While Villanova was without the nation’s leading rebounder, Duke Brennan, on Tuesday night, 7-foot forward Braden Pierce started in Brennan’s place in the Wildcats’ 89-75 win over visiting Old Dominion.

Well, all good things must come to an end. The Tennessee Volunteers, after a valiant run in the Las Vegas Players Era event, finally met their match. The Vols took on the Kansas Jayhawks in what was supposed to be a battle for third place.

Ryan O'Reilly scored the go-ahead with 5:46 left in regulation as the Nashville Predators beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Nov. 26.

Tyler Tejada scored 20 points, including two free throws in the closing seconds, to help Towson defeat Liberty on Tuesday.

Terry Smith has made it clear his team wants to play in a bowl game. But where will it happen if the Nittany Lions qualify?

Brandon Aubrey converted a 42-yard field goal as time expired and the Dallas Cowboys rallied from a 21-0 second-quarter deficit to beat the visiting Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 on Sunday.

Player props are the grain that feeds the cash cow of single-game parlays. While they have gotten so much recent attention in the NBA (not to mention MLB) for all the wrong reasons, NFL player props are about to become even more widely known because of what they can provide for bettors.

If Ohio State and Indiana both hold serve, winning their rivalry games and finishing the regular season undefeated, then they will meet at Lucas Oil Stadium. Easy enough. But there’s the potential for a three and even four-way tie if Michigan can beat the Buckeyes and Purdue can somehow dethrone Indiana.

Each week we ask someone who covers Cal’s next football opponent to answer five questions about that opponent. This week we enlisted Dean Ralsky, who covers SMU