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No. 11 Iowa State pulls away in 4th to beat West Virginia
Carson Hansen rushed for three touchdowns Saturday night and Rocco Becht threw for 265 yards as No. 11 Iowa State improved to 6-0 with a 28-16 win over West Virginia in Morgantown, W. Va.,Hansen picked up 96 yards on 20 carries for the Cyclones, who improved to 3-0 in the Big 12 Conference. Becht co...
No. 10 Clemson extends win streak against Wake Forest to 16
Cade Klubnik fired three touchdown passes and No. 10 Clemson's defense notched a pair of second-quarter interceptions in a convincing 49-14 romp over host Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon in Winston-Salem, N.C., ,Klubnik completed 31 of 41 passes for 309 yards, while running back Phil Mafah racked ...
Tigers' Kerry Carpenter comes off bench, drives in run vs. Guardians in Game 5
Out of the Detroit Tigers' starting lineup due a left hamstring injury, Kerry Carpenter delivered a pinch-hit RBI single on Saturday in Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the host Cleveland Guardians.,Carpenter, hit for designated hitter Justyn-Henry Malloy in the fifth and single...
Tigers' Kerry Carpenter out of lineup in Game 5 vs. Guardians
Detroit Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter was left out of the starting lineup for Saturday's Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the host Cleveland Guardians.,Carpenter is nursing a left hamstring injury sustained after he rounded third and scored a run in the sixth inning of Game 4 t...
Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic set for Shanghai showdown
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner fended off Czech Tomas Machac with a 6-4, 7-5 win in the semifinals Saturday at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, setting up a finals showdown with Novak Djokovic. ,Sinner will be playing in his first championship match in Shanghai. He moved to 44-4 on the hardcourts this season ...
Northwestern pulls away from error-prone Maryland
Jack Lausch threw for 203 yards and ran for a touchdown, helping Northwestern to a 37-10 Big Ten victory over Maryland on Friday night in College Park, Md.,In the fourth start of his college career, Lausch completed 10 of 18 passes without an interception as the Wildcats (3-3, 1-2) beat the Terrapin...
Billy Andrade shoots 65 to lead SAS Championship
Billy Andrade used a late string of birdies to shoot a 7-under-par 65 and secure the first-round lead at the SAS Championship on Friday in Cary, N.C.,Andrade's bogey-free card stood as the best round by afternoon's end. Ireland's Padraig Harrington checked in at 6-under 66, and Jerry Kelly birdied h...
New Christian McCaffrey Injury Update Isn’t Great
The San Francisco 49ers won't be activating star running back Christian McCaffrey off of the injured reserve, and he is unlikely to play against the Kansas City Chiefs next week....
Steelers QB Russell Wilson expected to be active vs. Raiders
Pittsburgh quarterback Russell Wilson is likely to be active for his first game of the season Sunday when the Steelers visit the Las Vegas Raiders, coach Mike Tomlin said Friday.,Justin Fields is expected to start with Wilson as his backup. Wilson, who entered training camp as the starter, has been ...
Zoe Matthews, 17, becomes youngest signing in Dash history
The Houston Dash signed 17-year-old midfielder Zoe Matthews on Friday, making her the youngest player in franchise history.,The 6-foot-2 Texas native is signed through the 2026 NWSL season and could make her debut on the road Sunday against the San Diego Wave.,"Today's announcement is a milestone fo...
Novak Djokovic rallies to reach Shanghai semifinals
Novak Djokovic kept his quest for title No. 100 alive on Friday by rallying for a three-set win against Czech teenager Jakub Mensik in the quarterfinals of the Rolex Shanghai Masters.,The fourth-seeded Serbian star survived a 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4 scare from the 19-year-old Mensik before advancing in tw...
Three Overrated College Football Teams in 2024
There are always college football teams that come into the season with too much hype, but these three college football teams were completely overrated in 2024....
Scoring burst lifts Bruins past Canadiens
The Boston Bruins turned around a 2-1 deficit with four consecutive goals and held on to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 6-4 on Thursday for their ninth consecutive home-opening victory.,Mark Kastelic scored his first pair as a Bruin, including a key insurance marker with 4:00 remaining that halted a ...
Steelers QB Russell Wilson (calf) closer to returning to action
Following his first two full practices since early September, the Pittsburgh Steelers' Russell Wilson is closer to making his season debut as a backup rather than the emergency quarterback.,Justin Fields, who became the starter when Wilson strained his calf in a Sept. 5 practice, remains QB1 for the...
WNBA Finals expanding to best-of-seven in 2025
The WNBA Finals will expand to a best-of-seven series for the first time in 2025, the league announced Thursday ahead of Game 1 of the 2024 championship series between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx.,The league has never seen a best-of-seven playoff series, but the 2025 Finals will mark...
Lightning home opener postponed due to Milton
The Tampa Bay Lightning's home opener scheduled for Saturday against the Carolina Hurricanes was postponed Thursday as the area begins to recover from the effects of Hurricane Milton.,A makeup date was not yet announced.,The Lightning were scheduled to begin the new NHL season with a home-and-home s...
Jannik Sinner jolts Daniil Medvedev, moves on to semis in Shanghai
Top-seeded Jannik Sinner breezed to a 6-1, 6-4 win over fifth-seeded Daniil Medvedev on Thursday to advance to the semifinals at the Shanghai Masters.,Sinner, of Italy, recorded nine aces and benefited from four double faults to defeat Medvedev for the seventh time in their last eight matches. The R...
Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty Building Impressive Heisman Campaign
Boise State's Ashton Jeanty has an uphill battle to win the 2024 Heisman as a running back, but he's putting together one hell of a campaign....
Astros' Mauricio Dubon recovering from thumb surgery
Houston Astros infielder/outfielder Mauricio Dubon is expected to be ready by spring training following surgery on his left thumb on Wednesday.,The team announced that Dubon had a procedure to repair the thumb's ulnar collateral ligament, an injury that he played through after getting hurt in early ...
Nouns, beastcoast, Infinity advance at PGA Wallachia Season 2
Nouns Esports, beastcoast and Infinity each advanced to the playoffs with a victory Wednesday at the PGL Wallachia Season 2 competition in Bucharest, Romania.,Nouns notched a 2-0 win over Invictus Gaming, beastcoast did the same against Azure Ray and Infinity posted a 2-1 triumph versus Alliance in ...