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The Minnesota Golden Gophers will try to maintain their perfect start to the season when they host the Missouri Tigers on Thursday night in Minneapolis. Minnesota (2-0) is coming off victories over Bethune-Cookman and UTSA. The Golden Gophers won their first game by 20 points and their second by 26 points. Now comes Minnesota’s toughest test yet. Missouri (2-1) knocked off Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville but fell short against Memphis. The Tigers are looking

Maintaining a high energy level has been an issue for the Auburn and Notre Dame basketball teams in the young season. Perhaps the marquee stage of the annual Legends Classic will lead to more spirited performances for the Tigers and Fighting Irish on Thursday night when they meet at the Brooklyn Nets’ home arena in New York. Auburn and Notre Dame enter the first all-time meeting between the two with matching 1-1 records. However, neither

There are increasing signs that the Dallas Cowboys have put their offense in good order. That’s far from the case for the Carolina Panthers. The Cowboys will try to keep it going when they face the Panthers on Sunday afternoon in Charlotte. Dallas (6-3) has won three of its last four games, with the offense a big part of that success. The Panthers (1-8) have the worst record in the NFL. The Cowboys are the

After getting shut out in a game for the first time since last February, the Vegas Golden Knights continue their five-game road trip Thursday night against the Montreal Canadiens. The Golden Knights opened the trip with a 3-0 loss to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday as Charlie Lindgren notched his first shutout since 2018 by making 35 saves. It marked the first time since Feb. 27 at Colorado when Alexandar Georgiev turned aside 31 shots

The Chicago Blackhawks are back from a trip to Florida, refreshed after three days off and ready to play five home games over the next seven outings. They also return with Connor Bedard appearing to have taken great strides in his development as an NHL superstar-in-the-making, as the 18-year-old seems to get more comfortable by the game. For the third time in a week, Chicago will face a team from the Sunshine State as it

The Arizona Coyotes will look to rebound and find consistency in their game when they visit the struggling Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. After starting the season better than many expected, the Coyotes have not linked a pair of wins together since the fourth and fifth games of the campaign. Over their last eight games, they have alternated wins and losses, with their most recent victory a 7-5 win over the Nashville Predators on

The biggest questions surrounding Thursday’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and visiting New Jersey Devils are whether it will be a clash of each team’s top player, and which team’s streak will continue. Penguins center Sidney Crosby is expected to be there, and he’s flying, coming off a four-point night that helped Pittsburgh win its fifth straight game. Devils center Jack Hughes has a shot to return Thursday from a right shoulder injury, according to

The Ottawa Senators haven’t collected back-to-back victories in North America in nearly a month. They’ll hope for better luck overseas this week. Ottawa will play the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday and the Minnesota Wild on Saturday in the NHL’s Global Series Sweden. The Toronto Maple Leafs are the fourth team playing in Stockholm this weekend. The Senators started the season 3-1-0 but have lost six of their past nine games. “A lot of guys

Oklahoma State and St. Bonaventure will meet on a neutral court Thursday, yet in an area of the country that has yielded each program success in recent seasons. The teams are set to face off for the first time when they open the Legends Classic at Brooklyn, N.Y. The winner of Thursday’s game opposes the winner of the nightcap between Auburn and Notre Dame in Friday night’s championship game. Oklahoma State (1-1) bounced back from

LSU and Dayton meet in the first round of the Charleston Classic in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday, hoping to accelerate their early season development. Both are coming off difficult losses as they play the first of three games in four days in the tournament. The Tigers (1-1) lost to an in-state rival at home for the first time since 1988 — snapping an 82-game win streak — when they fell to Nicholls 68-66 last Friday