By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are the top two teams in the hunt for an NFC wild card and are still holding on to hopes to compete for division championships. Detroit hosts Dallas on Thursday night and the winner will improve its position in ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Six of the nine Bowl Subdivision conference championship games will be rematches of regular-season meetings, and while coaches often talk about the difficulty of having to beat a team twice in the same year, there have been more sweeps than splits in ...
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer Elden Campbell, a center who played 15 seasons in the NBA — including nine with the Los Angeles Lakers — and later won a championship with the Detroit Pistons, has died. He was 57. Campbell's family informed the Pistons of the death, telling the team that he ...
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson will practice for the first time this year with the Cleveland Browns on Wednesday, opening the 21-day window for the quarterback to return to the lineup. His practice time will not count against the 53-player active roster. Watson is eligible to be activated ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined the Philadelphia 76ers $100,000 for violating injury reporting rules concerning Joel Embiid. The 76ers failed to accurately disclose Embiid's availability before Sunday's game against the Atlanta Hawks. Embiid was initially listed as out but ended up playing. ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer The conference championship games are upon us, providing the College Football Playoff committee one last look at contenders for the 12-team field and requiring anxious coaches and players on bubble teams to keep the antacids handy. The Big Ten will be ...
By ANDREW DESTIN AP Sports Writer Friday's meeting between UNLV and Boise State in the Mountain West Conference title game will mark the fifth time in three seasons these two teams play one another, and the third time in as many years it's in the championship game. It also might be the last ...
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin and Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza each have one prize in mind for their showdown this weekend in Indianapolis: a Big Ten championship. It's another one — Heisman Trophy winner — that will ...
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer All those millions of dollars Texas Tech spent in the transfer portal seem to be paying off this season. The transfers, especially on the defensive front, have help transform the Red Raiders into one of the nation's top defenses. They have a chance to win ...
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Some fans brought signs supporting Golden Knights goalie Carter Hart, and the Vegas crowd generally welcomed him from the moment he skated onto the ice. Hart, one of five 2018 Canada world junior hockey players acquitted of sexual assault ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers have been struggling lately, losing several games and finding themselves at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. They've lost three straight overall and four in a row at home. The team is missing key players because ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — AJ Dybantsa and Keba Keita each scored 22 points to lead No. 9 BYU to a 91-60 victory over California Baptist on Wednesday night. Keita added 14 rebounds to help the Cougars (7-1) win their fourth straight neutral-site game — though this one was played in their home ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — JJ Peterka had two goals and two asssists, Karel Vejmelka stopped 27 shots for his first shutout of the season, and the Utah Mammoth beat the Anaheim Ducks 7-0 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game skid. Clayton Keller had a goal and two assists, Ian Cole added a goal ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA fined the Philadelphia 76ers $100,000 for violating league injury reporting rules regarding Joel Embiid. The 76ers failed to accurately disclose the game availability status of Embiid prior to Sunday's contest against the Atlanta Hawks. Embiid was listed as out in ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers doesn't see the need to dip into his greatest hits to put things in perspective for the slumping Pittsburgh Steelers. The quarterback who famously told everyone in Green Bay — his teammates included — to "R-E-L-A-X" after a sluggish start, has no plans to ...
Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft, two of the key pillars in the New England Patriots' dynasty, were picked as finalists for the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. Belichick was picked as the coaching candidate and Kraft was picked as the contributor in results announced on Wednesday. Three ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — South Florida has hired Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline as the program's seventh head football coach. Hartline replaces Alex Golesh, who left for Auburn last week. "Brian Hartline was our clear-cut first choice to lead our football program into the most ...
The quarterback matchup between Indiana's Fernando Mendoza and Ohio State's Julian Sayin is commanding most of the attention going into the Big Ten Championship Game. However, Saturday night's matchup also features the nation's top two ranked scoring defenses. The Buckeyes lead the Football ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Deni Avdija scored 27 points, Caleb Love and Shaedon Sharpe added 20 apiece off the bench and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a three-game losing streak, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-110 on Wednesday night. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 33 points, and Evan ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Tyler Toffoli had two goals and two assists as the San Jose Sharks defeated the Utah Mammoth 6-3 on Monday night. Will Smith also scored twice for San Jose, giving him 12 goals this season. He added an assist. Pavol Regenda scored in his Sharks debut, and Adam ...