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San Diego State pulls off OT upset of No. 6 Houston
Miles Byrd scored 18 points and San Diego State upset No. 6 Houston with a 73-70 overtime win in the third-place game at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon.,Jared Coleman-Jones scored 16 points, Pharaoh Compton scored 13 off the bench and Nick Boyd scored all 12 of his point...
Jake Retzlaff, No. 19 BYU overcome Houston's early lead
Jake Retzlaff passed for 167 yards and added two rushing touchdowns as No. 19 BYU rode a stifling defensive performance to a 30-18 win over the Houston Cougars in Provo, Utah, on Saturday.,Retzlaff scored on runs of 13 and 7 yards, the latter coming with 2:52 remaining in the game to help BYU (10-2,...
Blue Jackets enter matchup vs. last-place Blackhawks on hot streak
The second half of November was much better than the first for the Columbus Blue Jackets, who will look to ride their newfound momentum when they visit the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday afternoon. ,The Blue Jackets went 5-1-1 over the final two weeks of November after a six-game losing streak from No...
No. 1 Oregon conquers Washington to stay unbeaten
Top-ranked Oregon, already locked into the Big Ten championship game next weekend against Penn State, finished off a perfect regular season with Saturday's 49-21 rout of rival Washington in Eugene, Ore.,The Ducks' defense shut out the Huskies for almost the entire second half, giving up a late touch...
No. 9 SMU blows out Cal to win 9th straight, improves to 11-1
No. 9 SMU jumped out to a three-touchdown lead and then sealed the game with a fourth-quarter explosion in their 38-6 win over visiting Cal in an Athletic Coast Conference matchup in Dallas on Saturday.,The Mustangs (11-1, 8-0 ACC) were already assured of a berth in the conference title game on Dec....
San Diego State pulls off OT upset of No. 6 Houston at Players Era Festival
Miles Byrd scored 18 points and San Diego State upset No. 6 Houston with a 73-70 overtime win in the third-place game at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon.,Jared Coleman-Jones scored 16 points, Pharaoh Compton scored 13 off the bench and Nick Boyd scored all 12 of his point...
UMES proves no match for No. 2 UConn in 99-44 rout
Tarris Reed Jr. had 10 points and 12 rebounds off the bench to help No. 2 UConn end a three-game losing streak by beating Maryland Eastern Shore 99-44 Saturday in Hartford, Conn.,Liam McNeeley and Jaylin Stewart each scored a team-high 16 points for UConn. Solo Ball had 12, Aidan Mahaney 11, and Jay...
No. 9 SMU blows out Cal to win 9th straight, improve to 11-1
No. 9 SMU jumped out to a three-touchdown lead then sealed the game with a fourth-quarter explosion in their 38-6 win over visiting Cal in an Athletic Coast Conference matchup in Dallas on Saturday.,The Mustangs (11-1, 8-0 ACC) were already assured of a berth in the conference title game on Dec. 7. ...
No. 6 Miami loses out on ACC title berth, falls at Syracuse
Kyle McCord passed for 380 yards and three touchdowns as the host Syracuse Orange rallied to upset the sixth-ranked Miami Hurricanes 42-38 in an ACC game on Saturday.,Syracuse trailed 21-0 but took its first lead, 35-28, in the third quarter on a 56-yard fumble recovery by Devin Grant. The Orange ne...
Report: UCF HC Gus Malzahn to become Florida State OC
Gus Malzahn is leaving his post as UCF's head coach to reunite with Florida State coach Mike Norvell as the Seminoles' offensive coordinator, ESPN reported on Saturday. ,Norvell, who served as a graduate assistant under Malzahn at Tulsa in 2007-08, relinquished his role as FSU's primary playcaller a...
Avalanche acquire G Scott Wedgewood from Predators
The Colorado Avalanche acquired Scott Wedgewood from the Nashville Predators on Saturday in exchange for fellow goaltender Justus Annunen and a sixth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.,Wedgewood, 32, is 1-2-1 with a 3.69 goals-against average and an .878 save percentage in five games (four starts) th...
Iowa comes back for last-second victory over Nebraska
Drew Stevens kicked a 53-yard field goal as time expired and Iowa rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat Nebraska 13-10 on Friday night in a Big Ten game in Iowa City.,It was the second consecutive year the Hawkeyes (8-4, 6-3 Big Ten) won the annual rivalry game on a last-second kick, both...
Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews calls for his return against Lightning
Center Auston Matthews informed reporters Friday that he intends to make his return for the Toronto Maple Leafs in their game against the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday night.,The three-time NHL goal scoring champion (2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24) has been out for Toronto since Nov. 3 with what has been ...
No. 6 Houston, San Diego State out to leave Vegas with win
No. 6 Houston and San Diego State are set to meet in the third-place game of the Players Era Festival on Saturday in Las Vegas.,Each team participating in the event is receiving $1 million in NIL money. Per media reports, the champion would win an extra $500,000; the team that places third will win ...
Washington tops Santa Clara in Acrisure Invitational final
Great Osobor had a team-high 19 points and eight rebounds as Washington took control midway through the first half and held off Santa Clara 76-69 on Friday afternoon in the Acrisure Invitational championship game in Palm Desert, Calif., ,The Huskies (6-1) led by nine at halftime and by 13 with nine ...
No. 2 UConn aims to shed rare struggles, faces UMES
Coming off a lackluster performance in the Maui Invitational, second-ranked UConn will attempt to regroup Saturday when it faces Maryland Eastern Shore in Hartford, Conn.,The Huskies went 0-3 in Hawaii. UConn opened the tournament with a 99-97 overtime loss to Memphis, then dropped a 73-72 decision ...
Passing key as Virginia rolls past Holy Cross
Dai Dai Ames scored a season-high 16 points and Virginia cruised to a comfortable 67-41 victory over Holy Cross on Friday in Charlottesville, Va.,The Cavaliers (5-2) improved to 5-0 against unranked teams and 4-0 at home. Isaac McKneely and Andrew Rohde each added 13 points.,Virginia put on a clinic...
CB Darius Slay out, WR DeVonta Smith questionable for Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Darius Slay has been ruled out for Sunday's visit to Baltimore, and wide receiver DeVonta Smith is listed as questionable.,Slay did not practice this week while in the NFL's concussion protocol after leaving the Eagles' 37-20 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday wit...
Isaiah Rivera lifts DePaul over Valparaiso
Isaiah Rivera scored 19 points and Jacob Meyer had 12 to go along with seven assists, lifting host DePaul to an 89-70 victory over Valparaiso on Friday afternoon in Chicago.,Rivera made 7 of 10 shots from the floor and 3 of 4 from 3-point range as the Blue Demons capped a perfect seven-game homestan...
Bears fire head coach Matt Eberflus
The Chicago Bears fired third-year head coach Matt Eberflus on Friday.,The news came less than 24 hours after Eberflus experienced a sixth straight defeat and third consecutive loss decided on the final play. The Bears fell to 4-8 on the season.,"This morning, after meeting with (chairman) George (H...