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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — New coach Lincoln Riley’s tenure at No. 14 Southern California got off to a roaring start with a 66-14 victory over Rice. Caleb Williams passed for 249 yards, rushed for 68 more and hit Jordan Addison for two touchdowns in the stars’ debut with the

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Robbie Grossman drew a tiebreaking bases-loaded walk against Steven Okert in the ninth inning, bailing out closer Kenley Jansen and giving the Atlanta Braves a 2-1 victory over the Miami Marlins. Matt Olson singled to begin the ninth to break an 0-for-22 skid and advanced to

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Blake Shapen completed 17 of 20 passes for 214 yards and two touchdowns as 10th-ranked Baylor opened its season with a 69-10 win over FCS team Albany. Shapen also had a nifty dive into the end zone for another score. The reigning Big 12 champion

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Braelon Allen had a 96-yard touchdown scamper for the longest run from scrimmage in Wisconsin history and John Torchio had the school’s longest interception return as the 18th-ranked Badgers opened their season with a 38-0 rout of Illinois State. Torchio opened the scoring with a

By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Ryan Mountcastle hit two of the Orioles’ five homers and drove in four runs, and Baltimore defeated the Oakland Athletics 8-1. Adley Rutschman, Cedric Mullins and Anthony Santander also homered for the Orioles, who have won four straight and are 1 1/2 games behind Toronto in the

CINCINNATI (AP) — The game between the Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds has been postponed after a wait of 3 hours, 45 minutes. The game never got started and will be made up as part of a traditional doubleheader on Sunday. A concert by country music star Cole Swindell, originally planned for the field after

CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Gunner Talkington’s fifth touchdown pass, a 13-yarder to Efton Chism III with 2:39 to play, lifted FCS No. 12 Eastern Washington to a 36-29 win over Tennessee State. Talkington was 29 of 46 for 348 yards. He also ran nine times for a team-high 60 yards. Tre Weed intercepted a long

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Noah Gragson shot past Sheldon Creed on the final lap to defend his Xfinity Series title at Darlington Raceway on Saturday night. Gragson was in second behind Creed before NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson slipped ahead of Gragson. Creed and Larson then battled for

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Jalyx Hunt returned a fumble for a 46-yard touchdown to help Houston Baptist hold off a furious Northern Colorado comeback attempt for a 46-34 win in a season opener for both teams. The Bears scored 20 points in the fourth quarter to close within 39-34. Following Northern Colorado’s recovery of an

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Dillon Gabriel passed for two touchdowns and ran for another and No. 9 Oklahoma rolled past UTEP 45-13 on Saturday for Brent Venables’ first career victory as a head coach. Venables was a full-time assistant for the previous 26 years in stints at Kansas State,

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Stetson Bennett and the Georgia defense picked up where they left off in last year’s national championship game, even with a bunch of their former teammates now playing in the NFL. Bennett threw for 368 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, a revamped defense didn’t miss

By CHRIS BURROWS Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Jaxson Dart thought about it. But the Mississippi quarterback did not want to get greedy in his debut performance. “I wanted to throw deep. I wanted to. It just wasn’t there,” said Dart after evaluating his performance as No. 21 Mississippi beat Troy 28-10 on Saturday

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Brayan Bello pitched six scoreless innings in his first major league win and John Schreiber escaped a jam in the ninth, helping the Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 5-3. Bello allowed three hits, struck out five and walked one in the longest of his

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Much like for so many other folks, Serena Williams’ last match at the U.S. Open was must-see TV for players still in the tournament, so Jessica Pegula and Petra Kvitova tuned in from their hotel rooms the night before their victories led off Saturday’s schedule

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jayden de Laura threw four touchdown passes, three to fellow transfer Jacob Cowing, and Arizona beat San Diego State 38-20 on a sizzling afternoon to spoil the debut of Snapdragon Stadium. The Aztecs waited two years for their new stadium to be built next to

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Anthony Grant ran for 189 yards and two touchdowns, with the second one breaking a tie late in the third quarter and helping Nebraska go on to a 38-17 victory over North Dakota. The Cornhuskers bounced back from their loss to Northwestern in Ireland

BOLTON, Mass. (AP) — Talor Gooch has a one-shot lead over Joaquin Niemann in the LIV Golf Invitational-Boston event. Gooch shot a 65 on a day of low scoring and plenty of shorts. Players were allowed to wear shorts. Niemann just signed on with the Saudi-funded league this week. Dustin Johnson had a 63 and

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Lucas Johnson threw four touchdown passes and the Montana defense forced five turnovers as the FCS second-ranked Grizzles coasted to a 47-0 win over Northwestern State. Johnson, a graduate transfer from San Diego State, was 15 of 24 for 208 yards with Mitch Roberts going for 103 yards and two scores

By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Hunter Dekkers made his debut as Iowa State’s starting quarterback Saturday and threw for 293 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-10 rout of Southeast Missouri. Dekkers, who completed a total of 25 passes in two seasons as the Cyclones’ backup, finished 25 of 31 against