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Bradshaw Mountain wrestling places fifth out of 16 teams at the Liberty Duals in Peoria on Saturday. Chino Valley also gets second place at the Mingus Tournament in Cottonwood on Saturday.

Justin Fields threw three touchdown passes in the second half, J.K. Dobbins ran for 172 yards and a score and Ohio State sealed its first playoff trip in three years by shutting out Wisconsin in the second half in the Big Ten championship game.

First-half turnovers proved fatal for the Northern Arizona Suns on Saturday night in their 125-100 loss at the Salt Lake City Stars.

James Harden scored 18 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter and Ben McLemore added 27 points to help the Houston Rockets outlast the Phoenix Suns 115-109 on Saturday night.

MaCio Teague heard the crowd with No. 18 Baylor at home and tipping off about the same time the Bears’ football team started the Big 12 championship game 100 miles north of campus.

Beating the New England Patriots has been the primary focus for the Kansas City Chiefs since losing the AFC championship game last January.

Winless in more than two years, Henrik Stenson found himself in the middle of a wild chase to the finish Saturday with Tiger Woods and the elite in golf all around him.

Cate Reese scored 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting and grabbed 17 rebounds to help No. 20 Arizona stay undefeated with a 54-43 win over UTEP on Saturday.

Romello White had 19 points and 14 rebounds, Rob Edwards added 17 points and Arizona State returned to the desert to beat Louisiana-Lafayette 77-65 Saturday night.

A 19-3 run by Deer Valley in the second quarter was ultimately the deciding factor in the Badgers’ 75-61 home loss to the Skyhawks on Friday night.

Phil Kessel drank in the moment in the most Phil Kessel way. He tried to avoid it.

CJ Verdell ran for 208 yards and broke open the game with two long touchdown runs in the fourth quarter, and No. 13 Oregon spoiled No. 5 Utah’s playoff hopes with a 37-15 victory in the Pac-12 championship game Friday night.

Hey rook, get in there.

The New York Knicks have made another coaching change, firing David Fizdale after barely 100 games on the job.

LSU is perfectly comfortable in an offensive shootout, both teams racing up and down the field, throwing caution to the wind and lighting up the scoreboard with big play after big play.

Season openers are rarely ever pretty. And while that was relatively the case in the Badgers’ opener against Mingus on Thursday, they still eased to a 6-0 home win over the Marauders.

The NAU community is alive and well all across Arizona. And for fans in and around Prescott looking to get their sports fix without traveling to Flagstaff, NAU basketball has got you covered.

Prescott boys and girls basketball will be starting an annual reunion for the team’s former coaches and players during the boys basketball game against Deer Valley on Friday.

Alexis Clynes and Bethany Gittins each scored a goal as the Bradshaw Mountain girls soccer team outshot St. Mary’s 35-2 in a 2-0 win Thursday night.

Phil Kessel has overcome a slow start and is headed in the right direction for the Arizona Coyotes.

Mitchell Trubisky and the Chicago Bears appear to be hitting their stride, even if it might be too late to salvage their season.

Monty Williams was able to celebrate a victory in an emotional return to New Orleans.

The Pac-12 championship game has largely been an afterthought for the rest of the country the past two seasons with the conference mostly out of contention when it comes to the all-important College Football Playoff.

The Arizona Cardinals have a No. 1 overall draft pick under center while the Pittsburgh Steelers have a guy named “Duck” throwing the ball around the field.

Justin Fields’ first real hero moment came in the third quarter last Saturday, a display of toughness destined to live in the lore of the Ohio State-Michigan game.