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HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — Cole Johnson threw four touchdowns passes to lead third-ranked James Madison to a 55-7 rout of Maine. Johnson, who had five TD passes in James Madison’s (2-0, 1-0 Colonial Athletic Association) season-opening win against Morehead State, was 25-of-30 passing for 384 yards. He lofted touchdown passes of 73 and 51 yards

MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jonah Heim hit a two-run home run with two outs in the eighth to cap a five-run rally, lifting the Texas Rangers past the Oakland Athletics, 8-6, on Saturday. Trailing 6-2 after being held down by starter Cole Irvin, the Rangers took advantage of the A’s struggling

By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Sean Clifford completed 21 of 29 passes for 230 yards and a touchdown, ran for another score, and No. 11 Penn State beat Ball State 44-13. Running back Noah Cain and wife receiver Jahan Dotson each scored, and linebacker Jesse Luketa returned an interception for

SEATTLE (AP) — João Paulo scored his second goal of the season and the Seattle Sounders beat Minnesota United 1-0 to extend their lead atop the Western Conference. Seattle snapped a four-game winless stretch at home. It was the first time in the club’s history to earn just one point in any four-match home run.

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — N’Kosi Perry threw four touchdown passes including three in the third quarter when Florida Atlantic broke the game open as the Owls defeated Georgia Southern 38-6. Perry dropped a pass into a sprinting Je’Quan Burton’s fingertips for a 50-yard touchdown and followed that with another third-quarter strike to John Mitchell

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Quentin Johnston caught two of Max Duggan’s three touchdown passes and TCU beat California 34-32. Johnston got the go-ahead score with a nifty catch-and-run that covered 45 yards. Duggan then added a 9-yard rushing TD. Zach Evans ran for 183 yards on 22 carries,

NEW YORK (AP) — Romelo Williams threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score and Central Connecticut opened Northeast Conference play with a 21-19 victory over Wagner. Wagner (0-2, 0-1) jumped out to a 10-0 lead on Naiem Simmons 5-yard TD run in the first quarter and Austin Hosier’s 18-yard field with 6 minutes

By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Dennis Grosel replaced injured starter Phil Jurkovec in the first half and passed for 199 yards, ran for a touchdown and passed for another and Boston College beat UMass 45-28. Pat Garwo ran for 160 yards on 15 carries for the Eagles, who won their 11th

By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Caleb Smith has lost his appeal and will serve a 10-day suspension for the use of a foreign substance in a game. Smith is the second major-league pitcher to serve a suspension under umpires’ increased emphasis on enforcing the banned-substance rules. Arizona manager Torey

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Bryce Young threw three touchdown passes and Jase McClellan scored three times to help fuel No. 1 Alabama to a 48-14 rout of FCS Mercer. The Crimson Tide started sluggishly on offense in what amounted to a warmup game before the Southeastern Conference opener at

CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Eric Barriere threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third in the first half and Eastern Washington cruised to a 56-7 win over Division II Central Washington. The Eagles had 388 yards by intermission, holding the Wildcats to 87. Dennis Merritt had back-to-back scores in the first half, hauling in

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ken Tanigawa had two front-nine eagles in a 6-under 65 for a share of the second-round lead with Doug Barron in the PGA Tour Champions’ inaugural Ascension Charity Classic. Tanigawa eagled the par-5 second and eighth holes in a front-nine 30 on Norwood Hills’ West Course, the tree-lined layout where Ben

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Jacob Sirmon threw for three touchdowns, Dallas Dixon had two receiving scores and Central Michigan dominated Robert Morris 45-0. It was Central Michigan’s first shutout since November 23, 2013, a 37-0 win over UMass. Sirmon connected with Hunter Buczkowski for a 3-yard score and with JaCorey Sullivan for 24 yards

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans will have yet another new kicker to open the season after placing Sam Ficken on injured reserve and signing Michael Badgley off the practice squad Saturday. Ficken hurt his right groin and was added to the injury report Friday when limited at practice. The Titans signed Badgley to

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Westin Elliott sandwiched a pair of second-quarter touchdown passes around teammate Anthony Witherstone’s 35-yard interception-return score and Merrimack stunned Holy Cross 35-21 to give the Warriors their first 2-0 start. Merrimack, which joined the Northeast Conference of the FCS in 2019, fell behind 7-0 before taking the lead for good in

MOHNTON, Pa. (AP) — Cruz Pedregon topped Funny Car qualifying for the first time in more than six years Saturday at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals, the first event of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs. The 57-year-old Pedregon, a two-time season champion and two-time event winner at Maple Grove Raceway, had a

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — British teenager Emma Raducanu has beaten Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 in the U.S. Open final to become the first female qualifier to win a Grand Slam title in the professional era. The 18-year-old Raducanu is ranked 150th and needed to win three matches

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Joe Mancuso threw two scores and Aaron Dykes and Savon Smith each ran for a touchdown and Richmond squashed Lehigh 31-3. The Spiders scored four times in the second quarter. Mancuso sandwiched passing scores of 7 and 4 yards to Dykes and Leroy Henley, respectively, around 2-yard scoring runs by Smith