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By MATT SUGAM PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Aron Cruickshank had a career-high 206 all-purpose yards as Rutgers opened the season with a 61-14 win over Temple on Saturday. Rutgers scored over 60 points for the first time since 2016. Noah Vedral was 15-of-27 passing for 138 yards and a touchdown for Rutgers. He also had

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Spencer Rattler passed for 304 yards and a touchdown and No. 2 Oklahoma, playing a road game on its home field, narrowly avoided a shocking upset by holding on for a 40-35 victory over Tulane on Saturday. The opener for both teams was relocated from

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Will Levis threw for career highs of 367 yards and four touchdowns in his Kentucky debut, including two to fellow transfer Wan’Dale Robinson, and the Wildcats overcame an early hole to blow out Louisiana Monroe 45-10 in their season opener. The Wildcats shrugged off

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Daniel Smith threw for three touchdowns and Justin Covington ran for 156 yards and a pair of scores and Villanova beat Lehigh 47-3 in the season opener for both teams. Former Lehigh receiver Dez Boykin caught three passes — two for touchdowns — and collected 90 yards receiving in his return.

NEW YORK (AP) — Pinch-hitter Gleyber Torres broke up Baltimore’s no-hit bid with an infield single that bounced off the glove of second baseman Jahmai Jones with one out in the seventh inning. With runners at first and third, Torres rolled a ball to the left of second base against Marcos Diplan. Jones tried to

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Ronnie Bell had a 76-yard touchdown reception and returned a punt 31 yards before being injured in Michigan’s 47-14 victory over Western Michigan on Saturday. The Wolverines won the game easily, but they may have lost their best player for a while. Bell was

ATLANTA (AP) — Christian Anderson ran for one touchdown, passed for another and Army opened the season with a 43-10 victory over Georgia State. The Black Knights turned two Georgia State turnovers into touchdowns and a 27-7 halftime lead. Army scored on four of its five first-half drives. Army broke the game open to start

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Brittney Griner scored 22 points, Skylar Diggins-Smith and Kia Nurse each added 14 and Phoenix used a big third quarter to beat the Indiana Fever 87-65 for the Mercury’s eighth straight victory. Phoenix closed the third quarter on a 18-0 run, highlighted by Sophie Cunningham’s two 3-pointers in 12 seconds, to build

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kansas State sixth-year quarterback Skylar Thompson ran for two touchdowns and the Wildcats opened the season with a 24-7 win over Stanford. Deuce Vaughn sprinted 59 yards for a touchdown and finished with 124 yards rushing on 13 carries for the Wildcats, who finished last

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Phil Jurkovec threw for three touchdowns and 303 yards in a little over three quarters, leading Boston College to a 51-0 victory over Colgate in the season opener for both schools. Jurkovec, a 6-foot-5 redshirt junior who transferred from Notre Dame before last season, completed 16 of

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Adrian Martinez ran for two touchdowns and passed for another and Nebraska broke away from Fordham in the second quarter in a 52-7 victory. Samori Toure caught eight balls for 133 yards and ran three times for 35 yards and a score as the

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Saturday night’s National Women’s Soccer League game between the Portland Thorns and the Washington Spirit has been postponed because of a coronavirus outbreak among the Spirit players. Four players on the Spirit tested positive, according to a statement released by the league earlier Saturday. The team had traveled to Portland on

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays rookie shortstop Wander Franco was back in the starting lineup against the Minnesota Twins after clearing MLB concussion protocols. Franco extended his on-base streak to 33 games with a seventh-inning walk Thursday night against the Red Sox. He left after the at-bat with a headache.  He was

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer Former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman and broadcaster Tunch Ilkin has died. Ilkin was 63. Ilkin played 13 of his 14 seasons for the Steelers, making a pair of Pro Bowls in the 1980s for Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll. Ilkin spent 23 years as part of the organization’s

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Naturalized citizen Matt Costello had 17 points and 12 rebounds to help Ivory Coast beat Senegal 75-65 to advance to the final of the African basketball championship in Rwanda. Costello played at Michigan State and then briefly for the San Antonio Spurs in the 2017-18 season. Ivory Coast will face defending

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Defending champion Europe rode a dominant performance in the alternate-shot format to surge to a 5 1/2-2 1/2 lead at the Solheim Cup. The Europeans took 3 1/2 of a possible four points during the foursome matches and split the afternoon four-ball session to grab

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin dominated NASCAR’s 2020 season. They have come up dry so far this year, but they are in the playoffs that start Sunday with the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Harvick and Hamlin swept the three events at Darlington a year

MOS, Spain (AP) — Primoz Roglic has only the decisive stage’s time trial standing in the way of his third consecutive Spanish Vuelta title after finishing Saturday’s rugged 20th stage runner-up to Clement Champoussin. Roglic leads Enric Mas by 2 1/2 minutes heading to Sunday’s time trial. Roglic won the gold medal in the time