Devin Vassell and Julian Champagnie told us their gameplan for shutting down Nikola Vucevic tonight

Jalen Milroe ran for two touchdowns and threw for a pair of fourth-quarter scores to help No. 4 Alabama pull away to beat South Florida 42-16 on Saturday night.

All four teams in the finales of the NBA play-in tournament on Friday night are dealing with injury issues.

Three players on the San Antonio Spurs starting five are “questionable” or “probable” ahead of game vs. Bulls

Chicago played at Miami and Oklahoma City was in Minnesota to open this NBA season.

Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green picked up where they left off last time they were healthy in the postseason.

Not since 1998 have the Cleveland Cavaliers made the playoffs without LeBron James.

Russell Westbrook entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols Thursday, joining Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Brooklyn’s James Harden as past league MVP’s currently sidelined by coronavirus concerns.

Minor league pitcher Tyler Zombro was kept overnight at a hospital and remains in stable condition after being struck in the head by a line drive.

SAN ANTONIO – Jakob Poeltl scored 20 points, DeMar DeRozan had 17 and the San Antonio Spurs held on to beat Chicago 120-104 on Saturday night in Nikola Vucevic’s debut with the Bulls, snapping a four-game losing streak. San Antonio nearly blew a 36-point lead but held on to win for the first time since defeating Cleveland on March 19. Coming off two disappointing losses to the Los Angeles Clippers, including a 134-101 blowout Wednesday, San Antonio needed a boost and their veterans provided it. DeRozan and Poeltl combined to score the next seven points to give San Antonio a 114-98 lead with 3:23 remaining. San Antonio finished 10 for 25 on 3-poitners.

The 14th-ranked Bulls were put on pause because of COVID-19 issues on Jan. 21, 2021 when a Tier I member in the women's basketball program tested positive. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)It's been a rough few weeks for Jose Fernandez and his South Florida team. The 14th-ranked Bulls were put on pause because of COVID-19 issues within the women's basketball program on Jan. 21. You’re risking soft tissue injuries if you come back right away.”This pause came a few days after the Bulls were awarded a rare forfeit win over Memphis. AdSo, South Florida’s only game in the conference standings since Jan. 13 was the forfeit win over Memphis.

The game turned when Ball State scored three touchdowns in the final 5:55 of the first half to take a 35-21 lead. That year, the Bulls knocked off an undefeated and nationally ranked Ball State team for the championship. “I made sure our guys knew that we were underdogs," Ball State coach Mike Neu said. That left Buffalo trailing for the first time all season, and Ball State wasn't done. Their running game wasn't consistently explosive, and it took too long for their defense to slow down Ball State.

(AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)Stanford remained atop The Associated Press women's basketball poll released Monday and picked up first-place votes, too. Coach Tara VanDerveer matched Pat Summitt's all-time win total of 1,098 with a victory on Sunday night over California that kept Stanford unbeaten. “I just would like to say to everybody, basketball was invented as, always has been and always will be a great team sport," she said. It’s been about great, great, great assistant coaches that have worked extremely hard for our program and it’s about having great players. Louisville, UConn, N.C. State and South Carolina followed Stanford as the first five remained unchanged in their position.

Alabama running back Najee Harris (22) leaps over LSU safety JaCoby Stevens (7) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. 1 for the fifth week in a row Sunday and extended its streak of consecutive poll appearances to 210, the third longest in the history of The Associated Press college football poll. 1 for the third straight week and the top seven teams were unchanged for a fifth consecutive poll. Buffalo is the first Mid-American Conference team to be ranked this season, giving every FBS league at least one ranked team during this pandemic-altered season. The Ducks' and Huskies' exits left the Pac-12 with two ranked teams: No.