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Their rivalry goes back to when Pearl arrived at Tennessee in 2005 and chose to challenge Calipari’s ascending Memphis program as a means of elevating his own. It worked, honestly. When the Vols and Tigers played at FedExForum in February 2008, Memphis was ranked No. 1 in the polls and Tennessee was No. 2. The Vols won and rose to the No. 1 ranking. SN’s MARCH MADNESS HQLive NCAA bracket | Live scoreboard | Full TV schedule​...

The Big 12 will have its 10 teams face off against 10 SEC teams in the Big 12/SEC Challenge on January 30 so they don’t get shuffled and lost in the bustle of November/December rivalry games and the end of college football, ESPN.com reported. MORE: SN’s 2016 champion is… | Fab Five needs to shut up and move on | Who IS this Las Vegas Dealers guy? Highlighting the conference matchups is preseason No....

The No. 18 Wildcats (10-3) previously had fallen against No. 2 Michigan State, No. 20 Baylor and No. 18 North Carolina, but Saturday afternoon at Rupp Arena they dictated the action for most of the game and punished their fiercest rival, the Louisville Cardinals, 73-66.
MORE: Russ Smith posterizes Julius Randle Whether it was the rivalry or the home crowd or perhaps the dozen games’ worth of experience the freshman-laden Kentucky team had gained, the Wildcats could reasonably be said to have dominated after falling in an 8-0 hole at the start....

As for Libya, despite playing well, they failed to get past Tanzania and ended up sharing the spoils. The Mediterranean Knights are aware that getting good results is the only way to go far in the competition, and their 2-0 win against Kenya way back in 2004 in a friendly, might push them to victory. This will be Paul Put’s second match as Harambee Stars head coach, and eyes are definitely firmly set on the prize....

Unlucky Harambee Stars were held to a 0-0 draw by the visitors at Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on day three of the two-week tournament. The painful draw left Kenya just a point above Zanzibar, who beat Rwanda in the opening match; a result that now leaves coach Paul Put with no option but to win his next two games against Tanzania and Zanzibar to progress to the next stage....

The hosts began the encounter in the ascendancy and they immediately imposed their passing identity on the game. However, they failed to carve out any clear-cut opportunities, thereby reducing them to shots from distance. Rather ironically, the clearest chance of the opening half an hour fell to Asamoah Gyan, who somehow managed to divert his header wide off the target from a free-kick. Thereafter, the visitors looked the likelier to break the deadlock, although they were undone by a moment of madness by Subhasish Roy....

BY ZULHILMI ZAINAL Follow on Twitter Kedah will be without their young forward Farhan Roslan, the club announced on its social media on Wednesday morning. The 21-year old, who was reportedly injured in the Red Eagles’ friendly match against Perlis last Friday, has undergone a scan that confirmed that he has picked up an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. He is expected to be out of action for the rest of the season, announced the club....

Panthers coach Pat Narduzzi declined to provide an update or any other information on the injury after the game. He said only that the quarterback told him in the locker room he “feels good.” MORE: Why did Kedon Slovis transfer from USC to Pitt? Slovis was battered throughout the game, he was sacked twice along with numerous hurries and quarterback hits. The play that knocked him out of the game occurred near halftime, a strip-sack by the Volunteers’ Tyler Baron....

Thackeray’s comment came in the wake of the ongoing controversy between senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gopinath Munde and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar over the post of Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president. Last month, Pawar was elected unopposed to the post after contender Munde’s nomination papers were rejected on technical grounds by the MCA. Peeved by the denial to contest for the post, Munde moved a Mumbai court and was granted a temporary injunction against Pawar, who has been restrained from functioning as MCA president for a week....

After winning the interim WBA welterweight title in 2013, Thurman was promoted to regular champion in 2015. He defended the title against Robert Guerrero, Luis Collazo, Shawn Porter, Danny Garcia and Josesito Lopez. He won the WBC title against Garcia. Thurman lost the WBA belt to Manny Pacquiao in 2019 via split decision. He has been healing from injuries since that fight. Barrios made his pro debut in 2013. A WBA super lightweight champion, he successfully defended the title once....

A source told Sporting News that Kellen Moore is expected to retire and become the Cowboys’ new quarterbacks coach. The possibility of Moore making the move was the subject of Cowboys media speculation this past week following the departure of quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson, a move first forecast last Monday by Sporting News. Wilson’s contract is expiring and will not be renewed. IYER: Why Cowboys failed in 2017 Moore is only 28 in comparison to Garrett, who was 39 when hired as Miami’s quarterbacks coach in 2005 by then-Dolphins head coach Nick Saban....

Burns’ main issue with the Michael Jordan/late ’90s Bulls 10-part documentary is that Jordan’s production company, Jump 23, was a partner in the production. There’s at least the perception of a conflict of interest and the idea that parts of Jordan’s story were suppressed. ‘LAST DANCE’: TV schedule for Bulls documentary “If you are there influencing the very fact of it getting made it means that certain aspects that you don’t necessarily want in aren’t going to be in, period,” Burns, who claims not to have watched the first four episodes, said, per The Wall Street Journal....

The Kennedy family is no stranger to questions about how its men treat women. Aside from a 1978 Jeep accident on Nantucket that left a young woman paralyzed, however, Joe has evaded scandal. But he does have a reputation for being temperamental-an impression his former wife’s book reinforces. “[B]y the end of our marriage I had simply become afraid of him,” Sheila writes. The congressman declined to discuss the book’s specifics....

NASCAR issues the penalties to keep teams to the time schedule for inspection prior to qualifying each week. MORE: NASCAR blames teams for tire problems | Strange Texas schedule | Texas picks, favorites | Parity: Most winning drivers The drivers who will miss 15 minutes of practice Friday will be Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Landon Cassill, Cole Whitt, Michael Annett, Martin Truex Jr., Reed Sorenson, Clint Bowyer, Parker Kigerman and Kyle Larson....

Fans could hear the stress in their voices as they tried to post solid finishes while battling to win the Sprint Cup title next Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Here’s a look at some of the conversation on a day when Johnson increased his lead to 28 over Kenseth with one race remaining. Scanner chatter Crew chief Chad Knaus early in the race to Jimmie Johnson, “What happened on that start there Jimmie?...

The Kentucky Derby has proved to be a great equalizer over the years. Old money won last year, when Orb brought the Phipps family its first Derby victory. That came on the 10-year anniversary of Funny Cide, who was owned by 10 friends from upstate New York who arrived at Churchill Downs in a yellow school bus. This year's Derby, run for 140th time on Saturday, is proof that no matter how much money you spend, or how many horses you have, fate can reward anyone....

See: 2011-12 national champion Kentucky Wildcats, 2013-14 national runners-up Kentucky Wildcats. See also: 2014-15 Kentucky Wildcats. It’s easy to define any John Calipari-coached Kentucky team as one with a bevy of future NBA lottery picks. This year’s team is no anomaly, but instead, the Wildcats are defining themselves from the other side of the ball. Let Tyler Ulis explain: “When we’re in the zone, it’s hard to score on us....

Robinson had already got close enough to the first down marker but instead of letting the pile push him forward, he shrugged off several defenders and bounced backward, sweeping around to the right side of the field to pick up extra yardage. The Wildcats continue to threaten MSU in Lexington. Source: @SBNation

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Kenya’s team have sent their track and field manager home from Rio, Olympics bosses said on Sunday, after allegations he requested money to let undercover journalists, posing as athlete representatives, know when drugs testers would come calling. Michael Rotich denies the accusation published in Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper. The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya said it would look into the report, while the Kenyan sports minister questioned why allegations stemming from a secret recording earlier this year were published after the Olympics began....

The Gunners suffered a 3-1 defeat against Liverpool on Saturday, with Wenger leaving Sanchez on the substitutes’ bench for the opening 45 minutes before introducing the Chile international in the second half. Wenger defends Sanchez decision By that point, Arsenal were trailing by two goals as Liverpool surged into the lead at Anfield and, despite Wenger’s explanation that he wanted to play more directly, Keown was highly critical of the call....