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Warriors G De’Anthony Melton (knee) set to return vs. 76ers
Golden State Warriors guard De'Anthony Melton is slated to make his season debut on Thursday night against the host Philadelphia 76ers.,Melton (knee) was no longer listed on the Wednesday injury report. ,Melton partially tore the ACL in his left knee during a game against the Dallas Mavericks on Nov...
Reports: LHP Anthony Kay returning to MLB with White Sox
Left-hander Anthony Kay and the Chicago White Sox have reached agreement on a two-year, $12 million contract, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.,Kay, 30, pitched in the majors for parts of five seasons before playing the last two years for the Yokohama BayStars in Japan. He sported a 1.74 E...
Ailing Warriors look to get on track vs. 76ers
The Golden State Warriors will be short-handed for Thursday's road game against the Philadelphia 76ers, but it remains to be determined exactly how undermanned they'll be.,Golden State coach Steve Kerr acknowledged Tuesday that the team will not have Steph Curry (left quad contusion and muscle strai...
Scottie Scheffler's ideal schedule: Playing the best players
No matter what future changes the PGA Tour makes or doesn't make to the schedule, World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler knows where he wants to be every week.,"At the end of the day I'm going to play where the best players are playing," Scheffler said on Wednesday. "I love competition, I love playing agains...
Eagles OC: 'Line was crossed' when vandals egged his home
Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo said criticism comes with the job but a "line was crossed" when his house was vandalized because his family was targeted.,Patullo spoke to the media Wednesday for the first time since the incident early Saturday morning, when vandals egged his ...
No. 17 Virginia and Duke chasing rare ACC championship
Whichever team comes out on top, we'll have a first-time Atlantic Coast Conference championship game winner this weekend.,No. 17 Virginia (10-2) has never won an outright ACC football title, last winning a share in 1995, a decade before the first ACC title game.,Unranked Duke (7-5) has won seven ACC...
Big Ten title, No. 1 playoff spot on line for Indiana, Ohio State
INDIANAPOLIS -- Never before in the 15-year history of the Big Ten Championship Game has there been more at stake than when No. 1 Ohio State plays No. 2 Indiana on Saturday.,This is the first time since its inception in 2011 that both teams enter the championship game undefeated with 12-0 overall ma...
Colt Knost elevated to CBS booth for 2026 PGA Tour season
Former PGA Tour player Colt Knost is moving from on-course reporter to the booth as an analyst for CBS Sports' golf coverage in 2026.,Knost, 40, replaces Ian Baker-Finch, who retired in August after 18 years with CBS. Knost will be in the booth with host Jim Nantz, lead analyst Trevor Immelman and f...
WBC strips Terence Crawford of belt for failing to pay fees
Terence Crawford is no longer boxing's undisputed super middleweight champion after the WBC stripped him of his belt on Wednesday for failing to pay sanctioning fees.,WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman claims Crawford did not pay the mandatory fees to the sanctioning body for two consecutive fights, in...
Penn State's signing day haul down to 2 players after decommitments
And then there were two.,A flurry of decommitments this week, including two Wednesday morning, left Penn State with just a single member of its Class of 2026 until a second one entered the fold Wednesday afternoon. ,The two members of the Nittany Lions' 2026 class are Jackson Ford, a 6-foot-4, 240-p...
Chiefs rookie LT Josh Simmons (wrist) headed to IR
Kansas City Chiefs rookie left tackle Josh Simmons underwent surgery on his wrist and is headed to injured reserve, head coach Andy Reid announced Wednesday.,Simmons appeared to sustain the injury last Thursday after running back Kareem Hunt's attempted chip block caught his teammate's wrist and pin...
Robert Kraft, Bill Belichick among 5 Hall of Fame finalists
Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft were reunited, sort of, on Wednesday, when the co-architects of the New England Patriots' dynasty were both named finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2026.,Belichick, 73, who guided the Patriots to six Super Bowl championships, is the finalist in th...
No. 3 Georgia out for revenge in SEC title game vs. No. 9 Alabama
It's not every year that a college football team has the opportunity to exact revenge after an early-season loss. No. 3 Georgia will have that chance Saturday when it faces No. 9 Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Championship in Atlanta.,Georgia (11-1) has rattled off eight straight wins since ...
Stars forward Tyler Seguin (ACL) likely out for season
Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin will be sidelined for months and possibly for the remainder of the season with a torn ACL in his right knee, head coach Glen Gulutzan announced on Wednesday.,Seguin sustained the injury after getting tangled up with Rangers defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov along the bo...
Georgia Tech, coach Brent Key agree to 5-year deal
Georgia Tech trustees approved a new five-year contract for football coach Brent Key on Wednesday. The contract runs through the 2030 season.,Financial terms were not disclosed.,The contract comes after the Yellow Jackets finished the regular season with a 9-3 record (6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference),...
New Spirit exec calls Trinity Rodman 'top priority'
New Washington Spirit president of soccer operations Haley Carter said her "top priority" is re-signing star forward Trinity Rodman.,Carter, introduced in her new role with the NWSL club on Wednesday, said she and team owner Michele Kang are on the same page with that overriding offseason objective....
Chiefs-Cowboys most-watched regular-season game in NFL history
The game between the Kansas City Chiefs and host Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day drew in an NFL regular-season record audience of 57.23 million viewers on CBS, the network announced on Wednesday.,Dak Prescott threw for two touchdowns to lead the Cowboys to a stirring 31-28 victory over the Patric...
Union acquire F Ezekiel Alladoh for club-record fee
The Philadelphia Union acquired forward Ezekiel Alladoh from Sweden's IF Brommapojkarna on Wednesday for a reported club-record transfer fee of $4.5 million.,The 20-year-old Ghanaian striker is under contract through 2028 with options for 2029 and 2030.,Alladoh recorded eight goals and one assist in...
Signing day notebook: No. 1 WR Chris Henry not yet signed with Ohio State
Chris Henry Jr., the No. 1 wide receiver in the 2026 class, recommitted to Ohio State on the opening day of the early signing period Wednesday but is not ready to sign the official paperwork yet.,Henry had been pledged to the Buckeyes since July 28, 2023, but recent chatter hinted he could flip to O...
5-star WR Calvin Russell delays signing with Syracuse
Five-star wide receiver Calvin Russell, committed to Syracuse since July, said he would not be signing on Wednesday, the opening day of the early signing period.,He made the announcement at the signing ceremony at his high school, Miami Northwestern in Florida.,"It's been a hard three or four days,"...