NBA Cup: Court designs for Lakers, Celtics and more - ESPN
The Emirates NBA Cup 2025 is tipping off on Halloween, with sleek-styled courts for all 30 teams.
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Dodgers force Game 7 of World Series behind Yamamoto, bullpen - ESPN
TORONTO — Yoshinobu Yamamoto beat Toronto for the second time in a week, slumping Mookie Betts hit a two-run single in a three-run third inning and the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers held off the Blue Jays 3-1 on Friday night to force the World Series to a decisive Game 7.
Sources: SMU, Rhett Lashlee nearing lucrative deal through '32 - ESPN
SMU and coach Rhett Lashlee are finalizing a new seven-year contract through the 2032 season, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Texas' Arch Manning off injury report, set to start vs. Vanderbilt - ESPN
Texas quarterback Arch Manning was not listed on the SEC's injury report released Friday night, clearing the way for him to start Saturday against No. 9 Vanderbilt in Austin.
Police investigating break-in at Gilgeous-Alexander's home - ESPN
OKLAHOMA CITY — Police on Friday were investigating a burglary at a home reported to belong to the Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander that happened while the NBA's reigning MVP was playing a game the night before.
Wrexham hail 'statement win' over Coventry with Moore hat trick - ESPN
Phil Parkinson reveled in a «statement performance and win» as Wrexham ended Coventry's unbeaten record — the last one in the English Football League — with a 3-2 home victory Friday.
2025 World Series: How the splitter became October's top pitch - ESPN
TORONTO — In Game 6 of the World Series on Friday, two of the foremost practitioners of the pitch that has defined October will duel at Rogers Centre. Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto is trying to save his team's season, and Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman is trying to win his franchise's first championship in more than 30 years, and both will rely heavily on the split-fingered fastball, an offering that for almost 20 years teetered on the brink of extinction in Major League Baseball.
NCAA: Jacksonville State can hire former Vols coach Pruitt - ESPN
The NCAA informed Jacksonville State it could hire former Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt as an analyst, the school announced on Friday.