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Matthew Tkachuk hurt in collision; Nikita Kucherov ejected
Florida Panthers star forward Matthew Tkachuk exited with a lower-body injury after a knee-on-knee collision with Tampa Bay Lightning star forward Nikita Kucherov on Monday night in Sunrise, Fla. ,With 3:09 remaining in the first period and Florida trailing 3-0 on the back end of a home-and-home ser...

Miidseason QB changes take USC, Texas A&M into Las Vegas Bowl
Meeting for just the fourth time ever and the first time since 1977, Southern California and Texas A&M will clash on Friday in the Las Vegas Bowl.,USC (6-6) returns to the Las Vegas Bowl for the first time since 2013 when the Trojans routed Fresno State 45-20, capping a 10-win season.,The stakes are...

Northern Illinois gets tricky to beat Fresno St., win Potato Bowl in 2OT
Freshman wide receiver George Dimopoulos threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Dane Pardridge on the first play of the second overtime to lift Northern Illinois to a 28-20 victory over Fresno State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Monday afternoon in Boise, Idaho.,The Huskies disguised the game-winning p...

Panthers rolling, aim to sweep home-and-home vs. Lightning
After putting to rest the season's worst spell of play last month, the Florida Panthers appear to be back on pace in the Atlantic Division. ,The Stanley Cup champions will return to Sunrise, Fla., and conclude their home-and-home series with rival Tampa Bay on Monday after a 4-2 road win in Sunday's...

Panthers open home-and-home with win over Lightning
A.J. Greer and Eetu Luostarinen tallied short-handed goals on the same penalty kill as the visiting Florida Panthers opened a home-and-home series with three special-teams scores, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Sunday.,Sam Reinhart scored twice, racking up his 18th tally in 32 career games a...

USC dominates Southern to extend winning streak
Chibuzo Agbo scored a game-high 18 points as Southern California extended its winning streak to four games while coasting to an 82-51 victory against Southern on Sunday at Los Angeles.,Josh Cohen scored 17 points while connecting on 9 of 10 free-throw attempts, Desmond Claude added 13 points and Wes...

Georgia downs Charleston Southern to improve to 11-1
De'Shayne Montgomery scored 16 of his team-leading 22 points in the first half as Georgia went on to an 81-65 win over visiting Charleston Southern on Sunday in Athens, Ga.,Dakota Leffew added 19 points for the Bulldogs (11-1), who won their sixth straight and matched their best start to a season si...

Chuba Hubbard helps Panthers eliminate Cardinals
Chuba Hubbard ran 21 yards for an overtime touchdown and Bryce Young threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Carolina Panthers ended the Arizona Cardinals' playoff prospects by winning their home finale 36-30 on Sunday afternoon in Charlotte.,Hubbard, who had a 28-yard run on the play pr...

Streaking Southern California takes on Southern to close out year
Southern California can close out the 2024 portion of its schedule with a four-game winning streak on Sunday when the Trojans host Southern University in Los Angeles.,USC (8-4) has rebounded from a three-game losing skid by winning its last three games, the most recent a 90-69 rout of Cal State Nort...

Georgia aims to continue hot start in matchup vs. Charleston Southern
Aiming to extend a five-game winning streak and continue its return to relevance, Georgia will host Charleston Southern in Athens, Ga., on Sunday afternoon.,Georgia (10-1) is off to its best start since the 2001-02 campaign, when it began the season 11-1. Nearing the end of the non-conference slate,...

Lightning, Panthers get together for two-game showdown
In a rare back-to-back set against their in-state rival, the Tampa Bay Lightning will showcase the NHL's top offense when they host the rival Florida Panthers on Sunday afternoon.,It will be the first meeting of the season with the Stanley Cup champions before going southeast for Monday's return mat...

Pittsburgh's sharp shooting overwhelms Sam Houston
Zack Austin and Ishmael Leggett each collected 23 points and five rebounds to fuel host Pittsburgh to a 110-78 victory over Sam Houston on Saturday afternoon.,Both players made 8 of 12 shots from the floor, however Austin sank five 3-pointers to highlight a sizzling shooting display.,They weren't al...

Aleksander Barkov's OT goal lifts surging Panthers past Blues
Aleksander Barkov scored with 17 seconds left in overtime to lift the host Florida Panthers past St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Friday in Sunrise, Fla.,Uvis Balinskis also scored for the Panthers, who have gone 9-2-1 in their last 12 games.,Florida goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made 26 saves, including two on...

Well-rested Pitt amid comforts of home vs. Sam Houston
Pittsburgh aims to extend its home winning streak to 13 games on Saturday afternoon when it concludes non-conference play against Sam Houston.,The Panthers began the winning streak last season before improving to 6-0 at the Peterson Events Center in 2024-25 following a decisive victory over Eastern ...

Home after winning trip, Panthers square off with Blues
Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov still is regaining his legs after missing two games with an illness.,He earned an assist in his first game back, a 6-1 road victory over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday.,After playing a season-low 16:01 against the Wild, Barkov should be ready for a bigger ...

5 takeaways vs. Ga. Southern propel Sam Houston to first bowl win
Sam Houston tied a New Orleans Bowl record with five takeaways, and Hunter Watson accounted for three touchdowns as the school got its first bowl victory since moving to FBS in 2022, beating Georgia Southern 31-26 on Thursday.,Watson completed 23 of 28 passes, including 14 straight completions in th...

Amid constant change, NIU, Fresno State enjoy tradition at Potato Bowl
For roughly three hours Monday afternoon, the dizzying college football carousel will slow long enough for Northern Illinois (7-5) and Fresno State (6-6) to battle for the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, Idaho.,Neither school will have its starting quarterback (and other quality players) due to t...

Nick Dunlap named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
Nick Dunlap has earned the Arnold Palmer Award as the PGA Tour's Rookie of the Year for 2024.,Dunlap became the first player in Tour history to win as an amateur and a professional in the same season.,At 20 years old, the Alabama native is alo the youngest rookie award winner since Jordan Spieth in ...

Cardinals bid to make postseason push in clash vs. Panthers
The Arizona Cardinals consider themselves to be in a must-win situation across the final few weeks of the season.,And that will be so true on Sunday when they visit the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C.,"From here on out, we got to win them all and that's our mindset going into everything," Cardi...

Matthew Tkachuk, Panthers keep scoring, knock off Wild
Matthew Tkachuk scored a pair of goals, and the Florida Panthers pulled away for a 6-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Aaron Ekblad had a goal and two assists for the Panthers, who won back-to-back games to complete a 3-2 road trip. Mackie Samoskevich finished wit...