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Knicks, Cavaliers tip off NBA's five-game Christmas slate
There are few sturdier NBA traditions than the New York Knicks playing on Christmas Day.,The Knicks hope a pair of familiar faces make it back for the customary clash Thursday when New York hosts the Cleveland Cavaliers to tip off the NBA's five-game holiday slate.,Both teams played Tuesday night, w...
With elimination looming, Ravens' Lamar Jackson misses practice
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson missed practice Wednesday with a back injury, putting his availability in question for Saturday's road game against the Green Bay Packers.,Jackson was knocked out of Sunday's 28-24 loss to the New England Patriots with a back injury in the second quarter.,T...
Raiders place TE Brock Bowers, S Jeremy Chinn on IR
The Las Vegas Raiders placed tight end Brock Bowers and safety Jeremy Chinn on season-ending injured reserve Wednesday.,The Raiders (2-13) are on a nine-game losing streak with two games remaining at home against the New York Giants (2-13) on Sunday and the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 18.,Bowers has ...
CFP ratings plummet 7% as games opposite NFL struggle again
While college football is big business, the NFL remains king as more evidence arrived from last weekend's television ratings.,Even the first round of the College Football Playoff last Friday and Saturday struggled to compete against opposing NFL regular-season games on the airwaves.,The four first-r...
Report: Raiders placing Brock Bowers, Jeremy Chinn on IR
The Las Vegas Raiders are placing tight end Brock Bowers and safety Jeremy Chinn on season-ending injured reserve, ESPN reported Wednesday.,The Raiders (2-13) are on a nine-game losing streak with two games remaining at home against the New York Giants on Sunday and the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 18...
Deer Valley World Cup races moved due to warm weather
World Cup freestyle skiing competition scheduled for January is relocating from the western United States to the northeast because of what U.S. Ski & Snowboard called unseasonably warm weather.,The Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, had been scheduled to host the aerials, moguls and dual moguls ...
In role reversal, Chiefs look to play spoiler vs. Broncos
Late December has arrived and the Kansas City Chiefs are playing out the string while the Denver Broncos are focused on grabbing the No. 1 seed in the AFC.,It is a major change of the script as the Broncos look to protect their AFC West lead when they visit the Chiefs on Thursday for a Christmas nig...
Avalanche blank Mammoth to win 13th straight at home
Scott Wedgewood turned away 32 shots to earn his second shutout of the season as the surging Colorado Avalanche beat the Utah Mammoth 1-0 on Tuesday night in Denver.,Samuel Girard scored an unassisted goal for Colorado, which has won 13 straight at home and has earned at least one point in all 17 ho...
Oilers' Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid overwhelm Flames
Leon Draisaitl scored a hat trick and Connor McDavid added five assists as the Edmonton Oilers upended the visiting Calgary Flames 5-1 on Tuesday night.,Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman also scored for the Oilers, who improved to 8-2-1 both overall and in their past 11 meetings with the Flames. Ed...
Steven Stamkos' OT goal lifts Predators over Wild
Steven Stamkos scored 53 seconds into overtime to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Stamkos finished with a goal and an assist for Nashville, which achieved its first three-game winning streak of the season. Ryan O'Reilly also not...
Anthony Edwards, Julius Randle lead Wolves past short-handed Knicks
Anthony Edwards scored 38 points and Julius Randle logged 17 of his 25 in the fourth quarter as the Minnesota Timberwolves took down the New York Knicks 115-104 on Tuesday in Minneapolis.,Rudy Gobert added 11 points and 16 rebounds as the Timberwolves won for the 10th time in 12 games.,The Knicks pl...
Cooper Flagg (33), Mavs halt Nuggets' road win streak
Cooper Flagg finished with a game-high 33 points along with nine rebounds and nine assists and Anthony Davis added 31 points and nine rebounds to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 126-121 win over the visiting Denver Nuggets on Tuesday.,Naji Marshall scored 15 points, Ryan Nembhard chipped in 11 points...
Nine Cavs hit double figures during blowout of Pelicans
Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points and Sam Merrill tied his season high with 22 points and made six 3-pointers as the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled away for a 141-118 victory over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday.,Cleveland, which has scored at least 30 points in six consecutive quarters, ha...
Adam Pelech collects game-winner for Islanders against Devils
Adam Pelech scored the game-winning goal with 1:15 left Tuesday night for the New York Islanders, who edged the New Jersey Devils 2-1 in Elmont, N.Y.,The Islanders' Anders Lee and Mathew Barzal swapped the puck while skating through the neutral zone before Lee dished to Simon Holmstrom, whose shot f...
San Diego State challenges No. 25 North Texas' historic season in New Mexico Bowl
No. 25 North Texas looks to cap the best season in program history by breaking a baffling bowl jinx when it squares off with dangerous San Diego State on Saturday afternoon in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, N.M.,The game will be a clash of strengths, with the Mean Green (11-2) boasting one of t...
Villanova's 16-0 second-half run sinks Seton Hall
Acaden Lewis had a game-high 16 points and Villanova used a 16-point run early in the second half to fuel a 64-56 road victory over Seton Hall on Tuesday night in Newark, N.J., ,The Wildcats (10-2, 1-0 Big East) prevailed in head coach Kevin Willard's first return to New Jersey to face Seton Hall, w...
Jordan Love (concussion protocol) participates in Packers walk-through
Starting quarterback Jordan Love was a limited participant in the Green Bay Packers' practice on Tuesday, the maximum he was allowed to do while in the concussion protocol.,Love left Saturday's overtime loss to the Chicago Bears in the second quarter when he took a helmet-to-helmet blow from the Bea...
Chandler Morris, No. 19 Virginia take aim at short-handed Missouri in Gator Bowl
No. 19 Virginia can reach 11 wins for the first time in the program's 122nd season with a victory against Missouri in the Gator Bowl on Saturday night in Jacksonville, Fla.,The Cavaliers (10-3) tied the 1989 school record for wins by defeating rival Virginia Tech on Nov. 29 before losing to unranked...
No. 21 Houston rising, LSU regrouping ahead of Texas Bowl
LSU and No. 21 Houston enter the Texas Bowl from vastly different positions., ,The Tigers (7-5) are going through a head-coaching transition, adjusting to opt-outs from key players and finishing out a disappointing season., ,The Cougars (9-3) are building stability in head coach Willie Fritz's secon...
No. 12 BYU, No. 22 Georgia Tech miss CFP, set for Pop-Tarts Bowl
Two blowout losses to Texas Tech prevented BYU from being a participant in the College Football Playoff.,The No. 12 Cougars (11-2) now look to set aside the disappointment when they face No. 22 Georgia Tech (9-3) in the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando on Saturday.,Being part of the playoffs would have bee...