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LAS VEGAS —  San Diego State beat Fresno State 53-46 on Thursday night at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center to advance to the semifinals of the Mountain West Tournament. Compared to the day’s other three quarterfinals, which were decided by six total points, this was a blowout. An absolute boat race. The Mountain West promised to …

Earlier this season, Kelly Clarkson had to sit out The Voice Battle Rounds due to illness (with Kelsea Ballerini temporarily filling in). And this week, it looked like Kelly’s fellow coach Nick Jonas — who was finally enjoying his first on-set Live Playoffs, after his first Voice season pivoted to remote filming last year due …

Four of the most fabled programs in college football — Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Notre Dame — still have hopes of winning the championship in one of the most chaotic, uncertain, week-to-week seasons in the sport’s history. On Friday, the College Football Playoff will hold its semifinal games at the Sugar Bowl in New …

So much for that highly-anticipated game between No. 3 Michigan State and No. 4 Kansas in the championship of the Maui Invitational. Virginia Tech didn’t cooperate on setting up a Spartans vs. Jayhawks showdown by upsetting Michigan State 71-66 Monday in the tournament’s first round The loss to the Hokies sends the Spartans into the …

Not for the first time in their Rugby World Cup history England gave their fans some palpitations en route, but Eddie Jones and his players have lived to fight another day. The semi-finals now await after a seesawing contest against a battling Australia side who, for 65 minutes, made their opponents work extremely hard for …

The FIDE World Cup semifinals started today with draws in both Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Teimour Radjabov and Ding Liren vs. Yu Yangyi. The return games will be played on Friday, followed by a possible tiebreak on Saturday. You can follow the games here as part of our live portal Chess.com/events. There is daily coverage by our …

Both Ding Liren (China) and Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) won their white games on Tuesday to reach the semifinals of the FIDE World Cup. Ding knocked out Alexander Grischuk (Russia) who went astray in time trouble, while Radjabov came out on top in a complicated Gruenfeld against Jeffery Xiong (U.S.). You can follow the games here as part of our live …

Scorelines can be deceiving, and that certainly held true in the last quarter-final of the 2019 US Open. Three-time champion Rafael Nadal defeated Argentine Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 in the early hours of Thursday morning, but the Spaniard’s victory was anything but straightforward. Nadal overcame a spirited effort from the No. 20 seed to …

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 04: Matteo Berrettini of Italy celebrates after winning his Men’s Singles quarterfinal match against Gael Monfils of France on day ten of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 04, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by …

It hasn’t been a perfect performance from Roger Federer, but the third seed is now one set away from doing enough to move into the semi-finals of the US Open for the 11th time. Federer leads Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 after one hour and 44 minutes. The 38-year-old Swiss wasted little time gaining an …