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Team Liquid downs Natus Vincere for BLAST Slam VI title
Team Liquid took down Natus Vincere 3-1 in the grand final of the BLAST Slam VI event, capturing a $400,000 grand prize on Sunday in Attard, Malta.,The best-of-five grand final kicked off with each side winning one map before Liquid pulled away in convincing fashion.,Liquid won in 33 minutes on red,...
No. 3 Houston, No. 5 Iowa State both begin series of Big 12 clashes
Expect the fur to fly and defense to be front and center when No. 3 Houston and No. 5 Iowa State square off Monday in the latest of a series of titanic Big 12 Conference clashes in Ames, Iowa.,Monday's game is the second of three contests in a row against ranked teams for Iowa State, and the first o...
No. 4 Duke, Syracuse both optimistic ahead of ACC clash
No. 4 Duke has plenty to be excited about entering the last few weeks of the regular season, and Syracuse might have some renewed hope heading into the final stretch.,The teams clash for the only time this regular season Monday night at Durham, N.C., in Atlantic Coast Conference play.,Duke (23-2, 12...
Natus Vincere, Team Liquid to face off for BLAST Slam VI title
One of the most competitive matches at the BLAST Slam VI event will get a rematch in Attard, Malta.,But with a lot more on the line this time.,In Saturday's semifinals, Team Liquid had little trouble with OG, winning 3-0, while Natus Vincere edged Team Yandex 3-2 in a back-and-forth affair to advanc...
Austin Hill holds the line at Daytona in NASCAR O'Reilly Series opener
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Austin Hill continued his mastery of NASCAR's big tracks, dominating Saturday's United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway -- the Georgia native's fourth win in this NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season-opener here in the last five years.,As typically happens on ...
No. 3 Houston rides defense to sidestep Kansas State
Emanuel Sharp scored 23 points and the No. 3 Houston's defense did the rest to the help the host Cougars produce a 78-64 win over reeling Kansas State on Saturday afternoon in a Big 12 Conference clash., ,The Cougars (23-2, 11-1 Big 12) relied on their defense to limit Kansas State to just five fiel...
Nate Kingz's game-winner lifts Syracuse over SMU
Nate Kingz drove the lane and hit the winning layup with 2.3 seconds to play to lift host Syracuse to a wild 79-78 win over SMU on Saturday afternoon in an Atlantic Coast Conference dustup.,The Mustangs led 61-49 with 12:15 to play before Syracuse (15-11, 6-7 ACC) rallied. Naithan George grabbed a r...
Pryce Sandfort hits 6 3s, as No. 7 Nebraska defeats Northwestern
Pryce Sandfort swished six 3-pointers on the way to scoring 29 points, as No. 7 Nebraska defeated visiting Northwestern 68-49 on Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.,Nebraska (22-3, 11-3 Big Ten) surpassed last season's win total despite matching a season-high with 18 turnovers, two fewer than slumping Northwe...
World Curling takes action after Sweden accuses Canada of cheating
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- World Curling said on Saturday that it would have officials monitoring for rule violations during the rest of the competition at the Olympics after Sweden's men's team accused Canada of cheating in a tense round-robin game.,Tensions boiled over on Friday when Brad Jacobs'...
Minnesota, Washington chase reset as skids collide
Minnesota will look to break out of a slump when it travels to Seattle on Saturday for a Big Ten tilt against Washington.,At this point, watching game film has left Minnesota coach Niko Medved feeling stuck in a loop.,Kind of like Bill Murray's character, TV weatherman Phil Connors, in the 1993 clas...
Team Peps completes comeback on Day 1 of OWCS Pre-Season Bootcamp
Team Peps, Team Falcons, T1 and Virtus.pro won their opening games and moved into the quarterfinals of the Overwatch Champions Series Pre-Season Bootcamp on Friday in Seoul.,Peps outlasted Disguised 3-2 in a match that included a rare draw in the fourth round. Falcons swept VARREL 3-0, Virtus.pro di...
SMU on right side of bubble as road test against Syracuse looms
SMU takes its varied offensive attack on the road as it looks to build its resume for the postseason when it plays against host Syracuse on Saturday afternoon in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.,It's the first time the teams will square off in Syracuse after SMU defeated the Orange twice last seas...
Gary Player rips round snub with grandsons: 'We made Augusta'
Gary Player lashed out at the current leadership of Augusta National after the three-time Masters champion was denied of his request to play a fourball round with his grandsons.,Player, 90, is one of three honorary starters for the first major of the year, which he became the first non-American to w...
Blue Jays, Astros swap outfielders Joey Loperfido and Jesus Sanchez
The Astros and Blue Jays exchanged outfielders on Friday, with Houston acquiring Joey Loperfido from Toronto for Jesus Sanchez.,This is a return to Houston for Loperfido, who was a seventh-round pick by the Astros in the 2021 MLB Draft. He hit .333 with four home runs, 14 RBIs and an .879 OPS in 41 ...
Reports: Dolphins hiring Mississippi State's Bush Hamdan as QB coach
The Miami Dolphins are hiring Mississippi State associate head coach Bush Hamdan as the team's quarterbacks coach, according to multiple reports Friday.,Hamdan only landed the Mississippi State position in December and also was to coach the team's wide receivers.,The 40-year-old has 17 years of coac...
Jon Rahm putts his way to second-round lead at LIV Adelaide
Jon Rahm fired a 63 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead into the third round of LIV Golf Adelaide in Australia.,Rahm posted a bogey-free round at Grange Golf Club that included seven birdies -- five of them on the back nine -- and an eagle on the 561-yard par-5 No. 7 hole to move to 13-under for the...
Emanuel Sharp, No. 3 Houston take aim at lowly Kansas State
Surging, third-ranked Houston will look to build on its 17-game home winning streak and continue its recent stretch of dominating play when it hosts reeling Kansas State on Saturday afternoon in a Big 12 Conference game.,The Cougars (22-2, 10-1 Big 12) moved up five spots in the most recent AP poll ...
No. 7 Nebraska deals with adversity, seeks salve in skidding Northwestern
Seventh-ranked Nebraska clearly has commanded the fundamentals during a banner start, yet coach Fred Hoiberg still harps on the importance of pivoting.,That's because he knows the Cornhuskers can't focus on the past as they host slumping Northwestern on Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.,Tuesday's 80-77 over...
NBA suspends Suns F Dillon Brooks 1 game after 16th technical foul
The NBA suspended Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks on Thursday for one game without pay after he received his 16th technical foul this season.,A player or coach is automatically suspended without pay for one game after a 16th technical foul in the regular season, per league rules. Every additional...
Crash involving baseball team bus in Iowa leaves 1 dead
One person died and 32 other occupants were injured when a bus carrying an Iowa community college baseball team overturned, authorities said.,The Iowa State Patrol said a bus from Iowa Lakes Community College crashed into a highway ditch in the single-car incident early Wednesday near Twin Lakes, ab...