Villanova HC Kevin Willard joins the desk to sh
Author: Michael
Villanova took a trip to South Orange looking t
We’re in year two of the expanded College Football Playoff, and far from ending controversy, the much larger field has created new and different arguments.
In the first year, the SEC was absolutely furious after Indiana and SMU were included over three-loss teams like Ole Miss, Alabama and South Carolina. That led to a change in criteria, meant to prioritize strength of schedule. Then this year’s playoff selection courted more controversy by excluding the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in favor of SEC Championship Game loser Alabama.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Luke Kunin and Anton Lundell scored 43 seconds apart during a five-goal third period for the Florida Panthers, who rallied past the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Niko Mikkola began the Panthers’ burst with his first goal of the season and Florida ended up with four goals in slightly more six minutes. Anton Lundell also scored, and Seth Jones capped the scoring on the power play. Sam Reinhart had three assists, and Eetu Luostarinen and Aaron Ekblad each provided two.
NEW YORK (AP) — Adam Pelech scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period, and the New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Simon Holmstrom also scored for the Islanders and David Rittich stopped 28 shots as New York snapped a three-game skid before the NHL enters its three-day holiday break.
Brett Pesce scored for New Jersey in its second straight loss. Jacob Markstrom had 23 saves.
Islanders captain Anders Lee made a cross-ice pass to set up Holmstrom for a one-timer that went wide, and Pelech scored on the rebound with 1:15 remaining.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taylor Raddysh and Alexis Lafreniere scored 66 seconds apart, part of a five-goal third period for the New York Rangers in a 7-3 victory over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night.
Raddysh scored twice against his former team, and Vincent Trocheck also had two goals. Will Cuylle and Artemi Panarin also scored for New York, which is 14-6-1 on the road this season and 5-10-3 at home.
John Carlson, Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas scored for the Capitals, who are 1-4-2 in their last seven games.
Brad Penner/Imagn Images
NBA legend blasts Knicks decision not to hang NBA Cup banner: ‘Celebrate the win’ originally appeared on The Sporting News.
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
An NBA legend and former Knicks executive weighed in on the growing debate over whether the New York should hang a banner at Madison Square Garden for their 2025 NBA Cup championship.
After defeating the San Antonio Spurs on Dec. 16 to win the NBA Cup, the Knicks announced they would not raise a banner in the Garden’s rafters.
Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo trade partners include 6 rumored teams originally appeared on The Sporting News.
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
There’s no way to really know if Giannis Antetokounmpo is going to get traded away by the Milwaukee Bucks.
That’s especially true while Giannis is out injured, although his absence isn’t expected to be too long.
But if Antetokounmpo is moved, there will likely be a lot of teams in on the bidding for one of the best players in the entire NBA.
Friday night in Miami delivered a brutal reality check for Jake Paul.
The influencer has spent years trying to establish himself among boxing’s elite with little success, and while Anthony Joshua dismantled Paul’s jaw over six one-sided rounds, the Netflix viewership numbers took a bit of a hit.
Netflix has now confirmed the damage. Paul versus Joshua averaged 33 million viewers globally. In a vacuum, that is a respectable figure for a streaming event.
In the context of Paul’s supposed trajectory, however, it signals a staggering brand regression.
The 2025-26 offseason has had moments in which it moved swiftly, such as the domino effect we saw early on with the high-leverage reliever market. But we’ve also seen it drag, and that’s the way things have been going the past few weeks. As we sit just days away from the new year, it’s the starting pitching market that’s moving significantly more slowly than the rest.
The night before Thanksgiving, the Toronto Blue Jays made the first big splash, signing right-hander Dylan Cease to a seven-year, $210 million deal.