Month: October 2021

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies have exercised the rookie contract options for 2022-23 for point guard Ja Morant, forward Brandon Clarke and guard Desmond Bane. The Grizzlies announced the moves Saturday. Morant was the NBA Rookie of the Year and has started all 130 games played through his first two seasons. He has

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have activated rookie receiver Rashod Bateman from injured reserve, and he’s eligible to make his NFL debut Sunday. The first-round draft pick hasn’t played yet for the Ravens because of groin problems. Baltimore hosts the Los Angeles Chargers this weekend. The Ravens also activated offensive lineman Tyre

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Aidan Borguet ran for 169 yards on 22 carries and scored twice and Harvard beat Lafayette 30-3. The Crimson scored 10 points in each of the first three quarters against the Patriot League Leopards. Alex Washington had two interceptions for the Crimson. Ah-Shaun Davis threw for 182 yards for Lafayette with

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Malik Grant ran ran for 183 yards on 29 carries and reach the end zone three times to lead Sacred Heart past Central Connecticut 27-17. Grant’s 4-yard touchdown run with 3:24 left in the third quarter gave the Pioneers a 13-10 lead. Early in the fourth, Grant scored from 15 yards

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerome Ford rushed for a career-high 189 yards and four touchdowns to help No. 3 Cincinnati roll past UCF 56-21. Desmond Ridder passed for 140 yards and a touchdown as the Bearcats extended the nation’s second-longest home winning streak to 24 games. Ford matched a career-long with

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Nick Howard ran for three touchdowns, Derek Kyler passed for two and Dartmouth remained undefeated with a 38-21 victory over in-state rival New Hampshire. Kyler was 20-of-25 passing for 326 yards while Howard, the Big Green’s wildcat quarterback, rushed for 131 yards on 18 carries. All three of his touchdown runs

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans will have outside linebacker Bud Dupree back for the first time in three games when they host the Buffalo Bills on Monday night. The Titans did not have an injury designation on their final injury report for Dupree, who practiced fully on Saturday after sitting out a day

By DANNY WEBSTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas lost two more players when forward Max Pacioretty and captain Mark Stone got hurt Thursday against Los Angeles, adding two key names to the Golden Knights’ long list of injuries Pacioretty is week to week after he broke a foot during the 6-2 loss at

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tyrion Davis-Price rushed for an LSU-record 287 yards and three touchdowns, and the Tigers’ banged-up defense produced four interceptions in a 49-42 victory over No. 20 Florida. After Damone Clark’s interception of Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson, Davis-Price literally and fittingly ran out the final

MONTREAL (AP) — Sunusi Ibrahim had a leaping header of Mustafa Kizza’s cross in the 95th minute to keep Montreal’s playoff hopes alive in a 2-2 draw with the Philadelphia Union. Montreal has two draws and five wins in its last nine home matches. Philadelphia is unbeaten in four straight matches against Montreal. Matko Miljevic

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Steven Krajewski threw for two touchdowns, ran for another and UConn snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 21-15 win over Yale. The victory ended the second-longest losing streak in the nation and gave interim head coach Lou Spanos, who took over two games into the season, his first victory.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Cameron Ward threw for 388 yards and connected with Taylor Grimes for four touchdowns, and Incarnate Word beat Nicholls 38-21. Grimes caught nine passes for 182 yards — with a long of 51 — to set the single-game school record for touchdowns receptions. Following the second of three interceptions by the

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Shamari Brooks scored on a 3-yard run with 47-seconds to play, lifting Tulsa to a 32-31 win over South Florida. The winning nine-play, 42-yard drive was set up when the defense stopped the Bulls twice, beginning with a third-and-1, giving the offense the ball with 4:20 to play. The winning drive

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Cole Smith completed 25 of 27 passes for 476 yards and four touchdowns and Princeton filled the stat sheet beating Brown 56-42. Smith’s passing total is the second highest in school history. Meanwhile, Collin Eaddy ran for career-high four touchdowns and gained 130 rushing on 15 carries. Brown’s EJ Perry threw

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Brennan Armstrong threw for two first-half touchdowns and ran for another and Virginia scored on all six possessions before halftime in a 48-0 victory over Duke. It’s the Cavaliers’ seventh straight win in the series. Armstrong hit Dontayvion Wicks on a 20-yard corner route

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tanner Brown’s fourth field goal of the game gave No. 12 Oklahoma State its first lead and Spencer Sanders’ scrambling 10-yard touchdown run sealed a 32-24 victory over No. 25 Texas on Saturday to keep the Cowboys undefeated. Texas built leads of 17-3 and 24-13

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Matt Coghlin’s 51-yard field goal gave No. 10 Michigan State the lead and Payton Thorne’s third-quarter touchdown throw gave the Spartans the breathing room they needed to beat Indiana 20-15. The Spartans improved to 7-0 overall and will stay atop the Big Ten East at

SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Zevi Eckhaus rallied Bryant with a flurry of points in the fourth quarter and the Bulldogs came out on top, clipping Saint Francis (Pa.) 18-17. One week after his potential game-winning Hail Mary pass was thwarted at the goal line, Eckhaus lobbed a soft pass to Daniel Adeboboye in the back

By JOE WALLJASPER Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Texas A&M’s running back duo of Isaiah Spiller and Devon Achane took full advantage of Missouri’s porous defense in the 21st-ranked Aggies’ 35-14 victory. Spiller rushed 20 times for 168 yards and one touchdown, and Achane added 16 carries for 124 yards and two scores for

By JONAH BRONSTEIN Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson and Artuu Ruotsalainen scored in the shootout, helping the Buffalo Sabres top the Arizona Coyotes 2-1. Buffalo improved to 2-0 following a 5-1 win against Montreal on Thursday night. Cody Eakin scored in the second period for the Sabres, and Dustin Tokarski made 20

ERIC W. BOLIN Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Bo Nix threw for 292 yards and a pair of touchdowns and ran for  score to lead Auburn to a 38-23 win over No. 17 Arkansas, the Tigers’ sixth straight in the series. Marcus Harris recovered a fumble in the end zone for Auburn in the

By CASEY DROTTAR Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Ryan Hilinski threw for 267 yards and two touchdown passes to boost Northwestern to a 21-7 victory over Rutgers. Hilinski, making his third start since transferring from South Carolina, opened the scoring for the Wildcats by capping off a 98-yard drive in the first quarter by

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — Westin Elliott completed 31 of 38 passes for 299 yards and five touchdowns to help Merrimack beat Long Island University 43-5. Four of Elliott’s touchdowns were 15 yards or fewer. His 26-yarder to Jamari Venter gave Merrimack a 21-2 lead with 41 seconds left before halftime. Venter also carried it

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Alex McNulty kicked a 27-yard field goal, his second attempt after time expired, and Buffalo rallied with 17 points in the fourth quarter to defeat Ohio 27-26. McNulty missed a 32-yard field goal as time expired but an Ohio defender was offside. The kick capped a 16-play, 86-yard drive that started

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has finally expressed “concerns” about FIFA’s push for soccer World Cups every two years. Last month the IOC President Thomas Bach said “we will not interfere in this discussion.” That changed on Saturday when the IOC detailed the objections it shared with

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Pro Football Hall of Fame President David Baker has announced his retirement. Baker, 68, had served in the role of president and executive director since January 2014. Jim Porter, 57, the Hall’s chief marketing and communications officer since April 2020, has been named president and will oversee all daily business operations.

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFL’s crackdown on unsportsmanlike penalties is working the way the league intended. Officials threw 11 flags for taunting in the first two weeks of this season — the same number called in the entire 2020 season for the same foul — but only three over the next

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Mekhai Johnson scored two touchdowns in the second quarter — one on a 91-yard kickoff return — and Marist held off Dayton 20-17 to remain unbeaten in Pioneer League. Dayton cut the gap to three points, but after reaching a third-and-2 at the Marist 43 on a final drive, the Red

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros ace Lance McCullers is looking for ways to help the team off the field while sidelined with an arm injury during the AL Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox. He’s working with other pitchers on scouting reports and by watching film while he

LONDON (AP) — Edouard Mendy’s string of stunning saves ensures Chelsea stays top of the English Premier League as Ben Chilwell’s strike seals a nervy 1-0 win at Brentford. Chilwell’s second league goal in as many games keeps Chelsea one point ahead of Liverpool but Mendy’s inspired showing secures the points. The Senegal goalkeeper conjures

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — A controversial goal led to Inter Milan’s first defeat of the season in a 3-1 loss at Lazio in Serie A. Felipe Anderson scored a late winner while Inter fullback Federico Dimarco was down injured. The goal infuriated Inter but the rules say the referee should

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Mohamed Salah is in the form of his life and the Liverpool forward scored his latest wonder goal in a 5-0 win at Watford in the English Premier League. Salah has scored in each of his last eight matches for Liverpool and manager Jurgen Klopp believes his player is

NEW YORK (AP) — Golf Digest reports that Casey Martin is recovering from having his right leg amputated. Martin suffered from a rare circulatory disease in his right leg that made it virtually impossible to walk 18 holes in a tournament. He successfully sued the PGA Tour for the right to use a cart in

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts have activated four-time Pro Bowl receiver T.Y. Hilton for Sunday’s game against Houston. They also put kicker Rodrigo Blankenship on injured reserve. The recently signed Michael Badgley will replace Blankenship, who has an injured hip. Hilton had been on injured reserve since early September.

SOTOGRANDE, Spain (AP) — England’s Laurie Canter is eyeing his first European Tour win after taking a 3-shot lead of the Andalucía Masters heading into the final round. Canter carded a round of 4-under 67 on Saturday after making eight birdies to double up his four bogeys. That left him 7 under after three days

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have placed running back Christian McCaffrey on injured reserve, meaning he will miss at least the next three games with a hamstring injury. McCaffrey already has missed two games, both Carolina losses. The earliest he will be able to return to game action is Nov. 7 against the

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have added right-hander Chris Martin and infielder Johan Camargo to their 26-man roster for the NL Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Martin and Camargo replace left-hander Dylan Lee and outfielder Terrance Gore from Atlanta’s roster for the NL Division Series. The Dodgers also made tweaks to their

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers say Corey Knebel, not Max Scherzer, will be their starter in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves. On Friday, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he planned to start Scherzer only two days after the right-hander earned his

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Armando Broja has struck his first English Premier League goal as Southampton picked up an overdue first win of the season by beating Leeds 1-0 at home. Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl expressed doubt ahead of kickoff about whether Broja, a Chelsea loanee, was ready to start top-flight games. But the Albania

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Ruben Neves has scored in stoppage time to seal a dramatic victory for Wolverhampton. The visitors recovered from trailing 2-0 with 10 minutes left to beat Aston Villa 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday. Hosts Villa enjoyed second-half goals from Danny Ings and John McGinn at Villa Park. But Romain

NORWICH, England (AP) — Norwich’s wait for a first English Premier League win of the season goes on after a scoreless home draw with Brighton. At least Norwich earned a second point in its campaign to make it two games without defeat after losing its first six matches back in the top flight. While Norwich

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne score as Manchester City claims a battling 2-0 win over Burnley in the English Premier League. City’s players are not at their fluid best after manager Pep Guardiola rings the changes for the first game after the international break but they still do enough to

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A Vermont high school homecoming football game turned into a “drag ball” runway at halftime with a mix of students and faculty members parading in gowns, wigs and makeup, and a big crowd in rainbow colors. As school cheerleaders wrapped up their routine at Burlington High School on Friday night,

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Leicester has consigned Manchester United to a first away loss in the English Premier League in nearly two years thanks to late goals by Jamie Vardy and Patson Daka in a wild 4-2 victory. United had just made it 2-2 in the 82nd minute through fit-again forward Marcus Rashford when Vardy

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Erling Haaland has scored twice on his return for Borussia Dortmund to beat Mainz 3-1 and move to the top of the Bundesliga. Haaland blasted a penalty straight down the middle in the 54th minute and sealed the result in injury time to move Dortmund two