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The Minnesota Wild might have found something of a spark and will put it to the test against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday at Raleigh, N.C.,The

Miami returns home to face Syracuse on Saturday in Miami Gardens, Fla., looking to keep its slim College Football Playoff hopes alive.,The No. 18 Hurr

Although first-year coach Marco Sturm did not want to say his team was turning a corner, the Boston Bruins' four-game winning streak has optimism soar

The Broncos host the Raiders on Thursday Night Football as Denver's explosive home offense looks to stay hot. See why betting on the team total has va

Vanderbilt was No. 16 in the first College Football Playoff ranking released Tuesday, accentuating an urgency on the heels of a narrow loss at 11th-ra

Clemson and Florida State largely have run the Atlantic Coast Conference of late, winning 13 of the last 14 conference championships between them.,Whe

Ohio State has been playing like the top team in the country and will get its first opportunity to prove the College Football Playoff rankings were ri

Major League Soccer suspended Inter Miami star forward Luis Suarez for Saturday's key playoff match against Nashville SC.,Suarez received the one-matc

Colorado coach Deion Sanders demoted offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur following last month's lopsided setback to Utah, USA Today reported Wednesday.,

The Spurs received critical approval from Bexar County voters Tuesday on a funding measure to bring a new $1.3 billion arena to downtown San Antonio.,

The Atlanta Braves are exercising the $18 million team option in Chris Sale's contract to keep the left-hander in the fold for 2026. ,Sale was 7-5 wit

LIV Golf's move to 72-hole events beginning in 2026 has been widely speculated as an attempt to gain Official World Golf Ranking points, but Rory McIl

The Kansas City Chiefs-Buffalo Bills game this past Sunday drew an average of 30.8 million viewers on CBS, making it the second-most-watched NFL game

Ohio State tops the first College Football Playoff rankings, but ACC fans aren't happy. Breaking down the biggest winners, losers, and surprises.

Tonight's NHL slate is light, but value remains. Betting picks for Kraken vs. Sharks, Leafs, and Canucks with stats and plus-money plays.

After losing back-to-back games to open the season, Notre Dame has clawed back into the College Football Playoff picture.,Just don't tell Fighting Iri

Picked 14th in the Atlantic Coast Conference preseason poll, first-place Virginia faces a clear path to the conference championship game as the only r

Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire noticed something different this week as he prepared for his team's high-stakes game against BYU in Lubbock, Texas.,A gr

No. 23 Washington will look to move into the upper echelon of the Big Ten standings on Saturday afternoon when it visits reeling Wisconsin in Madison,

No. 3 Texas A&M can take another step toward landing a high seed in the College Football Playoff when it faces No. 22 Missouri on Saturday afternoon a

No. 19 Southern California will begin its closing four-game stretch of the season in the thick of both the Big Ten Conference championship and College

Wyatt Johnston got the shootout winner and had three assists to give the host Dallas Stars a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tues

Wyatt Johnston got the shootout winner and had three assists to give the host Dallas Stars a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tues

The Miami Heat started their four-game road trip with consecutive losses but can finish with two wins when they face the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday n

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points with 12 rebounds against his former team and Isaiah Joe added 22 as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder remain

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- In the moments after Kyle Larson and his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team celebrated his milestone second career NASCAR Cup Series

Jasper Floyd tied a career high with 25 points as West Virginia withstood some shaky moments in coach Ross Hodge's debut, doing enough to earn a 70-54

Adrian Kempe scored the eventual game-winner and Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves as the Los Angeles Kings blanked the visiting Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Tuesda

Isaiah Evans scored a career-high 23 points and got some offensive help as No. 6 Duke defeated Texas 75-60 in the season opener for both teams Tuesday

Oregon missed floor general and main scoring threat Jackson Shelstad but found a way to pull out a 60-59 season-opening victory over Hawaii on Tuesday

Cutter Gauthier recorded his first career hat trick and added an assist as the host Anaheim Ducks claimed their fourth consecutive victory, trouncing

The Royals and catcher Salvador Perez agreed on a new two-year contract Tuesday to keep the franchise icon in Kansas City through the 2027 season.,Con

Attacking midfielder Olivia Moultrie has signed a four-year contract extension with the Portland Thorns, the club announced on Tuesday.,Moultrie, who

Winners of 11 straight games against Chicago, the Vancouver Canucks look to make it a dominant dozen when the Blackhawks visit on Wednesday.,The 11 co

Sophomore Collin Chandler scored 11 of his career-best 15 points in the second half as Kentucky pulled away for a 77-51 win over Nicholls on Tuesday t

Meechie Johnson scored 14 points in his first game back with South Carolina after a year away and the Gamecocks used balanced scoring in a 91-72 victo

Detroit Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty exercised his $20 million player option on Tuesday, electing to stick with the club as opposed to possibly b

Feverish interest in Game 7 of the World Series produced giant ratings for Fox Sports, which revealed Tuesday that 27.3 million viewers across the Uni

In the past, the Seattle Kraken almost faced a home-ice disadvantage.,In their first four seasons after joining the NHL as an expansion franchise in 2

Ja Morant's relationship with the Memphis Grizzlies continues to deteriorate after his suspension and public comments. Could this growing tension lead

No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic outlasted Alejandro Tabilo 7-6 (3), 6-1 in the Round of 16 at the Hellenic Championship on Tuesday in Athens.,In a neat coin

A pair of early-season Western Conference powers will meet Wednesday when the San Antonio Spurs visit the Los Angeles Lakers.,Only the defending leagu

The New York Jets traded Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams to stockpile draft picks, setting up for a franchise-changing 2026 and 2027. Here's why th

The Miami Heat started their four-game road trip with consecutive losses but can finish with two wins when they face the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday n

Having had time to reflect on the bitter disappointment of their last outing, the Columbus Blue Jackets kick off a four-game Western road trip against

The New England Revolution are set to appoint Marko Mitrovic as their next head coach, multiple reports said on Monday.,The hiring would end a search

The Memphis Grizzlies play host to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday but find themselves mired in a three-game losing skid with an unhappy superstar.,G

Trades hit fast and furious at the NFL trade deadline, driven by contenders losing daylight and the overwhelming taste of disappointment in New York.

Coming off a bounce-back 2025 season, Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story is opting into his contract and returning to Boston in 2026, according to

The New Orleans Saints traded offensive lineman and former first-round draft pick Trevor Penning to the Los Angeles Chargers ahead of the NFL trade de