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Georgia Tech WR Eric Singleton enters portal, plans Georgia visit
Georgia Tech sophomore wide receiver Eric Singleton entered the transfer portal on Monday, eyeing a rival known for dealing the Yellow Jackets losses. ,Singleton had a team-high 56 catches for 754 yards and three touchdowns in 2024 after delivering 48 receptions for 714 yards and six touchdowns as a...
Saudi Arabia takes home Rocket League title at FIFAe World Cup
Saudi Arabia cruised to a 4-1 victory over France on Sunday in the Rocket League grand final at the FIFAe World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ,France started strong, prevailing 4-1 on Mannfield (Night), but it was all downhill from there. Team Saudi Arabia responded with a pair of 1-0 overtime victor...
Top 25 roundup: Missouri hands No. 1 Kansas second straight setback
Tamar Bates scored a season-high 29 points for Missouri to spark a 76-67 upset of visiting No. 1 Kansas on Sunday in Columbia, Mo.,Mark Mitchell added 17 points for the Tigers (8-1), while Anthony Robinson II scored 11 as Missouri beat its "Border War" rival for the first time since February 2012. R...
NBA roundup: Joel Embiid comes back to push 76ers past Bulls
Joel Embiid returned from a seven-game absence to provide 31 points and 12 rebounds as the Philadelphia 76ers held off the host Chicago Bulls for a 108-100 win on Sunday afternoon.,Embiid carried Philadelphia to its fourth win in five games after sitting out to manage a left knee injury. Tyrese Maxe...
NHL roundup: Stars blitz Flames with 4 goals in third
Roope Hintz broke a third-period tie while Thomas Harley scored twice as the host Dallas Stars scored four unanswered goals in the third to claim a 6-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday.,Jason Robertson scored once and goaltender Jake Oettinger made 29 saves for the Stars, who snapped a two-...
NFL roundup: Rams hold on to edge Bills in high-scoring contest
Puka Nacua finished with 178 yards from scrimmage and a pair of touchdowns, and the Los Angeles Rams held on for a 44-42 win over the visiting Buffalo Bills on Sunday despite Josh Allen's record-setting six-touchdown performance.,Nacua caught 12 passes for 162 yards and a touchdown, and he rushed fo...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 1 UCLA holds on vs. Washington
Lauren Betts scored 23 points on 10-of-16 shooting and Kiki Rice added 18 points as No. 1 UCLA survived a third-quarter challenge from Washington to win the Big Ten Conference opener in Seattle on Sunday.,UCLA (9-0, 1-0 Big Ten) led 35-25 at halftime but had to rely on Betts and Rice, who combined t...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 23 Michigan fends off Northwestern
Olivia Olson scored 18 points, including eight straight to open the fourth quarter, as the No. 23 Michigan Wolverines survived a 60-54 scare from the Northwestern Wildcats in the Big Ten opener for each team in Ann Arbor, Mich., ,Northwestern (4-4, 0-1 Big Ten) led throughout the third quarter and t...
Top 25 roundup: No. 4 Kentucky hangs on, beats No. 7 Gonzaga in OT
Andrew Carr recorded 19 points and seven rebounds and prevented a potential game-winning shot to help No. 4 Kentucky notch a 90-89 overtime victory over No. 7 Gonzaga at the Battle in Seattle on Saturday night.,Jaxson Robinson scored 18 points and Otega Oweh added 13 as the Wildcats (8-1) defeated G...
NHL roundup: Kings beat Wild to extend win streak to 5
Adrian Kempe and Alex Laferriere scored goals in the opening two periods as the Los Angeles Kings extended their season-best winning streak to five games with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. ,Trevor Moore scored two empty-net goals and Anze Kopitar recorded an assis...
NBA roundup: Wizards end skid despite Nikola Jokic's 56 points
Jordan Poole scored 39 points to help the host Washington Wizards overcome Nikola Jokic's career-high 56 points and beat the Denver Nuggets 122-113 on Saturday to end their 16-game losing streak.,Poole hit a career-high nine 3-pointers and was one of five Wizards to score in double figures. Justin C...
Top 25 roundup: No. 17 Clemson tops No. 8 SMU at buzzer for ACC title
CHARLOTTE -- Nolan Hauser kicked a 56-yard field goal as time expired, Cade Klubnik threw four touchdown passes and No. 17 Clemson pulled out a 34-31 victory against No. 8 SMU on Saturday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. ,The game appeared destined for overtime after Kevin J...
Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 7 Maryland rallies past Purdue
Saylor Poffenbarger and Christina Dalce both had double-doubles as No. 7 Maryland overcame a 16-point deficit to beat host Purdue 78-69 in the Big Ten opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind.,Poffenbarger finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds while Dalce had 10 points an...
Galaxy clip Red Bulls for record 6th MLS title
Joseph Paintsil and Dejan Joveljic each scored early to lift the LA Galaxy to their record sixth MLS Cup title and first since 2014 in a 2-1 victory over the visiting New York Red Bulls in Saturday's final in Carson, Calif.,Paintsil's fourth goal of the playoffs and Joveljic's sixth helped the Galax...
MLS to go on hiatus during 2026 World Cup
Major League Soccer will go on break during the entirety of the 2026 World Cup.,That's according to commissioner Don Garber, who made the declaration Friday in Carson, Calif., the site of Saturday's MLS Cup final.,He said the league also will pause during part of the Club World Cup in 2025, which wi...
NBA roundup: Trae Young's trey in OT lifts Hawks past Lakers
Trae Young hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 7.4 seconds left in overtime, helping the Atlanta Hawks beat the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 134-132 on Friday.,Young had 31 points and 20 assists, while De'Andre Hunter scored 26 off the bench, as Atlanta won its sixth straight. Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 20, ...
NHL roundup: Caps set team record with road win vs. Leafs
Connor McMichael scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and the Washington Capitals defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Friday night, notching their franchise-record eighth consecutive road victory.,Nic Dowd added a goal and an assist and Aliaksei Protas (empty net) also scored for Washing...
Galaxy have sixth MLS Cup in sight; Red Bulls eye long-awaited first
The Los Angeles Galaxy will try to win their league-record sixth MLS Cup without star player Riqui Puig when they host a New York Red Bulls side looking for its first title in club history on Saturday in Carson, Calif.,The Galaxy have been by far the most dominant performers of the postseason, winni...
NHL roundup: Lightning score five in first period, rout Sharks
Brandon Hagel scored twice in 23 seconds during Tampa Bay's five-goal outburst in the first period as the Lightning trounced the visiting San Jose Sharks 8-1 on Thursday.,Cam Atkinson and Conor Geekie had a goal and an assist apiece before Hagel hit the net twice. Jake Guentzel, who finished with tw...
NBA roundup: Cavs beat Nuggets despite Nikola Jokic's big night
Nikola Jokic moved to No. 3 in career triple-doubles with 27 points, 20 rebounds and 11 assists at Cleveland, but his Denver Nuggets couldn't withstand the host Cavaliers' 3-point barrage and lost 126-114 on Thursday night.,Jokic's 139th career triple-double broke a tie with Magic Johnson on the all...