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Perhaps it was James Madison going for it twice on fourth down on its first drive of the game.

Dallin Hall scored a season-high 20 points, Jacari White had a spectacular dunk and scored 15, and No. 23 Virginia beat Maryland 80-72 on Saturday night in the first meeting since 2018 between the former Atlantic Coast Conference rivals.

The Commanders lost quarterback Marcus Mariota to a hand injury during Saturday's 29-18 home loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, which also allowed the defending Super Bowl champions to clinch the NFC East title.

Kylian Mbappe scored his 59th goal for Real Madrid in 2025 on Saturday to equal the club record for the most in a year held by Cristiano Ronaldo.

Malachi Toney's tiebreaking 11-yard touchdown reception with less than two minutes left lifted No. 10 seed Miami to a 10-3 victory over No. 7 Texas A&M on Saturday in the College Football Playoff.

Mika Zibanejad tied it late in the third period, and the New York Rangers killed off two penalties in overtime on the way to beating the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday.

Sananda Fru scored a season-high 18 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 11 Louisville beat 94-54 Montana on Saturday.

Details of Mark Leiter Jr.'s $2.85 million million, one-year contract with the Athletics:

Erling Haaland continues to motor along at better than a goal a game for Manchester City in the Premier League.

African soccer is getting a major shake-up with the conversion of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations to a four-year cycle and creation of a new African Nations League competition.