4+ hour, 37+ min ago (260+ words) The first Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) Major of 2026 will take place in Boston from Feb. 19-22, with the final two days of competition tak Boston to host first RLCS Major of 2026 The first Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) Major of 2026 will take place in Boston from Feb. 19-22, with the final two days of competition taking place in front of a live audience at the Agganis Arena on the Boston University campus. The event put on by BLAST features a $345,000 prize pool, and is the culmination of Opens 1-3. Teams from around the world will compete in online qualifiers and regional events in an effort to earn spots at the first Major of the year. From the Opens, 15 teams will secure spots in the Boston Major via points. A 16th team will qualify by winning the final North America vs. Europe match at…...

14+ hour, 48+ min ago (404+ words) Former Pac-12 coaching rivals Sean Miller and Bobby Hurley will meet again on Monday, leading Texas and Arizona State, respectively, in an opening-round matchup at the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. Miller is in his first season at Texas (4-1) and coached Arizona from 2009-21. Hurley's tenure with the Sun Devils (4-1) began with the 2015-16 season. With the Longhorns' visit to the tournament, Miller is making his fourth appearance in the Maui Invitational. Arizona won it in 2014. "There's probably not a lot of coaches (who) can say they've coached in the Maui Invitational more than three times," Miller said via the tournament's YouTube account. "No matter what trip I've made to the tournament, there's a couple of things that always seem to be in play: No. 1 is it's early in the year, so none of us are finished products, and it's an amazing…...

3+ min ago (386+ words) Jamal Murray scored 29 points, Peyton Watson chipped in 27 and Nikola Jokic added 17 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds as the visiting Denver Nuggets snapped the Memphis Grizzlies' two-game winning streak with a 125-115 victory Monday night. The Nuggets made a season-high 22 3-pointers (22-of-43, 51.2%) to withstand a fourth-quarter rally by the Grizzlies. Memphis trailed 108-91 early in the quarter following a four-point play by Cam Johnson, but cut the lead to five after a 12-0 run. Denver closed strong with two 3-pointers by Murray in the final four minutes and went up 121-112 after a Jokic behind-the-back bounce pass to Watson for an uncontested layup. Murray hit six 3-pointers and Watson added a career-highfive from long range. Jock Landale paced the Grizzlies with a career-high-tying 26 points along with 10 rebounds off the bench. Jaylen Wells dropped in a season-high 22 points and Cam Spencer scored 18. Denver never trailed after…...

15+ hour, 18+ min ago (333+ words) Mississippi State has had a rocky start to the season. The Bulldogs (2-3) have lost their past two games and will try and get back in the win column when they play New Orleans (2-3) on Monday night in Starkville, Miss. "Nobody in our program expected these results, but it's reality," Mississippi State coach Chris Jans said. "It's where we're at, and we've got to figure it out." The Bulldogs, who are coming off an 80-78 loss to New Mexico in the consolation round of the Hall of Fame Classic on Friday in Kansas City, are trying to figure out a new defense this season. "We're not going to turn people over as much because it's not as aggressive a style of defense. So it's (a trade-off). Right now, certainly everyone can be critical of what we're doing. I understand that. It comes…...

14+ hour, 17+ min ago (328+ words) Top-seeded San Diego FC will try to continue defying expectations when they host No. 4 seed Minnesota United on Monday night in a conference semifinal. San Diego became the second expansion team in three seasons to finish atop the West standings, and in the process set an MLS points record for a first-year club. Anders Dreyer scored 19 goals and assisted on 19 more to earn MLS Newcomer of the Year honors. Amahl Pellegrino joined in a summer trade from San Jose and has since scored six times, including three MLS Cup Playoff goals. Even so, head coach Mikey Varas is well aware that his team has few experiences in matches as big as Monday's contest. He's even grateful that his side needed all three matches to defeat Portland in its round one series. "I think in the long run that was very…...

58+ min ago (350+ words) Jacob Markstrom made 32 saves as the New Jersey Devils held on for a 4-3 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings on Monday. The Devils are 8-0-1 at home this season, joining the league-leading Colorado Avalanche (8-0-2) as the only teams without a regulation loss on home ice. Monday's victory ended the Devils' three-game losing streak, which came in the final three stops of a five-game road trip. Connor Brown, Timo Meier and Nico Hischier each had a goal and an assist. Cody Glass scored New Jersey's other goal. Markstrom earned his sixth win of the season. It was a much-needed strong outing for the struggling goalie, who has been losing playing time to Jake Allen. The Red Wings outshot the Devils 35-19, including 28-11 over the last two periods. Markstrom held steady against this pressure, making a huge pad save to deny Patrick Kane…...

9+ hour, 12+ min ago (230+ words) The Boilermakers (6-0) held firm after a dominating 86-56 victory over then-No. 15 Texas Tech on Friday to win the Baha Mar Championship in Nassau, Bahamas. The Wildcats (5-0) won their second game over the third-ranked team this season when they won 71-67 at UConn on Wednesday. Arizona already has three Top 25 wins on the season, including wins over UCLA and then-No. 3 Florida. Houston (5-0) fell one spot to No. 3, Duke (7-0) rose one spot to No. 4 and the Huskies (5-1) fell two spots to No. 5. Louisville (5-0), Michigan (4-0), Alabama (3-1), BYU (4-1) and Florida (4-1) round out the updated top 10. Michigan State (5-0) was the biggest riser of the week, jumping up six spots to No. 11 after its convincing 83-66 win over Kentucky in New York on Tuesday. The Wildcats (4-2) had the biggest fall, dropping seven spots to No. 19. Texas Tech (4-2) tumbled five spots to No. 20 after the Purdue loss. Vanderbilt and Indiana…...

8+ hour, 32+ min ago (145+ words) Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander announced that he is retiring as a professional Counter-Strike player and plans to transition into a coaching role. gla1ve, 30, was benched by ENCE in July in favor of Rigon 'rigonN' Gashi after a stint with the team that included a win at the Elisa Masters Espoo. He came to ENCE after spending the majority of the previous seven years with Astralis. A four-time Major winner, the 30-year-old former in-game leader said that at this stage of his career he believes he can make a bigger impact supporting a team. "I believe I can contribute more strategically, build stronger teams and have a long-lasting influence on the next generation." gla1ve said that he had always planned on entering coaching following his playing days and that it's a "proactive choice" to begin "the next chapter with purpose."...

14+ hour, 23+ min ago (354+ words) David Coit delivered one of the top scoring efforts in Maryland history in just his fifth game with the program. The senior guard will look to follow the stellar performance when the Terrapins clash with UNLV on Monday night in their initial game in the Players Era men's tournament at Las Vegas. Coit scored a career-high 41 points as Maryland (4-1) notched a 95-90 overtime victory over visiting Mount St. Mary's on Wednesday. It tied for the third-most points in program history with school legends Gene Shue (1953), Len Bias (1986) and Greivis Vasquez (2010). The only Terps with higher scoring outputs are Ernest Graham (44 in 1978) and Al Bunge (43 in 1960). Coit made 8 of 10 attempts from 3-point range, falling one shy of matching the school mark of Mike Jones, who made nine on Dec. 13, 2006, against Kansas City. "I think what was working was my teammates playing in…...

6+ hour, 2+ min ago (131+ words) Cowboys left tackle Tyler Guyton could miss multiple games with an ankle injury that forced him out of Sunday's win over the Philadelphia Eagles, according to multiple media reports. Dallas is scheduled for only two walkthrough practices this week before playing the Kansas City Chiefs (6-5) on Thursday afternoon. Guyton was replaced by Nate Thomas, who started for Dallas against the New York Jets in Week 5 with Guyton in concussion protocol. Thomas, 24, was a seventh-round pick in the 2024 draft out of Louisiana. He also received extended reps before the Week 1 game against the Eagles, when Guyton was dealing with a knee injury. Guyton, 24, was a first-round pick in 2024. He has started 21 games and played in 25 in his first two seasons....