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TCU romps, ruins Bill Belichick's North Carolina debut
Josh Hoover threw for two touchdowns and 284 yards as TCU opened the season by spoiling Bill Belichick's collegiate coaching debut with North Carolina, defeating the Tar Heels 48-14 on Monday night in Chapel Hill, N.C.,The six-time Super Bowl-winning coach's venture into the college ranks was an ove...

Maiara Niehues' first goal lifts Angel City past Bay FC
Maiara Niehues scored her first-ever NWSL goal on a header in the 77th minute as Angel City helped their playoff chances with a 2-1 victory over Bay FC at Los Angeles on Monday.,Rookie Riley Tiernan also scored for Angel City (6-7-5, 23 points), who slid into ninth place in the standings and one poi...

Nick Fortes' 3-run homer helps Rays rout Mariners
Nick Fortes lined a three-run homer in a two-hit outing, starter Shane Baz snapped an eight-game losing streak, and the Tampa Bay Rays opened a crucial three-game series against the visiting Seattle Mariners with a 10-2 rout on Monday night.,Swept in a three-game series in Seattle last month, the Ra...

Lynx extend franchise mark for wins in rout of Wings
Napheesa Collier scored 25 points on 7-for-10 shooting and made all four of her attempts from beyond the arc, and the Minnesota Lynx pulled away for a 96-71 win over the Dallas Wings on Monday night in Minneapolis.,Natisha Hiedeman scored 20 points off the bench for Minnesota (32-8), which extended ...

Jannik Sinner routs Alexander Bublik; U.S. Open quarterfinals set
Top-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy shook off a mediocre performance in the previous round and routed Kazakhstan's 23rd seed Alexander Bublik 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open on Monday in New York.,The defending champion will face countryman and No. 10 seed Lorenzo Musetti in ...

Dylan Beavers, Orioles fend off Padres
Dylan Beavers' RBI single snapped a seventh-inning tie and the visiting Baltimore Orioles went on to a 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres on Monday.,Beavers came through with two outs against reliever Robert Suarez, scoring Jeremiah Jackson from second. Jackson and Gunnar Henderson set up the inning ...

QB TJ Finley makes sixth college stop at Georgia State
Quarterback TJ Finley is on his sixth college in six years.,It was revealed Monday that Finley has enrolled at Georgia State, with coach Dell McGee revealing that he has spent the past few months with the team.,Finley, 23, has suited up for LSU, Auburn, Texas State and Western Kentucky in his colleg...

Padres reinstate Jackson Merrill from 10-day IL
Outfielder Jackson Merrill was reinstated to the San Diego Padres' active roster on Monday after his third stint on the injured list this season.,Merrill was available to play Monday night, but not in the starting lineup against the Baltimore Orioles for the first of a three-game set in San Diego.,M...

White Sox double their fun in eighth to top Twins
Brooks Baldwin and Mike Tauchman each hit an RBI double in the top of the eighth to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 comeback win over the Minnesota Twins on Monday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Chase Meidroth hit a two-run homer for Chicago, which won its second game in a row. Colson Montgomery adde...

Phillies rally from 5-1 deficit to edge Brewers in slugfest
Brandon Marsh singled in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies rallied for a wild 10-8 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday in the opener of a three-game series between division leaders.,Kyle Schwarber walked to open the ninth off Abner Uribe (2-2), who r...

Eagles set to hang banner, open 2025 season vs. new-look Cowboys
The Philadelphia Eagles have the Lombardi Trophy, while the Dallas Cowboys once again own the headlines -- for better or worse., ,The 2025 NFL season kick offs Thursday when the host Eagles raise their Super Bowl LIX banner before entertaining their NFC East foes, currently the subject of derision f...

Carson Kelly collects two clutch hits to rally Cubs past Braves
Carson Kelly hit a game-tying two-run homer in the eighth and a walk-off RBI single in the 10th to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 7-6 win against the visiting Atlanta Braves in the opener of their three-game series on Monday afternoon.,Kelly pulled the first pitch he saw from John Brebbia (1-1) into the...

Drew Gilbert, Kai-Wei Teng lift Giants past lowly Rockies
Rookie Drew Gilbert homered among his career-high four hits, Rafael Devers and Willy Adames also went deep and finished with two hits apiece and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 8-2 in Denver on Monday.,Kai-Wei Teng (2-3) struck out a career-high eight while scattering nine hits ov...

Injury-plagued Fever conclude road swing at streaking Mercury
Caitlin Clark will potentially miss her 19th consecutive game because of a right groin injury when the Indiana Fever visit the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night.,The Fever (21-19) dropped from sixth to eighth place, the last place to qualify for the WNBA playoffs, after Sunday's 75-63 loss at the Gol...

Army S Larry Pickett Jr. rescues man from burning car
Army safety Larry Pickett Jr. and his father are being heralded for saving a man after a car accident right before the vehicle burst into flames near the U.S. Military Academy on Sunday.,Video taken by the player's sister Lauren showed the father and son pulling the injured man out of the driver's s...

Rams' Matthew Stafford expected to start opener vs. Texans
Los Angeles Rams starting quarterback Matthew Stafford is expected to start the opener against the visiting Houston Texas, coach Sean McVay told reporters on Monday.,Stafford missed the first several weeks of training camp, battling an aggravated disc in his back. According to ESPN, he has been a fu...

Naomi Osaka, Iga Swiatek roll into U.S. Open quarterfinals
No. 23 seed Naomi Osaka advanced to a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time since 2021 by routing No. 3 Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 in the U.S. Open Round of 16 on Monday in New York.,Osaka won 15 of her 16 first-serve points (93.8 percent) and needed just 64 minutes to finish her dismantling of Gauff,...
College Football Week 1 Overreactions: Texas, Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame All Fall
Four top-10 teams lost in Week 1 of the college football season. Here’s why Texas, Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame should feel confident... or concerned....

Naomi Osaka dominates Coco Gauff to reach U.S. Open quarters
No. 23 seed Naomi Osaka advanced to a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time since 2021 by routing No. 3 Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 in the U.S. Open round of 16 on Monday in New York.,Osaka won 15 of her 16 first-serve points (93.8 percent) and needed just 64 minutes to finish off her dismantling of Ga...

White Sox rally in eighth to top Twins
Brooks Baldwin and Mike Tauchman each hit an RBI double in the top of the eighth to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 6-5 comeback win over the Minnesota Twins on Monday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Chase Meidroth hit a two-run homer for Chicago, which won its second game in a row. Colson Montgomery adde...