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Mia Hamant, a goalkeeper for Washington’s women’s soccer team who helped the Huskies reach the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament, has died at age 21.

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Mississippi State president Mark Keenum, the chair of the College Football Playoff board of managers, told ESPN’s Paul Finebaum on Friday that the SEC would prefer to “not have automatic bids” in future iterations of the playoff.

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North Carolina validated head coach Hubert Davis’ retooling of the roster, rallying to earn the Tar Heels’ first win over Kansas since 2002 in an 87-74 victory Friday night.

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USC pulled off a remarkable fake punt against Northwestern on Friday night by sending out third-string quarterback Sam Huard in the same uniform number as the Trojans’ punter.

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Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia, who missed the World Series because of what the team said at the time was a “deeply personal family matter,” said Friday his daughter, Sterling, died Oct. 26.

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Japanese star third baseman Munetaka Murakami, who owns the single-season home run record for a Japanese player in Nippon Professional Baseball, is entering the posting system for MLB teams, sources told ESPN.

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