AP National Sports

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford was knocked out of the fourth-ranked Nittany Lions’ game against No. 3 Iowa. Clifford was out of uniform on the sideline before the start of the third quarter. Backup Ta’Quan Roberson, playing in his fourth career game, replaced

CLINTON, S.C. (AP) — Mark Pappas passed for 313 yards and two touchdowns and Issiah Aguero ran for 113 yards and two scores to propel Morehead State to a 38-30 victory over Presbyterian in Pioneer Football League action. Morehead State (3-2, 2-0) jumped out to a 17-0 first-quarter lead on Andrew Foster’s 33-yard field goal

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim DeMorat threw for 339 yards and four touchdowns to lead Fordham to a 54-7 victory over Wagner. Trey Snead added 70 yards rushing and two touchdowns for the Rams, who totaled 197 yards on the ground and outgained Wagner 552-240. Jaalon Frazier completed 13 of 19 passes for 102 yards

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay has qualified for the 2023 Rugby World Cup after downing the United States 34-15 in Montevideo while Canada will miss the tournament for the first time after an historic loss to Chile. Uruguay overturned a 19-16 loss to the U.S. in Colorado last weekend to win comfortably at home and

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) — Yunus Musah at 18 is becoming a big part of the US national team in World Cup qualifying. Musah helped spark the first goal in Thursday’s 2-0 win over Jamaica, and the Americans lead the final round going into Sunday night’s game at Panama.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Marquez McCray threw for two touchdowns and sophomore Malik Grant ran for a career-high 268 yards and Sacred Heart beat Merrimack 20-10. McCray threw a 13-yard score to Kenneth Womack for a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter and later, an 8-yard touchdown toss to Naseim Brantley for a 17-3

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — AJ Allmendinger charged into the second round of the Xfinity Series playoffs with an overtime victory Saturday in the elimination race on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Allmendinger remained a perfect 3-0 on the hybrid road course/oval added to the NASCAR schedule in

THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — Cole Kelley, the reigning Walter Payton Award winner, threw for 406 yards and five touchdowns and Southeastern Louisiana defeated Nicholls 58-48. Kelley, for the second straight week, was also the Lions leading rusher with 14 carries for 55 yards and two more touchdowns. Lindsey Scott kept Nicholls in the hunt with

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Phil Mickelson has a two-shot lead as he tries to win again on the PGA Tour Champions. Mickelson was lagging behind until a three-hole stretch changed everything in the Constellation Furyk & Friends Invitational. He hit 7-iron to 15 feet for eagle. He made a 40-foot birdie putt. And then he

By The Associated Press J.D. Martinez, Kiké Hernandez and the Boston Red Sox certainly will be glad to be back home for Game 3 of the AL Division Series against the Rays with the best-of-five matchup tied at 1-all. Tampa Bay’s Brandon Lowe might not mind, either, going into Sunday’s game. Lowe batted .455 with

FARO, Portugal (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo has added to his goal-scoring record in men’s international soccer by helping Portugal brush off Qatar 3-0 in a friendly in Faro. Ronaldo made it 112 international goals in the 37th minute when he scored from a pass by Manchester United teammate Diogo Dalot. Ronaldo had not played for

Huntington HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Grant Wells threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Shadeed Ahmed in overtime to give Marshall a 20-13 victory over Old Dominion. Wells forced overtime with a 52-yard touchdown pass to Willie Johnson with 33 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, capping an eight-play, 75-yard drive for Marshall (3-3, 1-1 Conference

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — erry Rice’s fifth field goal, which tied a school record, was a 37-yarder in overtime that gave VMI a 37-34 win over Chattanooga. Rice’s fourth field goal, a career-long 49-yarder with 41 seconds to play, put VMI up 34-31. But Chattanooga, ranked No. 19 in the FCS coaches’ poll, quickly answered

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Nick Howard scored on a 7-yard run in overtime and Dartmouth defeated Yale 24-17 in a matchup of reigning Ivy League co-champions. Dartmouth’s Connor Davis tied the game at 17, connecting on a 32-yard field goal with 17 seconds left in the fourth quarter, then the Big Green took the ball

By The Associated Press England has moved closer to World Cup qualification with a 5-0 win at Andorra. Ben Chilwell and Bukayo Saka scored in the first half against the side ranked 156th in the world then Tammy Abraham, James Ward-Prowse and Jack Grealish scored after the break. England kept a national record 12th clean

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Anthony Thompson threw two touchdown passes and Peterson Kerlegrand ran for 178 yards and two scores to guide Indiana State to a 37-27 victory over Western Illinois in Missouri Valley Football Conference play. Indiana State (3-3, 1-2) led 10-0 after one quarter on the strength of Thompson’s 3-yard TD toss

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Isaiah Malcome rushed for 204 yards, Trey Flowers ran for another 115 and Pennsylvania added to Lehigh’s misery, defeating the Mountain Hawks 20-0. The Mountain Hawks have not scored a touchdown this season and suffered their second consecutive shutout defeat. The Quakers piled up 329 yards rushing and both of their touchdowns

CADIZ, Spain (AP) — Tom Slingsby skippered Team Australia to finishes of second, fourth and second to take the lead after the first day of the Spain Sail Grand Prix. Slingsby, looking to bounce back from a last-place finish in Saint-Tropez, took a 19-18 lead over Jimmy Spithill’s Team USA, with Nicolai Sehested’s Denmark SailGP

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland has closed the gap on its World Cup qualifying group leader Italy by beating Northern Ireland 2-0. Italy is away on Nations League duty and Switzerland is three points back with a game in hand to play on Tuesday in Lithuania. The Swiss got goals

CHRIS BURROWS Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — No. 17 Mississippi stopped a 2-point conversion with no time left in regulation and the Rebels beat No. 13 Arkansas 52-51. The Razorbacks scored on a 9-yard touchdown pass from KJ Jefferson to Warren Thompson as time expired to pull within a point and decided to go