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CINCINNATI (AP) — Ally Ewing shot into the lead with a fast start and stayed there on a soggy course Saturday for a 5-under 67 to build a one-shot lead over Maria Fassi in the Kroger Queen City Championship. Ewing’s first order of business this deep in the LPGA Tour season is to make sure

MT. PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Carter Bradley threw three first-half touchdown passes, La’Damian Webb added two rushing touchdowns, and South Alabama defeated Central Michigan 38-24. The USA defense, which held Nicholls to 165 yards in a 48-7 victory last week, kept the Chippewas under 200 yards through three quarters. CMU rallied with two touchdowns in

BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — DeeWil Barlee rushed for a career-high 177 yards and a score and Villanova survived four interceptions to beat Long Island 38-21. TD Ayo-Durojaiye added a career-high 109 yards and another rushing touchdown. Connor Watkins was 7-of-12 passing with four of his incompletions being interceptions, three by Victor Nelson Jr. Watkins still

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Joey Bart and David Villar each homered, doubled and drove in two runs, helping the San Francisco Giants top the Chicago Cubs 5-2 to end a five-game losing streak. Logan Webb allowed two runs on six hits over seven innings, while striking out six and walking none.

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer New Zealand skipper Peter Burling threw an aggressive high-speed maneuver at Tom Slingsby of Australia en route to a dominating opening day at the France Sail GP in St. Tropez. That led to some heated words between the trans-Tasman Sea rivals who are fighting for the season points lead.

INDIANA, Pa. (AP) — Frank Cignetti, a Hall of Fame coach who turned Indiana University of Pennsylvania into a Division II power, has died. He was 84. Cignetti starred at IUP in the late-1950s then returned as head coach in 1986. He spent 20 years leading the Crimson Hawks, twice leading them to the Division

NORTH EASTON, Mass. (AP) — Ashur Carraha completed 9 of 11 passes for 186 yards and four touchdowns, and Stonehill had eight first-half touchdowns in a 76-0 rout of Division II member Post University. Stonehill led 41-0 in the first quarter and 55-0 at halftime. Stonehill linebacker Marje Mulumba made an interception on the second

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sam Hartman passed for 300 yards and four touchdowns, and No. 23 Wake Forest beat Vanderbilt 45-25. Hartman connected on 18 of 27 passes after he missed Wake Forest’s opener against VMI because of a blood clot. The fifth-year quarterback directed the Demon Deacons to 11 wins and a trip to

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Robert Lewandowski has come off the bench to help Barcelona win 4-0 at Cádiz in the Spanish league as the Poland striker extended his superb scoring run before facing former club Bayern Munich. Play was paused for more than a half-hour for Red Cross medics to

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Jordan Waters had a pair of touchdowns on the ground, Riley Leonard threw for a score and Duke beat Northwestern 31-23. Leonard, who was 13 of 24 for 240 yards and an interception, found Jordan Moore with a short scoring pass early in the fourth quarter to give Duke a 28-16

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Drake Maye passed for two touchdowns, Omarion Hampton ran for a pair of scores and North Carolina escaped another upset bid from a Sun Belt Conference team. The Tar Heels rallied for a 35-28 victory over Georgia State after squandering an 18-point lead. The 3-0 Tar

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — C.J. Stroud threw three touchdown passes to Marvin Harrison Jr., TreVeyon Henderson ran for another two scores, and No. 3 Ohio State raced past Arkansas State 45-12. Harrison had a career-best seven catches for 184 yards. Coupled with his three-touchdown performance as a first-year player

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa has been cleared by his doctors to participate in Sunday’s pregame ceremony in Oakland for retiring Dave Stewart’s No. 34 jersey with the Athletics. According to the White Sox, La Russa will travel with the team to Chicago after the series finale against the

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kristijan Kahlina delivered a one-save shutout while Daniel Rios scored a pivotal goal in Charlotte FC’s 1-0 win over New York City FC on Saturday. Charlotte improved to 11-17-2 and NYCFC fell to 13-11-7.

CÁDIZ, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s game at Cádiz was temporarily halted in the final minutes due to a health emergency involving a fan. Local media reported that a man had suffered a heart-related problem at the Spanish league game on Saturday. Cádiz goalkeeper Jeremías Ledesma helped give medical equipment to Red Cross medics while Barcelona

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Key’Shawn Smith caught a 35-yard flea-flicker touchdown from Tyler Van Dyke, part of a third-quarter burst that lifted No. 15 Miami past Southern Miss 30-7 on Saturday. Smith’s scoring grab — the only play of that drive — came 2:14 after Thaddius Franklin Jr.’s

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Mischler threw for 238 yards and two touchdowns, Billy Lucas rushed for 136 yards and two scores, and Duquesne eased past NAIA member Thomas More 34-17. The Dukes extended their winning streak in home openers to 14 straight games. On the first offensive play of the game, Mischler threw a short

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — John Peers had fallen short 31 times in Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments before finding the perfect partner right in his own country. Peers and fellow Australian Storm Sanders won the U.S. Open title Saturday by rallying for a 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 victory over the

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — A truncated tournament should ensure a thrilling finish to the BMW PGA Championship with the top 10 players separated by two shots heading into Sunday’s final round. Rory McIlroy is in there and so are two golfers from the Saudi-backed breakaway series. It has been shortened to 54 holes after