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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Javier Hernández scored twice after San Jose fans unfurled a huge banner calling LA “clowns” and he mocked the fans for their display, leading the Galaxy over the Earthquakes 3-2. Before the game, fans in the crowd of 44,200 at Stanford Stadium displayed a large banner that said: “The LA circus

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer SYDNEY (AP) — It was 11 long months for Kia Nurse after she tore her right ACL in a WNBA playoff game last year. After missing the Phoenix Mercury’s entire season, she’s back and leading Canada to a strong start in the women’s World Cup. The team is 3-0

LONDON (AP) — Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jack Sock have come back to beat Andy Murray and Matteo Berrettini 2-6, 6-3, 10-8 in the last doubles match of the Laver Cup. The win cut Team World’s deficit against Team Europe to 8-7. The three-day team competition founded by Roger Federer’s management company wrap ups with three

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer SYDNEY (AP) — Bec Allen was instrumental in Australia’s 69-54 win over Serbia scoring 16 points in the World Cup. But her status for the rest of the tournament is in question after injuring her midsection in the fourth quarter. Allen was diving for a loose ball in front

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has bettered his own world record in the Berlin Marathon. The Kenyan runner clocked 2:01:09 to shave 30 seconds off his previous best-mark of 2:01:39 set at the same course in 2018. Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa unexpectedly won the women’s race in

TOKYO (AP) — Liudmila Samsonova of Russia extended a remarkable summer run by clinching her third title in two months after beating rising Chinese player Zheng Qinwen 7-5, 7-5 at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Sunday. No. 30-ranked Samsonova won in Washington and Cleveland in August and also reached the fourth round of the

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. easily knocked out his opponent in the second round of an exhibition match in Japan. He then told a packed crowd he had fun and promised to be back. Mikuru Asakura, 30, a popular Japanese MMA fighter, only managed to land a few

WOLLONGONG, Australia (AP) — A fortnight after becoming Belgium’s first Grand Tour winner in 44 years Remco Evenepoel became his country’s first men’s elite road race world champion in a decade. Evenepoel won the Spanish Vuelta two weeks ago and was again dominant in the 266.9-kilometer (166-mile) race on Sunday as he broke away with

CINCINNATI (AP) — Hunter Renfroe hit a pair of two-run homers and drove in a season-high five runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to their fourth straight win, a 10-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The Brewers moved within 6 1/2 games of first-place St. Louis in the NL Central. They are 1 1/2 games

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Chevan Cordeiro passed for 250 yards and two touchdowns, Kairee Robinson had 13 carries for 71 yards and two TDs to help San Jose State beat Western Michigan 34-6. Cordeiro finished 17-of-28 passing with no interceptions and added eight carries for 30 yards. Justin Lockhart had 116 yards receiving on

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Wayne Taulapapa rushed for a career-high 120 yards and one touchdown, Washington’s defense sacked Stanford quarterback Tanner McKee eight times and forced two fumbles, and the 18th-ranked Huskies beat the Cardinal 40-22. Playing as a ranked team for the first time this season, Washington used a

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Chicharito scored two goals to lead the LA Galaxy to a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes. The Galaxy moved to 13-12-7 after the victory and the Earthquakes fell to 7-15-10.

By JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Jaren Hall threw for 337 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 19 BYU to a 38-24 victory over Wyoming.  Hall became the 20th BYU quarterback to hit 4,000 career yards passing while completing 81% of his attempts. Keanu Hill finished with a career-high 160 yards

DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Bronson Barron completed 20 of 30 passes for 201 yards, including a 16-yard touchdown pass to Josh Davis, and Davis added 100 yards rushing on 20 carries to help Weber State beat UC Davis 17-12. Davis caught a pass from Barron for a 16-yard touchdown late in the first quarter and

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Cameron Rising threw for 260 yards and two touchdowns to tight end Dalton Kincaid, and No. 13 Utah rolled past Arizona State 34-13. The Utes spoiled the debut of Arizona State’s Shaun Aguano, who was named the interim coach earlier this week after Herm Edwards

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miguel Vargas hit his first big league home run, Clayton Kershaw won his third straight start and the Los Angeles Dodgers bounced back with a 6-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Will Smith and Trayce Thompson also went deep for the NL West champion

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Graham Nicholson kicked a tiebreaking 36-yard field goal with 21 seconds left in regulation, and Miami (Ohio) rallied late to stun Northwestern 17-14. It was the RedHawks’ first win against against a Big Ten team since it beat Northwestern 44-14 in 2003. Miami went 13-1 that

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Justin Miller completed 29 of 37 passes for 352 and two touchdowns, Elijah Burns and Bobby Cole each ran for a TD and Southern Utah beat Utah Tech 31-17. Utah Tech (1-3, 0-1 Western Athletic Conference) failed to convert a fourth-and-7 play from the SUU 35 and, on the next

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Kansas State quarterback Adrian Martinez ran for 148 yards and four touchdowns, and the Wildcats stunned No. 6 Oklahoma 41-34. Martinez also passed for 234 yards and a score and Deuce Vaughn rushed for 116 yards for the Wildcats. It was Brent Venables’ first loss

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Jordan Addison caught a go-ahead 21-yard touchdown pass with 1:13 left and No. 7 USC overcame a shaky performance for a 17-14 victory against Oregon State. The Beavers, vying to start 4-0 for the first time since 2012, took the lead on Jam Griffin’s