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Wild looking to continue surge against Hurricanes
The Minnesota Wild might have found something of a spark and will put it to the test against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday at Raleigh, N.C.,The Wild's 3-2 overtime victory over the visiting Nashville Predators on Tuesday gave the team its first two-game winning streak of the season.,"I would s...
No. 18 Miami looks to rebound, avenge '24 loss to Syracuse
Miami returns home to face Syracuse on Saturday in Miami Gardens, Fla., looking to keep its slim College Football Playoff hopes alive.,The No. 18 Hurricanes (6-2, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) are coming off a damaging 26-20 overtime loss at SMU, which considerably reduced the odds of them advancin...
Surging Bruins set for latest clash with Senators
Although first-year coach Marco Sturm did not want to say his team was turning a corner, the Boston Bruins' four-game winning streak has optimism soaring in advance of a home game against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday,The Bruins are coming off a 4-3 road victory over the New York Islanders on Tues...
No. 16 Vanderbilt can't afford stumble as Auburn hits reset
Vanderbilt was No. 16 in the first College Football Playoff ranking released Tuesday, accentuating an urgency on the heels of a narrow loss at 11th-ranked Texas. ,The Commodores (7-2, 3-2 SEC) realize their margin of error will be gone when they host Auburn on Saturday in Nashville. The same goes fo...
No. 9 Oregon tries to avoid upset at Iowa on path to CFP
A four-game stretch to end the regular season against four Big Ten teams currently with six wins each begins on Saturday for Oregon, which on Tuesday debuted at No. 9 in the College Football Playoff rankings.,The Ducks hope to avoid an upset the rest of the way and stay in the CFP field in December....
Penguins G Tristan Jarry (lower body) out at least 3 weeks
The Pittsburgh Penguins are off to an impressive start, but they will be without three key pieces for a few weeks due to injuries, including starting goaltender Tristan Jarry.,Jarry, 30, has a lower-body injury and will miss a minimum of three weeks. In seven starts this season, he is 5-2-0 with a 2...
Amanda Anisimova rallies past Iga Swiatek at WTA Finals
Amanda Anisimova rallied for a 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2 victory over Iga Swiatek of Poland on Wednesday to reach the semifinals of the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,The fourth-seeded Anisimova advanced to face No. 6 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, who beat Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 6-4 t...
No. 6 Ole Miss not focused on rankings ahead of Citadel matchup
Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said he wasn't looking ahead to the first CFP rankings that were released Tuesday night.,The Rebels (8-1) landed at No. 6 as they prepare for a non-conference game against The Citadel (4-5) on Saturday afternoon in Oxford, Miss.,"I really hadn't thought much about that," K...
No. 4 Alabama looking to revive run game against LSU
It seems illogical, like Utah having an NBA team called the Jazz or encouraging pitchers to give Shohei Ohtani a steady diet of fastballs.,Yet No. 4 Alabama finds itself in an unlikely predicament, given the program's history of generating a strong running attack, entering Saturday night's Southeast...
World Series Game 7 most-watched MLB game globally in 34 years
Game 7 of the World Series averaged 51 million viewers combined across the United States, Canada and Japan, making it the most-watched MLB game globally in 34 years, the league announced Wednesday.,Spanning back nearly three-and-a-half decades was Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, which pitted the Mi...
Kentucky's pass rush takes aim at DJ Lagway, Florida
Florida and Kentucky will square off on Saturday night in Lexington, Ky., with their head coaching positions either interim or tenuously held amid swirling rumors.,In a losing effort last Saturday in a season that has already seen the firing of coach Billy Napier, the Gators (3-5, 2-3 Southeastern C...
Longtime ACC powers Clemson, Florida State aim to get right
Clemson and Florida State largely have run the Atlantic Coast Conference of late, winning 13 of the last 14 conference championships between them.,When they meet Saturday in South Carolina, they'll be fighting for something far less significant: bowl eligibility.,The Tigers (3-5, 2-4 ACC) and visiti...
Ohio State focuses on wins -- not No. 1 ranking -- ahead of clash vs. Purdue
Ohio State has been playing like the top team in the country and will get its first opportunity to prove the College Football Playoff rankings were right when the No. 1 Buckeyes face Purdue on Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind.,The Buckeyes (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) received the top ranking in the ...
Report: Colorado demotes offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur
Colorado coach Deion Sanders demoted offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur following last month's lopsided setback to Utah, USA Today reported Wednesday.,Shurmur, a two-time former NFL head coach, was tabbed as Sanders' offensive coordinator eight games into the 2023 season. Now, he reportedly serves as...
Voters approve funding for Spurs' new downtown arena
The Spurs received critical approval from Bexar County voters Tuesday on a funding measure to bring a new $1.3 billion arena to downtown San Antonio.,About 52% of voters supported the measure to contribute $311 million to help fund a new venue at Hemisfair, the site of the 1968 World's Fair. The cou...
Braves exercise $18M option to retain LHP Chris Sale for 2026
The Atlanta Braves are exercising the $18 million team option in Chris Sale's contract to keep the left-hander in the fold for 2026. ,Sale was 7-5 with a 2.58 ERA in 2025 but spent 10 weeks on the injured list with a fractured ribcage. He had 165 strikeouts, including four nine-K games in five start...
No. 10 Notre Dame using time wisely ahead of clash vs. Navy
After losing back-to-back games to open the season, Notre Dame has clawed back into the College Football Playoff picture.,Just don't tell Fighting Irish coach Marcus Freeman about his team's No. 10 ranking.,Notre Dame (6-2) will get an opportunity to bolster its playoff credentials when it faces Nav...
No. 14 Virginia vies to avoid 'distraction,' prepares for Wake Forest
Picked 14th in the Atlantic Coast Conference preseason poll, first-place Virginia faces a clear path to the conference championship game as the only remaining unbeaten team in ACC play.,Ranked 14th in the first College Football Playoff poll released Tuesday, the Cavaliers (8-1, 5-0) will play two of...
With plenty of fanfare, No. 8 Texas Tech braces for No. 7 BYU
Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire noticed something different this week as he prepared for his team's high-stakes game against BYU in Lubbock, Texas.,A group of students were camped out near Texas Tech's stadium. They were waiting for ESPN's "College Football GameDay" broadcast to begin and for the gate...
No. 23 Washington plots to improve standing at Wisconsin's expense
No. 23 Washington will look to move into the upper echelon of the Big Ten standings on Saturday afternoon when it visits reeling Wisconsin in Madison, Wis.,Both the Huskies (6-2, 3-2) and Badgers (2-6, 0-5) were idle last week. Before the bye, Washington recorded a 42-25 victory over then-No. 23 Ill...