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No. 24 Miami (Ohio) rallies past UMass to stay perfect
Miami (OH) RedHawks head coach Travis Steele communicates with players in the first half of a NCAA men’s basketball game between the Miami RedHawks and Buffalo Bulls, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at Millett Hall in Oxford, Oh. Trailing for much of the game, No. 24 Miami (Ohio) rallied behind Eian Elmer’s 30 points to remain one of two Division I unbeaten teams with an 86-84 win over Massachusetts on Tuesday night before a raucous home crowd in Oxford, Ohio.
The RedHawks (21-0, 9-0 Mid-American Conference), pressed to overtime in their last two wins, had to play from behind for most of the first half and the first 10 minutes of the second half against the Minutemen. But unlike wins over Buffalo and at Kent State, Miami didn’t have to rally in the final two minutes. Instead, the RedHawks had to hold off UMass (13-9, 4-6).
Leonardo Bettiol led UMass with 22 points while Marcus Banks finished with 18 for the Minutemen before he fouled out with 1:25 remaining. K’Jei Parker had a chance to give UMass the lead with 26 seconds remaining, but his 3-pointer was short.
Elmer grabbed the rebound and then converted a pair of free throws to push the Miami lead to 85-81. Parker was fouled taking a three and made all three free throws to cut the deficit to one with 8 seconds left.
Peter Suder converted one of two free throws with 4 seconds left, and Isaiah Placide’s half-court heave fell short at the final buzzer.
The RedHawks played their ninth game without starting point guard Evan Ipsaro. They also were without starting guard Luke Skaljac (illness) on Tuesday. Skaljac hit a running bank shot seven days earlier to force overtime at Kent State, a game Miami won 107-101 in overtime.
Suder and Justin Kirby and Suder each had 13 for Miami, which was playing its first home game at Millett Hall as a nationally ranked team, and its first home game on its Oxford campus as a ranked team since playing Xavier as the No. 12 team in the country on Feb. 25, 1953.
A crowd of 9,223 turned out at Millett Hall, which opened in December 1968. Miami entered with a school-record 26-game home winning streak.
UMass raced out to a 22-13 lead thanks to the Banks’ sharpshooting. The guard connected on 3 of 4 from beyond the arc, and went 4 of 5 from the field in the opening 20 minutes. His team-leading 13 first-half points helped the Minutemen build a 10-point lead at 45-35 with 2:18 left in the half.
UMass maintained control of the game thanks to its work on the glass, out-rebounding Miami 20-12 in the first half. But Miami recovered just before halftime, going on an 8-2 run to cut UMass lead to 47-43 at the break. Elmer kept the RedHawks close, draining 5 of 7 from 3-point range and going 6 of 8 from the field on his way to an 18-point first half.
Daniel Hankins-Sanford drained a three from the right wing with 11:45 left in the second half to put UMass up five, 63-58.
Miami drew even at 65 on a pair of Suder free throws with 9:26 left. After a UMass response, Elmer drilled a left wing three with 8:40 remaining to give Miami its first lead since 2-0.
Banks drained a turnaround with 4:36 left to give UMass its last lead at 76-74.
Antwone Woolfork finished off a three-point play with 4:19 left to put Miami up for good, 77-75.
–Field Level Media
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US takes bronze in combined skiing; Mikaela Shiffrin misses podium
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics – Alpine Skiing – Women’s Team Combined Victory Ceremony – Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre, Belluno, Italy – February 10, 2026. Bronze medalists Jacqueline Wiles of United States and Paula Moltzan of United States celebrate after the Women’s Team Combined CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Austria’s Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber won women’s team combined Olympic gold on Tuesday as overwhelming U.S. favorites Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin missed out on the podium in a major shock.
Germany’s Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher took the silver, 0.05 behind, and Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan finished third for the United States on a slalom piste set by the Austrian coach.
World and Olympic downhill champion Johnson and dominant slalom skier Shiffrin finished fourth — missing a medal by 0.06 of a second — after looking set to repeat their 2025 world championship win.
Johnson was fastest in the downhill leg but Shiffrin, winner of seven out of eight slaloms this season and the most successful World Cup skier of all time, was only 15th in the slalom run on Cortina d’Ampezzo’s Olimpia delle Tofane piste after losing the advantage early on.
Shiffrin arrived at the 2022 Beijing Games as favorite to win a fistful of medals but left empty-handed. She has two more chances in giant slalom and slalom.
The fourth place also ended Johnson’s hopes of a “double double” — holding both the world downhill and team combined titles and adding Olympic golds in both.
The silver was Aicher’s second of the Games after she finished runner-up in the downhill. Remarkably, the German skied the slalom leg on Tuesday.
–Reuters, special to Field Level Media
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Former Lions DE Tracy Scroggins dies at 56
Detroit LIons Tracy Scroggins exchanges words with Green Bay Packers Marco Rivera after a play during the second quarter of their game Sunday, December 10, 2000 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo by Dale Guldan) Tracy Scroggins, who spent his entire 10-year NFL career with the Detroit Lions, died Monday. He was 56.
The Lions announced the passing of the former defensive end but did not provide a cause of death.
His family issued a statement to TMZ, however, that blamed football, saying they believed he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. That can be diagnosed only after death.
Scroggins was among the thousands of former players to sue the NFL over concussion-related symptoms. The case was settled in 2015.
“Playing in the NFL gave Tracy the opportunity to pursue his lifelong dream and to rise from poverty,” the family statement read. “However, unfortunately, the NFL was also ultimately the cause of his untimely demise. Tracy spent every moment of retirement courageously battling the devastating effects of CTE. While our hearts are heavy, we find comfort in knowing that he is finally at peace.”
Scroggins appeared in 142 games (89 starts) with the Lions from 1992-2001. The team selected the Oklahoman in the second round of the 1992 NFL Draft out of Tulsa.
He retired with 60.5 sacks, 321 tackles (23 for loss), eight forced fumbles and seven recoveries, and an interception.
–Field Level Media
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Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin out vs. US
[US, Mexico & Canada customers only] Feb 8, 2026; Milan, Italy; Kristin O’Neill of Canada celebrates scoring their first goal with Marie-Philip Poulin of Canada and Ella Shelton of Canada against Czechia in women’s ice hockey group B play during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena. Mandatory Credit: David W Cerny/Reuters via Imagn Images Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin won’t play in Tuesday’s Group A game against the United States after sustaining a lower-body injury in Monday’s 5-1 win over Czechia, Hockey Canada announced.
A three-time gold medalist who has earned the nickname “Captain Clutch,” Poulin is considered day-to-day after leaving Monday’s win in the first period following a hit into the boards from Czechia’s Kristyna Kaltounkova. The latter was assessed a penalty for an illegal hit.
Poulin, 34, is playing in her fifth Olympics, winning gold in 2010, 2014 and 2022 along with a silver in 2018.
Canada and the U.S. have combined to win all six gold medals in women’s hockey since it was introduced in the 1998 Nagano Olympics — Canada claiming four and the Americans two. They’ve faced off five times in the gold-medal game and are heavy favorites to meet there again in this year’s Games.
Both teams are undefeated entering Tuesday’s Group A game. Canada is 2-0 with a 9-1 goal differential, while the U.S. is 3-0 with a 15-1 differential.
–Field Level Media
US takes bronze in combined skiing; Mikaela Shiffrin misses podium
Former Lions DE Tracy Scroggins dies at 56
