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By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Desmond Ridder twice connected with tight end Josh Whyle for touchdowns and No. 2 Cincinnati remained unbeaten with a 31-12 victory over struggling Tulane. Jerome Ford rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown to help Cincinnati improve to 8-0. Ridder passed for 227 yards and

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Zane Smith earned a spot in the Truck Series championship finale by scoring his first win of the season in overtime at Martinsville Speedway. Smith, Matt Crafton, Ben Rhodes and John Hunter Nemechek claimed the four spots in next Friday night’s winner-take-all race at

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Marco Siderman threw for a touchdown and ran for another in a five-minute span in the second quarter and Holy Cross beat Lehigh 31-12. Siderman threw a 36-yard score to Jalen Coker with 5:39 left in the first half to give the Crusaders a 7-3 lead. After Holy Cross’ defense stuffed

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Levi Lewis threw for three touchdowns, setting a program record with 65 for his career, and Louisiana-Lafayette eased by Texas State 45-0. Lewis, in his 33rd consecutive start, broke Jake Delhomme’s record (64) with a 3-yard connection to Jalen Williams over the middle in the third quarter. Lewis was 22 of

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — In the end all the boos were for Tottenham manager Nuno Espirito Santo as home fans chanted: “You don’t know what you’re doing.” But joy has returned for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Manchester United for now at least. Solskjaer’s changes for Saturday paid off after

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Giovanni Simeone is finally starting to emerge from his father’s shadow in Serie A. The son of Diego Simeone scored twice as Hellas Verona beat struggling Juventus 2-1. The younger Simeone is having quite a week. He also scored all four goals in Verona’s 4-1 win

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — New Zealand extended its 68-year rugby dominance of Wales with a 54-16 rout in Cardiff as Beauden Barrett marked his 100th test with two of the All Blacks’ seven tries. There was also a 16th try in 11 tests for right winger Will Jordan. He provided the moment of the match

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Ole Gunnar Solskjær has celebrated a vital win with Manchester United after doubts were raised about his future. After collecting one point from four games, a 3-0 win at Tottenham will give Solskjær some breathing space even though United is still eight points from first

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Brad Keselowski is in the final two races of his NASCAR career with Team Penske and would love nothing more than to close his 12-year run with another Cup championship. Keselowski heads into Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway six points below the cutline in

METZ, France (AP) — Wahbi Khazri scored a contender for goal of the season to salvage a point for last-place Saint-Etienne in a 1-1 draw at Metz in the French league. Algeria international Farid Boulaya gave Metz the lead in the ninth minute with a free kick into the top corner before Khazri equalized in

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has talked to Kyle Beach about what the league can do to better protect its players after Beach said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach in 2010 and his allegations were largely ignored by the Chicago Blackhawks. Donald Fehr, the

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without tight end Eric Ebron and outside linebacker Melvin Ingram when they travel to Cleveland to face the Browns. Both players have been ruled out due to injury. Ebron tweaked his hamstring in practice during the week while Ingram has been dealing with a groin issue. 

CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania (AP) — Simona Halep reached a WTA final for the 12th straight season after routing Ukrainian teenager Marta Kostyuk 6-0, 6-1. The Romanian set up a title match against Anett Kontaveit of Estonia at the Transylvania Open. Kontaveit extended her winning streak to nine matches by beating Rebecca Peterson of Sweden 6-3, 6-2

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Jos Buttler was near his brutal best as England thrashed old rival Australia by eight wickets with 50 balls to spare at the cricket T20 World Cup. Buttler smashed 71 from 32 balls with five thumping sixes as England’s batters quickly finished off what its bowlers had started by

VIENNA (AP) — American qualifier Frances Tiafoe rallied from a set and 5-2 down to beat Jannik Sinner 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 and set up a final against Alexander Zverev at the Erste Bank Open. Zverev defeated Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 6-3 to enter his fifth tour-level final of the season. The seventh-seeded Sinner had

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Brighton came the closest of any opponent in six months to ending Liverpool’s 24-match unbeaten run by recovering from two goals down to draw 2-2 in the Premier League at Anfield. Mohamed Salah failed to score for the first time in 11 games for Liverpool but the hosts still looked like

WATFORD, England (AP) — Che Adams clinched Southampton’s first away win in the Premier League since last season in March. He curled in a shot for a 1-0 victory at Watford. It was a less eventful game for Claudio Ranieri after his Watford side conceded five goals against Liverpool only to score five themselves in

BURNLEY, England (AP) — Burnley has got its first win of the Premier League season as it beat Brentford 3-1 on the day Sean Dyche reached nine years as Clarets manager. The hosts netted three times at Turf Moor on Saturday without reply in the first half with Chris Wood lashing the opener past league

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Reece James has scored a second-half double to lead Chelsea to a 3-0 victory at Newcastle. The win extends the London club’s lead at the top of the Premier League to three points. The defender broke the deadlock against the relegation-threatened side in the 65th minute and James fired in again

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby is back. The Pittsburgh Penguins star will make his season debut when the Penguins host New Jersey. Crosby, 34, underwent left wrist surgery on Sept. 8. The Penguins say center Jeff Carter will also return after missing time after testing positive for COVID-19. Pittsburgh is off to a 3-2-2 start