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Opening Night Delivered: Detroit Erases 22, the Sixers Spoil the Knicks' Banner Night, and OKC Answers San Antonio

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By Jordan Pierce , RF Sports Radio NBA voice NBA fans, I went 1-for-3 on my opening-night picks, and I have never been happier to be wrong. The tripleheader gave us a historic comeback, a banner night spoiled, and a rematch that was not close. The facts In Detroit, the Pistons came back from 22 points down to beat the Celtics 121-113, per NBA.com and Basketball-Reference, completing the largest opening-day comeback in 30 years. Paul George scored 38 points for Boston, the most for a Celtic in his debut, and moved past Kyle Korver into eighth place on the all-time 3-pointers list. Jayson Tatum had 13 points on 6-of-23 shooting with 11 assists. Duncan Robinson scored 21 for Detroit, 15 in the fourth, and Javonte Green scored 19 in the second half. Detroit outrebounded Boston 59-45. At Madison Square Garden, the Knicks raised their first championship banner in 53 years , then lost 106-100 to the 76ers, per NBA.com and the AP. Tyrese Maxey scored 28. Jaylen Brown had 19 points, e...
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We Just Got to Score: Coach Prime Wants the Second Half to Become the Standard as Colorado Walks Into a Sold-Out Stillwater Homecoming

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By Cam Sutton , RF Sports Radio Colorado voice Buffs fans, Coach Prime walked into his Tuesday press conference with a simple message, and honestly, it is the whole season in one sentence: score the football. Colorado did it for one half against Utah. Now it has to do it for 60 minutes on the road at somebody else's homecoming. The facts Colorado (2-4, 0-3 Big 12) visits Oklahoma State (4-2, 2-1) on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m. Central at Boone Pickens Stadium on FS1, per Oklahoma State Athletics. It is OSU's 105th homecoming, the game is sold out, and it is Colorado's first trip to Stillwater since 2009. Colorado leads the all-time series 27-20-1, but Oklahoma State has won three of the last four meetings. Against Utah, Colorado was shut out in the first half, then scored 24 points after halftime, 17 of them in the third quarter, per CUBuffs.com. "It was a good sign that we can score. When we can score, we could beat anybody in the country. We just got to sco...
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Aranda Points at the Line of Scrimmage: Baylor Ran for 54 Yards on 34 Carries, and Kansas Brings a Quarterback Who Runs

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By Mac Rivera , RF Sports Radio Baylor voice Bears fans, Dave Aranda did not hide from it on Monday. The TCU loss started up front, and he said so. Now the question is whether a two-game road trip, starting in Lawrence, gives Baylor time to fix it. The facts At his weekly press conference Monday, Aranda said DJ Lagway could have gotten to a second or third read early in the 17-6 loss to TCU, but the protection broke down after that, per Sports Illustrated's Baylor Bears On SI. "Once you got past the second quarter on, there really wasn't much of a pocket to speak of," Aranda said. "It's hard to criticize when there's someone in his face the entire time. And so a cleaner line of scrimmage is gonna be cleaner decisions ." The numbers back him up. Baylor ran for 54 yards on 34 attempts , 1.6 per carry, a week after rushing for 244 against Arizona State, and converted 6 of 21 third downs, per SI. Lagway was 22-of-53 for 256 yards with an interce...
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Second Place Is on the Line in Waxahachie: Duncanville vs. the Indians Headlines a Week 9 Slate Full of District Fights

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By Coach Terrence Booker , RF Sports Radio DFW High School Football voice DFW high school fans, we spent the last two weeks talking about North Crowley. This week, the most interesting game in District 11-6A does not involve the Panthers at all. It is the fight for the spot right behind them. The facts Duncanville visits Waxahachie on Friday, Oct. 23, at Stuart B. Lumpkins Stadium in a battle for sole possession of second place in District 11-6A , per VYPE's Week 9 games to watch. Both teams are 3-1 in district play, and both district losses came to North Crowley. Duncanville is 4-3 overall and Waxahachie is 6-1. Duncanville leads the series 5-1, and its defense has allowed 22 points total during a three-game win streak , led by Chris Jackson Jr.'s 47 tackles. Waxahachie quarterback Jerry Meyer III is a South Carolina pledge, per VYPE. Last week, per GM Sports Media, Duncanville beat Crowley 28-15 and Waxahachie routed Red Oak 48-3. Elsewhere Friday, per VYPE: DeSoto...
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Atlanta's Turn to Host: Finals Game 3 Tonight at State Farm Arena, and the Third Quarter Has Been the Whole Series

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By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA Playoffs voice WNBA fans, the Finals move east tonight, and for the first time this series the Atlanta Dream get to play in front of their own people. Golden State won the opener, Atlanta won Game 2, and now the best-of-seven turns into a best-of-five with two in Georgia. The facts Game 3 of the WNBA Finals is tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 8 p.m. Eastern / 7 p.m. Central at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, on USA, CNBC and Peacock, per WNBA.com. The series is tied 1-1 after Golden State won Game 1, 68-64, and Atlanta won Game 2, 79-65, behind Angel Reese's 30 points and 16 rebounds. Game 4 is also in Atlanta on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 1 p.m. Eastern / noon Central on NBC and Peacock. Game 5, if needed, returns to Chase Center on Monday, Oct. 26. Full Court Buckets, which tracks its own game data, points out the swing quarter: Golden State has scored nine points in the third quarter of both Finals games, and Atlanta has ...
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Moose on the Loose: Rantanen's Overtime Hat Trick Snaps Boston's Streak and Gives the Stars Three Straight Wins

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By Nolan Frost , RF Sports Radio Stars voice Stars Nation, I asked for a statement against a Boston team that had been winning every night. I did not expect it to come from one guy. Mikko Rantanen scored all three goals, the last one in overtime, and the Stars are rolling. The facts The Dallas Stars beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at American Airlines Center, per NHL.com and the AP. Rantanen scored the winner on the power play at 3:52 of overtime , taking a pass from Miro Heiskanen low on the left side and holding the puck before beating Jeremy Swayman with a backhand. It snapped Boston's five-game winning streak. Dallas is 5-3-1 with three straight wins ; Boston is 7-2-1. Attendance was 18,532, per ESPN. Boston led 1-0 on Matthew Poitras' goal at 2:09 of the first. Rantanen tied it at 2:50 of the second on a rebound of a Jason Robertson poke, James Hagens put the Bruins back ahead at 7:30, and Rantanen tied it 2-2 at 13:38 of the third when...
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Revenge Week on the Hilltop: No. 23 SMU Gets Cal Back at Ford Stadium, and Kevin Jennings Is Playing Boring in the Best Way

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By Brooke Calloway , RF Sports Radio SMU voice Pony Up. Every team has a game it circles. For SMU this year, it is Cal. The Golden Bears spoiled the regular-season finale a year ago, and now they have to come to Ford Stadium on Saturday with a quarterback controversy and a 41-7 loss on their résumé. The facts No. 23 SMU (5-1, 3-1 ACC) hosts Cal (3-4, 2-2 ACC) on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 11 a.m. Central at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on The CW, per SMU Athletics. The Mustangs are No. 20 in the coaches poll. Cal won the last meeting 38-35 in last season's regular-season finale, per CBS Sports, and SMU leads the series 2-1. SMU has not turned the ball over in two games , a 25-16 win over Boston College on Oct. 3 and last week's 23-13 win over Virginia, and led both of those games 13-10 at halftime, per CBS Sports and Field Level Media. Kevin Jennings threw five interceptions in the first four games. "I thought that was one of Kevin's better games," Rhett Lashlee sai...
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