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Revisiting New Orleans' Super Bowls: Ravens turn lights out on 49ers
NEW ORLEANS -- When the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles meet in Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9 in the Caesars Superdome, New Orleans will make history by tying Miami for the most Super Bowls hosted (11).,But it's the games themselves that have produced plenty of history for the Crescent Cit...
WTA roundup: Top seeds move on to semifinals in Singapore
No. 1 seed Anna Kalinskaya of Russia and No. 2 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium advanced to the semifinals of the Singapore Tennis Open with their respective victories Friday.,Kalinskaya fended off Thailand's Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, while Mertens was a 6-4, 6-2 winner over sixth seed Camil...
Leagues Cup altered into 36-team format for 2025
Leagues Cup will have a new format in 2025 with fewer teams and MLS clubs facing each other before the quarterfinals, while Liga MX clubs do the same.,While every team from both leagues played in last year's tournament, the 2025 event will be reduced to 18 teams from each league. All 2024 MLS Cup pl...
NHL roundup: Marc-Andre Fleury, Wild blank Habs
Marc-Andre Fleury, playing his final game in his home province, recorded his 76th career shutout as the visiting Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 on Thursday.,Fleury made 19 saves while tying Ed Belfour and Tony Esposito for the 10th-most shutouts in NHL history. The 40-year-old vetera...
Top 25 roundup: Nebraska upsets No. 18 Illinois in OT
Brice Williams scored a game-high 27 points, including Nebraska's last eight in overtime, as the Cornhuskers stopped No. 18 Illinois 80-74 on Thursday in Lincoln, Neb.,Williams snapped a 72-72 tie on a pull-up jumper with 2:28 left, then drove for a layup at the 1:44 mark. He added a baseline jumper...
NBA roundup: Grizzlies edge Rockets in final seconds
Jaren Jackson Jr. sank two free throws with 8.6 seconds remaining to lift the Memphis Grizzlies to a 120-119 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Thursday.,In a matchup of two of the Western Conference's top three teams, the game featured 14 ties and 13 lead changes. Houston had an opportuni...
Women's Top 25 roundup: Vandy freshman Mikayla Blakes scores 53
Vanderbilt's Mikayla Blakes needed a quarter to get warmed up, and then she went off, finishing with an NCAA freshman-record 53 points as the 23rd-ranked Commodores defeated Florida in Gainesville, Fla., on Thursday night.,Blakes made 16 of 24 shots from the field, including 5 of 9 from 3-point rang...
Eagles’ Brandon Graham, Chiefs’ Skyy Moore return to practice
The Philadelphia Eagles opened the practice window for defensive end Brandon Graham and tight end C.J. Uzomah, and the Kansas City Chiefs did the same for wide receiver Skyy Moore on Thursday.,Graham, a team captain in his 15th season with the Eagles, was placed on injured reserve on Nov. 26 after t...
10 storylines to follow for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season has a plethora of storylines to follow before cars even hit the track. The fourth season of NASCAR's Next-Gen car is sure to provide plenty of parity, and every driver in the field has a unique outlook for their 2025 campaign.,Here are 10 storylines and questions to...
WTA roundup: Elise Mertens rallies in Singapore
No. 2 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium brushed off a loss in a first-set tiebreaker and got past Germany's Tatjana Maria 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Singapore Tennis Open.,Mertens rallied from a 3-0 hole in the first set to get to the tiebreaker, only to squande...
Semi-retired Lexi Thompson to play in Founders Cup
It didn't take long for Lexi Thompson to make her return to the LPGA Tour after announcing her retirement from full-time competition last year.,Thompson, 29, will compete in the Founders Cup next week in Bradenton, Fla., according to the field list for the tournament.,Thompson qualified because she ...
Eagles open practice window for DE Brandon Graham
The Philadelphia Eagles opened the practice window Thursday for defensive end Brandon Graham and tight end CJ Uzomah.,Graham, a team captain in his 15th season with the Eagles, was placed on injured reserve on Nov. 26 after tearing a triceps muscle in a Week 12 win against the Los Angeles Rams.,Grah...
Travis Kelce loves Chiefs being seen as villains
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is offering no apologies for his team's success.,Kelce, in fact, acknowledged this week on his "New Heights" podcast that the Chiefs have embraced the role of villains as they vie for an unprecedented third consecutive title in Super Bowl LIX. According to K...
Top 25 roundup: Maryland knocks off No. 17 Wisconsin
Ja'Kobi Gillespie delivered 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists to lead a balanced Maryland to a 76-68 victory over No. 17 Wisconsin on Wednesday in College Park, Md.,Rodney Rice also scored 16 points and Selton Miguel added 12 points on four 3 pointers, leading a long-range assault by the Te...
NBA roundup: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 52, but Thunder lose
Stephen Curry bounced back from a four-point first half with five second-half 3-pointers and the Golden State Warriors rallied to overcome Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 52 points and stun the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-109 on Wednesday night in San Francisco.,Andrew Wiggins went for a team-high 27 points...
NHL roundup: Devils score 4 in 2nd, blank Flyers
Brothers Jack Hughes and Luke Hughes each collected a goal and an assist as the New Jersey Devils scored four times in the second period and rolled to a 5-0 rout of the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night in Newark, N.J.,The Devils won for the third time in four games and for a second st...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 6 UConn wins 10th straight
Azzi Fudd and Kaitlyn Chen each scored 17 points as No. 6 UConn rolled to its 10th consecutive win, an 84-58 blowout of DePaul on Wednesday in Chicago.,Sarah Strong added 11 points and a game-high eight rebounds for the Huskies (20-2, 11-0 Big East). UConn had no problem despite the struggles of Pai...
WTA roundup: No. 1 seed Anna Kalinskaya advances in Singapore
Top seed Anna Kalinskaya of Russia had to battle in the second set before eliminating Switzerland's Simona Waltert 6-2, 7-6 (3) on Wednesday in the Round of 16 at the Singapore Tennis Open.,Kalinskaya, ranked No. 18 in the world, converted 3 of 5 break-point opportunities and saved 4 of 5. Waltert, ...
Jim Furyk named U.S. Ryder Cup vice captain
U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley named Jim Furyk as one of his vice captains on Wednesday for September's showdown at Bethpage Black.,Furyk joins Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker and Kevin Kisner, who were previously appointed by Bradley as vice captains. Additional vice captains will be announced...
Reports: Price tag reaches $8M for Super Bowl LIX commercials
Fox Corp. has sold at least 10 commercials for Super Bowl LIX for $8 million apiece, multiple outlets reported Wednesday.,The price tag is said to be about $500,000 higher than last year, far exceeding the typical year-over-year increase of $100,000.,Fox announced in November that it had already sol...