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 half-game ahead o...
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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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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Darian Mensah passed for 338 yards and three touchdowns, plus ran for another score as No. 6 Miami capped an unbeaten September by topping Central Michigan 52-3 on Saturday night. Malachi Toney caught six passes for 120 yards and a touchdown for Miami (...
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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander had just retired the leadoff batter in the sixth inning of his major league finale when Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch walked from the dugout toward home plate. The pitcher's 7-year-old daughter suddenly sprinted to the mound. “That completely b...
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The top-ranked Texas Longhorns knew just how to celebrate their latest win over Tennessee after their first visit to Neyland Stadium. Break out the victory cigars. “It's just kind of a little bit of a tradition here at Tennessee, so we had cigars or somebo...
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Texas linebacker Justin Cryer hasn't seen anything like what Longhorns edge rusher Colin Simmons did Saturday. Simmons had the first sack in the first quarter for top-ranked Texas against No. 14 Tennessee. He had another in the second quarter. Simmons then...
