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SAN ANTONIO — Shedeur Sanders and Heisman trophy winner Travis Hunter were held quiet when it mattered most, and Colorado’s high-flying offense was grounded by BYU in a 36-14 Alamo Bowl loss on Saturday night. BYU’s L.J. Martin rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns and Jake Retzlaff passed for 151 yards to lead the … Read more

Charles Dolan, the billionaire founder of HBO and Cablevision, whose family owns Madison Square Garden, has died at age 98, his family said Saturday. Dolan passed away of natural causes according to a statement reported by Newsday, which has been a Dolan family property since 2008. “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of … Read more

Former Appalachian State quarterback Joey Aguilar has committed to UCLA and likely will succeed Ethan Garbers as the Bruins’ starting quarterback. (Jacob Kupferman / Associated Press) UCLA has landed its likely successor to quarterback Ethan Garbers. His name is Joey Aguilar, and he’s put up prolific numbers the last two seasons at Appalachian State while … Read more

The Rams’ Braden Fiske records one of his two first-half sacks of Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Hold on a minute. Actually, make that at least 24 hours. Maybe even 48. After 16 games it’s now hurry-up-and-wait for the Rams, who moved closer to clinching the NFC West title on … Read more

Nobody said it outright in the lead up to the first of a back-to-back, home-and-home matchup with the Penguins on Saturday, but winning this set of games — or at least avoiding a sweep — was as essential a task as the Islanders have faced all season. For weeks now, the Islanders have hung around … Read more

Mira Costa coach Neal Perlmutter has guided his team to a 16-0 start to the season. (Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times) So far, so good for Mira Costa’s unbeaten basketball team. The Mustangs got their 16th consecutive victory Saturday with an 82-29 victory over Agoura to advance to the championship game of the St. … Read more

The Chargers’ Derius Davis (12) stretches to catch a touchdown pass past the Patriots’ safety Kyle Dugger. (Associated Press) 1 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Derius Davis hadn’t reached his full stretch, hadn’t reeled in his second touchdown in as many games and hadn’t yet gotten the Chargers on the scoreboard. Still, J.K. Dobbins was ready to … Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — After limping into the holiday break, the Rangers face-planted coming out of it. Peter Laviolette talked about how there was only one direction his team could go at this point, but the 6-2 beatdown the Blueshirts suffered at the hands of the Lightning on Saturday night at Amalie Arena said otherwise. The … Read more

WASHINGTON, DC — For four quarters, the Knicks played with their food. They allowed themselves to enter a danger zone against the tanking Wizards, the worst team in the East, and entered their first overtime of the season because the defense devolved into a porous mess. So what should’ve been an easy evening turned into … Read more

CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow threw his third touchdown pass to Tee Higgins with 1:07 left in overtime, and the Cincinnati Bengals kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a wild 30-24 win over the Denver Broncos on Saturday. Following a Broncos punt, Burrow completed a 31-yard pass to Higgins to the Denver 3, then went … Read more