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Iowa's Kaleb Johnson rushes for 206 yards, 3 TDs as Hawkeyes roll Minnesota
Kaleb Johnson ran for a career-high 206 yards and three touchdowns, helping lead Iowa to a 31-14 win over Minnesota in Minneapolis on Saturday.,Jaziun Patterson added 66 rushing yards for the Hawkeyes (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten), who won the Floyd of Rosedale Trophy, given annually to the winner of the game....

South Carolina jumps out early in lopsided win over Akron
Robby Ashford passed for 243 yards and two touchdowns in a fill-in start to help South Carolina roll to a 50-7 nonconference victory over Akron on Saturday night in Columbia, S.C.,Ashford completed 15 of 21 passes and rushed for a career-high 133 yards and one score on 16 attempts for the Gamecocks ...

Washington stifles Northwestern 24-5 in Big Ten debut
Denzel Boston compiled 167 all-purpose yards and caught two touchdown passes as Washington won its inaugural Big Ten Conference game, defeating Northwestern 24-5 on Saturday in Seattle.,Jonah Coleman added 67 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown for the Huskies (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten). Will Rogers III com...
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Week 3 of the NFL season is already here, so lock in your best bets with us on Sunday September 22nd....

UConn builds 27-point lead, rolls over Florida Atlantic
Nick Evers rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another to fuel UConn to a convincing 48-14 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday in East Hartford, Conn.,Evers completed 9 of 14 passes for 88 yards and added a career-high 78 yards on the ground as the Huskies (2-2) breezed to a win in the ope...
Five NFL Coaches Already on the Hot Seat in 2024
We're only a few weeks into the 2024 NFL season, but these five coaches are already on the hot seat....

D-backs blank Brewers, boost wild-card chances
Joc Pederson and Ketel Marte each had a two-run homer and Merrill Kelly tossed five innings of two-hit ball as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks kept pace in the National League wild-card chase, notching their third consecutive victory over the Milwaukee Brewers 5-0 on Saturday night., ,Arizona (87-...

Duke crushes Middle Tennessee to go unbeaten in non-conference play
Maalik Murphy threw for 216 yards and three touchdowns on a rainy Saturday evening in Murfreesboro, Tenn., as the Duke Blue Devils notched a 45-17 victory over Middle Tennessee State.,Murphy completed 14-of-21 passes as the Blue Devils (4-0) finished non-conference play with an unblemished record. S...

No. 12 Utah holds off No 14 Oklahoma State 22-19 in their Big 12 opener
Brant Kuithe scored two touchdowns and Micah Bernard rushed for 182 yards Saturday as No. 12 Utah opened Big 12 Conference play with an impressive 22-19 win over No. 14 Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla.,The Utes (4-0, 1-0) won without starting quarterback Cam Rising, who missed his second straight...

QB Taylen Green uses legs to help Arkansas get past Auburn
Taylen Green struggled passing but rushed for 80 yards on 18 carries in leading Arkansas to a 24-14 victory over Auburn as the two teams opened Southeastern Conference play on Saturday afternoon in Auburn, Ala.,Green was only 12-of-27 passing for 151 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions be...

West Virginia comes from behind late to beat Kansas
Garrett Greene threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Rodney Gallagher III with 26 seconds left as West Virginia rallied for a 32-28 victory over Kansas in the Big 12 opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon at Morgantown, W. Va.,The Mountaineers overcame a late 11-point deficit behind two scoring pas...

No. 20 Iowa State dominates Arkansas State
Rocco Becht threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third in the first half on Saturday as No. 20 Iowa State remained unbeaten with a 52-7 blowout of Arkansas State in Ames, Iowa.,Becht completed 11 of 18 passes for 204 yards with an interception as the Cyclones improved to 3-0. Carson Hansen added t...

Jeeno Thitikul builds Kroger Queen City lead with Lydia Ko in pursuit
Jeeno Thitikul extended her lead Saturday with a 4-under par 68, going up by two strokes (16 under) with a round to play at the Kroger Queen City Championship in Maineville, Ohio.,Thitikul, a former World No. 1 who entered the day nursing a one-stroke lead, is seeking her first individual LPGA win i...

Alonza Barnett's 5 TDs help James Madison top UNC 70-50
Alonza Barnett III threw for five touchdowns and ran for two more as visiting James Madison scored in a variety of ways in stunning North Carolina 70-50 on Saturday afternoon in Chapel Hill, N.C.,Barnett finished 22-for-34 for 388 passing yards and cranked out 99 rushing yards on 13 carries.,Omarion...

Kentucky finds end zone again and again in crushing Ohio
Brock Vandagriff went 17-of-24 passing for 237 yards to lead Kentucky to a 41-6 home win over Ohio on Saturday.,Dane Key was the biggest target for Vandagriff, catching seven passes for 145 yards.,The big quarter for Kentucky was the second quarter, when it scored two touchdowns to break a two-game ...

No. 3 Ohio State dominates in lopsided win over Marshall
Quinshon Judkins and TreVeyon Henderson combined for 249 rushing yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 3 Ohio State to a 49-14 win over Marshall in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday.,Henderson ran for a 40-yard touchdown on the first possession of the third quarter for a 35-14 lead in the final nonconfere...

No. 21 Clemson scores early, often in rout of NC State
Cade Klubnik threw for three touchdowns and had a long scoring run as No. 21 Clemson clobbered visiting North Carolina State 59-35 in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon at Clemson, S.C.,Klubnik was involved in three touchdowns in the game's first 10 minutes, an...

Sun ready for Fever, Caitlin Clark in Game 1
Behind rookie sensation Caitlin Clark's record-setting campaign, the Indiana Fever embark on their first WNBA playoffs appearance since 2016 when they begin a best-of-three series on Sunday against the host Connecticut Sun in Uncasville, Conn.,Indiana earned the No. 6 seed, going 9-5 after returning...

West Virginia DB Aubrey Burks taken from field on stretcher
West Virginia defensive back Aubrey Burks was taken from the stadium via stretcher in the second quarter against Kansas on Saturday after sustaining an undisclosed serious injury.,ESPN reported that Burks was transported via ambulance to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, a facility located at th...

Report: Rockets' AJ Griffin leaving team, to be waived
Former first-round draft pick A.J. Griffin is walking away from the NBA and will be waived by the Houston Rockets, The Athletic reported.,Per the outlet, the Rockets will buy out his contract, which was worth $3.9 million for the 2024-25 season.,Previously, The Athletic reported that Griffin, 21, wa...