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San Jose grabs win over Austin but fall just short of playoffs
Josef Martinez and Niko Tsakiris scored goals over a three-minute stretch late in the match to carry the San Jose Earthquakes to a rousing 2-1 come-from-behind win over visiting Austin FC on Saturday in a key Decision Day match., ,Even with the victory, the Earthquakes (11-15-8, 41 points) finished ...
Real Salt Lake nabs final West playoff spot with draw vs. St. Louis City
Victor Olatunji scored a first-half brace Saturday night and visiting Real Salt Lake managed to clinch the final playoff spot in the West by tying St. Louis City SC 2-2.,RSL (12-17-5, 41 points) emerged from a three-team tie with Colorado and San Jose on the basis of tiebreakers. Colorado could have...
Avalanche outshoot Bruins 38-14 in easy home victory
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals, Josh Manson also scored and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Denver on Saturday night.,Martin Necas added an empty-net goal, Artturi Lehkonen contributed two assists and Scott Wedgewood needed just 13 saves to secure the win for Colorado, which sco...
Steady QB Brendan Sorsby leads No. 24 Cincinnati to rout of Oklahoma State
The No. 24 Cincinnati Bearcats clinched bowl eligibility Saturday night with a 49-17 road win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys.,It's Cincinnati's first time being bowl eligible since 2022, and it's the first time Cincinnati (6-1, 4-0 Big 12) is eligible for a bowl game as members of the Big 12 and in...
Sporting KC, Houston end their seasons with scoreless draw
The Houston Dynamo and host Sporting Kansas City each enter the offseason with a bitter taste in their mouths after failing to find the back of the net in a 0-0 draw. ,Both teams had been eliminated from playoff consideration before Decision Day began., ,Houston (9-15-10, 37 points) had lost three o...
Iowa stages second-half comeback to top reeling Penn State
Quarterback Mark Gronowski ran for 130 yards and two touchdowns Saturday night and Iowa rallied from a 21-10 third-quarter deficit to edge visiting Penn State 25-24 in Iowa City.,Gronowski's 67-yard run set up the winning score, an 8-yard run on a jet sweep by receiver Kaden Wetjen with 3:54 remaini...
Late safety lifts No. 18 Virginia over Washington State for fifth straight win
No. 18 Virginia erased a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit and took its only lead on a safety with 2:41 left for a 22-20 victory over Washington State on Saturday night in Charlottesville, Va., ,The Cavaliers (6-1) won their fifth consecutive game and became bowl eligible for the first time since 2021...
Blues reverse early-season home woes with win vs. Stars
Jordan Kyrou, Jimmy Snuggerud and Pius Suter scored as the St. Louis Blues defeated the visiting Dallas Stars 3-1 on Saturday night.,After getting outscored 13-3 while losing their first two home games, the Blues tightened up their defensive play and allowed the Stars to put just 19 shots on goal.,J...
Austin Hill comes up clutch to claim win at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Once again, Richard Childress Racing's Austin Hill proved himself the driver to beat on NASCAR's big drafting-style tracks, as the veteran held off the field on a dramatic overtime restart with two laps remaining at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway to earn the victory in Saturday's ...
SMU stays perfect in ACC with win over Clemson
Kevin Jennings tossed two touchdown passes and Sam Keltner made three field goals to help visiting SMU defeat Clemson 35-24 on Saturday in a rematch of last year's Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. ,Jennings completed 23 of 43 passes for 290 yards. He was intercepted once.,SMU (5-2, 3-0 A...
Ernie Els goes bogey-free again to keep Dominion Energy lead
Ernie Els fired a 5-under-par 67 on Saturday at The Country Club of Virginia in Richmond to build a two-stroke lead going into the final round of the Dominion Energy Charity Classic.,For the second day in a row, the 56-year-old South Africa native produced a bogey-free round.,"Well, that's never a g...
Wildcats blank Boilermakers for first shutout in eight years
Quarterback Preston Stone passed for two touchdowns and the Northwestern Wildcats piled up 232 rushing yards to extend their winning streak to four games with a 19-0 Big Ten victory over Purdue on Saturday afternoon in Evanston, Ill.,Joseph Himon Jr. had 87 yards rushing -- one of three Wildcats wit...
Three interceptions help TCU hold off rival Baylor
Josh Hoover passed for 231 yards and three touchdowns, but it was the TCU defense that was the difference as the Horned Frogs held off rival Baylor 42-36 on Saturday afternoon in a key Big 12 Conference clash in Fort Worth, Texas., ,TCU (5-2, 2-2 Big 12) survived three lightning delays in the fourth...
UCF cruises past West Virginia, behind dominant offense
Tayven Jackson threw a pair of touchdowns to Chris Domercant in the opening quarter on fourth down, as UCF rolled to a 45-13 victory over visiting West Virginia Saturday afternoon in Orlando, Fla.,Jackson returned after sitting out last week's loss with a shoulder injury sustained two weeks ago agai...
Joe Fagnano leads streaking UConn past Boston College
Joe Fagnano threw for four touchdowns and rushed for another as UConn beat New England rival Boston College for the second time in Huskies coach Jim Mora's four seasons 38-23 on Saturday afternoon in Chestnut Hill, Mass.,Fagnano was 23 of 31 for a season-high 362 yards to lead the Huskies (5-2) to t...
Game-winning field goal helps Houston slip past Arizona
Ethan Sanchez hit a 41-yard field goal as time expired to give Houston a 31-28 win over Arizona in a Big 12 Conference game on Saturday afternoon in Houston, Texas., ,Sanchez, the reigning Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, missed a 48-yarder earlier in the fourth quarter that allowed Arizona ...
Giants WR Darius Slayton downgraded to out vs. Broncos
New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton and defensive lineman Chauncey Golston were downgraded from doubtful to out for Sunday's game against the host Denver Broncos.,Also on Saturday, the Giants announced that offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo will not travel for the game. ESPN reported tha...
Panthers activate WR Jalen Coker, OL Austin Corbett from IR
The Carolina Panthers activated wide receiver Jalen Coker and offensive lineman Austin Corbett from injured reserve on Saturday.,Both players are available to play for the Panthers (3-3) in Sunday's game against the New York Jets.(0-6) in East Rutherford, N.J.,Coker, 23, has been sidelined since sus...
Warriors waive guards Seth Curry, LJ Cryer
The Golden State Warriors waived guards Seth Curry and LJ Cryer on Saturday, but Curry reportedly will return to the roster.,Basketball writer Marc Stein, in a post to X, said Golden State plans to bring back the younger brother of Warriors star Stephen Curry next month when "they have sufficient fi...
Reports: Astros signing RHP Nate Pearson to 1-year deal
The Houston Astros are signing right-hander Nate Pearson to a one-year, $1.35 million contract, per multiple reports.,The former first-round pick spent most of this season with the Chicago Cubs, going 0-1 with a 9.20 ERA in 11 games out of the bullpen.,Pearson is 9-6 with a 5.17 ERA and three saves ...