The eighth-ranked Miami Hurricanes are guaranteed to reach the Atlantic Coast Conference title game if they win their final two regular-season games.They start the challenge Saturday afternoon when… Continue Reading
No. 9 Ole Miss floats into The Swamp with playoffs mindset
Four two-loss Southeastern Conference teams are packed into a five-team logjam in the latest College Football Playoff projections released Tuesday.No. 9 Ole Miss is one of those teams and Rebels co… Continue Reading
No. 13 Baylor looks to test mettle vs. No. 22 St. John’s in Bahamas
No. 13 Baylor has put it all together after a sluggish start to the season.The Bears will have an even better gauge of their progress on Thursday night when they face No. 22 St. John’s in the first… Continue Reading
At 3-0, No. 16 Indiana aims for improvement vs. UNC Greensboro
There’s a lot to like about how No. 16 Indiana has performed during the opening weeks of the season.But the Hoosiers are far from satisfied as they assess their good results going into Thursday eve… Continue Reading
Blazers embark on key road trip, starting against Thunder
After a frustrating start to the season, the Portland Trail Blazers have turned things around of late.Now riding a three-game home winning streak, the Blazers will try to show they can be successfu… Continue Reading
Turmoil-tinged Sixers seek turnaround vs. Grizzlies
The Philadelphia 76ers enter their Wednesday road game against the Memphis Grizzlies hoping to find solutions to reversing a four-game losing streak and a 2-11 start that led to a team meeting followi… Continue Reading
Cavs, smarting from first loss, aim to rebound vs. Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans will do something Wednesday night that no other NBA team has done this season — face the Cavaliers after Cleveland lost a game.The Cavaliers, who won a franchise-record 15… Continue Reading
No. 19 Army puts unbeaten mark on line vs. No. 6 Notre Dame
It’s not often that an undefeated team is listed as an underdog in the back half of November.However, that is the situation No. 19 Army finds itself in as it prepares to face No. 6 Notre Dame on Sa… Continue Reading
No. 4 Penn State focused on Minnesota, not CFP
No. 4 Penn State will look to improve its case for making the College Football Playoff when it visits Minnesota in a Big Ten encounter in Minneapolis on Saturday.A competitive schedule might be pre… Continue Reading
No. 5 Indiana set to take big stage against No. 2 Ohio State
Indiana has a chance to exorcise demons, silence the skeptics about a soft schedule and, by the way, likely book spots in the Big Ten championship game and the College Football Playoff.All the No.… Continue Reading
No. 3 Texas keeps focus on defeating Kentucky
No. 3 Texas will celebrate its senior class while it looks to keep its collective focus on a chance at a berth in the Southeastern Conference championship during a matchup against Kentucky on Saturday… Continue Reading
Top 25 roundup: No. 1 Kansas gives Bill Self win No. 800
Stevie Mitchell scored a season-high 21 points and Kam Jones added a triple-double as No. 15 Marquette pulled away in the second half for a 76-58 victory over No. 6 Purdue in a nonconference matchup o… Continue Reading
NBA roundup: Celtics end Cavs’ streak at 15 games
Jayson Tatum had 33 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists on Tuesday to help the Boston Celtics defeat the visiting Cavaliers 120-117, ending Cleveland’s season-opening, 15-game winning streak.The… Continue Reading
Norfolk State visits Stanford to start West Coast trip
Norfolk State and Stanford are both off to strong starts this season — the Spartans at 4-1 and the Cardinal 4-0. On Wednesday at Stanford, they will see which team is stronger.Norfolk State is com… Continue Reading
Dalton Knecht ties rookie 3-pointer mark as Lakers top Jazz
Dalton Knecht scored a career-high 37 points and made nine 3-pointers to tie an NBA rookie record as the Los Angeles Lakers extended their winning streak to six games with a 124-118 victory over the v… Continue Reading