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just now (212+ words) Javier Pavia, the brother of Diego Pavia, was arrested on Saturday afternoon during the matchup between the Tennessee Vols and Vanderbilt Commodores, according to Knox News Sentinel investigative reporter Tyler Whetstone. Per Whetstone, he was charged with public intoxication. Videos and photos of ... Javier Pavia, the brother of Diego Pavia, was arrested on Saturday afternoon during the matchup between the Tennessee Vols and Vanderbilt Commodores, according to Knox News Sentinel investigative reporter Tyler Whetstone. Per Whetstone, he was charged with public intoxication. Pavia was captured on video being escorted to the tunnel on the field by law enforcement at some point during the game. The legal issue by his brother certainly didn't serve to have any effect of the play of Diego on the field. The Commodores' star QB torched Tennessee's defense on the ground and through the air, totaling…...

1+ min ago (488+ words) The 90th Iron Bowl matchup did not disappoint inside the raucous Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday night. Alabama walked away with 27-20 victory over Auburn football and extended its series record to 52-37-1 over the Tigers. Auburn will finish the 2025 season with a 5-7 overall record and just one SEC victory. Alabama clinches a spot in next week's SEC championship and will matchup against the Georgia Bulldogs. The Tigers will shift its focus on a busy offseason led by hiring their next head coach. Here are three takeaways from Auburn's Iron Bowl matchup against Alabama: The Tigers went into the halftime break with just six points, as Auburn failed to score a touchdown in the first two quarters of the game. Auburn punted on four of its first five drives and failed to convert on a fourth down attempt on its first play of the second…...

2+ min ago (469+ words) AUBURN, Ala. " It wasn't pretty, and it required nothing less than a fourth-quarter exorcism, but Alabama finally shook free of Auburn to win the 2025 Iron Bowl, 27-20. After posting a 17-0 lead in the first half, Alabama allowed Auburn to climb back into the game, but finally managed to outlast the Tigers for a crucial victory. With their sixth consecutive win over Auburn, Alabama advances " barely " to the SEC championship, and from there, potentially to the College Football Playoff. But it took a massive effort in the most hostile of conditions. The Crimson Tide got the game-winning touchdown on a gutsy fourth-down call as Alabama appeared to be mulling whether it should run a play or kick a field goal before QB Ty Simpson snapped it and hit Isaiah Horton for a 6-yard touchdown " Horton's third touchdown of the game. Auburn had…...

4+ min ago (362+ words) Will Wilson ran for four touchdowns and host North Carolina State blew out rival North Carolina 42-19 in the regular-season finale Saturday night in Raleigh, N.C. CJ Bailey threw for two touchdowns as the Wolfpack (7-5, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat North Carolina (4-8, 2-6) for the fifth year in a row. Bill Belichick's first season as North Carolina's coach ended on a three-game losing streak. Bailey threw for 201 yards on 21-for-30 passing and rushed for a game-high 65 yards. Wilson collected 54 yards on the ground on 12 carries. North Carolina quarterback Gio Lopez was 11 of 16 for 118 yards and a touchdown before leaving with an injury after being sacked early in the third quarter. Max Johnson, his replacement, added 54 passing yards, and Au'Tori Newkirk had 23 yards in the air with a late TD toss. The Tar Heels were limited to 70 yards on the ground and 265 total yards to…...

5+ min ago (431+ words) FARGO " Graham Jones took the puck from center ice, blew threw three defenders and wired a shot inside the post to give Fargo a 3-2 overtime victory over Chicago on Saturday in USHL play in front of 3,683 fans at Scheels Arena. "I kind of saw that Chicago was kind of flat-footed, so when there's a lot of open ice like that you can get in with speed and I kind of cut through their D," the Boston College commit said. "And yeah, it happened from there and (I) scored." Graham, who notched his team-leading ninth goal of the season, said he had time to peek at what Steel goaltender Sam Caulfield was giving him. "The goalie was kind of cheating toward the other side, so I saw a little opening for myself and shot it and it went in," he said. Forward…...

6+ min ago (729+ words) Two teams square off Saturday night for a chance to play for a regional championship. Texas schools Forney and Willis square off in the UIL 6A Division II Region II semifinals, taking place at Frisco's Ford Center. Both Forney and Willis come into Saturday's matchup with identical 10-2 records. The winner advances to next week 6A DII Region II final against DeSoto, which posted a 56-34 win against The Woodlands College Park on Friday. Follow The Sporting News correspondent Buck Ringgold (@Bucks_Ballpark) for all of the live updates and scoring from Frisco. - It will be Willis vs. DeSoto in next week's regional final. That should be a classic. - What a performance by Texas commit Jermaine Bishop in Willis' win. Bishop caught 15 receptions for 328 yards and three TDs - all in the second half - and a game-sealing interception. - INTERCEPTION WILLIS. Guess who? Yep, Jermaine Bishop, who puts…...

9+ min ago (377+ words) Jayden Maiava threw both of his touchdown passes in the second half to spearhead No. 17 Southern California's 29-10 comeback win over visiting rival UCLA on Saturday in Los Angeles. With two stalled drives ending in missed field goals, USC (9-3, 7-2 Big Ten Conference) went to halftime trailing 10-7 against its crosstown counterpart UCLA (3-9, 3-6). After four straight possessions without scoring, following an initial possession in which King Miller carried for a 5-yard score, the Trojans finally broke through just before the end of the third quarter. Maiava found Makai Lemon for the only time in the contest, but on their 11th touchdown connection of the season, on a 32-yard bomb for a 14-10 USC lead. USC, which has won four of its last five, struck again on its next possession when Maiava hit Lake McRee on a goal-line touchdown that pushed its lead to 21-10. UCLA, which…...

10+ min ago (267+ words) AKRON, Ohio " Amani Lyles scored a career-high 25 points and Akron men's basketball defeated Milwaukee, 105-81, Saturday night at James A. Rhodes arena. Seven Zips scored in double figures. Alongside Lyles was Evan Mahaffey (15 points), Shammah Scott (14), Sharron Young (11), Eric Mahaffey (11), Tavari Johnson (11) and Halil Barre (10). Akron improve to 6-2, rebounding from last week's 97-94 loss to Yale. "It's a great luxury to have the flexibility of over a handful of players who can score in double figures." said Akron head coach John Groce. "When you have a lot of different players scoring in different ways it makes it harder to play us." Evan Mahaffey dunked four times in the first half. Lyles scored 16 points and shot 3 of 6 from 3-point range. Johnson had six assists. Last December, the Zips lost 100-81 against the Panthers. While Milwaukee scored the first two buckets off free throws, Akron's defense…...

13+ min ago (292+ words) November 29, 2025, 11:18 PM Wilson ran for 54 yards and had a 15-yard dragging-the-pile score in the third quarter for the Wolfpack (7-5, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who scored touchdowns on all four first-half drives to firmly take control of this one. Bailey threw TD passes to Wesley Grimes and Justin Joly in that dominant first half on the way to yet another rivalry win for coach Dave Doeren, who has now beaten UNC five straight years. Gio Lopez threw a touchdown pass for the Tar Heels (4-8, 2-6), though he was knocked from the game early in the third quarter when his left leg bent under him awkwardly on a sack. He was helped to the tunnel putting no weight on his left leg, leading to Max Johnson taking over the offense with UNC down 28-10. UNC finished with 265 total yards and 11 penalties for 129 yards. UNC: The…...

16+ min ago (484+ words) LOS ANGELES -- Makai Lemon caught a 32-yard touchdown pass after being benched for the first quarter, and King Miller rushed for 124 yards and two scores in No. 19 Southern California's 29-10 victory over UCLA on Saturday. Jayden Maiava passed for 257 yards and hit Lake McRee with a TD pass in the fourth quarter for the Trojans (9-3, 7-2 Big Ten), who finished an unbeaten season at the Coliseum by pulling away from their archrivals to win the crosstown showdown for the third time in Lincoln Riley's four years as coach. Riley benched Lemon and Ja'Kobi Lane, his top two receivers, for the Trojans' first two offensive series without disclosing the reason. Both receivers then made key plays in the second half as USC pulled away, and Miller iced it with his 41-yard TD run with 2:29 left. Nico Iamaleava passed for 200 yards for the Bruins…...