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Coming to Merced College to play basketball has changed the life of sophomore Tyreon Payne.

Duke basketball lands Class of 2024's top player. Here's a look at Cooper Flagg and what he can bring to the Blue Devils.

Line: Louisville by 4½, according to FanDuel.com Sportsbook. Both schools are aiming to bounce back from losses and avoid dropping farther behind first-place and No. 4-ranked Florida State with a second ACC defeat. The visiting Blue Devils also seek their first win over the Cardinals, who are coming off a bye following a loss at Pittsburgh.

While a horrific mass shooting has Lewiston, Maine in the news, it’s important to remember that this community is so much more than those headlines, writes Amy Bass. As the local soccer coach says, ‘The city is strong. People are looking out for each other.’

With a come-from-behind victory against a ranked team, No. 4 Florida State opened the second half of its season much like it did the first. Jordan Travis accounted for three touchdowns, including a 2-yard run early in the fourth quarter that gave Florida State its first lead, and the Seminoles rallied from 10 points down to beat No. 16 Duke 38-20 on Saturday night. Florida State (7-0, 5-0) extended its winning streak to 13 and now sits alone atop the league standings after No. 10 North Carolin...

Duke nearly beat Florida State with Riley Leonard playing on a balky right ankle. The Blue Devils will need him fully healthy if they want a rematch.

Playing on the road against one of the nation’s top teams, Duke failed in a number of areas where it normally finds success as its hopes to beat Florida State vanished in the fourth quarter.

No. 4 Florida State hopes to start the second half of its season just like it did the first: by beating a ranked team. Seven weeks after upsetting then-fifth-ranked LSU in the opener, the Seminoles face their second Top 25 opponent of the season when 16th-ranked Duke visits Doak Campbell Stadium on Saturday night for an Atlantic Coast Conference showdown between two of the three remaining unbeatens in league play. “At the end of this, someone’s going to have a clearer path to (the ACC title ...

Duke and Florida State are two of three remaining unbeatens in league play, along with 10th-ranked North Carolina. The Seminoles have won 12 in a row overall, the third-longest streak in the country, and have scored at least 30 points in each of those. That's the second-longest 30-point streak in ACC history.

No. 4 Florida State hopes to start the second half of its season just like it did the first: by beating a ranked team. Seven weeks after upsetting then-fifth-ranked LSU in the opener, the Seminoles face their second Top 25 opponent of the season when 16th-ranked Duke visits Doak Campbell Stadium on Saturday night for an Atlantic Coast Conference showdown between two of the three remaining unbeatens in league play. “At the end of this, someone’s going to have a clearer path to (th...