Bear Bachmeier threw for 289 yards and a touchdown to help No. 11 BYU beat UCF 41-21 on Saturday.
Flyers show guts in back-to-back spot, go 3-1-0 on road trip
Flyers show guts in back-to-back spot, go 3-1-0 on road trip originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
NEWARK, N.J. — The Flyers played a commendable game on the second night of a back-to-back set to beat the Devils, 5-3, Saturday at the Prudential Center.
Owen Tippett and Matvei Michkov had multi-goal games for the Flyers. Tippett was awarded his second because of a tripping call when the Devils’ net was emptied and finished with three points on the night.
Trevor Zegras also had a goal and an assist, while Travis Konecny had two helpers.
Dan Vladar made huge saves for the Flyers (14-7-3), who are 8-2-2 in their last 12 games and went 3-1-0 on their road trip, which spanned only six days. They’re now in third place of a crowded Metropolitan Division.
“I don’t want to say it’s a measuring stick for us because I think we deserve to be talked about with the teams that we’re playing right now,” Konecny said of the road trip. “I think it just shows that we have some depth, we’re all contributing in different ways. If it’s your turn to be on the score sheet, that’s what you do. If it’s your turn to have a big block or big save from the goalies, everyone’s just stepping up. We love this group.”
Rick Tocchet’s club was coming off a 4-3 shootout win Friday over the Islanders. Entering this one, the Flyers were just 1-12-2 in the second game of back-to-back sets since last season.
Make that 2-12-2 now.
“I’m really proud of the group, how they played the second night of the back-to-back,” Vladar said.
New Jersey also played Friday, rolling the Sabres on the road, 5-0.
“From my experience, on the back-to-backs, I call it a professional game — good angling, short shifts, don’t put yourself in bad positions, use the bench,” Tocchet said before the game. … “They’re playing a back-to-back, too, so there’s no advantage tonight, there’s no excuse for tired teams. They played in Buffalo last night, so it’s an even game when it comes to energy.”
The Flyers are 2-0-0 in their three-game regular-season series with the Devils (16-8-1). They beat New Jersey a week ago when they scored three goals in 26 seconds en route to a 6-3 decision at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
The Devils have been without star forward Jack Hughes, who’s recovering from finger surgery.
• Vladar was really good with 29 saves on 32 shots.
The 28-year-old had a brilliant stop with 16 seconds left in the first period to keep the game tied at 1-1. The Flyers were on the penalty kill and Vladar denied Nico Hischier’s backdoor tip-in attempt.
The Flyers rewarded Vladar with a fast start after intermission. Michkov popped out of the penalty box and scored off a 2-on-1 with Konecny just 53 seconds into the second period.
Michkov then cushioned the Flyers’ lead to 3-1 a little under two and a half minutes later. Cam York made a nifty move at the blue line to set up Konecny for a shot, which Michkov got a piece of in front.
Vladar also delivered a big-time save with 2:33 minutes left in the second period when the Flyers were up 4-1 and New Jersey had a 2-on-1 shorthanded chance.
“He’s ridiculous, he’s unbelievable,” Zegras said. “I feel like he’s unbelievable every single time he’s in there.”
The Devils trimmed the Flyers’ lead to 4-2 with a power play goal in the final minute of the middle stanza. Dawson Mercer then made it very interesting when he dangled around the Flyers’ defense in the third period to draw New Jersey within 4-3.
But Vladar and the Flyers held on.
“In times where maybe they came at us a little bit, Vladdy kind of kept us rolling,” Tippett said. “It’s easy for us to kind of get a jump and get playing in front of him when you see him on his head like that behind us.”
Devils netminder Jacob Markstrom stopped 27 of the Flyers’ 31 shots.
• After being shut out by the Lightning, 3-0, to open the road trip, the Flyers scored 12 goals over the final three games.
“That Tampa game was tough, we did not play great,” Zegras said. “We had a big meeting on things that we wanted to do to get better, to play tighter, to play more connected. And I think the last three, we did that.”
Tippett opened the scoring against New Jersey just 5:18 minutes into the action with his 100th career goal and 200th career point. He made a nice move at the doorstep off a feed from Christian Dvorak, who finished November with 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in 14 games.
Zegras also recorded an assist on the play and then added his goal in the second period to make it 4-1. After Jesper Bratt hit iron on a breakaway, the Flyers immediately countered with a 3-on-1 rush and Zegras capitalized.
The Flyers improved to 12-2-2 when the 24-year-old trade acquisition records a point.
• Tyson Foerster and Nick Seeler had tough blocked shots on the same shift in the second period as the Flyers were protecting a 3-1 lead.
The Flyers also had two key penalty kills in the third period as the Devils were pushing for the game-tying goal.
“The one thing I love about this group is they always want to learn,” Tocchet said. “Whether we win or lose or it’s a bad period or it’s a good period, they’re asking questions, they’re trying to learn. That’s what we’re doing every day and we’re trying to build some blocks here.”
• The Flyers return home for a matchup Monday against the Penguins (7 p.m. ET/NBCSP).
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Sherrone Moore perhaps biggest loser for Michigan football in OSU rout
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How The Vancouver Canucks Stack Up To The Rest Of The NHL: 25 Games In
The Vancouver Canucks are 20 games into the 2025–26 season. After their chaotic 3–2 loss to the San Jose Sharks last night, they currently sport a record of 10–13–2 throughout the season. Here’s how they’re performing compared to the rest of the NHL.
Team Stats
Vancouver’s team numbers don’t look fantastic at this particular moment. They’re within the bottom-five in the NHL in four categories: their overall record (10–13–2), points-percentage (0.44), goals-against (93), and penalty kill (70.5%). In three of these categories, they fall within the bottom-three in the league. With that being said, they currently rank 12th in goals-for with 76 and 14th in power play percentage with 21.6% — the only two stats in which they place within the top-15.
Individual Skaters
The Canucks’ numbers produced by individual skaters are kind of all-over the place. Vancouver’s TOI stats say a lot about how the team has deployed their players throughout the year, as they have placed within the top-10 in overall (Filip Hronek, 609:48), power play (Quinn Hughes, 102:24), and penalty killing (Marcus Pettersson, 89:22) TOI. As well, Kiefer Sherwood still remains within the top-three in the NHL in hits with 103, only 11 away from Yakov Trenin’s league-leading 114.
Goaltenders
Despite Kevin Lankinen taking the bulk of the games throughout the season, Thatcher Demko still ranks first on the team in the majority of categories such as SV% (.903), goals against average (2.80), wins (5), and high-danger SV% (.837). With that being said, the Canucks’ goaltending group does not crack the top-10 in the NHL in any of these stats. Their highest-ranked goaltending stat is the amount of high-danger shots-faced by Lankinen, who ranks 15th in the NHL in that category.
Vancouver’s next five games consist of a matchup against the Los Angeles Kings tonight and a game against the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. Then, the Canucks return home for a weekend back-to-back against the Utah Mammoth and Minnesota Wild, as well as a game against the Detroit Red Wings the week after.
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Indicted NBA Player Terry Rozier Resolves $8.2M Federal Tax Lien
Terry Rozier, the NBA player facing criminal sports betting charges, has resolved at least one other matter with the federal government: a multimillion-dollar tax lien.
On Oct. 29, the IRS filed a certificate of release in Broward County (Fla.), where Rozier resides, confirming he satisfied the lien of $8.2 million, which was originally assessed in August 2023.
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The release came one day after ESPN reported on the lien, which occurred a few months after Rozier was accused of taking part in a betting scheme involving prop wages on his performance as a member of the Charlotte Hornets.
A federal indictment alleges Rozier tipped off a friend, Deniro Laster, that he planned to exit early from a game on March 23, 2023, against the New Orleans Pelicans, and that Laster and other individuals used that information to place $200,000 in wagers predicting Rozier would underperform his statistical averages.
Rozier, who was averaging 35.3 minutes and 21.1 points per game at the time, exited the contest against New Orleans less than 10 minutes into the first quarter and did not return, finishing with five points.
Rozier’s attorney, Jim Trusty, told ESPN last month that Rozier only actually owed $9,000 on the $8 million-plus tax bill and that it had already been paid.
“We just need the IRS to help remove the now-defunct lien,” Trusty said at the time. The attorney did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment from Sportico.
Following his arrest on Oct. 23, Rozier—currently with the Miami Heat—was placed on immediate leave by the NBA, a move swiftly condemned by the NBA Players Association, which said it would appeal.
The government alleges that after the March 23, 2023 game, Laster drove from Philadelphia to Rozier’s home in Charlotte, where they counted the tens of thousands of dollars in profits that the scheme had netted. Rozier’s scheduled arraignment is next month, and his attorney Trusty has said the player plans to plead not guilty.
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2009 NHL First-Rounder Signs Contract Extension In Sweden
Canadian defenseman Calvin de Haan, 34, has signed a two-year contract extension with Rögle BK, the SHL club announced on Friday.
This is de Haan’s first season playing in Europe after a lengthy career in North America, which included over 600 NHL games with six different teams.
De Haan has nine points in 18 games so far for Rögle, who currently sit third in the 14-team SHL with 47 points in 24 games.
“I think Calvin’s game speaks for itself and we obviously want to continue to see in green and white in the future,” said Rögle sports director Hampus Sjöström. “He’s a stable defender and has leadership qualities that are of great benefit to our group. It feels great that Calvin and his family are enjoying themselves so well here in Rögle and Ängelholm and I look forward to continuing our collaboration for another two seasons.”
In addition to de Haan, Rögle’s roster includes ex-NHLers Mark Friedman, Karson Kuhlman and Fredrik Olofsson.
Swedish Club Rögle Signs Another Ex-NHLer
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signed a one-year contract with Rögle BK, the SHL club
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Born in Carp. Ont., de Haan played junior hockey for the OHL’s Oshawa Generals and was chosen 12th overall by the New York Islanders in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
Between 2011 and 2025, de Haan played 679 NHL regular-season games for the Islanders, Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Colorado Avalanche and New York Rangers, recording 149 points and 249 penalty minutes. He also recorded five points in 38 playoff games.
De Haan split last season between the Avalanche and Rangers. The 6-foot-1, 194-pound rearguard was traded to the Rangers along with Juuso Parssinen, a second-round pick, and a fourth-round pick in 2025. In return, the Avalanche received Ryan Lindgren, Jimmy Vesey, and Hank Kempf.
Internationally, de Haan represented Canada at one U-18 IIHF World Championship, two World Juniors and at the 2017 World Championship.
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Scrum-half Kieran Marmion scored two and Tom Jordan, Kalaveti Ravouvou, Aidan Boshoff and Luka Ivanishvili also crossed, with Sam Worsley kicking five conversions and two penalties. JJ van der Mescht and Tom Litchfield scored Northampton’s tries, one of which Fin Smith converted.
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Former Mets RHP Ryan Helsley signing two-year deal with Orioles
Former Mets right-hander Ryan Helsley has a new home.
Helsley is signing with the Baltimore Orioles on a two-year deal, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.
The deal includes an opt-out after the first season.
Despite fielding interest from numerous teams for a potential move to the rotation, Helsley will slot in as the ninth-inning man for the young and hungry Orioles, who are looking to rebounds from a last place finish in the AL East.
The 31-year-old gives them the steady and reliable arm late-inning arm they need.
Prior to his trade to the Big Apple, Helsley was one of the premier closers in baseball, leading the league with 49 saves for the Cardinals two years ago.
He was enjoying another strong first-half with St. Louis before being dealt to the Mets ahead of the deadline, and things quickly took a turn for the worse as he struggled with pitch-tipping.
The 31-year-old struggled to a 7.20 ERA and 1.80 WHIP across 22 appearances in orange and blue.
Now that he has things sorted out, though, he's confident he can rebound to his dominant form.
“I still believe I can be who I want to be," Helsley told Katie Woo of the Athletic. "I’ve shown who I am as a pitcher, And I think there’s room for improvement, ways to get better and I get even more out of myself.”
Say What? Cigarettes, Cashews, Stupid Pills And More NHL Quotes From This Week
Every week in the NHL delivers goals, chaos, and occasionally, absolute gems on the microphone. Our “Say What?” series features some of the strangest, funniest, and most telling quotes from players, coaches, and executives around the league.
This week, the quotes cover everything from a goaltender responding to being told the fans no longer want him to coaches disliking the use of analytics.
Here are the lines that made us stop scrolling and say… what?
"They're just looking at numbers from people that could be in Russia in a basement, having cigarettes and cashews, telling them their scoring chances. So we're going to depend on our guys, and really recognize what we believe has to be fixed and what doesn't." - Adam Foote
The Vancouver Canucks' coach doesn't plan to call out a player for having poor analytics, although they've allowed the most high-danger chances against in the NHL, according to naturalstattrick.com.
"We’re in the business of lifting each other up." - Stuart Skinner
After being told the fans want another goaltender and not him, Stuart Skinner had a classy response to Hall of Fame journalist Jim Matheson when he said he chose to be a goalie, and fan criticism comes with the gig. He knows he can be better, but his teammates don’t share the same opinion as some fans do.
“I guess it’s just part of the gig.” - Kiefer Sherwood
The forward is on the trade block after saying he wanted to sign an extension with the Vancouver Canucks. He knows that the team is looking to trade him as they’ve made several veterans and UFAs available.
“Since I was a kid, all I wanted was to wear a Habs jersey. Five more years in the best city in the world, a place I’m lucky to call home.” - Mike Matheson
The defenseman signed an extension with the Montreal Canadiens this week, a five-year deal worth $6 million per season. He knows he could have gotten more on the open market, but he’s comfortable where he is.
"The coach didn't take a stupid pill last week." - Brian Burke
Brian Burke commented on coach Kris Knoblauch being a good coach despite recent shortcomings and how he believes the Edmonton Oilers simply have to work their way out of their slump.
“There's always pivots and different times where you have to adjust and make changes,” - GM Craig Conroy
After Don Maloney came out and said the Flames had no desire to trade several assets and were going to try to compete, fans reacted negatively. Things got worse when Maloney wouldn’t comment on a Conroy extension. The deal got done this week, and Conroy set the record straight.
“No one's giving up. No one's getting negative. We're going to keep pushing and keep grinding.” - Morgan Rielly
Morgan Rielly tried to stay positive after a loss as the Maple Leafs get set to play the Pittsburgh Penguins. Things have not gone well for Toronto this season, and there's already talk about focusing on next year instead.
“I feel like I could take down an NFL running back.” - Brady Tkachuk
When asked by his brother on their podcast if he thought he could tackle Derrick Henry, Brady said he believed it was about mindset, and he thought he could. Matthew responded, “You’re a f*cking idiot.”
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What we learned as Jimmy Butler, Gary Payton II lead Steph-less Warriors to win
What we learned as Jimmy Butler, Gary Payton II lead Steph-less Warriors to win originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO – Warriors fans near and far showed Kevon Looney an immense amount of love Saturday night in his return to Chase Center as a member of the New Orleans Pelicans.
There wasn’t much else to cheer for, even in a 104-96 Warriors win.
Jimmy Butler was the main bright spot in a game where the Warriors badly missed Steph Curry, who is out because of a quad contusion he sustained last game. Butler was the Warriors’ offense. Making the Pelicans pay in the paint and at the free-throw line, Butler was a plus-22 and barely missed a triple-double, finishing with 24 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists.
Second on the medal stand for the Warriors was Gary Payton II. The Warriors’ best offense when they’d go completely stagnant was Payton sneaking behind the Pelicans’ defense, running the baseline and converting for two points. Payton played 25 minutes off the bench and was a plus-13 with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
Draymond Green took nine shots and missed all nine, including seven 3-point attempts. His only two points came from two late free throws.
The Warriors as a team shot 40.9 percent overall and 25.5 percent behind the 3-point line.
Looney in his return to the Bay Area was a plus-8 in 10 minutes off the bench, scoring four points and securing five rebounds.
Here are three takeaways from the Warriors’ win.
Kuminga’s Return
The loudest ovation of the day belonged to Looney. The second-loudest was for Kuminga making his way back from knee issues that held him out for the last two weeks.
How Kuminga scored his first two points of the game is exactly what the Warriors want from him. Kuminga screened for Brandin Podziemski on a dribble-handoff, got the switch, forced Derik Queen to jump on a pump fake and laid it off the glass for an easy bucket. Later in the first quarter, Kuminga rebounded a missed three and went straight up for his next two points.
Kuminga then went scoreless in the second quarter, but was a plus-10 over a stretch of four and a half minutes where he had two assists. He was bad in the third quarter when he again was held scoreless and committed two rough turnovers.
Then in the fourth quarter, Kuminga made back-to-back 3-pointers with Looney guarding him. Those were his only shot attempts of the fourth quarter, and they proved to be big 3-pointers. Kuminga after missing the last seven games played 19 minutes and was a plus-2 off the bench with 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting, but had just one rebound.
Offense Struggles Without Steph
Giving the Warriors’ offense a D-plus after 20 games felt generous with the product they put on the floor without Curry. The offense went missing like Will Byers early on, but the Warriors didn’t have their superhero to bail them out. The numbers don’t even do it justice to how bad the Warriors’ offense was to begin the game.
They scored a lowly 17 points in the first quarter, going 6 of 25 from the field and 1 of 14 on 3-pointers. That means the Warriors in the first 12 minutes of the game made five of their 11 two-pointers but kept taking 3-pointers, and kept missing them too. Quinten Post was the only Warrior to make a three.
The Warriors then missed their first five threes in the second quarter before Moses Moody snapped the streak halfway through the period. Moody’s three was the Warriors’ lone triple of the quarter, but they outscored the Pelicans 25-20 from second-chance points, points off turnovers and free throws to hold a four-point halftime lead. Both teams were shooting 33.3 percent from the field and 9.1 percent on threes in the first half.
Offense for the Warriors and Pelicans decided to show up in the third quarter. Podziemski scored 10 points in the quarter and Butler added eight, but the Warriors were outscored 34-31, cutting their lead down to one point entering the final 12 minutes.
Without a doubt, the sequence of the game for the Warriors happened with a little under four minutes left when Podziemski made a huge three to take back the lead, and Payton on the next possession threw down a dunk in traffic off a perfect pass from Butler. Starting with that Podziemski three, the Warriors outscored the Pelicans 17-8 the rest of the way.
Welcome Home, Loon
Former Warriors assistant, and now former Pelicans head coach Willie Green, did Looney wrong when he didn’t play him at all two weeks again in New Orleans against Golden State. Current Pelicans coach James Borrego knew better than that, putting Looney in for the final minute of the first quarter in front of Dub Nation.
Looney in the first minute of the second quarter stole a bad Buddy Hield pass and pulled up for an 18-foot jumper to a handful of “Looooon” chants. He played five and a half minutes in the first half and was a plus-9 with four points, three rebounds, one assist and one steal. Looney sat the entire third quarter before starting the fourth on the floor.
Forever a Warriors fan-favorite, Looney played the first five minutes of the fourth quarter where he came down with two rebounds. His Pelicans were outscored by one point in those five minutes. Whether he watches from the bench or plays 10 minutes in reserve like he did Saturday night, it always will be weird and feel wrong to see Looney playing for a team that isn’t the Warriors.
Tottenham 1-2 Fulham: Premier League – as it happened
Fulham started fast, helped by a howler from Spurs keeper Guglielmo Vicario and a mutinous atmosphere among the home support, as the pressure on Thomas Frank intensified
55 seconds: No.
Fulham kick off. Earlier today, Phil Foden scored the fastest goal of the season after 59 seconds for Manchester City against Leeds … only for Newcastle’s Malick Thiaw to beat that mark by four seconds against Everton a couple of hours later. Something’s clearly in the air today, so can anyone better that here?
Continue reading...No. 25 Indiana returns from break, takes control quickly in 100-56 rout of Bethune-Cookman
The Hoosiers are 7-0 for the first time since last making the NCAA Tournament following the 2022-23 season, 50 years after posting the last perfect record in men’s college basketball.