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Risky strategy pays off as Charles Leclerc wins Italian Grand Prix
Ferrari claimed its first home-nation victory since 2019 at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, with driver Charles Leclerc holding off the McLaren cars.,The difference for LeClerc was the team decision to have him make only one pit stop, compared to two for the McLaren team of Oscar Piastri and Lando...

Sean Manaea, Mets aim to brush off woeful White Sox
Thanks to a win over the worst team in baseball and some help from their rivals, the New York Mets have a chance to arrive home Monday closer to a playoff spot than they were upon departing for a potentially season-defining road trip.,The visiting Mets (72-64) will look to do their part to improve t...

Tigers, Red Sox making push for wild card
The Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers are on the outside looking in for an American League wild-card playoff berth., ,Both teams are clinging to the belief they can make a run in September. They'll complete a three-game series in Detroit with Sunday afternoon's rubber game.,The Red Sox and Tigers ar...

WR Tetairoa McMillan (304 yards), No. 21 Arizona outlast New Mexico
Tetairoa McMillan caught 10 passes for a school-record 304 yards and four touchdowns to help No. 21 Arizona pull away to beat New Mexico 61-39 on Saturday night in Tucson, Ariz., ,McMillan, a preseason first-team AP All-American, scored on a 69-yard reception on Arizona's third snap of the game and ...

Tetairoa McMillan (304 receiving yards) helps No. 21 Arizona outlast New Mexico
Tetairoa McMillan caught 10 passes for a school-record 304 yards and four touchdowns to help No. 21 Arizona pull away to beat New Mexico 61-39 on Saturday night in Tucson, Ariz., ,McMillan, a preseason first-team AP All-American, scored on a 69-yard reception on Arizona's third snap of the game and ...

Jeremiyah Love late TD run lifts No. 7 Notre Dame over No. 20 Texas A&M
Jeremiyah Love ran for a go-ahead, 21-yard touchdown with 1:54 remaining and No. 7 Notre Dame held on for a hard-fought 23-13 win over No. 20 Texas A&M on Saturday night in College Station, Texas.,Riley Leonard completed 18 of 30 passes for 158 yards and rushed 12 times for 63 yards to win his Notre...

Pete Alonso cracks 30th HR as Mets top White Sox to continue surge
Pete Alonso and Jesse Winker hit back-to-back homers in the first inning Saturday night for the visiting New York Mets, who continued a timely surge with a 5-3 win over the lowly Chicago White Sox in the middle game of a three-game series.,The Mets won their third in a row to improve to 6-3 on a 10-...

Tarik Skubal dazzles again as Tigers edge Red Sox
Tarik Skubal struck out eight in eight innings -- the longest outing of his career -- and the host Detroit Tigers edged the Boston Red Sox, 2-1, on Saturday night.,Skubal (16-4) gave up one run on four hits and did not issue a walk. The favorite for the American League Cy Young Award threw 98 pitch...

'Staying in the moment,' Scottie Scheffler leads Tour Championship by 5
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. The winner Sunday will take home the FedEx Cup and a $25 million prize.,After a ...

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...

Quinn Ewers (3 TDs), No. 4 Texas clobber Colorado State 52-0
Quinn Ewers threw three touchdown passes as No. 4 Texas needed a quarter to get its high-octane offense warmed up in a 52-0 win against Colorado State on Saturday in Austin, Texas, in the season opener for both teams.,In just over three quarters, Ewers was 20-for-27 passing for 260 yards, three touc...

Quinn Ewers (3 TD), No. 4 Texas clobber Colorado State 52-0
Quinn Ewers threw three touchdown passes as No. 4 Texas needed a quarter to get its high-octane offense warmed up in a 52-0 win against Colorado State on Saturday in Austin, Texas, in the season opener for both teams.,In just over three quarters, Ewers was 20-for-27 passing for 260 yards, three touc...

Red-hot Galaxy to meet scorching temps vs. St. Louis City
The Los Angeles Galaxy were thriving before the arrival of Marco Reus, but adding the German star has increased the club's firepower.,Reus was involved in both goals in his Galaxy debut and now looks to supply similar aid in his second match when Los Angeles visits St. Louis City on Sunday afternoon...

Eternal Fire advance to grand final at BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2
Ozgur "woxic" Eker fueled Eternal Fire to a pair of 2-0 victories on Saturday, helping the club advance to the grand final of the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade #2 event in Serbia.,Eternal Fire posted a 13-10 win on Inferno and 13-6 victory on Anubis to dispatch paiN Gaming in the lower-bracket semifinal. F...

With playoff spot in hand, Aces visit Mercury
The Las Vegas Aces already have clinched a spot in the WNBA playoffs. The Aces will hit the road Sunday to face the Phoenix Mercury, who are in the hunt for their own playoff berth.,Four playoff spots already have been claimed, heading into play Saturday, with four more up for grabs. The Mercury (16...

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...

Notre Dame-Texas A&M: Preview, Props, Prediction
Notre Dame is coming off a 10-win season and has lofty goals in the first season of the expanded College Football Playoff format. The Fighting Irish have gone 19-7 since Marcus Freeman succeeded Brian Kelly as head coach, and will open its 2024 schedule in College Station, Texas on Saturday.,That's ...

White Sox out to upend Mets, avoid franchise-record-tying loss
A pair of former Mets relayed some sympathy for the reeling White Sox during New York's broadcast of Friday's 5-1 road win over Chicago.,At 31-105, Chicago is fast approaching the 1962 Mets' major league record for single-season losses (120) in the modern era. For their part, Jay Hook and Craig Ande...

Red Sox face tall task in encounter vs. Tarik Skubal, Tigers
The Boston Red Sox gave up a late four-run lead on Friday and still pulled out an extra-inning victory in Detroit.,The Red Sox will visit the Tigers again on Saturday evening in the second contest of a three-game series.,Ceddanne Rafaela put the Red Sox back on top in the 10th with a two-run homer. ...

Back from minors, Tylor Megill guides Mets past White Sox
Tylor Megill pitched 5 1/3 strong innings in his return to the rotation, J.D. Martinez homered and Jesse Winker had three hits to lift the visiting New York Mets to a 5-1 win against the Chicago White Sox on Friday.,New York won for the third time in four games to remain three games behind the Brave...