3+ week, 2+ hour ago (402+ words) Southern California returns to action in Los Angeles on Sunday when it hosts Manhattan, and the Trojans aim to carry over the red-hot offense from their season-opening win Monday. USC (1-0) tipped off its campaign Monday with a 94-64 rout of Cal Poly in which the Trojans scored a whopping 57 points in the second half. USC relied on a balanced scoring attack, reminiscent of coach Eric Musselman's first season at the helm when six Trojans averaged between 9.4 and 15.8 points per game. However, it was a new-look lineup sharing the wealth. Musselman was faced with replacing 2024-25 leading scorers Desmond Claude and Wesley Yates III -- both now at Big Ten Conference-rival Washington -- as well as Chibuzo Agbo, Saint Thomas and Rashaun Agee. In their places, Virginia transfer Jacob Cofie, Utah transfer Ezra Ausar and Maryland transfer Rodney Rice stepped up for 23, 21 and 21 points in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (317+ words) Through three games, the Darian DeVries era at Indiana is off to a high-scoring start. Under DeVries, who came over as the Hoosiers' new head coach from West Virginia in the offseason, Indiana has scored at least 100 points twice and 98 points the other game. Indiana will hope to keep its offensive momentum going Sunday against visiting Incarnate Word in the programs' first-ever meeting. "They just share the ball," DeVries said of his team. "I think that's what good offense comes from. You know, guys that are willing to move it, share it. We got great balance. One night it could be this guy, one night the next guy. They really don't care. They don't talk about it. They just go out and play and they take what the defense gives them." Indiana is shooting 56% from the field overall, 47.5% from 3-point…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (247+ words) Group stage action got underway on Wednesday at the $350,000 BLAST Rivals Fall 2025 event in Hong Kong. Eight Counter-Strike 2 teams are competing this week for a top prize of $125,000. The double-elimination group stage will send the top three finishers from each group to the single-elimination playoffs. Group winners advance directly to the semifinals, with runners-up and third-place teams going to the quarterfinals as high and low seeds, respectively. All matches are best-of-three until Sunday's best-of-five grand final. In Group A, Team Falcons swept Team Spirit with a 16-13 win on Dust II and a 13-8 victory on Nuke. Passion UA defeated The MongolZ 2-1. After losing 16-14 on Overpass, Passion UA answered with 13-11 wins on both Inferno and Nuke. In Group B, FURIA rallied for a 2-1 win against paiN Gaming. After falling 13-7 on Nuke, FURIA won 13-6 on Overpass and 13-11 on Mirage. Team Vitality also won…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago (352+ words) Boston College will look to pick up its first road win since March 2024 when it faces Temple on Saturday in Philadelphia. The Eagles (1-2), who lost 60-59 to Central Connecticut State at home on Tuesday, are playing the Owls (2-0) for the second consecutive season. The schools met in Boston last year, with the Eagles defeating Temple, 72-69. Boston College finished 0-10 on the road last season and 12-19 overall, missing the NCAA Tournament for the 16th consecutive year. Cold shooting is not helping this year's iteration get off the ground. The Eagles shot 50% (12 for 24) from the foul line in a season-opening 83-78 overtime loss at Florida Atlantic. They shot 17.9% (5 for 28) from 3-point range in last week's 76-47 triumph over The Citadel. The struggles continued in Tuesday's loss to the Blue Devils. Boston College shot 20.6% (7 for 34) from beyond the arc, with leading scorer Donald Hand Jr. (16.3 ppg) missing 11 of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago (215+ words) After a 15-day lapse, Disney and ESPN's television programming is returning to YouTube TV.,The two companies announced a new deal was reached Friday a ESPN, YouTube TV announce new deal after 15-day outage After a 15-day lapse, Disney and ESPN's television programming is returning to YouTube TV. This includes all ESPN programming for sports fans, along with ABC, all Disney channels and more. Disney Entertainment co-chairmen Alan Bergman ad Dana Walden and ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro said, "This new agreement reflects our continued commitment to delivering exceptional entertainment and evolving with how audiences choose to watch. College Football Playoff Nightmare? How Duke's Run Could Upend the ACC College Football Week 12 Best Betting Picks, Predictions Islanders vs. Mammoth Betting Preview and Prediction: November 14 Top NHL Bet Wild All-Star Idea That Could Save NBA All-Star Weekend Why Darren Mougey Is the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (319+ words) Missouri will try to continue its strong start to the season when it hosts Prairie View A&M in a nonconference game Monday night in Columbia, Mo. The Tigers (4-0) have won their games by an average of 21.75 points, most recently defeating Minnesota 83-60. It marked the program's largest win over a Big Ten school and included 41 points off the bench. "I saw unselfishness, next-man-up mentality," Missouri coach Dennis Gates said. "It just speaks about our depth, the depth of our team. The strength of our team is in the numbers." Missouri has nine players averaging at least 14 minutes per game, with five scoring in double figures. Leading the way is senior forward Mark Mitchell, who is averaging 20 points on 65.9% shooting. Prairie View (2-2) is seeking its first nonconference win over a Division I opponent in two years, losing its last 21 opportunities. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (218+ words) The Los Angeles Lakers are one of multiple NBA teams that have been asked to surrender "documents and records" to the league as part of an ongoing investigation into illegal gambling operations, The Athletic and ESPN reported Sunday. ESPN reported that Mike Mancias, an assistant trainer, and Randy Mims, an executive administrator, are among roughly a dozen Lakers employees who are cooperating with the investigation. Being contacted as part of the investigation does not necessarily imply wrongdoing. "The NBA engaged an independent law firm to investigate the allegations in the indictment once it was made public," a league spokesperson told multiple outlets in a statement. "As is standard in these kinds of investigations, a number of different individuals and organizations were asked to preserve documents and records. Everyone has been fully cooperative." The Lakers may be a team of interest…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (345+ words) NJ Benson scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as host DePaul rolled to a 92-62 season-opening victory over Chicago State on Monday night in Chicago. Layden Blocker also scored 16 and CJ Gunn added 12 points. Both joined Benson as the three key returners for the Blue Demons, who made half of their 60 field-goal attempts and recorded 21 assists. Theo Pierre-Justin scored 12 for DePaul, which led 46-21 at halftime and never trailed any point on the night. After going 14-20 -- one more victory than the previous two campaigns combined -- and winning a Big East tournament game during Chris Holtmann's first season as coach in 2024-25, DePaul is poised to be even better this go-around. The team got off to a strong start on that quest Monday. The Blue Demons set the pace early with Gunn scoring the first five points of the night. A 3-pointer by Doyel Cockrill…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (191+ words) Competition started Monday at the $300,000 Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 25 tournament in China. Sixteen Counter-Strike 2 teams are competing in this week's competition for a top prize of $125,000. The double-elimination group stage began Monday with two groups of eight teams, with all matches best-of-three. The group winners advance to the playoff semifinals, with the group runners-up entering the quarterfinals as high seeds and the third-place teams entering the quarterfinals as low seeds. In Group A's upper-bracket quarterfinals Monday, Team Falcons swept TYLOO and Team Spirit swept paiN Gaming. The MongolZ defeated HEROIC and Astralis beat Natus Vincere, both by 2-1 scores. In Group B's upper-bracket quarterfinals, FURIA swept Lynn Vision Gaming, G2 Esports swept 3DMAX and MOUZ swept FaZe Clan. Team Vitality rallied for a 2-1 win against Virtus.pro. The tournament continues Tuesday with eight more matches: --The MongolZ vs. Astralis --Team Falcons vs. Team…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (362+ words) Joshua Jefferson scored 23 points and pulled down nine rebounds to lead No. 16 Iowa State to a 96-57 nonconference win over Stonehill on Monday in Ames, Iowa. Jefferson also had seven assists and four steals for the Cyclones (4-0). Teammate Tamin Lipsey added 23 points, six rebounds and four assists, and Milan Momcilovic put up 16 points. Killyan Toure contributed 11 points, hitting 5 of 7 shots from the field. Hermann Koffi led Stonehill (1-5) with 16 points. The Cyclones outrebounded the Skyhawks 35-27 and forced 20 turnovers while only committing seven. Iowa State led 42-27 at halftime behind 13 points and four rebounds each from Jefferson and Lipsey. Jefferson hit 6 of 8 first-half shots and added four rebounds. Lipsey also had three assists and two steals prior to intermission. The Cyclones jumped out to a 19-9 lead as Toure scored six points and Lipsey added five. The Skyhawks fought back, and when Anthony Holden hit…...