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Rapids visit SKC shooting for rebound, revenge
Coming off a tough loss, the Colorado Rapids will aim to rebound when they visit Sporting Kansas City on Saturday in Kansas City, Kan.,Colorado (10-12-6, 36 points) is in seventh place in the Western Conference, and five points above the playoff line. With the postseason not a given, the Rapids can'...
Ben Shelton retires, Frances Tiafoe bounced from U.S. Open
American tennis stars Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe saw their U.S. Open runs end less than an hour apart Friday in New York, one by retirement and the other by a straight-sets trouncing.,Shelton fought through pain in his left shoulder throughout the fourth set of his match against Frenchman Adrian...
Jessica Pegula, Elena Rybakina forge on at U.S. Open; Jasmine Paolini upset
Top-10 seeds Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina swept into the fourth round, but Jasmine Paolini was not as lucky on Friday at the U.S. Open.,Ex-Wimbledon champ Marketa Vondrousova knocked off Italian seventh seed Paolini 7-6 (4), 6-1 in their third-round match.,The unseeded Czech hit six aces and re...
Mariners OF Victor Robles' suspension trimmed to 7 games
Seattle Mariners outfielder Victor Robles' 10 game-suspension for throwing a bat toward an opposing pitcher in a minor-league game has been reduced to seven games following an appeal, Major League Baseball announced Friday.,Robles will miss the first seven contests of the Mariners' nine-game road tr...
Max Verstappen: Staying at Red Bull in 2026 a 'simple' decision
Four-time world champion Max Verstappen didn't get stressed by widespread speculation in recent months that he might leave Red Bull Racing for Mercedes in 2026.,In fact, he said "it was very, very simple" in making the decision to stay with Red Bull. He is under contract until the 2028 Formula 1 sea...
Tayven Jackson, UCF escape Jacksonville State's upset bid
Tayven Jackson threw for 282 yards and two touchdowns and led the game-winning drive in the final two minutes as UCF escaped Jacksonville State's upset bid Thursday to win the first game of Scott Frost's return to Orlando.,After the Knights got a fourth-down stop with 1:31 left in a tie game, Jackso...
Kahleah Copper, Alyssa Thomas carry Mercury past Sky
Kahleah Copper scored 28 points on her 31st birthday, MVP candidate Alyssa Thomas became the first player in league history with 300 assists in three seasons, and the host Phoenix Mercury held off the Chicago Sky 83-79 on Thursday.,Natasha Mack had 10 points and 12 rebounds, her first career double-...
QB gets hurt, but Wisconsin shuts out Miami (Ohio)
Reserve quarterback Danny O'Neil threw for a second-half touchdown and ran for another and Wisconsin held Miami (Ohio) to 117 total yards en route to a 17-0 victory on Thursday in the nonconference season opener for both teams in Madison, Wis.,O'Neil, who replaced injured starter Billy Edwards Jr. m...
Nebraska holds off Cincinnati thanks to late interception
Malcolm Hartzog Jr. made an acrobatic one-hand interception in the end zone with 34 seconds remaining, sealing Nebraska's 20-17 win over Cincinnati on Thursday in Kansas City, Mo.,The game was the season opener for both teams.,The Bearcats got the ball with 1:36 left at their own 9-yard line after a...
Houston allows just 144 yards, shuts out Stephen F. Austin
Conner Weigman passed for three touchdowns and host Houston's defense dominated Stephen F. Austin in a 27-0 victory in the season opener for both teams Thursday night.,Weigman completed 15 of 24 passes for 159 yards for the Cougars, who finished 4-8 overall and 3-6 in the Big 12 last season. The tra...
Drake Lindsey, Darius Taylor help Minnesota outlast Buffalo
Drake Lindsey completed 19 of 35 passes for 290 yards, two touchdowns and one interception in his first career start, and Minnesota pulled away for a 23-10 win over Buffalo in the season opener for both teams Thursday night in Minneapolis.,Jalen Smith and Jameson Geers each caught a touchdown pass f...
Storm use strong second-half behind Skylar Diggins to upend Lynx
Skylar Diggins scored 23 points on 8-for-14 shooting, and the Seattle Storm finished strong for a 93-79 win over the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday night in Minneapolis., ,Diggins added five assists and four steals for Seattle (21-19), which won for the fourth time in its past five games. Gabby Williams...
Oklahoma State overcomes sloppy offense to down UT-Martin
After starting the game with two consecutive scoring drives, the Oklahoma State Cowboys looked set for a blowout against the UT Martin Skyhawks of the FCS on Thursday night in Stillwater, Okla.,However, Oklahoma State lost its starting quarterback and needed a fourth-quarter defensive stop to slow t...
Darian Mensah tosses 3 TDs as Duke rolls over Elon
Darian Mensah threw for a career-high 389 yards in his Duke debut, helping the Blue Devils survive a first-half scare and pull away with a 45-17 win over Elon in their season opener Thursday night in Durham, N.C.,The Tulane quarterback transfer lived up to the hype, throwing three second-half touchd...
Beau Pribula's 4-TD effort sparks Mizzou's rout of Central Arkansas
Beau Pribula accounted for 348 total yards and four touchdowns Thursday night as Missouri waxed Central Arkansas 61-6 in each team's season opener in Columbia, Mo.,A Penn State transfer, Pribula completed 23 of 28 passes for 283 yards and two touchdowns while rushing 10 times for 65 yards and two sc...
Yankees again ride long ball to victory
Cody Bellinger, Jazz Chisholm Jr., and Trent Grisham homered to lift the New York Yankees to a 10-4 victory over the host Chicago White Sox on Thursday.,New York stretched its winning streak to five games while earning its 10th victory in the past 13. The Yankees remained a half-game behind the Bost...
Sloppy defense costs Mets vs. Marlins
Jakob Marsee scored the tiebreaking run on an error and the Miami Marlins took advantage of sloppiness by the host New York Mets to earn a 7-4 win in the opener of a four-game series between the National League East rivals Thursday.,Otto Lopez had a pair of RBIs for the Marlins, who scored five unea...
NC State holds strong, dispatches East Carolina to open season
CJ Bailey ran and threw for first-half touchdowns, but North Carolina State needed a late defensive stand to secure a 24-17 victory against visiting East Carolina in Thursday night's season opener at Raleigh, N.C., ,Hollywood Smothers rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries as the Wolfpack...
Athan Kaliakmanis passes Rutgers to opening win over Ohio
Athan Kaliakmanis threw a pair of touchdown passes as Rutgers nipped visiting Ohio 34-31 on Thursday in both teams' season opener in Piscataway, N.J.,Kaliakmanis finished without an interception going 18 of 23 for 252 yards, while Antwan Raymond chipped in 88 rushing yards and a touchdown for Rutger...
Fake-punt TD helps USF cruise past No. 25 Boise State
Locklan Hewlett threw a touchdown pass to Keshaun Singleton on a fake punt to help South Florida notch a convincing 34-7 season-opening rout over No. 25 Boise State on Thursday night at Tampa.,The stunning trick play gave the Bulls a 10-point lead in the middle of the third quarter and was part of 3...