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Max Greyserman (hand) WDs from AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Max Greyserman withdrew from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am prior to the fourth round on Sunday due to a hand injury.,Greyserman was tied with Jordan Spieth in 77th place at 5-over-par 221 after he followed up a 70 and 72 with a 79 on Saturday in Pebble Beach, Calif.,Greyserman, 29, is 35th in the Off...
Virtus.pro among those to start strong in group play at IEM Katowice
Virtus.pro and Eternal Fire completed sweeps on Saturday to set up a meeting in the Group A upper-bracket semifinals of the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event in Poland. ,Both teams got through the upper-bracket quarterfinals with ease, with Virtus.pro topping G2 Esports 13-9 on Inferno and 16-14 ...
Wade Taylor IV (7 3-pointers) guides No. 13 Texas A&M past South Carolina
Wade Taylor IV scored 25 points thanks in large part to seven 3-pointers to lead No. 13 Texas A&M to a 76-72 grind-it-out win over South Carolina on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference clash in Columbia, S.C.,Texas A&M (17-5, 6-3 SEC) led by a baker's dozen just over one minute into the second hal...
No. 22 Texas Tech takes down No. 6 Houston at wire
Chance McMillian hit a pair of free throws with 14 seconds to play as short-handed No. 22 Texas Tech outlasted host Houston, ranked sixth in the nation, 82-81 in overtime in the Big 12 Conference slugfest on Saturday.,The Cougars had their 13-game winning streak snapped.,The Red Raiders (17-4, 8-2 B...
Out to avenge holiday loss, Celtics face undermanned Sixers
After the Boston Celtics lost at home to the Philadelphia 76ers on Christmas Day, Jayson Tatum was honest in his assessment that the defending champions had plenty of room for improvement., ,The Celtics have been inconsistent since that performance, although they have won five of seven heading into ...
Texas rolls to easy victory over LSU
Tre Johnson and Tramon Mark scored 18 points each to lead a balanced scoring effort and Texas pulled away in the second half to rout LSU 89-58 on Saturday in Baton Rouge, La.,Kadin Shedrick added 16 points and 10 rebounds and Arthur Kaluma scored 10 for the Longhorns (15-7, 4-5 SEC), who had a 58-33...
Viktor Hovland withdraws from next week's Phoenix Open
Viktor Hovland has withdrawn from next week's WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale in Arizona, the PGA Tour announced Saturday.,The PGA Tour did not cite a reason for the Norwegian's withdrawal.,Hovland was tied for 29th with 10 other players at 7 under heading into the third round at the Pebble Beach ...
WTA roundup: Finals set in Austria, Singapore
No. 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova reached her second consecutive final in Linz, Austria, on Saturday with a dominating 6-0, 6-4 win over top seed Karolina Muchova at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz.,Alexandrova, of Russia, needed just 73 minutes to beat the Czech and move to 4-1 in their head-to-head s...
Report: 3 more women accuse Ravens K Justin Tucker of misconduct
Three more massage therapists allege Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior during massage sessions, The Baltimore Banner reported Saturday.,The allegations follow a report published by The Banner on Thursday in which six other women made similar accusations.,...
FURIA squeeze into IEM Katowice group stage
FURIA Esports rallied for a 2-1 victory over Wildcard on Friday in the last upper-bracket second-round match at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice, earning a group-stage spot in Poland.,Four more teams -- BIG, Virtus.pro, Astralis and Team Liquid -- worked their way into the group stage by earning 2...
No. 13 Texas A&M aims to crash glass vs. struggling South Carolina
No. 13 Texas A&M aims to lean on its strengths and move up in the league standings when it battles struggling South Carolina on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference contest in Columbia, S.C., ,The Aggies (16-5, 5-3 SEC) have won three of their past four games, including a gritty 75-68 decision at h...
No. 6 Houston leans on top-tier defense as No. 22 Texas Tech visits
No. 6 Houston is seeking its 14th straight win on Saturday as it plays host to No. 22 Texas Tech.,Houston (17-3, 9-0 Big 12) hasn't lost since a 73-70 overtime defeat to San Diego State in Las Vegas on Nov. 30. The Cougars managed to win their last four nonconference games and have taken advantage o...
Three Surprise NBA Trades That Could Go Down at Trade Deadline
These three surprise NBA trades could go down at the trade deadline on February 6th, including De'Aaron Fox and Jimmy Butler going on the move....
Sixers ride win streak into matchup vs. struggling Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets and Philadelphia 76ers are in very different moods entering a Friday night showdown in Philadelphia.,The Nuggets (28-19) have lost three games in a row, while the Sixers have won four straight. That disparity sets up an intriguing matchup between two teams that played a lopsided g...
Reports: RHP Max Scherzer joining Blue Jays on 1-year, $15.5M deal
The Toronto Blue Jays are signing eight-time All-Star right-hander Max Scherzer to a one-year, $15.5 million contract, according to multiple reports on Thursday.,Scherzer, 40, is a three-time Cy Young Award winner who became a free agent after an injury-plagued 2024 season with the Texas Rangers. He...
Star-laden Nashville group submits bid for expansion franchise
A group including Candace Parker, Peyton Manning, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill submitted a bid on Thursday to bring a WNBA expansion franchise to Nashville.,Former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, who is slated to become the majority owner of the NHL's Nashville Predators in July, and his wife Crissy would ...
Three teams secure advancement at IEM Katowice
Eternal Fire, 3DMAX and GamerLegion nabbed the first three play-in berths into the group stage of the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event on Thursday in Poland.,Eternal Fire defeated HEROIC, 3DMAX beat MIBR and GamerLegion knocked off paiN Gaming -- all by 2-0 scores -- in the second round of the p...
Semi-retired Lexi Thompson to play in Founders Cup
It didn't take long for Lexi Thompson to make her return to the LPGA Tour after announcing her retirement from full-time competition last year.,Thompson, 29, will compete in the Founders Cup next week in Bradenton, Fla., according to the field list for the tournament.,Thompson qualified because she ...
Denver to join NWSL as 16th franchise in 2026
The National Women's Soccer League officially announced on Thursday that Denver will join the league as its 16th team in 2026.,"As the NWSL continues its rapid growth, we knew it was critical to launch our 16th team in a city with a passionate sports culture and vibrant fan base -- and Denver is the...
HEROIC comes back for opening win at IEM Katowice
HEROIC rallied for a 2-1 victory over Team Liquid on Wednesday as the play-in bracket for the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event got underway in Poland.,Sixteen teams are competing in the double-elimination play-in bracket, chasing eight spots in the group stage of the $1 million Counter-Strike: G...