Acaden Lewis scored 21 points, including five in the overtime, as Villanova knocked off Xavier 92-89 on Tuesday night. Lewis also contributed seven rebounds, six assists, and four steals for the Wildcats (21-5, 12-3 Big East Conference). Tyler Perkins scored 17 points while going 6 of 15 from the floor and 4 for 5 from … Read more
All the free throws, the timeouts, the fouls and even a coach’s challenge made the end of Tuesday’s highly anticipated game between No. 1 Michigan and No. 7 Purdue felt somewhat anticlimactic, a sluggish march across the finish line. When the buzzer finally sounded — crystalizing the Wolverines’ 91-80 victory that keeps them firmly in … Read more
Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, Fla.) — Brad Keselowski couldn’t believe it Sunday when he saw Riley Herbst come up from the inside to him as they headed toward the finish line for the Daytona 500. Herbst was running third and Keselowski fourth as they were coming toward the finish line, when Herbst slid up … Read more
Oklahoma used an 18-0 second-half run to beat Georgia on Saturday, 94-76, in a game that was delayed after a popcorn machine at a concession stand in the 50-year-old Lloyd Noble Center caught on fire. The incident occurred during a media timeout a few minutes into the game, with Georgia leading 11-7. Things were paused … Read more
Malik Thomas and Sam Lewis each scored 13 points and No. 15 Virginia beat Ohio State on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena in the Nashville Hoops Showdown, 70-66. The Cavaliers (22-3) extended their winning streak to six. Bruce Thornton scored 28 points for Ohio State (16-9). He also had an assist, the 500th of his … Read more
JT Toppin scored eight of his 31 points in a dominant overtime performance and No. 16 Texas Tech sent No. 1 Arizona to its second straight loss, shocking the Wildcats 78-75 on Saturday. Texas Tech (19-6, 9-3 Big 12) beat the No. 1 team for the third time in school history. The Wildcats (23-2, 10-2) … Read more
C.J. Cox and Gicarri Harris each had 14 points to help No. 13 Purdue beat Iowa on Saturday, 78-57. The Boilermakers (20-5, 11-3 Big Ten), wrapping up a stretch of six of eight games on the road, extended their winning streak to four with an efficient offense that consistently found openings. Purdue, which leads the … Read more
Milan Momcilovic scored 18 points and No. 5 Iowa State shook off a slow start to defeat No. 9 Kansas on Saturday, 74-56, snapping the Jayhawks’ eight-game winning streak. The Cyclones (22-3, 9-3 Big 12), coming off Tuesday’s 62-55 loss at TCU, began a five-game stretch in which they played four ranked teams by taking … Read more
Two of golf’s biggest names are five shots clear of the field and will go toe-to-toe in the final round of LIV Golf’s largest regular-season event. LIV Golf Adelaide has produced many electric moments in its previous three years, but a Bryson DeChambeau vs. Jon Rahm showdown for the individual title before a packed house … Read more
“If they play like this, you never know how far they can go.” Those were the words of FOX Sports play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti after Wisconsin junior John Blackwell scored his 21st point of the night on a driving layup with just under three minutes remaining, putting the proverbial cherry on top of a dominant … Read more