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By JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Baylor Romney threw for a career-high 305 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 15 BYU to a 35-27 victory over South Florida. Tyler Allgeier ran for 81 yards and a pair of touchdowns to help the Cougars earn their sixth straight victory dating to last

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alexander Volkanovski defended his featherweight title with a bloody, tumultuous unanimous decision over Brian Ortega, and Valentina Shevchenko defended her flyweight title with a fourth-round stoppage of Lauren Murphy at UFC 266. Nick Diaz also lost his first mixed martial arts fight in nearly seven

MONROE, La. (AP) — Rhett Rodriguez threw for one touchdown, Andrew Henry ran for another and the UL Monroe defense came up big in the second half as the Warhawks defeated Troy 29-16 in a Sun Belt Conference opener. Rodriguez hit Zach Jackson for 23 yards and a touchdown for the game’s first score and

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Brian White scored a goal in his second consecutive game and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat FC Dallas 1-0. Vancouver (8-9-9) has just one loss in its last 13 games. Dallas (6-12-9) is winless in its last five. 

By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani tripled in his first two at-bats and the Los Angeles Angels routed Seattle 14-1, ending the Mariners’ six-game winning streak and damaging their playoff chances. Jhonathan Diaz pitched seven strong innings in relief and the Angels scored eight runs in the third as

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Eric Barriere threw for 518 yards and four touchdown to lead FCS No. 6 Eastern Washington to a 50-21 victory over Southern Utah. Barriere surpassed 10,000 career yards passing in the first quarter, and now has 10,437.  He completed 30 of 48 passes and added 28 yards on the ground

TERRY McCORMICK Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Stephen Carr had 109 yards rushing and two touchdowns, Michael Penix Jr. passed for 373 yards and Indiana held on for a 33-31 win over Western Kentucky. Penix completed a career-high 34 passes on 53 attempts. Ty Fryfogle had 10 receptions for 98 yards, including a

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Yimmi Chara and his brother Diego Chara scored in the Portland Timbers’ 6-1 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Felipe Mora, Dairon Asprilla, Jaroslaw Niezgoda and Cristhian Paredes also scored for Portland, which is undefeated in its last six games. The Timbers started the game in fifth place in

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Gavin Hardison threw for 293 yards and a touchdown as Texas-El Paso erased a 13-3 first-half deficit by shutting out New Mexico in the second half to earn a 20-13 victory. Deion Hankins scored from four-yards out to start the second half and cut the Lobos’ lead to 13-10 and

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Brandon Belt went deep twice as San Francisco set a franchise record for homers in a season, and the Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 7-2 to extend their lead in the NL West. Belt hit a solo homer in the first inning and a three-run shot

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer For about 45 minutes late Saturday afternoon, college football was on overload. From Raleigh, North Carolina, to Waco, Texas, it was a moment for multiple screens and social media reactions. It was also a fun reminder that any random Saturday in the college football season can feel

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Benjamin Kikanovic and Javier López each scored a goal to give the San Jose Earthquakes a 2-0 victory over LAFC. The Earthquakes (8-9-9) have won two straight and are tied with LAFC (9-11-6) and Vancouver (8-8-9), each three points behind seventh-place Real Salt Lake. LAFC’s Cristian Arango headed a ball

By JOHN TRANCHINA Associated Press STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Spencer Sanders completed 22 of 34 passes for 344 yards and two touchdowns, leading Oklahoma State to a 31-20 victory over No. 25 Kansas State. Jaylen Warren rushed for 123 yards on 27 carries and added 81 yards on four receptions for Oklahoma State (4-0, 1-0

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Haaziq Daniels ran for two early touchdowns, including a 94-yard jaunt, and Air Force scored the game’s first 24 points in a 31-7 victory over Florida Atlantic. The Falcons’ ground game was at its best. Air Force rushed for 309 yards in the first half and finished with 446.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Chevan Cordeiro threw for a first-half touchdown and ran for a second-half score as Hawaii snapped a two-game losing streak with a 41-21 win over New Mexico State. The Aggies took a 3-0 lead on Ethan Albertson’s 33-yard, first-quarter field goal, but Hawaii answered on its next play from scrimmage

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dylan Hopkins threw three first-half touchdown passes, including a 65-yard bomb to Tre Shropshire to start the second quarter, and Alabama-Birmingham took a 21-0 lead, then held on to post a 28-21 win over Tulane. Starting just the sixth game of his career, Hopkins threw three touchdown passes for the second

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Stone Earle passed for three touchdowns and Peyton Mansell ran for 107 yards and a score as Abilene Christian routed Lamar 56-0. Tyrese White added 82 yards rushing for the Wildcats. The defense held Lamar to 136 total yards and scored two touchdowns as Ryan Stapp returned an interception 25 yards

By JIM HOEHN Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Corbin Burnes pitched seven brilliant innings to win his ninth consecutive decision and the Milwaukee Brewers moved to the brink of clinching the NL Central title with a 2-1 victory over the New York Mets. The Brewers, already assured a fourth straight playoff berth, can wrap up

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Jason Shelley accounted for four touchdowns to lead Missouri State to a 31-23 victory over South Dakota in a Missouri Valley Football Conference opener for both teams.  Shelley tossed a 3-yard touchdown pass to Kevon Latulas early in the fourth quarter to give Missouri State (2-1, 1-0) a 24-23 lead. Shelley’s

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Ketel Marte and Carson Kelly homered early off Clayton Kershaw, and Zac Gallen pitched one-run ball for six innings as the last-place Arizona Diamondbacks kept the Los Angeles Dodgers from reaching 100 wins by beating them 7-2. The Dodgers dropped two games behind first-place San Francisco in