-ahead floater with 6.5 seconds left and the host Denver Nuggets overcame a big night from Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving to beat Dallas 122-120 on Sunday night.,Jokic notched his sixth triple-double of the season, and ...
Golden Knights eye franchise-record home win streak as Hurricanes pay visit
The Vegas Golden Knights will try to set a franchise record for consecutive home wins on Monday night when they host the Carolina Hurricanes in Las Vegas.,Vegas is 8-0-0 at T-Mobile Arena this season, outscoring its opponents an impressive 43-19 in the process. The eight-game home unbeaten streak ma...
Miami starts a bit slow, surges past Binghamton
Starting guards Jalen Blackmon and Nijel Pack combined for 34 points as the host Miami Hurricanes routed the Binghamton Bearcats 88-64 on Sunday afternoon.,Miami (2-0) got 17 points and two steals from Blackmon and 17 points and a game-high six assists from Pack. Combined they shot 11-for-22 from th...
Avs score 5 in 2nd, halt Hurricanes' win streak at 8
Nathan MacKinnon and Artturi Lehkonen scored 53 seconds apart in a five-goal second period, and the Colorado Avalanche beat Carolina 6-4 in Denver on Saturday night, ending the Hurricanes' eight-game winning streak.,MacKinnon added three assists, Lehkonen had one assist, Mikko Rantanen had two goals...
Five-goal second period helps Avalanche defeat Hurricanes
Nathan MacKinnon and Artturi Lehkonen scored 53 seconds apart in a five-goal second period, and the Colorado Avalanche beat Carolina 6-4 in Denver on Saturday night, ending the Hurricanes' eight-game winning streak.,MacKinnon added three assists, Lehkonen had one assist, Mikko Rantanen had two goals...
Bench production could be the difference as Nuggets host Mavs
Denver's biggest question mark coming into the season was if the bench was good enough to keep the team in games or stretch leads.,For the last few games, the Nuggets' reserves have played well, but that hasn't been the case for the Dallas Mavericks. Coach Jason Kidd was critical of his bench after ...
Dawson Garcia helps Minnesota hold off Omaha
Dawson Garcia scored 24 points on 9-for-16 shooting and pulled down a team-high seven rebounds, and Minnesota held on for a 68-64 win over Omaha on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis., ,Trey Edmonds added 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting off the bench for Minnesota (2-0). Lu'Cye Patterson added eight po...
Georgia Tech pulls off 28-23 upset win over No. 4 Miami
Haynes King ran for a game-high 93 yards and a touchdown to help Georgia Tech to the home upset of No. 4 Miami 28-23 in Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday.,King, who split time at quarterback with Aaron Philo, also threw for a touchdown, while Philo passed for 67 yards and a score. Jamal Haynes ran for 83 ya...
Lynn Kidd, Miami take aim at Binghamton
Lynn Kidd doesn't miss often ... just ask his opponents.,Kidd, a 6-foot-10 center who is in his first season with Miami, will lead the host Hurricanes (1-0) in a nonconference game against Binghamton (1-1) on Sunday afternoon.,Kidd started all 33 of Virginia Tech's games last season, averaging a car...
Last-second free throw lifts Suns past Mavs for 7th straight win
Jusuf Nurkic hit the go-ahead free throw with 0.8 seconds remaining as the Phoenix Suns slipped past the host Dallas Mavericks 114-113 on Friday.,Nurkic was fouled by Daniel Gafford with the score tied at 113 and made the second free throw after missing the first. The Phoenix big man finished with 1...