INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State star wide receivers Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate remain available as the Buckeyes meet Indiana in the Big Ten championship game on Dec. 6. Smith and Tate, who returned...
Texas Tech football defensive coach Shiel Wood on Jacob Rodriguez Linebacker Jacob Rodriguez is in Heisman Trophy conversation. Defensive coordinator Shiel Wood was asked what...
College football Power Four title picks and top Group of Five contender Before the Snap looks at who’s poised to win the Power Four leagues and which Group of Five program could emerge as the top contender. A Power Four conference champion will be determined tonight — though depending on the result, the winner of the game may not come with a College Football Playoff berth. The 2025 ACC football season will wrap up on Saturday, Dec. 6 with the league's championship game between No. 16 Virginia (No. Читать дальше...
Texas Tech football LBs Jacob Rodriguez, Ben Roberts, John Curry Texas Tech football scored 4 touchdowns off 5 turnovers in a 43-20 victory at Kansas State. LBs Jacob Rodriguez, Ben Roberts, John Curry led the way. ARLINGTON — The most outstanding player award winner of the Big 12 championship game wasn't feeling so great midway through the first quarter. Ben Roberts suffered a lower-abdominal injury on the Texas Tech football team's first defensive series. For the rest of the first half, he was out of the game... Читать дальше...
Luka Doncic was removed from the team’s status report entering Sunday’s game at Philadelphia after the Lakers superstar and his fiancee announced the birth of their second child on Saturday. Doncic has...
WATCH Concord football game-winning field goal in IHSAA regional final Nathan Potter drills a 48-yyard field goal to win an IHSAA Class 5A football regional title for Concord over Lafayette Jeff, 47-45. The Indiana Football Coaches Association (IFCA) announced its Top-50 All-State, Senior All-State and Junior All-State selections Saturday morning. In total, 38 players across 15 schools were honored, including Ball State commit and Concord senior...
BOISE, Idaho — The immediate reward for Gloria Nevarez’s stewardship of the Mountain West through the turbulent waters of conference realignment is a new contract that will run through 2030. But a potentially sturdy outlook could mean the real bounty might come with an opportunity to enjoy a period of relative stability after her first three years on the job coincided with some of the wildest times in college sports history. “I think chaos might be our new normal,” Nevarez said Friday before crowning... Читать дальше...
Doug Fleming is a quick study when it comes to sports betting. The longtime Michigan high school basketball coach entered his first football handicapping contest in Las Vegas six years ago when he was in town for a travel team tournament. “Coming out there for summer basketball was what really started it,” he said. Fleming, 64, recently won the inaugural SuperContest College football contest, finishing a sizzling 65-31-2 against the spread to top a field of 1,080 entries and turn his $500 entry fee into $216,000 in prize money. Читать дальше...
There’s never going to be a perfect game, but coach Bruce Cassidy will be pleased if the Golden Knights can play 45 to 50 minutes of good hockey. They got that Friday night. Doing it again Sunday will put them in the best stretch of their season. The Knights will try to match their seasonlong four-game win streak Sunday when they visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. It’s sometimes customary to see the Knights with multiple winning streaks by December, but it’s been tough sledding since starting the year 5-0-2. Читать дальше...
ANAHEIM –– The Ducks have spent seven years outside the postseason looking in and the Chicago Blackhawks haven’t qualified for a traditional Stanley Cup Playoffs in eight campaigns. But in 2025-26, they have both moved from the NHL’s basement to its penthouse suite. The two ascendant clubs will square off Sunday at Honda Center to conclude their season series. That’ll mean Leo Carlsson lining up opposite Connor Bedard, with the two 20-year-old centermen evolving from Calder Trophy contention two years ago to vying for Art Ross accolades. Читать дальше...
LOS ANGELES — Punctuated by a pair of 2026 FIFA World Cup appearances by the U.S. men’s national team, SoFi Stadium will host eight countries in 13 days during group stage play at the Inglewood venue. FIFA on Saturday revealed the tournament schedule one day after the global soccer body conducted the 48-team draw in Washington D.C. Joining the U.S. and Paraguay – opponents for the opening match at SoFi on June 12 – are Belgium, Switzerland, Iran and New Zealand. Two more nations will earn a berth following the UEFA playoffs in March. Читать дальше...
The Southern California News Group (SCNG) has reporters ready to take you through Saturday night’s high school football action in the finals of the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs. We have previews of the top games in each area. Our reporters will keep you on top of the action by providing live updates. And at the end of the night, we’ll have game stories, a complete list of scores, photos and more. We have done that every week of the season — and we’ll keep doing it through next week’s CIF State championships. Читать дальше...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lionel Messi’s legacy was long secured when he came to Inter Miami and joined Major League Soccer. He’d won a World Cup, won dozens of trophies, was generally considered the greatest player in the sport’s history. He didn’t need an MLS Cup. But he wanted one – and got it. Messi and Inter Miami have completed their ascent, beating the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 on Saturday in the MLS Cup final for the franchise’s first championship. It came 2½ years after the legend arrived in South Florida... Читать дальше...
Questionable. That was the Chargers’ final assessment of quarterback Justin Herbert’s availability for their game against the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night at SoFi Stadium. Herbert was listed as a limited participant for their final practice Saturday morning in El Segundo. Herbert threw passes, but he did not take direct snaps from under center during individual drills, the portion of practice open for reporters’ observation, during a week of preparation. His surgically stabilized left... Читать дальше...
Mohamed Salah cast doubt on his Liverpool future on Saturday, saying he felt like he's been “thrown under the bus” by the Premier League champion. ......
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 in the MLS Cup Final Saturday, the first for both the player and club. ......
Cal State Fullerton’s Nicole Steiner made two free throws with 3.4 seconds remaining and Hawaii couldn’t get a final shot off after a timeout as the Titans defeated the Rainbow Wahine 82-80 today at Titan Gym in Fullerton, Calif. ......
Ava Moffett knew what she was getting into before the girls tennis season ever began back in August. The Burlington High School senior rose to the occasion, both in singles and doubles. With Anna Buxton, the Grayhounds’ No. 1 singles player last spring, graduated, Moffett slid into the top spot after playing No. 2 singles last year. It was a seamless transition. Moffett not only...
CARTHAGE, Ill. — Nolan Murphy has an unbridled passion for golf. Murphy’s mother, Christine, coaches golf at Illini West High School. His older brother, Jackson, was a stellar golfer during his time with the Chargers. Nolan Murphy, a sophomore at Illini West, has taken it to another level. Nolan Murphy eats, sleeps and drinks golf. When he’s not playing golf, he’s either watching it or reading about it, looking for every possible way to improve his game. It...
For the last four years, Jalyiah Gardner has been the face of Keokuk High School wrestling. During that time, Gardner made four trips to the state tournament, culminating in a Class 1A state runner-up finish last season. Gardner put Keokuk girls wrestling on the map. She set the standard for all future Chiefs to strive for. Gardner graduated,...
Keokuk High School has long been known for its top-notch bowling. This year figures to be no different. The Keokuk girls are coming off a Class 2A state team championship last year, while the boys have nearly everyone back except Pray Lawson, who qualified for state as an individual last season. Hope Duver, in her second season as head coach, is hoping the experience from last year will give her and the Chiefs a head start this season. “We have a little more experience on the girls side than the boys,” Duver said. Читать дальше...
KEOKUK — Addalyn Worster was not only a trend setter for Keokuk High School girls swimming, she rewrote the school’s record book. And she did it on one leg. The Keokuk senior didn’t let that stop her. In fact, it motivated her. Worster became perhaps the most decorated athlete in Keokuk High School history. She has eight individual state championships and four state team paraswimming championships in her four years swimming in the para division at the...
Will Luttenegger scored 19 points and Max Griffin added 15 points to lead the Mediapolis High School boys basketball team to a 58-55 victory over West Burlington in an SEI Super Conference South Division game on Friday at the Vernon "Bud" McLearn Court in Mediapolis. It was the Bulldogs' first victory over the Falcons since 2018. Henry Luttenegger added 13 points for the Bulldogs, while Brayton DeLang added nine points and Brock Spear contributed two points. Ayden Figuereo lead the...
Keokuk High School has had many great wrestlers through the year. The way coach Tom Rose sees it, it’s time for the Chiefs to put together a great team. With 11 freshmen and sophomores on the roster and just two seniors, Rose sees a bright future ahead. Now, it’s just a matter of withstanding a few bumps in the...
It was a tough battle on the court between Burlington and Mount Pleasant boys basketball teams for most of the first quarter. Then the speed and pace of the Grayhounds distanced themselves from the Panthers for a 59-42 win Friday night at Carl...