5+ hour, 39+ min ago (415+ words) Freshman Alessio Milivojevic threw a career-high four touchdown passes and Michigan State snapped its eight-game losing streak with a 38-28 victory over Maryland on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit. Alante Brown added a 92-yard kickoff return touchdown as the Spartans (4-8, 1-8 Big Ten) avoided becoming the first Michigan State team to lose all of its league games since joining the Big Ten in 1953. Milivojevic did most of his damage in the first half and finished the game 27 of 39 for 292 yards and one interception. Maryland (4-8, 1-8) rallied in the second half but suffered its eighth straight loss, matching the longest losing streak of coach Mike Locksley's seven-year tenure and the second longest skid in program history. Freshman Malik Washington completed 38 of 61 passes for 459 yards with three touchdowns and one interception for the Terrapins. His competitions, attempts and yardage were all career highs. Michigan…...

5+ hour, 50+ min ago (415+ words) Darian Mensah set Duke's single-season record with his 27th and 28th passing touchdowns as the Blue Devils went on to beat Wake Forest 49-32 on Saturday at Durham, N.C., then advanced to the Atlantic Coast Conference title game later in the day. Anderson Castle and Nate Sheppard each ran for two touchdowns for the Blue Devils (7-5, 6-2 ACC), who will face Virginia for the ACC championship next Saturday after No. 21 SMU was upset by Cal. Mensah was 24-for-35 for 268 yards, including a 30-yard TD strike to Sahmir Hagans in the third quarter for the school record. Earlier in the game, Mensah scrambled 4 yards for his first rushing touchdown of the season. Wake Forest (8-4, 4-4) committed four turnovers without forcing any. Quarterback Robby Ashford threw for two touchdowns and 342 yards with an interception and ran for a touchdown and a 2-point conversion. Duke broke away with the…...

5+ hour, 59+ min ago (421+ words) LSU is expected to hire Lane Kiffin from Ole Miss on Sunday with a lucrative offer to make him one of the highest-paid coaches in the sport, ESPN reported early Sunday morning. Kiffin had said that he would decide on Saturday whether to stay in Oxford, Miss., or accept another offer for the 2026 season, but no announcement came. Both ESPN and The Athletic reported that Kiffin will meet with Ole Miss players at 10 a.m. ET followed by an announcement with his decision. LSU reportedly has offered Kiffin a seven-year deal worth approximately $100 million. That would put his salary above that of Georgia's Kirby Smart, the highest-paid college coach at $13.3 million a year, and represent a significant increase over the $9 million Kiffin now makes, according to the USA Today coaches salary database. Both reports said LSU is very confident Kiffin will be…...

6+ hour, 14+ min ago (431+ words) CJ Carr completed 17 of 27 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns as No. 9 Notre Dame cruised to a 49-20 win over host Stanford on Saturday night. Jadarian Price had a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown for Notre Dame (10-2), which won its 10th in a row to wrap up the regular season. Aneyas Williams rushed for 83 yards and two touchdowns and Jeremiyah Love had 14 carries for 66 yards and a score. The Fighting Irish now turn their attention to the College Football Playoff Committee, which will determine the final 12 teams that will compete for a national championship. Elijah Brown completed 18 of 37 passes for 204 yards, one touchdown and one interception for Stanford (4-8), which lost four of its last five to close the season. Charlie Mirer, son of former Notre Dame signal-caller Rick Mirer, entered the game as a backup and threw a touchdown pass. Notre…...

6+ hour, 29+ min ago (1296+ words) Isaiah Horton caught three touchdown passes from Ty Simpson to help No. 10 Alabama survive blowing a 17-point lead to escape with a 27-20 win over rival and host Auburn in the Iron Bowl on Saturday night. The Crimson Tide (10-2, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) not only clinched a spot in the SEC championship game vs. Georgia next Saturday with the dramatic victory, but they also likely locked up a spot in the College Football Playoff. No. 1 Ohio State 27, No. 15 Michigan 9 Wide receivers Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate returned from injuries and each had a touchdown catch, while Bo Jackson ran for more than 100 yards as the visiting Buckeyes ended a four-game losing streak to the Wolverines with a dominant victory. Jackson, a freshman, ran for 117 yards and amassed 49 receiving yards for the Buckeyes. Freshman QB Bryce Underwood was 8 of 18 for 63 yards and a late…...

6+ hour, 59+ min ago (1067+ words) Pascal Siakam hit a 14-foot jumper at the buzzer and finished with 24 points and nine rebounds as the Indiana Pacers beat the Chicago Bulls 103-101 on Saturday night in Indianapolis. The Bulls' Tre Jones scored on a driving layup with 7.5 seconds left to tie the game before Siakam made a shot over two defenders to help the Pacers win back-to-back games for the first time this season. Bennedict Mathurin had 19 points for Indiana, which won for the fourth time in its first 20 games. Teammates Isaiah Jackson, Jay Huff and Andrew Nembhard each scored 14 points. Jones and Josh Giddey led Chicago with 17 points apiece. Nikola Vucevic had 16 points, eight rebounds and six assists, while Kevin Huerter and Ayo Dosunmu each had 15 points. Giddey added 11 boards and seven assists for the Bulls, who have lost three straight and four of their last five....

7+ hour, 4+ min ago (1380+ words) Brandon Hagel scored two goals as the surging Tampa Bay Lightning extended their winning streak to seven games with a 4-1 victory Saturday over the New York Rangers, who continued their home woes. Hagel scored a goal for the fifth straight game and registered his third multi-goal game in that span as Tampa Bay also improved to 15-3-0 in their past 18 games following a 1-4-2 start. Hagel produced his fourth multi-goal game this season by scoring with 9:07 left in the first and with 11:03 remaining in the second. Nick Paul scored early in the third as Tampa Bay was on its way to avenging an earlier 7-3 home loss to the Rangers. Jake Guentzel finished it off on an empty-net goal with 17.4 seconds left. Nikita Kucherov collected three assists and extended his points streak to nine games. He has four goals and 14 assists during the…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago (335+ words) Tomas Hertl scored two goals and rookie Carl Lindbom made 18 saves to pick up his first NHL win as the Vegas Golden Knights snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night in Las Vegas. It was the 36th career multi-goal game of Hertl's career and the first this season. Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist, and Colton Sissons also scored for Vegas, which scored its ninth consecutive win over San Jose while improving to 29-2-5 all-time against the Sharks. Will Smith scored two goals and William Eklund also scored for San Jose. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 20 of 24 shots. Smith, playing in his 100th NHL game, gave San Jose a 1-0 lead at the 7:34 mark of the first period when he flicked a wrist shot from near the left faceoff circle past Lindbom's glove and into…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago (365+ words) Adrian Kempe scored his third overtime goal of the season at 3:58 to lift the Los Angeles Kings to a 2-1 victory against the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. Quinton Byfield partially whiffed on a shot attempt and the puck went to Kempe at the side of the net. He skated to the inside edge of the right circle and scored with a wrist shot. The referees returned to the ice to review whether Byfield interfered with Canucks goalie Kevin Lankinen, but the goal stood. Anze Kopitar scored in regulation and Anton Forsberg made 19 saves for the Kings, who were coming off a 5-4 shootout loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. Los Angeles has earned a point in nine of its past 10 games (6-1-3). Evander Kane scored for the Canucks, who have lost five of six (1-4-1). Lankinen returned after being unavailable the…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago (420+ words) Klay Thompson turned back the clock with six 3-pointers en route to a season-high 23 points, Cooper Flagg went for a season-best 35 points and the Dallas Mavericks held off the host Los Angeles Clippers 114-110 on Saturday night. Resting Anthony Davis on the second night of a back-to-back, the Mavericks trailed 103-101 after a John Collins 3-pointer for the Clippers with 2:22 to go. But Thompson, playing in his hometown, capped a 17-point final period with a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:52 remaining, Flagg dropped in three sets of two lead-extending free throws in the last 1:20 and the Mavericks kept the Clippers at arm's length en route to snapping a three-game losing streak. In a game in which neither team led by more than 10, the Clippers found themselves down 87-83 after a Thompson 3-pointer in the first minute of the fourth quarter. The game then became a…...