Coach Cori Close said UCLA has improved since losing to South Carolina in the NCAA tournament two years ago and is ready to face the Gamecocks Sunday.
Cowboys rule out Brandin Cooks, Trevon Diggs, Zack Martin
The Cowboys won't have several key players when they take on Washington on Sunday.
Presbyterian wins 71-61 over Monmouth
Kobe Stewart scored 17 points as Presbyterian beat Monmouth 71-61 on Saturday. Stewart had five rebounds and six assists for the Blue Hose (5-3). Kory Mincy added 16 points while shooting 4 for 11 (3 for 8 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line while they also had five rebounds.
Yan Xiaonan wants Zhang Weili UFC strawweight title rematch ‘any time, any place’
Yan Xiaonan wants another crack at Zhang Weili and her UFC strawweight title. Yan (19-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC) returned to action for the first time since coming up short in her first bid at Weili's title in April at UFC 300. It was a successful shutout decision performance
Kaufman-Renn leads No. 6 Purdue to rout of Marshall 80-45
Trey Kaufman-Renn had 18 points and Myles Colvin and Camden Heide each scored 13 to lead No. 6 Purdue to an 80-45 rout of Marshall on Saturday. Colvin and Heide were making their first starts of the season for Purdue (5-1). Braden Smith, who was averaging 14.6 points, was scoreless on an 0-for-4 shooting day.
Tottenham rout Manchester City to leave Pep Guardiola reeling
“Sacked in the morning” was the ecstatic taunt from Tottenham fans aimed at Pep Guardiola when Pedro Porro’s third was rammed in under a classic Mancunian downpour that had abated by the end of Manchester City’s fifth consecutive defeat.
The right-back prospered as Ange Postecoglou’s men did all evening: by ransacking the champions who, despite Guardiola’s defiance that he is up for arresting the slide, were clueless, as illustrated by Brennan Johnson’s added-time fourth, when, for a countless time, City fell to the quick break.
Continue reading...Joel Embiid ‘managing swelling in his left knee,’ missed Friday, will be out Sunday
Embiid will have played in four of the 76ers' first 16 games as of Sunday.
Manchester City 0-4 Tottenham: Premier League – as it happened
Spurs humiliated the champions on their own patch, condemning City to a fifth successive defeat in all competitions
3 min: Gvardiol crosses from the left for Haaland, who strangely doesn’t go for goal from his position on the right-hand corner of the six-yard box. His header back across the face is cleared. But this is a fast start by City. Spurs have barely had a touch since that kick-off fiasco.
2 min: Gundogan sends the resulting free kick towards the far stick. Akanji is unable to turn it goalwards. Goal kick.
Continue reading...Carlos Ulberg eyes former UFC title challenger Khalil Rountree as potential next opponent
Carlos Ulberg wants to put himself in position to fight for the UFC's light heavyweight title, and sees a matchup against another former title challenger as a logical next opponent. At UFC Fight Night 248 at Galaxy Arena in Macau, Ulberg (11-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) picked
Phillip Hughes: depth of loss even 10 years on speaks to the cricketer he was | Jonathan Horn
The young batter’s death stirred the public in ways we’d never before seen and remains a reminder that sport is ultimately a shared experience
That day, that week, that helpless, hopeless fortnight comes at you 10 years later in a blur of images – the bowler cradling Phillip Hughes’ head, the teammate removing his pads, the orderly assembly of cricket bats on front porches, the detached explanation of the neurosurgeon, the mourners fanning themselves in the high school gymnasium.
It was a basal subarachnoid haemorrhage – a sick fluke. We’re largely inured to such tragedies now but occasionally they get in your marrow. A child is struck by a car crashing into a playground. A family is blown to bits by a missile. A young girl is murdered and dumped in a tip. A cricketer is killed at the crease.
Continue reading...Former NFL player Scott Turner has been nominated to be HUD secretary
Former NFL defensive back Scott Turner will be part of the incoming administration.
No. 15 Marquette beats Georgia 80-69 in the Bahamas behind David Joplin’s 29 points
David Joplin scored a career-high 29 points and made six 3-pointers, Chase Ross had 14 points and five steals, and No. 15 Marquette beat Georgia 80-69 on Saturday. Joplin scored five straight Marquette points to begin a 12-3 run that Stevie Mitchell capped by banking in a shot with 1:33 remaining for a 78-66 lead. Ben Gold scored a career-high 14 points and Kam Jones had 10 points and seven assists for Marquette (6-0).
Stephen Jones doesn’t regret Cowboys’ trade for Lance ‘at all’
Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones doesn't regret trading for former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance.
European football: Celta fight back to stun Barcelona; Inter thrash Verona
- Barça blow two-goal lead after Marc Casadó is sent off
- Simeone wins 700th game at Atléti; Inter 5-0 Verona
Celta Vigo fought back with two late goals in quick succession to hold Barcelona to an-action-packed 2-2 draw. It looked as though Barça were cruising towards victory after the La Liga leaders opened a two-goal lead thanks to strikes by Raphinha in the first half and by Robert Lewandowski after an hour’s play, but the script changed when Marc Casadó was sent off due to a second yellow card for a foul in the 82nd minute.
With Barcelona down to 10 men, the home side piled on the pressure and managed to score twice, through Alfonso González then Hugo Álvarez in the 84th and 86th minutes respectively.
Continue reading...Barry Hawkins sends Ronnie O’Sullivan out of UK Championship in first round
- Hawkins comes from 4-2 down to seal 6-4 victory
- Defending champion O’Sullivan says: ‘I’m used to it’
Ronnie O’Sullivan crashed out on the opening day of the UK Championship with a 6-4 defeat by Barry Hawkins in York. Hawkins reeled off four frames in a row to haul back a 4-2 deficit and clinch only his third win over O’Sullivan, the defending champion, in 21 career attempts.
It was a remarkable revival by the 45-year-old Hawkins, who compiled four consecutive half-centuries that left the eight-time champion stuck in his seat for three straight frames.
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