Month: September 2022

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Dorian Thompson-Robinson accounted for 385 yards of total offense and four scores, Zach Charbonnet ran for 111 yards and a touchdown, and UCLA rallied for a 45-17 victory over Bowling Green Saturday in the season opener for both teams. The Bruins trailed 17-7 early in

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jarel Washington went untouched into the end zone from the 2-yard line in the second overtime and Stonehill won its FCS debut 33-30 over Bloomsburg. Washington also caught a 49-yard touchdown pass from Ashur Carraha that pulled the Skyhawks to 27-24 with 4:32 remaining. Perry Shelbred forced overtime by making a

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Much like for so many other folks, Serena Williams’ last match at the U.S. Open was must-see TV for players still in the tournament, so Jessica Pegula and Petra Kvitova tuned in from their hotel rooms the night before their victories led off Saturday’s schedule

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Marquis Gillis ran for 86 yards and Delaware State broke open a close game with 17 points in the fourth quarter, defeating Division II-level Lincoln (PA) 34-0 in a season-opener. The Hornets led 17-0 through three quarters before finishing strong with a Jared Lewis touchdown pass, a C.J. Henry touchdown run

By The Associated Press SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Maarten Paes stopped the two shots he faced while Alan Velasco scored as Dallas earned a 3-0 win Saturday over Minnesota United. Dallas moved to 12-8-10 after the win and United dropped to 13-11-5.

By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Hunter Dekkers went 25-of-31 passing for 293 yards and four touchdowns as the Cyclones recorded their most lopsided opening victory since 2001. Xavier Hutchinson caught a career-best three touchdowns, finishing with 128 yards on eight receptions. Iowa State running back Jirehl Brock rushed for 99 of

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees left fielder Andrew Benintendi has been placed on the 10-day injured list with right wrist inflammation. The team plans additional tests to determine the severity of the problem. Benintendi left in the third inning of Friday night’s 9-0 loss to Tampa Bay

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Zion Webb ran for three touchdowns and passed for two more to lead Jacksonville State to a 35-17 victory over Davidson. Webb finished 9-of-20 passing for 158 yards and an interception. He carried seven times for 55 yards rushing. Jacksonville State scored three touchdowns in the first 6:06 of the second

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Team Penske powered its way around Portland International Raceway in a 1-2-3 qualifying sweep that poised the IndyCar championship leaders for a big swing against Ganassi in the title fight. Scott McLaughlin won the pole and picked up a point for that to help

MILAN (AP) — Ukraine held the lead for all of 55 seconds in its EuroBasket game against Estonia on Saturday. They were the final 55 seconds. Illya Sydorov’s layup gave Ukraine its first lead of the game, and the war-torn nation’s team moved to 2-0 in the European championship tournament by topping Estonia 74-73 in

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s defense came up with two second-half safeties, and the Hawkeyes opened the season with a 7-3 win over South Dakota State on Saturday. Jack Campbell’s tackle of Isaiah Davis in the end zone in the third quarter was the first safety, then Joe Evans

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Haaziq Daniels completed three passes for 109 yards and carried it 12 times for 107 as Air Force opened the season with a 48-17 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday. Daniels’ first pass of the game went for an 80-yard touchdown as he scrambled and found Dane Kinamon wide

PARIS (AP) — Italy has its first gold medal in 32 tries at golf’s World Amateur Team Championship. Marco Florioli shot a 65 and Pietro Bovari added a 68. That was barely enough to carry Italy to a one-shot victory over Sweden at Le Golf National. The leading two scores from each four-man team count

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bret Bushka threw for four scores in the second half and Butler rallied to be beat NAIA-member St. Thomas (Florida) 31-26 in the debut of first-year Bulldogs coach Uremovich. Bushka threw touchdowns of 21, 63, 3 and 8 yards to Jeremy Johnson, Tyler Adams, Cameron Heald — and Adams again — respectively.

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — No. 13 North Carolina State topped East Carolina 21-20 after the Pirates missed an extra point with 2:58 left and a 41-yard field goal with 5 seconds to go. The Pirates were positioned to hand the Wolfpack a shocking loss when they got the ball

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Carlos Davis threw a school record six touchdowns and Western Carolina raced past Charleston Southern 52-38. Davis was 28 of 36 for 433 yards. It’s tied for the second most yards in school history as David Rivers threw for 474 yards in 2000 and Don Dalton had 433 in 1969. His

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — Pierce Holley was 20-of-24 passing, Joshua Stakely rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns, and Georgetown scored 20 unanswered points in beating Marist 43-12. Georgetown, which ranked 26th in the FCS last year with 253.7 passing yards per game, controlled the game on the ground. The Hoyas combined for 54 carries,

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Zion Turner passed for two touchdowns in his first start, Nathan Carter rushed for 123 yards and a score and UConn cruised past FCS member Central Connecticut 28-3 for coach Jim Mora’s first victory with the Huskies. In last week’s 31-20 loss to Utah State, the freshman Turner came in

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Brennan Armstrong threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and Virginia opened the Tony Elliott coaching era with a 34-17 victory against Richmond in the season-opener for both. Armstrong hit Lavel Davis Jr. on a 56-yard touchdown for the Cavaiers’ first score and

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Sophia Smith scored a pair of first-half goals and the U.S. women’s national team defeated Nigeria 4-0 on Saturday as both teams prepare for next summer’s World Cup. The United States extended their unbeaten streak on American soil to 70 games. Over the span, they have 63 wins and seven

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Cade McNamara had a lackluster performance that was made moot by a dominant defense as No. 8 Michigan routed Colorado State 51-7 Saturday. The Big Ten championship winning quarterback started the opener and is scheduled to sit at the beginning of the Hawaii game

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Roman Hemby ran for 114 yards and two touchdowns, including a 70-yard sprint in the first minute of the second half that helped Maryland pull away to a 31-10 victory over Buffalo. Hemby breezed through a gaping hole and raced untouched to the end

FARSO, Denmark (AP) — Ross McGowan slipped into a four-way tie for the lead of the European tour’s Made in HimmerLand after the third round in Denmark. McGowan led the first two rounds on his own but four birdies and two bogeys gave him a 2-under-par 69 and 17 under total. Fellow Englishman Oliver Wilson

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Some of Formula One’s top bosses are in disagreement over the system used to license drivers. The debate comes as F1’s governing body reportedly is looking into a granting an exemption to IndyCar driver Colton Herta. The American has been mentioned as a possible driver for AlphaTauri next

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Saturday’s game between Sam Houston and No. 6 Texas A&M has been suspended before the start of the third quarter because of lightning in the area. The suspension was announced at the end of halftime with the Aggies up 17-0. Neither team returned to

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Rafael Leão has inspired AC Milan to a 3-2 victory over fierce rival Inter Milan in a fiery Serie A derby played in front of the club’s new owners. Leão had a hand in all three Milan goals at San Siro. He scored two and set

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans will host the Uvalde high school football team and wear “Uvalde Strong” decals on their helmets when they open the season Sept. 11 against Indianapolis. The Texans previously donated $400,000 to the Robb Elementary School memorial fund after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a shooting there

PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé has scored twice from Lionel Messi’s assists in Paris Saint-Germain’s 3-0 win at Nantes in the French league. PSG leads undefeated Marseille in the standings on goal difference. Gerson and Alexis Sanchez scored for Marseille to beat Auxerre 2-0. After missing a penalty midweek, Sanchez made amends to cap Marseille’s

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Newcastle’s record-signing Alexander Isak missed an early chance to score on his home debut in a 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace in the English Premier League. Isak was signed from Real Sociedad for a club-record fee reported to be 70 million euros last week. He tried to chip Vicente Guaita one-on-one

LONDON (AP) — Substitute Ben Chilwell scored one goal and set up the winner for Kai Havertz as Chelsea rallied for a 2-1 win over West Ham in the English Premier League. The Blues had a disputed VAR decision to thank for the victory. Maxwel Cornet thought he scored an injury-time equalizer for West Ham

LONDON (AP) — Ivan Toney can’t miss. The Brentford striker completed his hat trick before Leeds manager Jesse Marsch was sent off in the west London club’s 5-2 win in the English Premier League. Toney has never missed from the spot for Brentford. He converted his 18th consecutive penalty and powered home a free kick

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Jules Koundé have all shown why Barcelona sold assets to sign them after helping lead a 3-0 victory at Sevilla. Lewadowski and Raphinha both scored while Koundé produced two assists against his former club. Vinícius Júnior and Rodrygo have scored to help

LONDON (AP) — Another milestone goal from Harry Kane has helped Tottenham earn a 2-1 win over Fulham to extend its unbeaten start to the English Premier League. Kane struck in the 75th minute from close range to move beyond Andy Cole into third in the list of all-time top scorers in the competition’s history

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Daniel Podence has notched the only goal as Wolves beat Southampton at Molineux for their first English Premier League victory. The little Portugal winger scuffed his finish in first-half stoppage time but it was enough to lift Bruno Lage’s side out of the bottom three in the standings. Southampton had a

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Bournemouth has come from two goals down at halftime against Nottingham Forest to win 3-2 in the English Premier League. Bournemouth lost 9-0 at Liverpool last weekend and manager Scott Parker was sacked on Tuesday. The team looked on course for another defeat under the temporary charge of Gary O’Neil. Forest

By MATTIAS KARÉN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It might be time for Liverpool to start worrying about its slow start to the English Premier League. Jurgen Klopp’s team dropped points for the fourth time in six games after an eventful 0-0 draw at Everton in the Merseyside derby on Saturday. Mohamed Salah hit the

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich’s 1-1 draw at Union Berlin has helped Freiburg move to the top of the Bundesliga after beating Bayer Leverkusen 3-2. Bayern and Union were left tied on points in third and fourth place, respectively. Freiburg is one point in front and ahead of second-place Borussia Dortmund on goal difference. All

BOONE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina will be without top wide receiver Josh Downs for its game at Appalachian State. The Tar Heels announced just before kickoff that Downs would not play due to a lower body injury. Downs had nine catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns in UNC’s win over Florida A&M and

HERNING, Denmark (AP) — The United States and Canada have set up another showdown in the final of the women’s ice hockey world championship after blowout wins in the semifinals in Herning. Canada routed Switzerland 8-1 after the Americans beat the Czech Republic 10-1. Since the inaugural women’s worlds in 1990, Canada and the U.S.