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Darian Mensah, Duke take ACC opener with win over NC State
Darian Mensah threw for three touchdowns as Duke won its Atlantic Coast Conference opener, defeating North Carolina State 45-33 on Saturday at Durham, N.C.,Anderson Castle ran for three touchdowns, including a 66-yard burst with 2:19 left, as the Blue Devils (2-2 overall) snapped a two-game skid.,CJ...

No. 21 Michigan continues Nebraska's Big Ten opener woes
No. 21 Michigan got touchdown runs from three different players, plus three field goals by Dominic Zvada, in a 30-27 win over Nebraska in the Big Ten opener for both teams Saturday afternoon in Lincoln, Neb.,The Wolverines (3-1) ran for 286 yards, with Justice Haynes going for 149, including a 75-ya...

Daylen Lile's inside-the-park HR pushes Nationals past Mets
Daylen Lile hit the tie-breaking two-run inside-the-park home run in the 11th inning Saturday for the visiting Washington Nationals, who squandered a three-run lead before handing the New York Mets a potentially damaging 5-3 loss in the middle game of a three-game series.,Automatic runner CJ Abrams ...

Mississippi State powers past NIU for best start since 2014
Blake Shapen threw a touchdown in his 19th consecutive game, Davon Booth ran for a pair and the Mississippi State Bulldogs completed a perfect nonconference schedule Saturday with a 38-10 victory over the Northern Illinois Huskies in Starkville, Miss.,Shapen was 12 of 20 for 160 yards with a TD to S...

No. 11 Oklahoma records 10 sacks, stops No. 22 Auburn
John Mateer threw for 271 yards and a touchdown and ran for another, and No. 11 Oklahoma set a program record with 10 sacks in a 24-17 victory over No. 22 Auburn on Saturday in Norman.,In the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams, The Sooners regained the lead late, then stopped the Tigers o...

No. 7 Florida State's record-setting rushing attack rams Kent State
No. 7 Florida State set program records with eight rushing touchdowns and 498 rushing yards, smashing Kent State in a 66-10 win Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla., ,The Seminoles (3-0) got off to a roaring start for the second straight game against overmatched competition. They racked up 356 yards over t...

No. 21 Michigan adds to Nebraska's Big Ten opener woes
No. 21 Michigan got touchdown runs from three different players, plus three field goals by Dominic Zvada, in a 30-27 win over Nebraska in the Big Ten opener for both teams Saturday afternoon in Lincoln, Neb.,The Wolverines (3-1 overall) ran for 286 yards, with Justice Haynes going for 149, including...

Tayven Jackson shines as UCF stays unbeaten with rout of UNC
Tayven Jackson threw for one score and ran for another while the defense dominated as the UCF Knights controlled from start to finish in a 34-9 victory over North Carolina Saturday in Orlando, Fla.,Jackson was 25-of-32 for 223 yards and Nyjalik Kelly and Braeden Marshall each came up with a first-ha...

Trinidad Chambliss does it all, No. 13 Ole Miss shuts down Tulane
Trinidad Chambliss threw two touchdown passes and rushed for 112 yards, and No. 13 Ole Miss dominated on defense in a 45-10 victory over Tulane on Saturday in Oxford, Miss., ,Chambliss started in place of injured Austin Simmons (ankle) for a second consecutive game and completed 17 of 27 passes for ...

San Diego FC ties MLS expansion team record in draw at Atlanta United
Anders Dreyer scored a goal and Carlos Dos Santos made four saves as Western Conference-leading San Diego FC tied the MLS record for points by an expansion team with a 1-1 draw at Atlanta United on Saturday afternoon.,The tie snapped a seven-game road winning streak for San Diego (17-8-6, 57 points)...

No. 6 Oregon crushes rival Oregon State ahead of Penn State showdown
Sixth-ranked Oregon tuned up for its massive Big Ten showdown at Penn State next weekend with a 41-7 romp over in-state rival Oregon State on Saturday afternoon in Eugene, Ore.,The Ducks (4-0) racked up 585 yards of total offense. Quarterback Dante Moore completed 21 of 31 passes for 305 yards with ...

Billy Edwards Jr. exits early as Wisconsin falls to Maryland
Billy Edwards Jr.'s return to action against his former team, Maryland, lasted just seven plays as his replacement, Malik Washington, ushered the Terrapins to a 27-10 victory over Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., in both teams' Big Ten opener.,Washington paced Maryland's (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) scoring attack...

Syracuse downs Clemson but loses QB Steve Angeli to leg injury
Steve Angeli threw two touchdowns before leaving with a leg injury as visiting Syracuse knocked off Clemson 34-21 on Saturday in a game that was delayed by lightning for more than 90 minutes.,Angeli suffered a non-contact injury in the third quarter and later was seen on the sideline on crutches, un...

The MongolZ, FURIA advance to FISSURE Playground 2 grand final
The MongolZ and FURIA will meet in Sunday's grand final after notching victories in the semifinals on Saturday at the $500,000 Global Offensive FISSURE Playground No. 2 event in Belgrade, Serbia.,While FURIA swept Team Falcons in one semifinal, The MongolZ went the distance against Team Liquid to ad...

Braves rally past reeling Tigers; Detroit lead in AL Central cut to 1 1/2
Nacho Alvarez Jr. hit the first two homers of his career and drove in three runs as the visiting Atlanta Braves rallied past Detroit 6-5 on Saturday afternoon, sending the Tigers to their fifth straight loss and reducing their lead in the American League Central to 1 1/2 games over Cleveland.,The se...

Union edge Revs, stay atop Supporters' Shield standings
Bruno Damiani broke a scoreless tie in the 70th minute as the Philadelphia Union defeated the New England Revolution 1-0 in Chester, Pa., on Saturday afternoon.,Milan Iloski and Frankie Westfield added an assist each for the Union (18-7-6, 60 points), who snapped a two-game losing streak across all ...

Guardians blank Twins, cut Tigers' Central lead to 1 1/2
Bo Naylor hit a pair of solo home runs as the red-hot Cleveland Guardians pulled away for a 6-0 win over the Minnesota Twins in the first game of a day-night doubleheader Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis.,George Valera hit his first career homer for Cleveland (83-71), which won its ninth in a row a...

Joey Aguilar helps No. 15 Tennessee pound UAB
Joey Aguilar completed 15 of 22 passes for 218 yards, three touchdowns and one interception, and No. 15 Tennessee cruised to a 56-24 win over UAB on Saturday afternoon in Knoxville, Tenn.,DeSean Bishop rushed for two touchdowns for Tennessee (3-1), which bounced back from an overtime loss against th...

Nacho Alvarez (2 HRs), surging Braves rally past Tigers
Nacho Alvarez Jr. hit the first two homers of his career and drove in three runs as the visiting Atlanta Braves rallied past the reeling Detroit Tigers 6-5 on Saturday afternoon.,Jurickson Profar completed a two-run rally in the ninth with a tiebreaking RBI single as the Braves (72-83) extended thei...

Billy Edwards Jr. leaves early as Wisconsin falters in loss to Maryland
Billy Edwards Jr.'s return to action against his former team, Maryland, lasted just seven plays as his replacement, Malik Washington, ushered the Terrapins to a 27-10 victory over Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, in both teams' Big Ten opener.,Washington paced Maryland's (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) scoring a...