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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...
Pedro Vite scores as Whitecaps blank Austin FC 1-0
Pedro Vite scored the only goal Vancouver needed as the visiting Whitecaps FC defeated offense-challenged Austin FC 1-0 on Saturday in a Western Conference match., ,Vite used a nifty give-and-go play with Ryan Gauld to beat the Verde defense and besieged Austin goalkeeper Brad Stuver low to the righ...
Pete Alonso cracks 30th HR as Mets top White Sox to continue surge
Pete Alonso and Jesse Winker hit back-to-back homers in the first inning Saturday night for the visiting New York Mets, who continued a timely surge with a 5-3 win over the lowly Chicago White Sox in the middle game of a three-game series.,The Mets won their third in a row to improve to 6-3 on a 10-...
Zack Wheeler leads the way as Phillies blank Braves
Zack Wheeler threw seven shutout innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-0 win over the visiting Atlanta Braves in the third game of the four-game set on Saturday evening.,Wheeler (13-6) allowed four hits, struck out seven and didn't walk a batter, finishing 3-1 in six starts in August with...
'Staying in the moment,' Scottie Scheffler leads Tour Championship by 5
ATLANTA -- Scottie Scheffler is 18 holes away from his first FedEx Cup championship.,Scheffler leads Collin Morikawa by five strokes following the third round of the Tour Championship on Saturday at East Lake Golf Club. The winner Sunday will take home the FedEx Cup and a $25 million prize.,After a ...
Sahith Theegala third in Atlanta despite self-reported penalty
ATLANTA -- Sahith Theegala is 98 or 99 percent sure he moved some sand while taking a swing out of a bunker at East Lake Golf Club.,Unsure of the precise rule in question, Theegala let playing partner Xander Schauffele and PGA Tour rules officials know. He ended up accepting a two-stroke penalty for...
Jin Young Ko holds two-shot lead at FM Championship
Jin Young Ko shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead after three rounds at the inaugural FM Championship at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass.,The South Korea native bookended her day with birdies on the first two holes and the last two holes and added two more against a single bogey to tak...
No. 2 Ohio State stomps in-state rival Akron
Freshman receiver Jeremiah Smith caught two of Will Howard's three touchdown passes as No. 2 Ohio State stampeded visiting Akron 52-6 on Saturday in the season opener in Columbus.,Smith, the nation's top recruit in the Class of 2024, dropped the first ball thrown to him but had scores of 16 and 9 ya...
QB Kyle McCord shines in Syracuse debut for win over Ohio
Kyle McCord threw for 354 yards and four touchdowns in his Syracuse debut, guiding the host Orange to a 38-22 victory over Ohio on Saturday.,McCord, a highly regarded transfer from Ohio State, completed 27 of 39 passes, including seven to Oronde Gadsden II (108 yards, one TD) and six to Trebor Pena ...
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...
Scottie Scheffler has 5-shot lead at Tour Championship
ATLANTA -- Scottie Scheffler is 18 holes away from his first FedEx Cup championship.,Scheffler leads Collin Morikawa by five strokes following the third round of the Tour Championship on Saturday at East Lake Golf Club.,After a slow start to his day, Scheffler rolled in birdies at Nos. 14, 16, 17 an...
Bay FC acquire F Penelope Hocking from Red Stars
Bay FC acquired forward Penelope Hocking from the Chicago Red Stars on Saturday in exchange for a $350,000 transfer fee to be paid over two years.,Hocking, 24, scored seven goals in 29 games for the Red Stars after becoming the No. 7 overall selection in the 2023 NWSL draft. According to Chicago, th...
Orlando Arcia, Braves bid to battle boo birds in Philly
Every time Atlanta Braves shortstop Orlando Arcia has stepped into the batter's box at Citizens Bank Park in 2024, he has been greeted by boos from the Philadelphia Phillies fans.,Entering Saturday night's matchup between the National League East rivals, Arcia might hope that the Phillies' fans cont...
White Sox out to upend Mets, avoid franchise-record-tying loss
A pair of former Mets relayed some sympathy for the reeling White Sox during New York's broadcast of Friday's 5-1 road win over Chicago.,At 31-105, Chicago is fast approaching the 1962 Mets' major league record for single-season losses (120) in the modern era. For their part, Jay Hook and Craig Ande...
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...
100 Thieves stay alive in LCS Summer Split playoffs
100 Thieves came from behind to beat Dignitas 3-2 on Friday at the League Championship Series Summer Split playoffs in Los Angeles.,The result sends 100 Thieves to the lower-bracket semifinal, where they will oppose Cloud9 on Sunday.,Dignitas won the first map on red before 100 Thieves responded wit...
Wisconsin leaves it late before topping Western Michigan
Tawee Walker scored the go-ahead touchdown following a muffed punt as Wisconsin rallied in the fourth quarter for a 28-14 victory over Western Michigan on Friday in the season opener for both teams in Madison, Wis.,With the Broncos ahead 14-13 early in the fourth quarter, Wisconsin recovered the muf...
Inter Miami, minus Lionel Messi, square off with Fire
Inter Miami CF have already booked a place in the MLS Cup playoffs. Their next goal is the Supporters' Shield as they travel to face the Chicago Fire on Saturday at Soldier Field.,Miami (17-4-5, 56 points) secured a postseason spot last weekend with a 2-0 win over FC Cincinnati -- its third straight...
Back from minors, Tylor Megill guides Mets past White Sox
Tylor Megill pitched 5 1/3 strong innings in his return to the rotation, J.D. Martinez homered and Jesse Winker had three hits to lift the visiting New York Mets to a 5-1 win against the Chicago White Sox on Friday.,New York won for the third time in four games to remain three games behind the Brave...
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...