PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Nola was hit hard on two days' rest and the Phillies bullpen unraveled in a 12-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night, forcing Philadelphia to try and salvage a final-week collapse and play for an NL wild-card berth on the last day of the season. Philadelphia had...
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Florida proved the oddsmakers right, and then some, on Saturday and established itself as a real threat in the Southeastern Conference in Jon Sumrall's first season. The 21st-ranked Gators built a two-touchdown lead against No. 4 Mississippi and responded each time the Rebels got...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Sam Leavitt hit Jackson Harris twice for touchdowns — once for 57 yards on a Lane Kiffin fourth-and-short special — and No. 10 LSU defeated 23rd-ranked Texas A&M 35-6 on Saturday night. Kiffin started sprinting down the sideline while Leavitt's fourth-down...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oregon quarterback Dante Moore left the Coliseum field on a stretcher in an ambulance while wearing a neck brace after the Heisman Trophy candidate was hit roughly by Southern California linebacker Desman Stephens during a slide in the second quarter Saturday. ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Once again, the Cleveland Guardians are division champs. Patrick Bailey and Brayan Rocchio each hit two of Cleveland's five home runs as the Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 11-5 on Saturday night to clinch their third straight AL Central title. Cleve...
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Darian Mensah was almost perfect, again. And No. 6 Miami got through September with a perfect record, again. Mensah passed for 338 yards and three touchdowns, plus ran for another score as Miami capped an unbeaten September by topping Central Michigan 5...
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — New Florida coach Jon Sumrall called his program a sleeping giant when he took over 10 months ago and has said repeatedly since that it's time to “wake the beast." Well, the Gators are officially growling. Jadan Baugh ran for 142 yards and three touchdown...
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Colton Joseph hit Jacob Harris on a 72-yard touchdown pass with 1:13 to play and Wisconsin scored twice in the last four minutes to beat No. 13 Penn State 24-20 on Saturday. Penn State quarterback Rocco Becht, who was 12-for-29 passing for 129 yards and ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Danny Jansen homered and drove in two runs as the Texas Rangers pushed the AL West race to the final day of the regular season with a rain-delayed 6-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. Jake Burger also went deep for the Rangers (80-81), who moved a ...
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MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — The International team showed it knows how to finish matches. It rallied from deficits in every match, morning and afternoon, on Saturday at Medinah to build a three-point lead going into the final day at the Presidents Cup. Now the question is whether they c...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Nola's bid to save the Philadelphia Phillies' shaky playoff hopes by starting on two days' rest did not go well, and he was pulled after being rocked for three runs in the first inning. With the Phillies' attempt at clinching an NL wild card teetering on...
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — In the same stadium where Michigan was given an extra second in a controversial win over Western Michigan, the Iowa Hawkeyes took full advantage of having one more snap with two ticks on the clock. Hank Brown threw a game-ending, 16-yard touchdown pass to ...
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ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Lauren Coughlin became the first player in LPGA history to open a round with nine straight birdies, running the table through nine holes at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Saturday. Coughlin made only one birdie the rest of the way, closing with six st...
