By DAN SCIFO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Eli Holstein threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more as Pittsburgh blasted Youngstown State 73-17 on Saturday. Pitt is 4-0 for the first time since 2000 and it's also the first time the Panthers have put up 70 or more points since ...
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Simon Romfo threw for two touchdowns and North Dakota used a little more than the last quarter-and-a-half to pull away from San Diego for a 41-24 win on Saturday. Tied at 17, Gaven Ziebarth ran it in from the 1 with 9:19 left in the third. A little more than six ...
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Quinshon Judkins rushed for 173 yards and two touchdowns, Emeka Egbuka had 117 yards receiving and a TD and No. 3 Ohio State overcame an early push by Marshall to pull away and win 49-14 on Saturday. TreVeyon Henderson rushed for two ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers placed rookie right tackle Troy Fautanu on injured reserve Saturday with a knee injury. The 20th overall pick in the draft practiced most of the week before injuring the knee on Friday, less than 48 hours before the Steelers face the Los Angeles ...
By ROBBIE FAULK Associated Press STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — With Florida head coach Billy Napier's job security grabbing the bulk of the attention on Saturday afternoon, the Gators rose to the occasion against Mississippi State. Graham Mertz passed for three touchdowns and rushed for ...
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders pass rusher Malcolm Koonce, who injured a knee shortly before the season opener, will miss the rest of the season, two people close to the situation told The Associated Press on Saturday. The people spoke to the ...
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Dylan Paine scored on a 7-yard run in the second overtime, John Mateer ran it in on the mandatory two-point conversion and Washington State rallied last in a wild 54-52 victory over San Jose State on Friday night. Emmett Brown answered with a 4-yard touchdown pass to ...
By JAY PARIS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Lenyn Sosa hit a tying two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, but the Chicago White Sox lost their 118th game when Fernando Tatis Jr.'s run-scoring double leading off the 10th lifted the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 victory on Friday ...
By The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jameson Taillon allowed two hits over six innings, Dansby Swanson hit a 16th home run and the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 3-1 on Friday to stave off elimination from postseason contention. Pinch-hitter Mike Tauchman had a two-run single ...
By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After the Philadelphia Phillies clinched a third consecutive playoff appearance Friday night, they shook hands on the field and walked back toward the dugout as though it were any other regular-season victory. Moments later, manager ...
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani set a major league record by homering and stealing a base in the same game for the 14th time and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the last-place Colorado Rockies 6-4 on Friday night. The win reduced the NL ...
By MARK FRANK Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — After Kyle McCord threw for 381 yards and four touchdowns in his Syracuse debut, first-time head coach Fran Brown thought about sending a bottle of champagne to Ohio State coach Ryan Day. If McCord keeps it going, Brown may have to up ...
By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Golesh recognizes and appreciates opportunity, even if the South Florida coach is hesitant to state the obvious. No. 8 Miami is the next challenge on Golesh's mission to make USF football relevant again, and the one-time Tennessee ...
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — No. 3 Ohio State had an unusually early bye last week in the midst of a tune-up schedule that has already seen the Buckeyes outscore opponents by a combined 108-6. The Buckeyes dropped from No. 2 to No. 3 in the AP poll while other ...
By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville preferred a continuous schedule to develop a rhythm rather than having an unusually early bye that interrupted its roll. The first of two breaks at least gave the No. 19 Cardinals (2-0) a chance to heal. But coach Jeff ...
By TIM WILLERT Associated Press A pair of college football coaching veterans meet Saturday when No. 12 Utah visits No. 14 Oklahoma State in a Big 12 showdown that could have College Football Playoff implications. Utah's Kyle Whittingham and Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy are in their 20th ...
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Rory McIlroy lost the club head on his 9-iron and then lost the lead by going out of bounds on the last hole in shooting an eventful 5-under 67 in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship on Thursday. The No. 3-ranked McIlroy bounced back well from the pain ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's Sherrone Moore might have made a rookie mistake. When Moore was asked at his weekly news conference if Alex Orji would start for the 18th-ranked Wolverines, the first-year coach said the junior quarterback would take the ...
By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — James Franklin knows his team is much better than how it played two weeks ago, and he's sure that with this much time to ponder that too-close-for-comfort win, the No. 10 Nittany Lions will show it. "We're used to playing ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — It's finally here for No. 15 Oklahoma. After all the hype and waiting, the Sooners will play their first Southeastern Conference game Saturday night against No. 6 Tennessee. "It's huge," Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said. "I mean, ...