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No. 18 Tennessee works to reduce turnovers vs. Northern Kentucky
No. 18 Tennessee returns to action Saturday against Northern Kentucky in Knoxville, Tenn., and coach Rick Barnes hopes to see his Volunteers play better than they did in Monday's season-opening win.,The Volunteers beat Mercer 76-61, but they were sluggish at the start. Mercer led 8-4 in the first 5 ...

Missouri aims to jump-start stalwarts against SEMO
Missouri expects to run its offense this season through its top two returning players, forward Mark Mitchell and point guard Anthony Robinson II.,After those two combined for just 17 points in Missouri's 88-67 season-opening victory at Howard on Monday, the Tigers (1-0) will try to get Mitchell and ...

Cincinnati looks to maintain scoring spread vs. Georgia State
Cincinnati will turn to its new-look balanced attack to continue to set the table for the Big 12 Conference gauntlet when it hosts Georgia State on Friday.,The Bearcats (1-0) were dynamite in their season-opening 94-63 win over visiting Western Carolina on Monday. Cincinnati got 18 points each from ...

Birthday boy Sam Reinhart nets winner in Panthers win over Kings
Sam Reinhart celebrated his 30th birthday by scoring the game-winning goal and Brad Marchand tallied twice to give the visiting Florida Panthers a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday., ,Sam Bennett and Anton Lundell also scored for the Panthers, who claimed only their second road win ...

Texas A&M cracks 100-point barrier in blowout of Texas Southern
Rashaun Agee scored a team-high 16 points Thursday night and Texas A&M blew open a tight game in the first 10 minutes of the second half for a 104-70 nonconference win over visiting Texas Southern in College Station, Texas.,Rylan Griffen added 14 and Marcus Hill tallied 13 points for the Aggies (2-0...

Iowa seeks to build intensity in matchup with Western Illinois
Iowa coach Ben McCollum wants the Hawkeyes to play with some edge.,After cruising to a 101-69 season-opening home win against Robert Morris on Tuesday, Iowa has another chance to show off its tenacity against Western Illinois in Iowa City on Friday.,"We've got some edgy, tough kids that fly around,"...

No. 24 Wisconsin coming off resounding win when NIU visits
No. 24 Wisconsin showed it boasts an impressive blend of veterans and newcomers in a stellar season-opening win.,The Badgers will try to build off that performance when they host Northern Illinois in a nonconference game Friday night in Madison, Wis.,The Badgers turned back a second-half rally and o...

ATP roundup: Novak Djokovic, Lorenzo Musetti on Athens collision course
No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia and No. 2 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy advanced to the semifinals of the Hellenic Championship on Thursday in Athens.,Djokovic hit nine aces and saved both break points he faced in a 7-6 (1), 6-4 victory over Portuguese sixth seed Nuno Borges. Musetti, who must w...

Union's Bradley Carnell named MLS Coach of the Year
Bradley Carnell of the Philadelphia Union was named the 2025 Sigi Schmid MLS Coach of the Year on Thursday.,Hired in January, Carnell oversaw a rise from 23rd place in the 2024 standings to the Supporters' Shield in 2025.,Philadelphia improved year-over-year by a whopping 29 points to lead the leagu...

Bryce Young, Panthers plot to continue winning ways in clash vs. Saints
The Carolina Panthers will have to deal with prosperity as they get ready to play Sunday afternoon.,The Panthers have a winning record this late in a season for the first time since 2019, and they'll be significant favorites against the New Orleans Saints in Charlotte, N.C.,"All I care about is the ...

Panthers RB Rico Dowdle fined for pelvic-thrust celebration
Carolina Panthers running back Rico Dowdle was fined Wednesday for doing two pelvic thrusts after scoring a touchdown last weekend, disproving a supposed NFL rule demonstrated years ago in a sketch on the "Key & Peele" comedy show.,Dowdle confirmed on social media that he was fined. The amount wasn'...

Chase Ross pours in 23 points as Marquette soars past Southern
Chase Ross scored 23 points with six boards and six assists to lead Marquette to a 100-82 victory over the visiting Southern on Wednesday night.,Zaide Lowery, Caedin Hamilton and Sean Jones each added 12 for Marquette. Ben Gold poured in 10, along with a team-high nine rebounds.,Michael Jacobs led S...

Michael Ajayi's 24-point, 12-rebound effort leads Butler past Southern Indiana
Michael Ajayi had 24 points with 12 rebounds, and Butler used a strong first half to roll toward an 88-58 victory over visiting Southern Indiana on Wednesday night in Indianapolis.,Jamie Kaiser Jr. also posted a double-double, recording 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs. They opened this se...

Texas A&M looks to build off strong debut showing vs. Texas Southern
Bucky Ball is off to a quick start at Texas A&M.,New Aggies coach Bucky McMillan guided his team to a 98-68 win Monday night in its season opener against Northwestern State (La.). The Aggies shot 49.3% from the field while forcing 16 turnovers and earning a 48-24 advantage in points in the paint.,Te...

Boston College hosts The Citadel, eyes bounce back from opening loss
Defending the 3-point line will likely be a priority for Boston College when it plays its home opener Thursday against The Citadel., ,The Bulldogs (1-0) attempted 59 3-point shots and made 21 during a season-opening 105-61 victory over Division-II Erskine on Monday. Ten players made at least one 3-p...

Fresh of 1st home win, Kings eager to extend Panthers' woes
The Los Angeles Kings finally enjoyed some home cooking in their last outing.,Now the Kings will look for another helping when they host the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers on Thursday night.,The Kings not only snapped a modest two-game skid with a 3-0 victory over the Winni...

Texans sign K Matthew Wright with Ka'imi Fairbairn reportedly injured
The Houston Texans signed veteran kicker Matthew Wright to the practice squad on Wednesday as insurance as starter K'ami Fairbairn is dealing with a lower-body injury, per multiple reports.,Fairbairn, 31, made five of six field-goal attempts to account for all of the Texans' points in an 18-15 home ...

No. 19 USC eager to reignite offense vs. Northwestern
No. 19 Southern California will begin its closing four-game stretch of the season in the thick of both the Big Ten Conference championship and College Football Playoff races.,The Trojans will face another stout defense in Northwestern on Friday night in Los Angeles.,Southern California (6-2, 4-1) wi...

Behind Cutter Gauthier's first hat trick, Ducks down Panthers again
Cutter Gauthier recorded his first career hat trick and added an assist as the host Anaheim Ducks claimed their fourth consecutive victory, trouncing the Florida Panthers 7-3 on Tuesday.,Nikita Nesterenko collected one goal and one assist for the Ducks, while Jacob Trouba, Chris Kreider and Jansen H...

Arizona State's depth proves too much for Southern Utah
Newcomer Anthony Johnson led Arizona State with 17 points and the Sun Devils' depth fueled an 81-64 win over Southern Utah in Tempe, Ariz.,Johnson, a transfer from the NAIA school University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) led Arizona State with 17 points on 6 of 9 accuracy from the field. He also finished...