For a half, Duke look poised for a runaway win against the champs. But Florida rallied for a last-minute lead before a late Duke bucket quelled the comeback.
Ole Miss players call out Lane Kiffin’s claim they asked him to keep coaching them before LSU exit
Lane Kiffin's move from Ole Miss to LSU just got even messier.
Syracuse hangs on to stun No. 13 Tennessee, marking Vols’ second straight loss
Tennessee has now lost back-to-back games after its upset win over Houston in Las Vegas.
College Football Playoff committee chair gives confusing explanation for why Alabama jumped Notre Dame in latest rankings
Alabama got credit for a 17-0 lead in its 27-20 win over Auburn even though Notre Dame led Stanford 35-3 at halftime of a 49-20 win.
Notre Dame’s College Football Playoff status suddenly looks fragile after drop in rankings
The CFP committee appears to be setting up a dramatic final decision between the Irish and a Miami team that won the head-to-head. Notre Dame should be very nervous.
Los Angeles Kings Trade Akil Thomas To St. Louis Blues For Nikita Alexandrov
The Los Angeles King and St. Louis Blues have completed an AHL-level trade with the Kings sending forward Akil Thomas to the Blues in exchange for forward Nikita Alexandrov.
Thomas has four goals and 13 points in 19 games for the Ontario Reign this season. He has 50 goals and 106 points in 176 career AHL games.
The 25-year-old missed parts of last season with injury but spent the whole year in the NHL, notching three points in 25 games with the Kings.
A second round selection of the Kings in 2018, Thomas has seven points in 32 career NHL games. He scored the game winning goal for Team Canada at the 2020 World Junior Championship.
Alexandrov has three goals and 14 points in 18 games with the Springfield Thunderbirds this season. He has 61 goals and 143 points in 188 career AHL games.
We’ve acquired F Nikita Alexandrov from the St Louis Blues in exchange for F Akil Thomas.
— LA Kings (@LAKings) December 2, 2025
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A second round selection of the Blues in 2019, Alexandrov finished second on the Thunderbirds in scoring with 49 points in 48 games last season.
The 25-year-old has three goals and nine points in 51 career NHL games, all with St. Louis.
Both players have shown talent in the AHL and have the capability of playing NHL games, a change of scenery should help both.
Why did Alabama jump Notre Dame in CFP rankings? CFP chair explains
The most notable move in the College Football Playoff rankings came with Alabama getting ahead of Notre Dame despite both teams winning last week.
James Madison, Notre Dame lead College Football Playoff rankings winners and losers
The College Football Playoff rankings release ahead of the final weekend of the regular season had some important winners and losers.
Former New Jersey Devils Defenseman Signs With AHL Chicago Wolves
Former New Jersey Devils defenseman Callan Foote has signed a new professional contract with the AHL Chicago Wolves, the team announced.
Foote is signed to a standard AHL contract.
Defenseman Cal Foote has signed a standard AHL contract. @MidwestMovingpic.twitter.com/GyMOywIWob
— Chicago Wolves (@Chicago_Wolves) December 1, 2025
The 26-year-old has not played a game since the 2023-24 season. He took a leave from the New Jersey Devils after he was charged with sexual assault in connection with an alleged incident from June 2018. He was charged alongside Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton, and Dillon Dube, all members of the Canada 2018 World Hockey Junior team.
All of the players were acquitted of the charges in July of this year.
They were all eligible to be re-signed by NHL teams, allowed to sign on October 15, and play on December 1st.
Of the five players, only Carter Hart signed with an NHL team, and he is expected to make his debut with the Vegas Golden Knights as soon as Tuesday.
Michael McLeod signed with Avangard Omsk in the KHL.
Foote will now join the AHL with the Carolina Hurricanes AHL affiliate.
The former first-round selection in the 2017 NHL Draft played with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Nashville Predators, and New Jersey Devils.
He will now continue his career with the Chicago Wolves.
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New Jersey Devils Receive League Warning After Helmetless Warmup to Honor Brenden Dillon
The New Jersey Devils drew attention Monday by warming up without helmets, leading to a league warning.
The team hit the ice to honor Brenden Dillon’s 1,000th NHL game, wearing No. 5 Jerseys, hats, and special numbers on their sleeves.
While their support was evident, the NHL noted that warming up without helmets violated league rules.
In 2023-24, the NHL mandated that all players who joined the league after the 2019-20 season wear helmets during warmups. The rule is officially NHL rule 9.6, which states that “it is mandatory for all players who entered the NHL beginning with the 2019-2020 season or later to wear their helmet during pre-game warm-up. To be clear, all players who entered the League before the 2019-2020 season and who are currently playing are exempt from this mandate.”
As a result, Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly issued the Devils a warning. Daly’s warning comes amid a continuing trend of teams deciding not to wear helmets during warmups.
Last Wednesday, the Ottawa Senators decided as a team not to wear helmets in hopes of shifting their luck. The Senators won that game.
The San Jose Sharks also aimed to turn their season around by removing helmets in warmups; however, the team ultimately lost that game.
Unlike the other teams, the Devils did not forgo helmets in hopes of turning their season around.
The team chose to wear hats to honor their teammate, who became the only active undrafted player to reach 1,000 games.
The night didn’t go as hoped. Dillon left the game after Dmitri Voronkov dropped the gloves and knocked the Devils defenseman to the ice. Dillon returned for the second period before exiting the game again. He did not play in the third period.
Not only that, but the Devils also lost their second straight home game, after starting the season without a regulation home loss for the first 10 games.
The team was only issued a warning for violating the NHL rule–a fortunate result.
The Devils face the Dallas Stars next.
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The New Jersey Devils Drop Two Straight Home Games
The New Jersey Devils have had a tough week. The team lost two consecutive home games after going unbeaten at home in regulation up until that point.
The Devils first lost to the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-3, allowing three goals in the second period. Owen Tippett and Matvei Michkov each scored twice.
Following their loss to the Flyers, the Devils aimed to rebound and get back in the win column against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
A milestone night honoring Brenden Dillon’s 1,000th game quickly soured.
The Devils took a 2-1 lead at the end of the first period; however, one minute into the second, a brawl broke out.
Dmitri Voronkov fought Dillon, quickly sending him to the ice.
Dillon needed help off the ice. He later returned for three shifts before leaving again, not playing at all in the third period.
Head coach Sheldon Keefe addressed the situation postgame with NJD.tv.
“[Dillon] would never do something like that to another player. That I know for certain,” Keefe said. “I don’t like it. I don’t think Dillon knows he’s in a fight, and he’s tackled from behind. Before he knows it, his helmet’s off, his jersey is over his head, and we saw what happened from there.”
Dillon would skate for just over ten minutes in his milestone game.
Despite leading early, the Devils failed to close out the game and lost 5-3, missing chances to regroup.
These back-to-back home losses marked the first time all season the Devils dropped two straight games on home ice.
Looking ahead, the Devils face a challenging schedule, with games against the Dallas Stars, Vegas Golden Knights, and Boston Bruins in the coming week.
The Devils play 14 games in 29 days—a heavy load before the Winter Olympic break.
Losing to the Blue Jackets and Flyers is not ideal for this team. With every team in the NHL either holding a playoff spot or within three points of one, there is little margin for error. The Devils, currently second in the Metropolitan Division with 33 points, trail the Flyers by two and the Blue Jackets by 4 in the race for a postseason berth.
Despite injuries, the Devils must find a way to win to remain atop the division, especially with the tough schedule.
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Flailing Usman Khawaja’s Test future now lies out of his own hands | Geoff Lemon
After years of selectors arguing that his presence brings stability to Australia, the injured opener is now the team’s main source of uncertainty
As far as surprises go, a 38.95-year-old with a back problem continuing to have a back problem is not up there with the end of The Sixth Sense. The only twists in this story are the ones that Usman Khawaja can’t currently do. With the second Ashes Test in Brisbane coming up on 4 December, the capricious nature of such injuries made it odd that the batter was included in the first place in Australia’s squad on 30 November, and less odd that he was ruled out again on 2 December. But here we are, still engaged in the dance that Australia’s selectors have been doing through a reluctance to part with Khawaja at the top of the order.
From here, other results will decide whether we have reached the end of what has been, like so many others, a very good Test career that declined irreversibly toward its end. For two years Khawaja has struggled with the level of fast bowling that Test openers must combat, looking increasingly out of sorts in the process. Throughout that period, thanks to the faith shown in him by selectors, the solution has remained in his own two hands. One big score, one vigil of the sort he once made routine, and he could lock in the confidence that his later-stage version could bring the benefit of experience with no trade-off in reflexes.
Continue reading...Thunder show Warriors why they can threaten Golden State's historic 73-9 mark
Thunder show Warriors why they can threaten Golden State's historic 73-9 mark originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors own the most impressive of regular-season NBA team records, most wins in a season. They took it from Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls not quite 10 years ago, but it’s already facing extinction.
They now know why: The Oklahoma City Thunder want the record — and have the goods to take it.
The Thunder rolled into the Bay Area on Tuesday night flashing such shiny possessions as month-old NBA championship rings and a gaudy 20-1 record that sits high atop the league. Golden State, for all its gallant second-half effort to get close, didn’t have enough to avoid a 124-112 loss because OKC’s closing lineup turned lethal.
The Warriors’ comeback attempt was inspiring insofar as it came without Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler III. Coach Steve Kerr turned to random lineups, and they worked – until they didn’t.
“I didn’t learn much,” Draymond Green said of the second half, when the Warriors outscored the Thunder 68-61. “But I hope our guys learned that if we play hard, we can compete with anybody.
“Whether Jimmy is out there or Steph is out there or not, it’s going to be much tougher. The margin for error is a lot less. But you give yourself a chance, and that’s all you can ask for. I hope that’s what we collectively learned.”
To be fair, OKC was taking full advantage of weakened prey. Curry is sidelined with a quad contusion, and Butler, a game-time decision with gluteal contusion, played 15 valiant first-half minutes before hobbling into the night with a sore left knee.
Yet the Warriors, who trailed by as much as 22 in the third quarter, got back in the game. With Seth Curry (14 points in 14 minutes in his Golden State debut) and Pat Spencer (15 points in 12 second-half minutes) leading the charge, the Warriors even took a lead inside the final five minutes, momentarily delighting the sellout crowd (18,064) at Chase Center.
The Thunder’s response was typical of a champion. Neither flinching nor blinking, they ignored the blood on their face and started coming at the Warriors like a squadron of specially trained soldiers, calmly smothering their offense, surgically eviscerating their defense and leaving them for the buzzards with a blistering 18-5 closing run over the final 4:40.
When the Thunder was seriously threatened, their leaders – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren – turned clinical when it mattered most. OKC took eight shots inside over the final 4:40 and made seven.
“They’re 21-1 for a reason,” Kerr said. “Shai is the MVP for a reason. He goes 5 of 6 from three; the step back at the top of the circle was a huge shot. And it’s one you kind of have to live with. You don’t want him getting to the rim. And they made big shots. Isaiah Joe made a corner three. Jalen Williams made a big shot.
“So, give them credit. They’re NBA champs for a reason.”
Champs, yes, but the Thunder are aiming higher. They want to accomplish what the Warriors did not in 2016, which is set a record for wins and then repeat as champions.
“It’s hard, man, but I do think they’re capable,” Green said. “You just need so many things to go right though. Like health, which they kind of plow right through health, so it really don’t matter. You need a lot of breaks to go your way.
“They’re on the right track. And like I said, they’re more than capable. I think 73 wins took some years off my life. It’s hard. But like I said, they’re capable of a lot.”
The Warriors concluded their five-game homestand with a 2-3 record and will be at .500 (11-11) when they fly to Philadelphia on Wednesday to open a three-game tour through the Eastern Conference.
They’ll fly to Philly without Curry, who will stay in the Bay Area and rehab with Rick Celebrini, with the belief that he’ll be cleared when the Warriors return home and face the Minnesota Timberwolves on Dec. 12. Butler’s immediate availability is in question.
The Warriors are trying to find themselves while shorthanded.
Meanwhile, OKC will go home with a 21-1 record that puts it well within reach of the record 73 wins Golden State compiled in the 2015-16 NBA season. They might not get there, but they seem to have the necessary thirst for triumph.
Seth Curry, unsurprisingly, fits seamlessly with Warriors in loss to Thunder
Seth Curry, unsurprisingly, fits seamlessly with Warriors in loss to Thunder originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO — If anyone can ignite a Chase Center crowd in an instant, it’s a Curry.
Without superstar Steph Curry (quad contusion) for Tuesday’s 124-112 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Chase Center, his younger brother, Seth, who Golden State re-signed on Monday after waiving before the start of the 2025-26 NBA season, provided that signature Curry spark with 14 points, two rebounds and two assists on 6-of-7 shooting from the field and 2 of 3 from 3-point range in 17 minutes in his Warriors debut.
Curry helped fuel a monstrous 44-28 third quarter for Golden State, which trailed by 19 points at halftime before storming back to lead by as many as four points in the fourth quarter.
“It felt good, it felt good,” Curry shared postgame. “I’ve been waiting to get on this floor for a while now and the fans showed me a lot of love when I stepped on the floor and it felt good to go out there and make my first shot, kind of ease the pressure a little bit. And then from there, I’m just playing basketball.”
Seth’s performance, albeit not the typical Earth-shattering “Curry Flurry” that Golden State has grown accustomed to over the years, was impressive, and came as no surprise to Warriors coach Steve Kerr and his new teammates.
“He comes from the greatest shooting family in the history of basketball,” Kerr said. He’s a pro, the guy’s been around for a long time and he’s helped win a lot of games for a lot of teams. He kept himself ready and he just knows how to play. He’s in the right place at the right time, he doesn’t turn it over, he’s a good passer and he fights defensively. It’s great to have him.”
“It’s in his blood,” Warriors guard Pat Spencer added. “He’s always been a shooter, man. He’s got the green light to shoot it from anywhere on the floor just like his brother. We have full confidence it’s going in.”
Tuesday’s game was Curry’s first real NBA action since April 11 of last season, when he scored 17 points for the Charlotte Hornets in a loss to the Boston Celtics.
There appeared to be no sign of rust.
“It felt normal, it felt natural,” Curry said about his return to the court. “I was a little nervous, I wasn’t sure how I would feel when I got out there. It’s probably been seven, eight months since I played a game, but once I got up and down a couple times, it was basketball. Nothing new.”
The Warriors are hoping to have Steph, who will not travel with the team on its upcoming three-game road trip, back for the Dec. 12 game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. While his absence leaves a massive void in the starting lineup that nobody can fill, Golden State knows Seth is more than capable of replicating some of what his older brother can do on the court.
“Just to add that level of shooting,” forward Draymond Green explained. “He’s led the league in 3-point percentage multiple times, and at one point, I know he was the career leader … Just being able to add Seth and him come out and get going. What he did tonight was great for us, but the one thing we know he can do and we expect him to do is shoot the ball, so it’s on us to make sure we get him looks.”
For one of the greatest shooters in NBA history, that seems like the right call.
Steph Curry won't travel on Warriors' road trip, out for the next three games
Steph Curry won't travel on Warriors' road trip, out for the next three games originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Steph Curry, out since last Wednesday due to a right quad contusion, is scheduled to be re-evaluated on Thursday, but coach Steve Kerr took some of the guesswork out of the equation.
Curry won’t travel with the Warriors for their upcoming three-game road trip to Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago.
“He’s going to stay home. It was a long shot for him to play in the back-to-back and we don’t play again until Friday,” Kerr told reporters after the Warriors’ 124-112 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday at Chase Center. “So it just makes perfect sense for him to stay home with [director of sports medicine and performance] Rick [Celebrini], get the rehab done here, get his work in and hopefully be ready for Minnesota next Friday.”
Curry sustained the contusion and muscle strain in the Warriors’ 104-100 loss to the Houston Rockets last week at Chase Center.
The Warriors initially ruled Curry out for at least a week, but he will miss over two weeks if he returns next Friday.
The Warriors were able to beat the lowly New Orleans Pelicans without Curry on Saturday, but Golden State could have used the 37-year-old on Tuesday.
Instead, the two-time NBA MVP was forced to watch the loss from a suite. But he got to watch his younger brother, Seth, make his Warriors debut.
Seth Curry, who signed a contract for the rest of the season on Monday, scored 14 points on 6 of 7 from the field and 2 of 3 from 3-point range.
The elder Curry certainly enjoyed the display.
But he will like it even more when he can get on the court with his brother, and based on Kerr’s statement, that should come on Dec. 12 against the Timberwolves.