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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...

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...
Dak Prescott New Deal With Dallas Cowboys Seems Unlikely
The Dallas Cowboys and Jerry Jones are daring Dak Prescott to depart, as it seems unlikely they find a new contract with him this year....
Saturday August 31 MLB Best Sports Betting Picks & Predictions
These are our top betting picks and predictions for Saturday August 31st's MLB slate....

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...

Bubba Wallace captures pole for regular-season finale
DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Offering up a fist pump and big smile, Bubba Wallace claimed perhaps the most consequential pole position of his young career -- turning in the fastest lap on Saturday in the final round of NASCAR Cup Series qualifying for Sunday's Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Racew...

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...

Jannik Sinner coasts into fourth round at U.S. Open
Top-seeded Jannik Sinner averted the upset bug and cruised to a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Christopher O'Connell in the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday in New York.,Unlike No. 2 Novak Djokovic and No. 3 Carlos Alcarez, Sinner avoided being tripped up in the opening week of the final grand s...

Diego Pavia sparks Vanderbilt OT upset of Virginia Tech
Vanderbilt, behind quarterback Diego Pavia's 294 yards of total offense, pulled a huge overtime upset of visiting Virginia Tech by a 34-27 score at Vanderbilt's FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday.,The Commodores, 13 1/2-point underdogs, blew a 17-point lead and trailed 27-20 but Pavi...

Cardinals hold off Yankees, win in Bronx for first time
Kyle Gibson pitched seven strong innings for his first win in nearly two months, Brendan Donovan hit a three-run homer in the third inning and the St. Louis Cardinals recorded a 6-5 victory over the host New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon.,The Cardinals improved to 8-11 in their past 19 games an...

Billy Edwards Jr. leads Maryland in romp over UConn
Maryland football has been synonymous with Taulia Tagovailoa for nearly half a decade. In Saturday's season opener, quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. turned the page into a new chapter in style, throwing for a career-best 311 yards and two touchdowns as the host Terrapins defeated Connecticut 50-7 in Co...

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...

Improving Wings brace for battle vs. Caitlin Clark, Fever
If it was not already, Sunday afternoon's clash between the host Dallas Wings and the Caitlin Clark-led Indiana Fever has ventured into must-watch territory at Arlington, Texas.,While the Fever have been one of the WNBA's top draws in 2024, Dallas' late-season move from the cellar into contention fo...

ENCE remove coach kuben ahead of tournament
ENCE has benched the coach of its CS2 team in advance of ESL Pro League Season 20, which opens next week in Malta.,"The ENCE CS2 team performance hasn't been meeting the level of our expectations and we are now taking steps to get back on track," the team posted to social media on Saturday. "Jakub ‘...

Lynx look to rebound from lopsided loss in clash vs. Sky
The Minnesota Lynx won their first six games coming out of the Olympic break before enduring a lopsided defeat.,The Lynx will look to get back on track Sunday afternoon when they host the Chicago Sky in Minneapolis.,Minnesota (23-9) dropped a 94-76 decision to the Dallas Wings on Friday. The Lynx we...

Yankees RHP Ian Hamilton scratched from rehab outing
Instead of getting ready to add Ian Hamilton to the major league roster, the Yankees are facing some uncertainty in the bullpen after the right-hander was scratched Friday night from what was expected to be his last rehab outing.,Hamilton reportedly experienced back spasms and did not appear in Frid...

Revs lend homegrown M Noel Buck to Southampton
The New England Revolution are lending homegrown midfielder Noel Buck to Southampton FC of the English Premier League, the team announced Saturday.,The loan, which includes a purchase option, is until the end of January 2025.,"Noel is an extremely talented young player who is very deserving of this ...