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Arizona State jumps out early, demolishes Wyoming 48-7
Sam Leavitt passed for 258 yards and two touchdowns in his first college start and Arizona State steamrolled Wyoming 48-7 in the season opener for both teams on Saturday night at Tempe, Ariz.,Leavitt, a transfer from Michigan State, completed 14 of 22 passes. The Sun Devils dominated from the outset...
Rapids top FC Dallas on Darren Yapi's stoppage-time winner
Darren Yapi scored in second-half stoppage time as the Colorado Rapids rallied for a 3-2 victory against FC Dallas on Saturday night in Frisco, Texas.,Rafael Navarro tallied twice and goalkeeper Zack Steffen made four saves for the Rapids (13-9-5, 44 points), who returned to MLS action after a third...
Kentucky shuts out Southern Miss, wins 4th straight opener
Brock Vandagriff completed 12-of-18 passes for 169 yards and three touchdowns, as Kentucky beat Southern Miss 31-0 in a weather-shortened game in Lexington, Ky., on Saturday.,The Wildcats outgained the Golden Eagles 317-131 as Kentucky won its fourth straight season opener. Demie Sumo-Karngbaye led ...
Bongokuhle Hlongwane, Minnesota United nip Quakes 2-1
Bongokuhle Hlongwane scored a brace and Robin Lod dished off his 12th assist of the season to help lead visiting Minnesota United to a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night., ,Dayne St. Clair finished with one save for the Loons (10-11-6, 36 points) who snapped a seven-match ro...
Timbers' Juan Mosquera delivers decisive goal vs. Sounders
Juan Mosquera's first goal of the season gave the Portland Timbers a 1-0 win over the visiting Seattle Sounders on Saturday.,Portland (11-9-7, 40 points) and Seattle (11-9-7, 40 points) are tied in points, but the Timbers move ahead of their Cascadia Cup rivals in the standings due to a superior goa...
Two summer signings help Dynamo stun LAFC
Summer signings Ezequiel Ponce and Lawrence Ennali each scored their first MLS goals and the Houston Dynamo completed an impressive 2-0 upset at defending Western Conference champion LAFC on Saturday night.,Ponce opened the scoring midway through the opening half for Houston (11-8-7, 37 points), whi...
Mickey Moniak's HR lifts Angels over Mariners
Mickey Moniak's second home run of the game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-4 win over the visiting Seattle Mariners Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif.,Moniak, whose two-run homer in the seventh tied the game at 4-4, launched a 1-2 slider from Seat...
Iga Swiatek, Jasmine Paolini advance to fourth round at U.S. Open
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland has endured disappointments in recent Grand Slam events, but cruised to a straight-sets victory on Saturday to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open in New York.,Swiatek, who was upset in the first weekend at last year's U.S. Open, didn't face a break point en rou...
Claudia Zornoza helps Utah top Houston to extend unbeaten run
Claudia Zornoza had one goal and one assist to lift the Utah Royals over the host Houston Dash 3-1 on Saturday night, extending Utah's unbeaten streak to four matches., ,In the 55th minute, Zornoza scored from the penalty spot after a foul on Cloe Lacasse that was originally called outside of the 18...
Real Salt Lake rebound from shutout, blank Revolution
Anderson Julio helped Real Salt Lake break through late in the first half on the way to defeating the visiting New England Revolution 2-0 on Saturday night in Sandy, Utah., ,Julio's goal in first-half extra time and Philip Quinton's first RSL tally early in the second half were enough to spark an of...
SMU gets little resistance from Houston Christian in 59-7 rout
Preston Stone passed for two touchdowns in about two quarters, and Brashard Smith ran for 108 yards and two scores on just nine carries, all in the first half, as SMU routed visiting Houston Christian 59-7 on Saturday in Dallas., ,The Mustangs (2-0) were up by 35 points after a dominating first half...
Griffin Conine's 1st HR propels Marlins past Giants
Griffin Conine belted his first major league home run, fellow rookie Connor Norby added his fifth and the visiting Miami Marlins held on for a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.,Edward Cabrera limited the Giants to one earned run over 5 1/3 innings to snap a personal three-...
Jeremiyah Love late TD run lifts No. 7 Notre Dame over No. 20 Texas A&M
Jeremiyah Love ran for a go-ahead, 21-yard touchdown with 1:54 remaining and No. 7 Notre Dame held on for a hard-fought 23-13 win over No. 20 Texas A&M on Saturday night in College Station, Texas.,Riley Leonard completed 18 of 30 passes for 158 yards and rushed 12 times for 63 yards to win his Notre...
Georgia Tech cruises past Georgia State
Quarterback Haynes King threw for 275 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score to lead Georgia Tech to a 35-12 win over Georgia State on Saturday in Atlanta.,King completed 24 of 29 passes with one interception for the Yellow Jackets (2-0). Malik Rutherford caught seven passes for 131 yards and ...
Efficient Dillon Gabriel helps No. 3 Oregon hold off Idaho
Fans at Autzen Stadium expecting fireworks from third-ranked Oregon didn't get all they'd hoped for, but the Ducks began their Big Ten era with a 24-14 home win over Idaho on Saturday in Eugene, Ore. ,New Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel, a transfer from Oklahoma playing his sixth college season, c...
Jake Retzlaff's big night lifts BYU past Southern Illinois
Jake Retzlaff threw a career-high three touchdown passes Saturday night and BYU opened its season with a 41-13 rout of visiting Southern Illinois in Provo, Utah.,Retzlaff completed 20 of 30 passes for 348 yards as the Cougars rolled up 527 total yards and 27 first downs. LJ Martin and Hinckley Ropat...
Dodgers set club HR record, top D-backs on late hit
Tommy Edman delivered a tiebreaking two-run single in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night at Phoenix.,The Dodgers also started fast as Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman because the first trio in f...
Seattle Reign rally past Racing Louisville for 1st road win
The Seattle Reign scored twice in the second half to rally past Racing Louisville 3-2 on Saturday for their first road win of the season.,The Reign (4-9-5, 17 points), who scored three goals for the first time this season, extended their unbeaten streak to six matches (2-0-4).,Racing (4-7-7, 18 poin...
Rockies break tie in 8th, hang on to beat Orioles
Jordan Beck had two hits, including a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, as the Colorado Rockies beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-5 in Denver on Saturday night.,Nolan Jones and Brendan Rodgers also had two hits for Colorado.,The game was tied when Jones hustled for a one-out double against Craig K...
No. 9 Michigan pulls away from Fresno State
Davis Warren and Alex Orji each completed the first touchdown passes of their careers as defending champion Michigan opened its season with a 30-10 victory over visiting Fresno State in Ann Arbor on Saturday night.,Warren, the starter, completed 15 of 25 attempts for 118 yards with one touchdown and...