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Nebraska wants to avoid late-season spiral with Northwestern on deck
Nebraska wants to stop its losing streak before it begins.,The Cornhuskers will tip off against Northwestern in a Big Ten Conference matchup on Sunday afternoon in Evanston, Ill. It will be the first game for Nebraska since it lost 83-75 to No. 25 Maryland on Thursday.,The loss snapped a string of f...
With NCAA Tourney hopes fading, Oregon set to host dynamic Rutgers
Looking to boost its NCAA Tournament resume and win consecutive games for the first time since Jan. 9 and 12, the Oregon men's basketball team hosts Rutgers on Sunday afternoon in Eugene.,The Ducks (17-8, 6-8 Big Ten) have seen a dream start to their season fade after six losses in seven games knock...
Providence snaps 4-game skid at Villanova's expense
Jayden Pierre sank five 3-pointers en route to a game-high 19 points as Providence broke a four-game losing streak with a 75-62 win over visiting Big East rival Villanova on Saturday night.,The Friars (12-14, 6-9 Big East) shot 52.3 percent from the floor, including 13 of 27 from distance.,Bensley J...
Patrick Rodgers, Denny McCarthy pursue 1st PGA Tour win at Genesis
SAN DIEGO -- While golfers with grander resumes struggled to keep pace, a pair of veteran non-winners moved to the top of the leaderboard Saturday in the third round of the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines.,Despite a bogey on the par-5 18th hole when he put his third shot in the only water hazar...
No. 3 Duke continues roll, crushing Stanford
Tyrese Proctor scored 23 points and No. 3 Duke ran away from visiting Stanford for a 106-70 romp on Saturday in Durham, N.C.,Cooper Flagg chipped in with 19 points and six assists and Khaman Maluach racked up 17 points on 8-for-9 shooting for Duke (22-3, 14-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), which shot 6...
Xavier dominates over injury-riddled DePaul
Zach Freemantle scored 19 points and hauled in nine rebounds while Dailyn Swain added 17 to lead host Xavier to an 85-68 Big East win over injury-depleted DePaul Saturday in Cincinnati.,Swain added seven rebounds and eight assists while Ryan Conwell and Dayvion McKnight each had 14 points to lead a ...
Auburn No. 1, SEC dominant in Top 16 bracket preview
With a month before Selection Sunday, the Division I Men's Basketball Committee unveiled its top 16 teams Saturday on the Bracket Preview Show, and the list was dominated by the Southeastern Conference, as expected.,Three of the top four seeds -- No. 1 Auburn, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Duke and No. 4 Flo...
Amanda Anisimova captures biggest win of career in Doha
Amanda Anisimova won her first WTA 1000-level title on Saturday, defeating Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-4, 6-3 at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open.,It was the first final in Doha to have two players ranked outside the top 30 and capped a stellar week for both players.,Per OptaAce, Anisimova is the first...
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner agrees to 3-month doping ban
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner has agreed to a three-month ban from tennis for violating anti-doping rules, effectively immediately.,Sinner, who won the Australian Open last month, was sanctioned in August with minimal penalty after two positive tests for clostebol, a banned anabolic steroid. At the time...
Derik Queen, No. 25 Maryland flying high with Iowa next
Derik Queen played like a king Thursday night.,When the freshman center leads his No. 25 Maryland Terrapins into a Big Ten Conference game against Iowa in College Park, Md., on Sunday, he figures to be on top of the Hawkeyes' scouting report.,Queen is coming off a monster performance in an 83-75 win...
Spurs, Manchester United search for change in fortunes
Backsliding Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur will both be looking for a momentum-changing result when they meet on Sunday in North London.,United (8-11-5, 29 points) and Spurs (8-13-3, 27 points) find themselves in 13th and 14th place in the Premier League, respectively, amid simultaneous woe...
Napheesa Collier claims Unrivaled one-on-one title
Napheesa Collier clinched the Unrivaled one-on-one tournament in a most fitting fashion.,The forward, who is the reigning WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, shut out Washington Mystics forward Aaliyah Edwards 8-0 in the deciding game of the best-of-three final on Friday night in Medley, Fla.,Collier...
No. 14 Memphis aims to build on AAC lead vs. Wichita State
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway reached a milestone Thursday night -- his 150th career victory.,"What a great 6 1/2 years for me, as far as all the talent that I've had and the coaches I've had, to be at 150," Hardaway said following the 80-65 win at South Florida. "Thank God for the opportunity. I've ...
NTMR, Timeless part of 4-way tie atop OCS NA Stage 1
NTMR and Timeless are among four teams tied atop the standings for the Overwatch Champions Series' North American Stage 1 after opening Week 3 with victories on Friday.,NTMR swept Avidity 3-0 while Timeless defeated Amplify 3-1, keeping the latter as the only winless team in the competition. Both vi...
Ohio State eyes role as disrupter vs. No. 20 Michigan
Even casual fans know that records don't matter when Ohio State and Michigan play, in any sport.,Mere months ago, the unranked Michigan football team, a three-touchdown underdog, stunned the Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio. The Buckeyes then ran off four straight victories, all by double-digit margins, t...
No. 9 St. John’s, No. 24 Creighton vie for Big East lead
No. 9 St. John's and No. 24 Creighton will battle for the Big East lead on Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden in New York.,Both teams have been reminded this week of the thin line between euphoria and disappointment, as both will be looking to rebound from rare losses.,The Red Storm last play...
Broncos hire Darren Rizzi as AHC, special teams coordinator
Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton added a familiar face to his staff on Friday, hiring former New Orleans Saints interim head coach Darren Rizzi as assistant head coach and special teams coordinator. ,Rizzi, 54, served as special teams coordinator on Payton's staff from 2019-21, when both were w...
Kansas State, BYU collide as they climb Big 12 ranks
There are still seven games remaining in the regular season, but Saturday's clash in Provo, Utah, between Kansas State and BYU could go a long way in determining who escapes having to play in the first round of the Big 12 tournament.,Kansas State and BYU are holding down spots in the top eight of th...
Davis Thompson leads Scottie Scheffler by a hair at Genesis
Davis Thompson birdied his final hole to finish off a 6-under-par 66 and take a one-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler at the halfway mark of the Genesis Invitational on Friday in San Diego.,At 8 and 7 under, respectively, Thompson and Scheffler will comprise the final pairing on Saturday at Torrey Pi...
Arizona State, TCU battling their way through difficult stretches
Arizona State, which came close to upsetting No. 12 Texas Tech this week, hosts a TCU team that has won three of its last four games on Saturday in Tempe, Ariz.,The Sun Devils (12-12, 3-10 Big 12) have lost four consecutive games and nine of their last 11 games amid injury concerns. Arizona State at...