1+ min ago (363+ words) Embiid had played in only six of 20 games and averaged 19.7 points and 5.5 rebounds for a Sixers team that has hovered around .500 without him. The 76ers are 4-2 with Embiid. The 76ers upgraded Embiid to questionable on the injury report on Sunday afternoon and the two-time NBA scoring champion was cleared to play after his pregame workout. The 76ers will play for the first time this season with their All-Star trio of Embiid, oft-injured Paul George and Tyrese Maxey together in the starting lineup. Embiid last played in the 76ers' win over Toronto on Nov. 8 and was officially out the next night against Detroit because he wasn't cleared to play in back-to-backs in the wake of his recovery from April surgery on his left knee. The 2023 NBA MVP, the 76ers said it was Embiid's right knee soreness that kept him from playing until Sunday. "I think they're…...

30+ min ago (218+ words) Ashlynn Shade scored 14 points including four 3-pointers and Sarah Strong also scored 14 for the defending national champions, who had six players in double figures. UConn (7-0, 1-0 Big East) finished two 3-pointers shy of the program record of 20 that was set in a win over Iowa State last December. Azzi Fudd, the reigning Associated Press national player of the week, hit four 3's for 12 points. Vivien Nejasmic scored 12 points to lead Xavier (4-3, 0-1). Mackenzie Givens and Mariyah Noel each scored nine points for the Musketeers. Strong made a 3-pointer and had two steals leading to layups to help the Huskies build a 12-point lead midway through the first quarter. UConn held Xavier without a field goal until Givens scored with 3:19 left in the quarter. The Huskies led 49-25 at halftime and then began the third quarter with a 14-4 run. Ziebell connected on four straight…...

43+ min ago (551+ words) CLEVELAND " Brock Purdy rushed for a touchdown and passed for another score in the second half, and the San Francisco 49ers spoiled Shedeur Sanders" first home start by defeating the Cleveland Browns 26-8 on Sunday. Cleveland took an 8-7 lead late in the second quarter when Sanders hooked up with Harold Fannin for a 34-yard touchdown and Quinshon Judkins" run added the 2-point conversion. But San Francisco (9-4) scored the next 19 points in its third consecutive win. All three of San Francisco"s touchdowns came on short fields " two the result of recovering turnovers and another after a 66-yard punt return by Skyy Moore. Purdy completed 16 of 29 for 168 yards. He ran it in on a 2-yard keeper in the third quarter and then had a 7-yard TD pass to Jauan Jennings in the fourth quarter. San Francisco star Christian McCaffrey finished with 74 scrimmage yards…...

50+ min ago (470+ words) Houston (7-5) won its fourth straight, moving within one game of AFC South rival Indy (8-4), which has lost three of four to fall into a first-place tie with Jacksonville. C.J. Stroud improved to 3-0 at Lucas Oil Stadium by going 22 of 35 for 276 yards with one interception in his first game in four weeks. He cleared the concussion protocol Friday. Collins caught five passes for 98 yards. Houston sealed the win by forcing a turnover on downs with 1:45 to play after Daniel Jones had taken Indy to Houston's 31-yard line. The Colts have lost two straight for the first time this season, and this was the first time they were held under 20 points. Playing through a lower leg injury, Jones finished 14 of 27 for 201 yards and two TDs. Jonathan Taylor, the NFL's leading rusher, was held to 85 yards on 21 carries and failed to score for only…...

1+ hour ago (613+ words) In a game between two struggling teams that was anything but pretty, Folk's kick was also far from it. But in tough conditions, the 41-year-old got just enough on the football to bounce back from an earlier miss and was mobbed at midfield by his teammates as the Jets fans in a drenched and half-empty MetLife Stadium went wild. Tyrod Taylor went 19 of 33 for 172 yards and a touchdown pass and also ran for a score in his second start in a row for the benched Justin Fields as the Jets (3-9) snapped a two-game skid. Adonai Mitchell had eight receptions for 102 yards and a TD, and Breece Hall ran for 68 yards and a score. After the defense held Kirk Cousins and the Falcons to a three-and-out, the Jets got the ball back at their 43 with 35 seconds left and two timeouts remaining....

1+ hour, 10+ min ago (465+ words) The Panthers intercepted Stafford twice with Mike Jackson returning one for a 48-yard touchdown and ended the 37-year-old's NFL record of 28 straight TD passes without an interception. Derrick Brown, who tipped a ball resulting in one of Stafford's first pick, came up with a key strip-sack with 2:25 left in the game to preserve the win. The win allowed the Panthers to remain a half game behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC South. The Bucs held on to beat Arizona 20-17 on Sunday. Stafford completed 18 of 28 passes for 243 yards with two touchdown passes to Davante Adams, his 13th and 14th of the season, for the Rams (9-3). The Panthers (7-6), who had just one pass play of longer than 20 yards in a 20-9 loss to San Francisco on Monday night, got several key ones from Young on Sunday. He connected on a 35-yard TD pass…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago (494+ words) Cleveland took an 8-7 lead late in the second quarter when Sanders hooked up with Harold Fannin for a 34-yard touchdown and Quinshon Judkins' run added the 2-point conversion. But San Francisco (9-4) scored the next 19 points in its third consecutive win. All three of San Francisco's touchdowns came on short fields " two the result of recovering turnovers and another after a 66-yard punt return by Skyy Moore. Purdy completed 16 of 29 for 168 yards. He ran it in on a 2-yard keeper in the third quarter and then had a 7-yard TD pass to Jauan Jennings in the fourth quarter. San Francisco star Christian McCaffrey finished with 74 scrimmage yards (53 rushing, 21 receiving) and a touchdown, with most of his yards coming in the second half. Sanders was 16-of-25 passing for 149 yards and a touchdown for Cleveland (3-9). He was sacked three times. Judkins had 91 yards…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago (196+ words) President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of a former investment manager convicted of defrauding investors Gentile had reported to prison on Nov. 14, just days before Trump commuted his sentence, according to a White House official who requested anonymity to provide details of the clemency action. Gentile had been the CEO and co-founder of GPB Capital, which had raised $1.6 billion in capital to acquire companies in the auto, retail, health care and housing sectors. He had been sentenced to seven years in prison after an August 2024 conviction for his role in what the Justice Department at the time described as a scheme to defraud more than 10,000 investors by misrepresenting the performance of three private equity funds. But the White House official said GPB Capital had disclosed to investors in 2015 that their capital might go to pay dividends to other…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago (67+ words) The Greene County Sheriff's Office are on scene near the Fairborn SportsPleX Sunday afternoon. The Greene County Sheriff's Office are on scene near the Fairborn SportsPleX Sunday afternoon. Crews responded to reports of a situation at the 5400 block of Intrastate Drive around 2:30 p.m., according to the Greene County Regional Dispatch. Dispatch confirmed deputies are on scene, but could not give further details....

2+ hour, 20+ min ago (913+ words) Lane Kiffin announced Sunday he is leaving his one-loss Ole Miss team to become the coach at LSU, taking over a Tigers program that has won national titles under three of its previous four coaches. The move, disclosed by Kiffin on social media, comes two days after No. 6 Mississippi's 39-19 victory over Mississippi State in the rivals' annual Egg Bowl game that all but guaranteed the Rebels a playoff berth. "I was hoping to complete a historic six season run with this year's team by leading Ole Miss through the playoffs, capitalizing on the team's incredible success and their commitment to finish strong," Kiffin wrote, adding that he would maintained "guardrails in place to protect the program in any areas of concern." Kiffins said Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter denied his request "despite the team also asking him to allow…...