3+ week, 5+ 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 (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…...

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…...

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…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago (175+ words) Team Vitality and paiN Gaming won their quarterfinal clashes Friday to reach the final four at the $350,000 BLAST Rivals Fall 2025 event in Hong Kong. Vitality rallied for a 2-1 win over Team Spirit and will face Team Falcons in the semifinals on Saturday. paiN Gaming swept Passion UA and will meet FURIA in the other semifinal. Spirit opened a highly competitive match with a 13-11 win on Dust II. Vitality answered with a 19-16 victory on Nuke and a 16-13 win on Mirage to eliminate Spirit. paiN Gaming had much less trouble eliminating Passion UA, winning 13-4 on Nuke and 13-7 on Inferno. All matches in the eight-team Counter-Strike 2 tournament are best-of-three until Sunday's best-of-five grand final, where the winner will take home a top prize of $125,000. BLAST Rivals Fall 2025 prize pool 1. $125,000, plus two BLAST frequent flyer tokens 5-6. $25,000 -- Passion UA, Team Spirit 7-8. $10,000 -- The MongolZ, TYLOO...

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, 2+ day ago (261+ words) Doug Ghim, Davis Thompson and the Philippines' Rico Hoey are tied atop the first-round leaderboard Thursday at the RSM Classic, the finale of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Fall series. Ghim, Thompson and Hoey stand at 10 under par after the first day of the event at Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Ga. Ghim played the par-70 Seaside Course on Thursday and threatened a 59 thanks to a late string of birdies before settling for a 60. Thompson and Hoey began with the par-72 Plantation Course and carded 62s. They trio is just one stroke ahead of Andrew Putnam and Andrew Novak, who fired 9-under 61s at the Seaside Course. All golfers will play one round at each course before the 36-hole cut. This is the final official tournament of 2025 and the final opportunity for players to get inside the top 100 in…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago (163+ words) Apple TV is ditching its additional fee to watch MLS games on the platform starting next year. The additional MLS Season Pass fee also allowed viewers to watch the action in the Leagues Cup and Campeones Cup as well as the MLS All-Star Game. Now all of that will be available starting in 2026 by subscribing to Apple TV. The news comes as the league saw a 5.4% attendance dip in 2025 to 21,988 on-site fans per game, down from the league's record of 23,234 in 2024. MLS had 11,454,205 total fans through the turnstiles in 2024 compared to 11,213,880 this past season. Atlanta United FC led the league in attendance for the fifth consecutive season but also was down slightly in 2025 to 43,992 fans per game. Other sports offerings on Apple TV include Major League Baseball games on Friday night, while Formula 1 races will air on the service starting…...