at Page 534 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Northwestern holds off Miami (Ohio) in low-scoring affair
Mike Wright passed for 178 yards and ran for 65 yards and a touchdown in his team debut to lift host Northwestern to a 13-6 season-opening win over Miami (Ohio) on Saturday in Evanston, Ill.,Northwestern regrouped from a sluggish start, driving 62 yards in eight plays on its first drive of the secon...
Quinn Ewers (3 TDs), No. 4 Texas clobber Colorado State 52-0
Quinn Ewers threw three touchdown passes as No. 4 Texas needed a quarter to get its high-octane offense warmed up in a 52-0 win against Colorado State on Saturday in Austin, Texas, in the season opener for both teams.,In just over three quarters, Ewers was 20-for-27 passing for 260 yards, three touc...
Cubs win fifth straight by topping Nationals
Javier Assad pitched six innings, Nico Hoerner had two hits and scored twice, and the visiting Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 5-3 on Saturday for their fifth straight win.,Chicago has won eight of nine as it contends for an N.L. wild card spot.,Assad (7-4) allowed three runs on eight hit...
Rocco Becht, Iowa State handle North Dakota in season opener
Rocco Becht passed for 267 yards and two touchdowns and also rushed for a score to lead Iowa State to a 21-3 victory over North Dakota in the season opener for both teams on Saturday at Ames, Iowa.,Jaylin Noel caught eight passes for 135 yards and one touchdown and Jayden Higgins had five catches fo...
Quinn Ewers (3 TD), No. 4 Texas clobber Colorado State 52-0
Quinn Ewers threw three touchdown passes as No. 4 Texas needed a quarter to get its high-octane offense warmed up in a 52-0 win against Colorado State on Saturday in Austin, Texas, in the season opener for both teams.,In just over three quarters, Ewers was 20-for-27 passing for 260 yards, three touc...
Brendan Sorsby (4 total TDs), Cincinnati knock off Towson
Brendan Sorsby finished 22-of-31 passing for 383 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two scores to lead host Cincinnati over FCS Towson 38-20 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.,Cincinnati (1-0) amassed 658 total yards in winning its 23rd straight home opener. Towson (0-1) held its own...
Drew Allar, No. 8 Penn State have little trouble dispatching West Virginia
Drew Allar threw for three second quarter touchdowns and 216 yards Saturday as No. 8 Penn State opened its season with a 34-12 road drilling of West Virginia in Morgantown.,Allar was 11 of 17 for the Nittany Lions, which shrugged off a slow start to outgain the Mountaineers 457-246. Not even a storm...
No. 17 Oklahoma State ends South Dakota State winning streak with ease
Ollie Gordon II ran for two touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass as No. 17 Oklahoma State beat South Dakota State 44-20 on Saturday in Stillwater, Oklahoma.,The loss snapped the Jackrabbits' 29-game winning streak. South Dakota State has won back-to-back FCS championships.,Gordon, last season's Do...
NCAA bans Oklahoma State’s use of QR codes on helmets
The NCAA put a lid on Oklahoma State's attempt to put QR codes on players' helmets this season.,The Cowboys' athletic department made headlines when it announced its intention to use the QR codes, which linked to the program's NIL fund. The hope was to spur donations via television broadcasts.,The N...
No. 15 Tennessee scores on first 7 possessions, routs Chattanooga
Redshirt freshman Nico Iamaleava threw for three first-half touchdowns and running back Dylan Sampson reached the end zone three times before halftime as No. 15 Tennessee trounced visiting Chattanooga 69-3 in the season opener Saturday afternoon at Knoxville, Tenn.,Dont'e Thornton Jr. made two of th...
Desmond Reid, Eli Holstein power Pitt past Kent State
Freshman quarterback Eli Holstein threw for 330 yards and three touchdowns and Desmond Reid added a pair of scores, lifting Pitt to a 55-24 victory over visiting Kent State on Saturday afternoon in the season opener for both teams.,Holstein completed 29 of 39 passes in his first collegiate game befo...
QB Hudson Card deals as Purdue routs Indiana State 42-0
Purdue quarterback Hudson Card was almost perfect as he racked up four touchdown passes in the Boilermakers' 42-0 win against Indiana State during the season opener for both teams on Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind.,Purdue notched a first down on each of its first three plays, Card connected on his ...
No. 25 Iowa awakens at halftime, opens with 40-zip shutout of Illinois State
Cade McNamara threw three touchdown passes in a 34-point second half and No. 25 Iowa overcame a slow start to post a 40-0 victory over Illinois State in the season opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon at Iowa City, Iowa.,Reece Vander Zee caught two scoring passes in his college debut and Jaco...
Johnny Gaudreau's widow: 'You were perfect'
The widow of Columbus Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau paid tribute to him in a pair of social media posts on Saturday, calling him her "forever" and praising him as the "best dad" to their young children.,Meredith Gaudreau also shared family photos of her late husband celebrating his 31st birth...
Guardians, possibly without Josh Naylor, look to top Pirates again
As the Cleveland Guardians continue their push toward the postseason, they could be minus a key contributor for the immediate future.,An ankle injury to All-Star Josh Naylor dampened the Guardians' victory in the series opener against the reeling Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday. ,The teams will continu...
Streaking Cubs continue playoff push vs. Nationals
The streaking Chicago Cubs will look for their fifth straight win when they visit the Washington Nationals on Saturday.,Chasing the final National League wild-card spot, the Cubs held off a late Washington rally for a 7-6 win on Friday.,The Cubs will send out right-hander Javier Assad (6-4, 3.15 ERA...
A's power surge continues in rout of Rangers
JJ Bleday hit a three-run home run and drove in four runs, Brent Rooker added a pair of solo homers and the Oakland Athletics opened a three-game series against the Texas Rangers with a 9-2 win on Friday in Arlington, Texas.,Shea Langeliers also homered for Oakland, which has won four of its last fi...
Michigan State tops FAU in Jonathan Smith's debut as coach
Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams scored on a 63-yard run and Michigan State gave new head coach Jonathan Smith a victory in his debut as the Spartans topped Florida Atlantic, 16-10, in East Lansing, Mich., on Friday night.,Lynch-Adams finished with 101 yards on nine carries. Aidan Chiles, who followed Smith from...
Josh Naylor knocks in 4 but exits as Guardians top Pirates
Josh Naylor had three hits and four RBIs before leaving late with an injury, Jhonkensy Noel and Andres Gimenez hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning and the Cleveland Guardians defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 10-8 on Friday.,Cleveland blew a 4-0 lead and trailed 6-4 in the fifth innin...
Cubs build big lead, barely hold off Nationals
Cody Bellinger's two-run homer capped a seven-run second inning, Keegan Thompson struck out Dylan Crews with the potential tying and winning runs on base in the ninth and the visiting Chicago Cubs held on to beat the Washington Nationals 7-6 on Friday.,After Ildemaro Vargas singled home a run agains...