Month: October 2021

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers had trouble getting all the way around the bases throughout Saturday night’s NL Championship Series opener. None stung quite like Chris Taylor’s blunder. Taylor got caught in a rundown in the ninth inning, ending the Dodgers’ last scoring chance before Austin Riley’s

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Damir Kreilach had a goal and two assists in Real Salt Lake’s 3-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night. Real Salt Lake (12-11-6) has won a club-record seven straight home matches. It also matched New York City FC (June-August) with the longest home winning streak of the season. Kreilach’s

By R.J. MORGAN Associated Press STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Bryce Young threw for 348 yards and four touchdowns and No. 5 Alabama rebounded from a loss to rout Mississippi State 49-9 on Saturday night. A week after falling at Texas A&M, Alabama (6-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) had 543 yards of total offense and the Crimson

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Austin Riley homered and drove in the winning run with a single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series. Blake Treinen struck out Freddie Freeman

HOUSTON (AP) — Maximiliano Urruti scored a goal, Darwin Quintero added a goal and an assist and the Houston Dynamo beat Seattle 2-1 to snap an eight-game losing streak against the Sounders. Quintero, on a set piece, played an arcing ball to the outside shoulder of Urruti, who pulled a blind volley across his body

BY JOE BUETTNER Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Caleb Williams had a big starting debut for No. 4 Oklahoma, throwing for 295 yards and four touchdowns and running for another score in the Sooners’ 52-31 victory over TCU on Saturday night. The freshman unseated Spencer Rattler as the starter after leading a comeback victory

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Leo Chenal recorded 17 tackles and set up a touchdown with a sack that forced a fumble, leading Wisconsin to a 20-14 victory over Army on Saturday night. Army trailed 13-7 and had the ball when Chenal delivered a punishing hit that knocked the ball

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Parker Driggers ran for 145 yards and three touchdowns _ including a school- and Big South Conference-record 99-yarder _ on just 12 carries and North Alabama picked up its first win of the season with a 42-31 victory over Robert Morris. Driggers staked the Lions (1-6, 1-2) to leads of 7-0

MONTREAL (AP) — Alexis Lafreniere snapped a third-period tie with a power-play goal in his first NHL game back home, and the New York Rangers beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 for their first victory under new coach Gerard Gallant. Lafreniere, the top pick in the 2020 draft, grew up about an hour from Montreal in

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Franco Fragapane scored an early goal in Minnesota United’s 1-0 victory over expansion Austin on Saturday night. Minnesota (11-10-8) entered having lost four of its last seven matches, including two of the last three. Austin (7-18-4) stopped a two-match home winning streak. Fragapane’s right-footed shot from close range hit the bottom

MONROE, La. (AP) — Calum Sutherland kicked a career-long 53-yard field goal with under two minutes to play and Mark Williams preserved the victory with an interception as Louisiana-Monroe upset Liberty, 31-28. The Flames came into the game on a three-game win streak and were a 32-point favorite to win. Malik Willis ran for a

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Max Borghi scored on a 2-yard run with 1:30 left in the game as Washington State came back to beat Stanford 34-31 in what was possibly the last game for WSU coach Nick Rolovich because of his refusal to get a COVID-19 vaccination. The state

By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov scored with 6:00 left in the third period, and Teuvo Teravainen added a late empty-net goal as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Nashville Predators 3-2. Jesper Fast also scored, and Frederik Andersen made 38 saves for Carolina, which has won its first two games.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — David Bailey scored on two short runs, Cayden Camper kicked five field goals and the Colorado State defense allowed just 76 yards of offense in a 36-7 victory over New Mexico on Saturday night. The Rams allowed just 16 yards passing and 60 rushing to go with five sacks and two

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Devin Leary scrambled free and threw a jump pass to Thayer Thomas for a 79 touchdown to help No. 22 North Carolina State run away from Boston College and win 33-7. Leary threw for 251 yards and three touchdowns. He also completed a 40-yard TD on