Albany NY Great Danes (6-4) at Syracuse Orange (4-4, 0-1 ACC) Syracuse, New York; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Syracuse plays Albany NY after Jyare Davis scored 20 points in Syracuse's 69-64 loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The Orange are 4-0 on their home court.
Morgan State visits Xavier on 5-game road slide
Morgan State Bears (5-7) at Xavier Musketeers (7-2) Cincinnati; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Morgan State will aim to stop its five-game road losing streak when the Bears play Xavier. The Musketeers have gone 6-0 in home games.
Queens (NC) plays No. 14 Kentucky on 4-game win streak
Queens (NC) Royals (5-3) at Kentucky Wildcats (7-1) Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky; Monday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Queens (NC) will attempt to keep its four-game win streak alive when the Royals take on No. Kentucky.
Watkins leads No. 6 USC against Fresno State after 21-point game
The Trojans have gone 4-1 at home. USC scores 85.8 points and has outscored opponents by 31.9 points per game. The Bulldogs have gone 1-1 away from home.
Coppin State visits Andrews and George Washington
Coppin State Eagles (6-5) at George Washington Revolutionaries (5-3, 0-1 A-10) Washington; Tuesday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: George Washington hosts Coppin State after Makayla Andrews scored 23 points in George Washington's 87-55 loss to the George Mason Patriots. The Revolutionaries are 5-1 in home games.
Seton Hall hosts Pryor and Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart Pioneers (3-4) at Seton Hall Pirates (6-2) South Orange, New Jersey; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Sacred Heart faces Seton Hall after Ny'Ceara Pryor scored 24 points in Sacred Heart's 79-57 victory against the Morgan State Bears. The Pirates have gone 5-1 at home.
Juan Soto’s historic contract with Mets, where the Yankees go from here | Baseball Bar-B-Cast
Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss Juan Soto agreeing to a historic contract with the Mets, where the Yankees and other teams that missed out might go from here and break down the signings of a few notable free agents.
Rhode Island visits Brown following Lilly’s 23-point game
Rhode Island Rams (9-0) at Brown Bears (6-3) Providence, Rhode Island; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Brown faces Rhode Island after Kino Lilly Jr. scored 23 points in Brown's 76-75 victory over the Bryant Bulldogs. The Bears are 3-2 on their home court.
Hofstra plays Norfolk State following Robinson’s 28-point performance
Hofstra Pride (7-3) at Norfolk State Spartans (6-3) Norfolk, Virginia; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Spartans -2.5; over/under is 132.5 BOTTOM LINE: Hofstra plays Norfolk State after Kijan Robinson scored 28 points in Hofstra's 114-46 win over the Saint Joseph's (L.I.) Golden Eagles. The Spartans are 3-0 in home games.
Charlotte visits Davidson after Bailey’s 25-point game
Charlotte 49ers (4-3) at Davidson Wildcats (6-2) Davidson, North Carolina; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Davidson hosts Charlotte after Reed Bailey scored 25 points in Davidson's 73-72 victory over the Charleston Southern Buccaneers. The Wildcats are 4-0 in home games.
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Fulham’s Antonee Robinson shines against Bukayo Saka, Tottenham squander another lead and woe at Old Trafford
There are numerous issues when taking over a team mid-season. One is that a new head coach might not have the right players for his plan and he has very little time to implement what he wants with those he does. Ruben Amorim has arranged his players – in various combinations – into his preferred 3-4-3 formation and it is clear what the strategy is, although there are flaws. The defence is struggling, where the three centre-backs are not performing their main duty of keeping clean sheets. Against Forest every set-piece looked like it might result in a goal. Only Nikola Milenkovic did score from a corner but the others were more farcical as André Onana got confused by Morgan Gibbs-White and a seemingly harmless Chris Wood header was allowed to drop in off the post. Maybe chopping and changing is Amorim’s issue and he needs to back a first-choice back three to allow them to settle and offer a foundation to build on. Will Unwin
Continue reading...Even after missing out on Juan Soto, Red Sox must stay aggressive in free-agent market
Boston's pursuit of Soto signaled the team's rejuvenated willingness to spend at the highest level.
Fantasy Basketball Week 7 Recap: Nikola Jokić makes history, Yves Missi a bright spot for the Pels
Dan Bruno recaps all the biggest news and notes from last week in the NBA and fantasy basketball, including Nikola Jokić's historic run and Yves Messi's continued rookie success.
With signing of Juan Soto, Mets and owner Steve Cohen show that the sleeping giant in Queens is now fully awake
Cohen flexed his financial might in stealing Soto from the Yankees and signing him to a record contract.
Luke Littler named on six-strong Sports Personality of the Year shortlist
- Teenager could become youngest winner since 1958
- Hodgkinson, Yee, Bellingham, Root and Storey included
Luke Littler will have a shot at becoming the youngest winner of the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award for more than 60 years, after being named on a six-strong shortlist headed by the Paris 2024 Olympics stars Keely Hodgkinson and Alex Yee.
The England footballer Jude Bellingham, the cricketer Joe Root and the Paralympian Sarah Storey make up the list. But, surprisingly, there is no place for Mark Cavendish, in a year when he broke Eddy Merckx’s record for Tour de France stage wins.
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