Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule on Saturday, Nov 11
Nov 11 - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday (All times ET):
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Soccer star Hope Solo says ex-FIFA president 'grabbed' her
-- U.S. soccer star Hope Solo accused ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter of grabbing her buttocks during an awards ceremony five years ago, an allegation that the former head of international football's governing body (PEOPLE-HOPE SOLO/ (PIX), moved at 1:17 p.m., 317 words)
Gold medal gymnast Aly Raisman says was abused by team doctor
-- Three-time Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman said she was sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics' team physician Larry Nassar, according to an interview with CBS News program "60 Minutes" that will air on Sunday (GYMNASTICS-USA/RAISMAN, moved, 534 words)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Battle for Big Ten East lead
COLUMBUS, Ohio - No. 12 Michigan State and No. 13 Ohio State meet in a game that could decide the Big Ten East Division championship and a spot in the conference championship game next month in Indianapolis. (FBC-MICHIGAN STATE-OHIO STATE-LEDE-WRITETHRU, By Doug Bean, The Sports Xchange, 700 words, expect ASAP after noon ET game)
Top-ranked Georgia faces tall task
AUBURN, Ala. - Georgia is rolling along, having already clinched the SEC East and sitting No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings. Auburn, meanwhile, is still very much in the picture for the SEC West crown, with an outside shot at the playoffs (FBC-GEORGIA-AUBURN, By Anthony Dasher, The Sports Xchange, 700 words, expect ASAP after 3:30 p.m. ET game)
Notre Dame, Miami clash in prime time
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - There's plenty of 1980s nostalgia surrounding the matchup between No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 7 Miami, but what's really important is how this game will shape the race for the College Football Playoff. (FBC-NOTREDAME-MIAMI, By Paul Borden, The Sports Xchange, 700 words, expect ASAP after 8 p.m. ET game)
CFB Week 11
The Sports Xchange covers all Top 25 games and recaps every Power 5 game. Full Saturday schedule below:
WRITETHRUS
12 Michigan State at 13 Ohio State noon
15 Oklahoma State at 21 Iowa State noon
17 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech noon
23 N.C. State at Boston College noon
Arkansas at 24 LSU noon
UConn at 18 Central Florida noon
Rutgers at 14 Penn State noon
Florida State at 4 Clemson 3:30 p.m.
20 Iowa at 8 Wisconsin 3:30 p.m.
1 Georgia at 10 Auburn 3:30 p.m.
11 USC at Colorado 4 p.m.
19 Washington State at Utah 5:30 p.m.
2 Alabama at 16 Mississippi State 7 p.m.
Purdue at 25 Northwestern 7 p.m.
3 Notre Dame at 7 Miami (Fla.) 8 p.m
6 TCU at 5 Oklahoma 8 p.m.
RECAPS
Texas Tech at Baylor noon
Florida at South Carolina noon
Nebraska at Minnesota noon
Indiana at Illinois noon
Duke at Army noon
UL-Lafayette at Mississippi noon
Wake Forest at Syracuse 3 p.m.
Michigan at Maryland 3:30 p.m.
West Virginia at Kansas State 3:30 p.m.
Virginia at Louisville 3:30 p.m.
Kentucky at Vanderbilt 4 p.m.
Kansas at Texas 6 p.m.
New Mexico at Texas A&M 7 p.m.
Tennessee at Missouri 7:30 p.m.
Arizona State at UCLA 9:30 p.m.
Oregon State at Arizona 10:15 p.m.
Top 25 roundup
-- Capsule recaps of Saturday games. (FBC-ROUNDUP, updated throughout the day and night, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words)
CFB notebook
-- News and notes from around the nation. (FBC-NOTEBOOK, expect by 6 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 425 words)
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Krzyzewski seeks milestone win
DURHAM, N.C. - No. 1 Duke is right back at it, playing Utah Valley a night after beating Elon in its season opener. Mike Krzyzewski will be going for his 1,000th victory as Duke's coach. (CBK-UTAHVALLEY-DUKE-LEDE-WRITETHRU, The Sports Xchange, 600 words, expect ASAP after 7 ET game)
TSX covers all Top 25 games with first lede and write-thru:
No. 14 Notre Dame at DePaul 4 p.m.
Utah Valley at No. 1 Duke 7 p.m.
St. Francis (Pa.) at No. 22 Saint Mary's 8 p.m.
RECAPS
North Florida at Michigan 7:30 p.m.
Eastern Illinois at Nebraska 8:30 p.m.
NFL
Week 10 GameScout: Previews, predictions for all NFL games
-- Snapshot, keys to the game, players to watch, spotlight player, matchups to watch and prediction for every Week 10 NFL game (See FBN-ANALYSIS-GAMESCOUT, moved, The Sports Xchange, 625 words)
WR Baldwin says Thursday games should be 'illegal'
-- The Seattle Seahawks left Arizona Thursday night with a lengthy list of injuries as over 10 players had to leave the game against the Cardinals at one point or another. And while players weren't fond of "Thursday Night Football: games before their win in the desert, wide receiver Doug Baldwin was especially critical of the endeavor in the game's aftermath. Baldwin believes the Thursday games should be banned. (FBN-SEAHAWKS-NEWS-BALDWIN, The Sports Xchange, by Curtis Crabtree, moved, 420 words)
Seahawks lose CB Sherman for season
RENTON, Wash. - For the second year in a row, the Seattle Seahawks have lost one of the key pieces of their stellar secondary to injury. Cornerback Richard Sherman sustained a torn Achilles in the third quarter of Thursday night's 22-16 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Sherman will miss the remainder of the season after starting 99 consecutive regular-season games for Seattle at cornerback. With Report Card. (FBN-SEAHAWKS-NEWS-SHERMAN, The Sports Xchange, by Curtis Crabtree, moved, 750 words)
Under .500 Cardinals hit with more injuries
TEMPE, Ariz. - The Arizona Cardinals' disappointing season took another turn for the worse on Friday, a day after their 22-16 loss to the visiting Seahawks, when it was learned, as expected, three more key players will be heading to injured reserve. Coach Bruce Arians announced left tackle D.J. Humphries (knee), safety Tyvon Branch (knee) and tight end Ifeanyi Momah (ankle) are all done for the year after suffering injuries during Thursday night's loss. With Report Card. (FBN-CARDINALS-NEWS-INJURIES, The Sports Xchange, moved, 1,000 words)
Cowboys owner Jones says Elliott case isn't cause of Goodell rift
-- Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the suspension of star running back Ezekiel Elliott is not the reason he is threatening to sue the NFL but instead the bigger issue surrounds the ongoing negotiations to extend commissioner Roger Goodell's contract (FBN-COWBOYS--NEWS-JONES-GOODELL, The Sports Xchange, moved, 400 words)
Week 10 Injury Report
-- Who’s in, who’s out and the rest of the injury rundown for games scheduled to played Sunday and Monday (See FBN-NEWS-INJURYREPORT, moved, The Sports Xchange, 900 words)
NFL previews
-- Longform previews of all Week 10 NFL games. (FBN-TEAM-TEAM-PREVIEW, moved, The Sports Xchange, 700 words)
NFL notebook
-- News and notes from around the NFL. (NFL-NOTEBOOK, The Sports Xchange, expect by 8 p.m. ET, 500 words)
NBA
Warriors to get Durant back vs. 76ers
-- The Golden State Warriors will get their first look at the up-and-coming Philadelphia 76ers when the clubs meet Saturday night in Oakland. The 76ers tackle a Warriors team riding a five-game winning streak and expected to get Kevin Durant (minor thigh injury) back from a one-game absence. (NBA-76ERS-WARRIORS-LEDE-WRITEHTHRU, The Sports Xchange, 750 words, expect ASAP after 8:30 p.m. ET game)
TSX covers all NBA games with first lede and write-thru:
Atlanta at Washington 7 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at New Orleans 7 p.m.
Sacramento at New York 8 p.m.
Memphis at Houston 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Dallas 8:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee 8:30 p.m.
Chicago at San Antonio 8:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Golden State 8:30 p.m.
Orlando at Denver 9 p.m.
Minnesota at Phoenix 9 p.m.
Brooklyn at Utah 9 p.m.
NBA notebook
-- News and notes from around the league. (BKN-NOTEBOOK, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
NHL
Turris to make debut for Predators against Penguins
NASHVILLE - Saturday night's visit from the Pittsburgh Penguins was already marked on the Nashville Predators' calendar. But the matchup got a little more spice when Nashville completed a three-way trade with Colorado and Ottawa for the No. 2 center it has sought for more than a year. New pivot Kyle Turris will be making his Predators debut against the team that broke the Predators' hearts in the Stanley Cup Finals last season (HKN-PENGUINS-PREDATORS-LEDE-WRITETHRU, expect ASAP after 8 p.m. game, by Bucky Dent, The Sports Xchange, 700 words)
TSX covers all NHL games with first lede and write-thru:
Colorado vs. Ottawa (in Stockholm) 1 p.m.
Edmonton at N.Y. Rangers 1 p.m.
Chicago at Carolina 7 p.m.
Toronto at Boston 7 p.m.
Columbus at Detroit 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Montreal 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Philadelphia 7 p.m.
Florida at New Jersey 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at St. Louis 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Nashville 8 p.m.
Vancouver at San Jose 10 p.m.
Winnipeg at Arizona 10 p.m.
NHL notebook
-- News and notes from around the league. (NHL-NOTEBOOK, expect by 7:45 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 375 words)
MLB
MLB notebook
-- News and notes from around the league. (MLB-NOTEBOOK, expect by 8 p.m. ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
GOLF
PGA: OHL Classic at Mayakoba
-- Coverage of the third round of the OHL Classic at Mayakoba from Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico (GLF-PGA-RECAP-SHRINERS, expect ASAP after third round, The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
LPGA: Feng projected No. 1 after win in China
-- Shanshan Feng carded a 2-under 70 on Saturday for a one-shot win at the Blue Bay LPGA tournament in Hainan, China, moving her to the projected No. 1 player in the world. (GLF-LPGA-RECAP-BLUEBAY, moved, The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
European Tour: Nedbank Golf Challenge
Frenchman Dubuisson holds two-shot lead in Sun City
SUN CITY, South Africa - Frenchman Victor Dubuisson starts the third round with a two-shot lead over the rest of the field in the penultimate event of the European Tour season. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, moved, by Nick Said, 400 words)
AUTO RACING
Ingram: Money drives exodus in NASCAR's top ranks
-- While five drivers are facing possible elimination from the playoffs this weekend in Phoenix, some veterans face not returning to NASCAR’s top series next year. (CAR-COLUMN-ELLIOTT, By Jonathan Ingram, The Sports Xchange, moved, 1,000 words)
Phoenix notebook: Johnson needs miracle in Arizona
AVONDALE, Ariz. - Last year at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Jimmie Johnson won his seventh Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship with a serendipitous victory in the Championship 4 race. This year, Johnson will need more than serendipity. He'll need what amounts to a miracle just to earn a shot at a record eighth title (CAR-NASCAR-ARIZONA, moved, The Sports Xchange, special from NASCAR Wire Service, 800 words)
Grand Prix: Hamilton has 12th pole of season in his sights
SAO PAULO - Lewis Hamilton has a 12th pole position of the season, and 73rd of his career, in his sights as the Mercedes driver continues to push full speed ahead despite winning his fourth title two weeks ago (MOTOR-F1-BRAZIL/, moved, 500 words)
MOTORCYCLING
Marquez battles for pole as fourth MotoGP title beckons
VALENCIA, Spain - Honda's Marc Marquez battles for pole ahead of a race likely to crown the Spaniard MotoGP champion for the fourth time in five years. (MOTOR-MOTOGP-VALENCIA/, moved, 300 words)
TENNIS
Fed Cup final
Belarus v United States
U.S. look to extend record 17 titles
MINSK - Belarus, contesting their maiden Fed Cup final, host the United States at Chizhovka Arena on an indoor hard court. The visiting U.S. team lack the services of the Williams sisters but will bid for a record-extending 18th title and their first since 2000 (TENNIS-FEDCUP-FINAL/ (PIX, TV), 300 words)
ATP Next Gen Finals
Rublev faces Chung in Next Gen final
MILAN - Top-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev faces undefeated Chung Hyeon in the Next Gen final, as he bids to reverse his crushing round-robin loss to the South Korean. (TENNIS-NEXTGEN/, expect throughout, by Martyn Herman, 400 words)
