Buckling down on fourth-quarter defense and LeBron James scoring down the stretch lifted the Cavaliers past the Toronto Raptors, 105-101, Tuesday night at The Q. Toronto was shooting 58 percent from the field entering the fourth quarter. The Cavaliers finally tightened things up defensively, holding the Raptors to six-of-20 shooting and just 13 points in […]
Blue Jackets down Flyers 3-2 in overtime
December 10, 2014 by
One last gasp, one last rush up the ice. It was all that Ryan Johansen and Kevin Connauton had left in the tank, and it was just enough for the Blue Jackets to lock up their fourth straight victory. The Philadelphia Flyers were the better team in the third period and they started overtime on […]
Cavaliers thump Nets 110-88
December 9, 2014 by
LeBron James and Kyrie Irving made a statement before Monday’s game against the Nets. Then the entire Cavaliers team did the same — with a different message — on the court by extending their winning streak to seven games with a 110-88 romp at Barclays Center on Monday night. During warmups James and Irving sported […]
Ohio State heading to College Football Playoff as fourth seed
December 8, 2014 by
Alabama, from the Southeastern Conference, and Ohio State, from the Big Ten Conference, will be featured in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Thursday, January 1, 2015, in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Crimson Tide is ranked No. 1 in the nation, while the Buckeyes are No. 4. The game is […]
Colts beat Browns 25-24 as Cleveland’s offense struggles
December 8, 2014 by
The Browns’ defense dominated Andrew Luck all afternoon, but in the end, he got the best of a unit that forced four turnovers, scored more points than the offense and tried to bail out a struggling Brian Hoyer. Luck completed a 1-yard TD pass to T.Y. Hilton with 32 seconds left to beat the Browns, […]
Lady Buckeyes beat Winthrop 66-52
December 8, 2014 by
Freshman Kelsey Mitchell scored 26 points and Ohio State held Winthrop to just 25 points in the second half as the Buckeyes got back on track with a 66-52 victory Sunday afternoon. The win gets to the Buckeyes to 5-4 on the year while Winthrop drops to 4-3. Mitchell did most of her damage in […]
Bengals collapse late in 42-21 loss to Steelers
December 8, 2014 by
Sunday’s AFC North slobber-knocker at sold-out Paul Brown turned into a display of offensive heavyweights but the game spun on one of those old-fashioned turnovers when the Bengals’ four-point lead dissolved into a 14-point deficit during a dizzying span of 6:29 in the fourth quarter of a 42-21 loss to the Steelers before 65,512. The […]
Blue Jackets beat Lightning 3-1
December 7, 2014 by
Sergei Bobrovsky appears to be finding his form, and that’s a very good sign for the Blue Jackets. They have plenty of ground to make up in the Metropolitan Division standings, but the start of the climb is a winning streak – and that’s what they are in the process of putting together. Saturday’s 3-1 […]
Buckeyes stomp Wisconsin 59-0 to Win Big Ten title
December 7, 2014 by
Ohio State’s No. 3 quarterback looked every bit as good as the other two. Cardale Jones even did something his two all-conference predecessors could not. He led the Buckeyes to a Big Ten title. Jones threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns and was named the game’s MVP in his first career start, leading No. […]
Cavaliers beat Knicks 90-87 for 5th straight win
December 5, 2014 by
Kyrie Irving’s driving layup with seven seconds remaining in the game helped the Cavaliers escape New York with a 90-87 win over the New York Knicks Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. Cleveland (10-7) extended its winning streak to a season-high five games. New York (4-15) has lost 15 of its last 17. With LeBron […]
