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Notre Dame uses late surge to slide past Georgia Tech
Markus Burton scored a game-high 26 points, helping Notre Dame rally for a 71-68 win over visiting Georgia Tech in Atlantic Coast Conference play on Tuesday in South Bend, Ind.,Burton also had four assists and three steals, while Braeden Shrewsberry added 15 points for the Fighting Irish (10-10, 4-5...

Minus Zach LaVine, Bulls look to beat host Celtics again
If the Chicago Bulls are to beat the host Boston Celtics on Wednesday night it, they'll do it without leading scorer Zach LaVine.,LaVine and his wife, Hunter, recently announced they are expecting their third child, and LaVine won't be with the team for its three-game road trip, according to Chicago...

Chiefs-Bills scores massive ratings; NFC title game down
The Kansas City Chiefs' 32-29 win Sunday over the Buffalo Bills was the most-watched AFC Championship game in history with 57.4 million viewers on CBS, according to multiple reports.,That eclipsed the 55.5 million set the previous year for the Chiefs' 17-10 victory against the Baltimore Ravens. It a...

Report: Chiefs-Bills sets AFC title game viewership record
The Kansas City Chiefs' 32-29 win Sunday over the Buffalo Bills was the most-watched AFC Championship game in history with 57.4 million viewers on CBS, according to the Sports Business Journal.,That eclipsed the 55.5 million set the previous year for the Chiefs' 17-10 victory against the Baltimore R...

Tiger Woods details 'difficult' decision to move Genesis to Torrey Pines
Tiger Woods admitted that it was "very difficult" to relocate The Genesis Invitational to Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego in the wake of the wildfires in California.,Riviera Country Club is in the hard-hit Pacific Palisades section of Los Angeles and was set to hold the Feb. 13-16 tournament, ...
Best Sports Betting Picks Today: NBA, College Basketball Predictions for January 28
Our top sports betting picks and predictions include bets for the college basketball and NBA slate of games on Tuesday January 28th, 2025....

No. 25 UConn bids for bounce-back effort vs. DePaul
No. 25 UConn will look to continue a trend of bounce-back victories in Big East play when it hosts DePaul in Hartford, Conn., on Wednesday night in the teams' second and final meeting of the season.,For the Huskies (14-6, 6-3), all three conferences losses have come within the last five games, inclu...

Cincinnati, Utah seek to ignite struggling offenses
Cincinnati travels to Salt Lake City on Tuesday to face Utah in a battle of Big 12 teams that share a lot in common.,The Bearcats (12-7, 2-6) have lost two straight and are coming off their worst game of the season, an 80-52 defeat at BYU on Saturday. The hosts shot 73.9 percent (17-of-23) in the se...

Amen Thompson has night to remember as Rockets sneak by Celtics
Amen Thompson made a game-winning floater with 1.3 seconds remaining to polish off a career night, lifting the visiting Houston Rockets to a 114-112 victory over the short-handed Boston Celtics on Monday night. ,Thompson's bucket in the lane gave him a career-high 33 points. He also finished with 10...

Georgia Tech vying for second win over Notre Dame this season
A pair of Atlantic Coast Conference teams looking to form rare winning streaks will meet Tuesday when Georgia Tech visits Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.,Notre Dame (9-10, 3-5 ACC) has won two of three games following a four-game losing streak. That skid began with an 86-75 loss at Georgia Tech on De...

Report: Ravens to extend contract of OC Todd Monken
Baltimore is working on a contract extension with offensive coordinator Todd Monken, who guided the Ravens to the No. 1 offense in total yards and rushing average this season, ESPN reported on Monday.,After each of the past two seasons in Baltimore, the 58-year-old Monken has drawn interest from NFL...

Florida probe clears coach Todd Golden in stalking case
A four-month university investigation found no evidence to back up the stalking allegations made against Florida men's basketball coach Todd Golden.,The school released a statement Monday saying the Title IX investigation had cleared Golden of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and stalking alle...

Plum Job: Sparks' WNBA title odds vault
Worst to first?,Or at least a threat.,That's how oddsmakers view the Los Angeles Sparks after their blockbuster agreement to acquire three-time All-Star guard Kelsey Plum.,The Sparks, who finished a league-worst 8-32 last season, saw their 2025 WNBA title odds trimmed from +12500 to +3500 at BetMGM ...

Bengals hire two defensive assistants for DC Al Golden
The Cincinnati Bengals announced on Monday the hiring of Jerry Montgomery as defensive line coach/run game coordinator and Mike Hodges as linebackers coach.,They will work under defensive coordinator Al Golden, who joined head coach Zac Taylor's staff last week.,Montgomery, 45, was the defensive lin...

Super Bowl: Early line, MVP odds and general betting primer
We have a sequel, football fans! Either that or a remake/reboot, take your pick. The two teams playing in Super Bowl LIX should look familiar because they are the same two that played in Super Bowl LVII: the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.,Now that the Feb. 9 Big Game is set, it is time ...
Best Sports Betting Picks Today: NBA, College Basketball, NHL Predictions for January 27th
Monday January 27th's expert sports betting picks and predictions include our top NBA, college basketball, and NHL bets....

Ilia Malinin snags third straight title at U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Ilia Malinin finished with a total score of 333.31 on Sunday to secure his third straight national title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kan.,Malinin put together a stunning free skate, matching a record with six quadruple jumps while also becoming the first skater to land a qua...

Chiefs early 1.5-point favorites against Eagles in Super Bowl
Oddsmakers at three leading sportsbooks have listed the Kansas City Chiefs as 1.5-point favorites to beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9 in New Orleans.,BetMGM, DraftKings and FanDuel also all have the total at 49.5 points. The game is a rematch of Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12, 20...

No. 17 Illinois uses balanced scoring to coast past Northwestern
Kylan Boswell scored 17 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 17 Illinois rolled to an 83-74 Big Ten victory over Northwestern Sunday afternoon in Champaign, Ill.,Starting for 7-foot-1 Tomislav Ivisic, who missed his second straight game due to mononucleosis, freshman center Morez Joh...

Rockets bring road success into matchup with Celtics
As if facing the defending NBA champions on the road was not enough, the visiting Houston Rockets must also contend with the development that the Boston Celtics' Derrick White appears to have broken out of his shooting slump when the teams plays Monday night.,White entered Saturday's matchup with th...