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Houston rides QB Conner Weigman to road upset of No. 24 Arizona State
Conner Weigman completed 14 consecutive passes at one point and rushed for a career-high 111 yards and two touchdowns to lead Houston to a 24-16 victory Saturday over No. 24 Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz.,The Cougars (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) and Sun Devils (5-3, 3-2) met for the first time as conference opp...
Joey Aguilar tosses 3 TDs as No. 17 Tennessee outscores Kentucky
Joey Aguilar scorched Kentucky's defense for 396 passing yards, Edrees Farooq recorded a pick-six, and the No. 17 Tennessee Volunteers claimed their border battle over the Wildcats in a 56-34 blowout on Saturday night in Lexington, Ky.,Aguilar went 20 of 26 with three touchdowns for the Volunteers (...
Nuggets spread scoring around, blow out Suns
Jamal Murray had 23 points in Denver's home opener, Nikola Jokic notched his second straight triple-double to start the season and the Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 133-111 on Saturday night.,Christian Braun scored 20 points and Aaron Gordon had 17 points two nights after posting a career-high 50 fo...
No. 19 Louisville runs over Boston College with 317 on the ground
Louisville ran for a season-high 317 yards and the No. 19 Cardinals used their big-play capabilities to hold off upset-minded Boston College 38-24 at home on Saturday.,Isaac Brown needed just 14 carries to amass a career-high 205 yards, and Keyjuan Brown added 95 on 10 rushes. Both scored on big pla...
Justice Haynes (2 TDs), carries No. 25 Michigan past Michigan State
Justice Haynes rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns to lead No. 25 Michigan to a solid 31-20 victory over rival Michigan State in Big Ten play on Saturday night at East Lansing, Mich.,Jordan Marshall added 110 rushing yards, including a 56-yard scoring scamper, as the Wolverines (6-2, 4-1 Big Ten...
TCU holds off late rally to edge West Virginia in Morgantown
Josh Hoover threw for 247 yards and a touchdown Saturday night while Trent Battle rushed for 89 yards and a score as visiting TCU stopped West Virginia 23-17 in Morgantown.,Hoover completed 24 of 39 passes for the Horned Frogs (6-2, 3-2 Big 12 Conference), which also got three field goals from Nate ...
Panthers blank Knights in Sergei Bobrovsky's 50th shutout
Sergei Bobrovsky made 17 saves for his 50th career shutout as the Florida Panthers handed the visiting Vegas Golden Knights their first regulation loss of the season, 3-0, on Saturday night in Sunrise, Fla., ,A.J. Greer had a goal and an assist and Sam Reinhart and Cole Schwindt each scored goals fo...
William Byron wins pole position for NASCAR Cup elimination race at Martinsville
MARTINSVILLE, Va.--Talk about perfect timing.,William Byron, one of four drivers realistically needing a victory at Martinsville Speedway to advance to the Championship 4 race in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, picked the ideal moment to win his first pole position at the historic short track.,Cover...
Timely plays push No. 10 Vanderbilt past No. 15 Missouri
Diego Pavia dove into the end zone on a 1-yard touchdown run with 1:52 left to give No. 10 Vanderbilt a 17-10 victory over No. 15 Missouri, Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.,On a day when Heisman Trophy candidate Pavia struggled, Vanderbilt (7-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) survived thanks to a key defe...
Unranked Oregon looks to set tone vs. Hawaii in home opener
Oregon enters the 2025-2026 men's college basketball season unranked, but the Ducks have advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament in each of the past two seasons and have two of the top players in the Big Ten back for 2025-26.,Forward Nate Bittle made the conference's all-defensive team a...
Alvaro Folgueiras, Iowa tip off campaign against Robert Morris
For at least one Iowa player, the new era of Hawkeyes basketball begins against a familiar opponent.,Ben McCollum makes his Hawkeyes' coaching debut, complete with some talented transfers, including Alvaro Folgueiras, who'll face off against his former Robert Morris squad on Nov. 4, in Iowa City.,Af...
Steven Alker maintains 5-stroke lead entering final round of Simmons Bank
Steven Alker maintained his sizable lead in the second round of the Simmons Bank Championship Saturday in Little Rock, Ark. by going bogey-free for the second straight day.,After posting an 11-under-par 61 on Friday, Alker shot 6 under on Saturday to enter the final round with a five-stroke lead at ...
Lamar Jackson sidelined again as Ravens prep for red-hot Bears
It's a flip-flop scenario with the Chicago Bears possessing a four-game winning streak and the Baltimore Ravens mired in a four-game slide.,One of those teams will see the end of a streak when the upstart Bears visit the banged-up Ravens on Sunday afternoon.,Chicago (4-2) is looking for its first fi...
Bruins hold off Avalanche, snap six-game skid
Viktor Arvidsson and Mikey Eyssimont scored twice in a 39-second span in the first period and Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves, as the Boston Bruins beat the visiting Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Saturday afternoon.,A game-high 12 of Swayman's stops came in the second period, setting the table for Morgan G...
With Ravens' Lamar Jackson out vs. Bears, Tyler Huntley to start
Baltimore Ravens star quarterback Lamar Jackson will miss his third straight game on Sunday due to his right hamstring injury, the team announced Saturday.,Tyler Huntley will get the start against the visiting Chicago Bears, while Jackson is expected to be under center on Thursday when Baltimore (1-...
Skidding Flames, Rangers desperate to find a win
The New York Rangers kick off a four-game road trip Sunday against the Calgary Flames with their season already at a crossroads.,The floundering Rangers have managed just one win in their last six games and are coming off a dispiriting 6-5 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.,Admittedly...
Chucky Lozano's status uncertain as San Diego prepares to host Timbers
San Diego FC is experiencing more drama than a No. 1 seed would like entering its playoff opener against the visiting Portland Timbers on Sunday night.,San Diego FC coach Mikey Varas has yet to determine if face of the franchise Hirving "Chucky" Lozano will play in the opener of the Round 1 best-of-...
Whitecaps hoping team-record 60 points will translate in playoffs
The second-seeded Vancouver Whitecaps look to build on their best regular season in club history when they begin a Western Conference Round One playoff series against seventh-seeded FC Dallas on Sunday.,Vancouver earned a team-record 60 points in MLS while also winning the Canadian Championship and ...
New-look Washington opens season against road-warrior Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Arkansas-Pine Bluff will experience the first of 11 consecutive road games when it plays at Washington on Nov. 3 in the season opener for both teams.,The Huskies, in their second season under coach Danny Sprinkle, are also one of four Power 4 programs Pine Bluff will face in the 11-game stretch on t...
Trevor Zegras, Flyers snap Islanders win streak
Trevor Zegras recorded two goals and an assist in regulation before netting a key shootout tally as the host Philadelphia Flyers nipped the New York Islanders 4-3 on Saturday afternoon.,Christian Dvorak chipped in a goal and an assist for the Flyers, while Matvei Michkov had the decisive shootout go...