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Sun fend off Lynx down stretch behind Alyssa Thomas
Alyssa Thomas scored 17 points and flirted with a triple-double as the Connecticut Sun won Game 1 of a WNBA semifinal series, beating the Minnesota Lynx 73-70 in Minneapolis on Sunday night.,Thomas made the Sun's final two shots with under a minute to play and went 8-for-12 from the floor in additio...
Tigers fall to White Sox, face Astros in AL wild-card series
Lenyn Sosa hit a three-run homer and the visiting Chicago White Sox closed out their season with a 9-5 win over the playoff-bound Detroit Tigers on Sunday.,Sosa had three hits and scored three runs and Bryan Ramos supplied two hits, two runs scored and two RBIs for the White Sox (41-121), who won fi...
Red Sox edge Rays to finish .500, take third place in AL East
Quinn Priester limited the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to one run on four hits in five innings Sunday to help the Boston Red Sox avoid a three-game sweep with a 3-1 victory in the final game of the season for each team.,Priester, who was called up from Triple-A Worcester on Sunday, was making his debut ...
Texans score late to send Jaguars to 0-4
Dare Ogunbowale caught a 1-yard scoring pass from C.J. Stroud with 18 seconds left to give the host Houston Texas a 24-20 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday afternoon.,Stroud completed 27 of 40 passes for 345 yards and two touchdowns for the Texans (3-1). Nico Collins caught a career-hi...
Alabama back in familiar spot atop AP Top 25 poll
Buoyed by a dramatic come-from-ahead victory over Georgia on Saturday night, Alabama jumped three spots into the No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll after Week 5.,The Crimson Tide had not been atop the rankings since Oct. 2, 2022, with the latest poll making 16 of 17 s...
Texans RB Joe Mixon (ankle) to miss game vs. Jaguars
Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon will miss his second consecutive game, inactive for Sunday's home contest against the winless Jacksonville Jaguars.,The Texans (2-1) had listed Mixon as questionable because of a sprained ankle and he was limited in practice this week.,Mixon, 28, is the team's l...
Packers QB Jordan Love active, CB Jaire Alexander out vs. Vikings
Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love was active for the first time since injuring his left knee in the season opener and is expected to start Sunday against the visiting Minnesota Vikings.,Love practiced all week and was listed Friday as questionable on the injury report, the same status he had...
Tigers bid for bounce-back performance in finale vs. White Sox
The Detroit Tigers have bigger games coming up, but they still want to finish the regular season the right way.,The Tigers (86-75) clinched an American League wild-card berth with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday. Detroit saw its six-game winning streak snapped with a 4-0 loss to t...
Rays, Red Sox playing for pride in season finale
The visiting Tampa Bay Rays will attempt to complete a three-game sweep Sunday when they meet the Boston Red Sox in the final game of the regular season for each team., ,Tampa Bay (80-81) won 2-1 on Friday, and beat Boston 7-2 on Saturday. The winner of the game Sunday will finish third in the Ameri...
Texas Tech outlasts Cincinnati in 44-41 shootout
Two teams with high-powered offenses and shaky defenses got together Saturday in Lubbock, Texas, and the back-and-forth result was predictable.,Texas Tech outlasted Cincinnati 44-41, with some fourth-quarter breathing room created by a defensive touchdown proving to be just enough.,After forcing the...
Arch Manning (3 total TDs), No. 1 Texas put away Mississippi State
Arch Manning passed for 324 yards and two touchdowns, both to DeAndre Moore Jr., and ran for another score as No. 1 Texas defeated visiting Mississippi State 35-13 on Saturday in the Longhorns' first Southeastern Conference game as a member of the league.,The Longhorns (5-0, 1-0 SEC) sputtered a bit...
Manning throws for 2 TDs, runs for another in No. 1 Texas' win over Mississippi State
Arch Manning passed for 324 yards and two touchdowns, both to DeAndre Moore Jr., and ran for another score as No. 1 Texas defeated visiting Mississippi State 35-13 on Saturday in the Longhorns' first Southeastern Conference game as a member of the league.,The Longhorns (5-0, 1-0 SEC) sputtered a bit...
Josh Hoover, big plays push TCU past Kansas
Josh Hoover threw for 356 yards and three touchdowns as TCU picked up its first Big 12 win of the season 38-27 against Kansas Saturday afternoon in Kansas City, Mo.,The Horned Frogs playmakers were explosive as JP Richardson had an 89-yard punt return for a touchdown, Jack Bech had 10 receptions for...
No. 24 Texas A&M comes back vs. Arkansas to win final Southwest Classic in Arlington
Marcel Reed accounted for three scores Saturday and remained perfect as starting quarterback for the No. 24 Texas A&M Aggies, who improved to 2-0 in Southeastern Conference play by topping the Arkansas Razorbacks 21-17 in the final Southwest Classic held in Arlington, Texas.,With top quarterback Con...
Junior Caminero helps Rays defeat Red Sox
Junior Caminero collected three hits, including a home run, and drove in three runs on Saturday to lead the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to a 7-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox.,Caminero hit a two-run homer in the third -- his sixth home run of the season -- and collected his other RBI on an infield sin...
Andrew Benintendi propels White Sox to win at Tigers
Andrew Benintendi blasted a two-run homer and the visiting Chicago White Sox cooled off the playoff-bound Detroit Tigers with a 4-0 win on Saturday afternoon.,Benintendi also doubled and scored two runs as the White Sox (40-121) won for the fourth time in five games. Bryan Ramos had a solo homer for...
Lynx, Sun take season-long duel into semifinal series
After the Minnesota Lynx held off the Connecticut Sun to earn the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, they will take their earned home-court advantage into a matchup of the teams in a best-of-five WNBA semifinal series.,Minnesota will play host to Game 1 on Sunday at Minneapolis after it advanced in the ope...
Report: QB Quinn Ewers (abdominal) likely out for No. 1 Texas
Quarterback Quinn Ewers is unlikely to start for No. 1 Texas in its Southeastern Conference debut against visiting Mississippi State on Saturday as he recovers from injury, ESPN reported.,If Ewers is sidelined, Arch Manning will make his second consecutive start.,Ewers left the Longhorns' Sept. 14 w...
Rays turn to Shane Baz in rematch vs. Red Sox
The Tampa Bay Rays will aim for a season-ending series win on the road Saturday afternoon when they play the second of three games against the Boston Red Sox.,After Taj Bradley began the series with six shutout innings in a 2-1 Friday win, Tampa Bay (79-81) will turn to another stellar young pitcher...
Tigers back in action vs. White Sox after clinching playoff berth
The Detroit Tigers have qualified for the playoffs for the first time in 10 years.,Following a raucous celebration, the Tigers must settle down and play another game on Saturday afternoon.,Detroit (86-74) snared an American League wild-card playoff berth with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox...