Month: November 2021

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) — Viktor Hovland cares more about how he’s hitting it than any risks involved. So he took driver on the reachable 17th and it led to a birdie-birdie finish. That gave the Norwegian a career-low 62 on the PGA Tour. He now has a two-shot lead in the World Wide

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Jason Shelley passed for a touchdown and rushed for two more scores as Missouri State beat FCS ninth-ranked Southern Illinois 38-28. The game featured three made field goals of 50-plus yards. Jose Pizano gave Missouri State a 10-7 lead on a 51-yarder and Southern Illinois kicker Nico Gualdoni tied it at

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Eric Bailly scored an own-goal and Bernardo Silva beat David de Gea at his near post as Manchester City won 2-0 at Manchester United. Premier League leader Chelsea was held 1-1 by Burnley after Matej Vydra canceled out Kai Havertz’s header. Daniel Farke was

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall won’t play Saturday night against Georgia Southern. The school said McCall had an upper body injury and would be out indefinitely. Senior Bryce Carpenter is expected to play in McCall’s place. The 21st-ranked Chanticleers are trying to stay in the mix for the Sun Belt Conference’s

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Kashon Baker ran for two touchdowns, special teams added a score and North Carolina A&T defeated Charleston Southern 21-18. Joseph Stuckey intercepted a pass near midfield to secure the game with 1:27 to play for the Aggies. On a third-and-9 play from its own 7, the Aggies gained 92 yards as

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jameson Wang ran for two touchdowns, Cornell kept Penn’s offense out of the end zone and the Big Red pulled out a 15-12 win Saturday in the 127th meeting between the long-time rivals. Wang ran 21 yards for the game’s first score in the second quarter, but the Quakers got a pair

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Jackson Waring fired a 27-yard touchdown pass to Austin Nagel in overtime to give Illinois State a 17-10 win over No. 13-ranked Northern Iowa, the Redbirds first overtime win since 2015. The Redbirds got their only touchdown during regulation when Clayton Isbell picked off a Theo Day pass and returned it

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Weston Stephens rushed for 90 yards and was one of five Sam Houston ball carriers to score touchdowns as the top-ranked Bearkats defeated Dixie State 59-10 in a nonconference contest for their 19th-consecutive win. Sam Houston led 21-0 well before the first quarter ended as Eric Schmid hit Isaac Schley with

ELON, N.C. (AP) — Daniel Smith accounted for five touchdowns as Villanova routed Elon 35-0. Smith was 16-of-23 passing for 238 yards with a touchdown pass to three separate receivers. He added 45 yards on the ground that included two scores from short yardage. The FCS’s 13th-ranked Wildcats (7-2, 5-1 Colonial Athletic Association) entered a

MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Carson Camp threw a pair of touchdowns to Carter Bell and South Dakota used the last 10 minutes of the second quarter to break away from Western Illinois. Down 14-7, Camp threw a 60-yard touchdown to Bell with 10:19 before intermission to make it even. After forcing the Leathernecks to punt,

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Chad Copeland passed for a touchdown and ran for another as Chattanooga rolled over Wofford 35-10. Copeland was 14-of-20 passing for 200 yards including a 44-yard touchdown to Chris James. Copeland scored on a 1-yard run for the game’s first score to begin run of 21 second-quarter points, his TD run

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — C.J. Stroud threw for 405 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 6 Ohio State escaped Nebraska with a 26-17 win. Ohio State’s defense came up with a pair of stops after Nebraska had pulled within six points. The Buckeyes’ nation-leading offense managed only two

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin health care company has ended a nine-year partnership with Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. A statement posted on Twitter by Prevea Health said the company and Rodgers mutually agreed to end their partnership. The move comes a day after Rodgers told “The Pat McAfee Show” he had

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Ty Chandler ran for career highs of 213 yards and four touchdowns and North Carolina overcame an 18-point deficit to beat No. 10 Wake Forest 58-55 on Saturday, handing the Demon Deacons their first loss in a nonconference matchup of instate Atlantic Coast Conference