By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Coen Carr had nine of his 15 points in the second half after Jeremy Fears Jr. scored 10 of his 14 points in the first half, helping No. 7 Michigan State remain unbeaten with a 71-52 win over Iowa on Tuesday night in the Big Ten ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Ole Miss lost a coach and moved up a spot anyway. Notre Dame didn't lose a thing but the Irish fell. The release Tuesday of the latest College Football Playoff rankings produced its fair share of eye-openers and head-scratchers — plenty to talk about ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL has sent a memo to its teams about a rule that requires certain players to wear helmets in pregame warmups. The memo was sent to all 32 clubs on Tuesday night. All players who debuted in the 2019-20 season or later are required ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech has reached an agreement on a new contract with coach Joey McGuire only days before the fifth-ranked Red Raiders play in the Big 12 championship game, and then almost certainly the 12-team College Football Playoff. The school said Tuesday that the deal will ...
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DENTON, Texas (AP) — North Texas has named Neal Brown as its new head coach, to replace Oklahoma State-bound Eric Morris after the playoff-chasing No. 20 Mean Green complete their record-breaking season. The appointment of Brown on Tuesday came days ...
Texas A&M fell out of the top five of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two months Sunday, Texas Tech notched its highest ranking in 17 years and a season-high four teams from Group of Five conferences are ranked as the top five got a shuffle with a week to go ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Allie Ziebell scored 16 points and made five of No. 1 UConn's season-high 18 3-pointers to lead the Huskies in a 104-39 blowout of Xavier on Sunday. Ashlynn Shade scored 14 points including four 3-pointers and Sarah Strong also scored 14 for the defending national ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Brock Purdy promised his San Francisco 49ers teammates he would have fun and celebrate if he scored during Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns. He delivered on his promise, not only showing that he is a talented quarterback, but also pretty adept when it comes to ...
Conventional wisdom has top-ranked Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana both earning first-round byes in the College Football Playoff regardless of what happens in Saturday night's Big Ten Championship Game. Indiana coach Curt Cignetti is not buying that for one second. "The way you play should mean ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Payton Pritchard scored a season-high 42 points, Jaylen Brown got his fourth career triple-double and the Boston Celtics barely held on to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-115 on Sunday night after giving up most of their big lead. The Celtics led by 21 points in the third ...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Put aside the turnovers, middling passing production, poor tackling and all the other issues that have hounded the Buffalo Bills for much of this season. At a time their playoff chances showed signs of dimming, Buffalo provided a tenacious response in a 26-7 win ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — One of Mike Tomlin's pet phrases is "smile in the face of adversity," a "Tomlin-ism" the Pittsburgh Steelers coach trots out occasionally when his team hits a rough patch. Yet the corners of Tomlin's mouth never perked up — not even ...
By MICHAEL PHILLIPS Associated Press LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Treylon Burks made one of the best catches of the NFL season, a falling, one-handed grab in the corner of the end zone in the Washington Commanders' 27-26 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday night. On third-and-goal ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has fired the Southeastern Conference's longest-tenured coach, ending Mark Stoops' tenure in his 13th season with the Wildcats after back-to-back losing records. Athletic director Mitch Barnhart said in a statement Monday morning that he informed Stoops they ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — N.C. State and Virginia will open next season in Brazil, becoming the first college football game played in South America. The game will be played Aug. 29, 2026, in Rio de Janeiro, according to an announcement from the schools, organizers and the Atlantic Coast ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The race for division titles in the NFL got tighter in Week 13. The Rams, Colts and Steelers became the latest first-place teams to lose Sunday. The Eagles and Ravens lost Thursday. The Patriots play Monday night. Five of the eight divisions have two ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Texas Tech was No. 5 in last week's College Football Playoff rankings and on Sunday jumped two spots to No. 5 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Red Raiders likely will be No. 4 when the new CFP rankings come out Tuesday night. That would ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 20 of his 34 points in the first quarter and the Los Angeles Lakers raced to their seventh straight victory, 133-121 over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night. Doncic also had 12 rebounds and seven assists to help the Lakers win for the 13th time in ...
By MICHAEL PHILLIPS Associated Press LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Nik Bonitto batted away Marcus Mariota's pass in overtime to deny Washington a winning 2-point conversion, and the Denver Broncos held on for their ninth straight victory, a 27-26 thriller Sunday night. After Denver's RJ Harvey ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers hopes his bloodied nose isn't broken. The reeling Pittsburgh Steelers feel the same way about their season. The four-time MVP's fractured left wrist turned out to be far from Pittsburgh's biggest problem in a 26-7 loss to ...