Year: 2021

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

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Breece Hall rushed for 197 yards and two touchdowns and Brock Purdy was an efficient 22-of-25 for 208 yards and a score as Iowa State downed Kansas State 33-20. The Wildcats had won 15 of the last 16 games in Manhattan. The teams split the last

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Elelyon Noa’s 11-yard touchdown run with 35 seconds left carried Utah State past winless UNLV 28-24. Noa’s first touchdown of the year marked the fifth scoring change of the contest. Charles Williams’ 5-yard touchdown run with 8:18 left marked UNLV’s last lead of the game. The Rebels (0-6, 0-2) now have

By The Associated Press LSU’s Tyrion Davis-Price had one of the best performances of the college football weekend, rushing for a school-record 287 and three TDs in a 49-42 win over No. 20 Florida. Eastern Washington’s Eric Barriere threw for 600 yards and seven TDs against Idaho and Purdue took down No. 2 Iowa 24-7.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Júnior Urso scored in the 13th minute, Pedro Gallese had three saves and Orlando City beat FC Cincinnati 1-0 on Saturday night to snap a nine-game road winless streak. Cincinnati (4-17-8) has lost seven straight games, the club’s longest losing streak in MLS. Cincinnati has seven losing streaks of four or more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Willis had five saves and Nashville played D.C. United to a 0-0 tie Saturday night. Willis has an MLS-leading 13 shutouts this season. Nashville’s last three road games have ended in scoreless draws, the sixth, seventh and eighth away clean sheets this season. With three away matches left this season, Nashville

TORONTO (AP) — Alexander Kerfoot had a goal and an assist, Michael Bunting scored his first for his hometown team and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Saturday night. Wayne Simmonds also scored for Toronto, and Jack Campbell made 20 saves. The Maple Leafs rebounded from a 3-2 loss at Ottawa

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Furman used two big plays in the first quarter to grab a quick lead and never looked back in a 24-14 victory over The Citadel in Southern Conference play. The Citadel used a Furman turnover to take a 7-0 first-quarter lead. Marquise Blount forced a Jace Wilson fumble that was recovered

By STEVE KORNACKI Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Thomas Greiss made 40 saves to assure the lead the Detroit Red Wings took early in the second period stood up in a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Greiss, from Fussen, Germany, was acrobatic in goal and displayed a knack of coming up big with nearly

TORONTO (AP) — Luiz Araujo and Marcelino Moreno scored and Atlanta United beat Toronto FC 2-0 on Saturday night to eliminate the Reds from playoff contention. Araujo scored in first-half-stoppage time to help Atlanta (11-9-9) win for the first time in five visits to BMO Field. Moreno scored in the 97th minute. Toronto fullback Auro

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored the overtime winner, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning came back to beat the Washington Capitals 2-1. It was not the three-goal comeback the Lightning staged to win two nights earlier at Detroit, but

By DAN SCIFO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Drew O’Connor scored his first NHL goal, Danton Heinen got his third in three games and the Pittsburgh Penguins scored four times in the first period to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 in their home opener. With the victory, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan surpassed Dan Bylsma for

By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand scored twice, Jake DeBrusk broke a tie early in the third period and the Boston Bruins opened the season with a 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars. Marchand scored on a penalty shot in the first period and added an empty-netter with 1:37 left to

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gyasi Zardes scored twice, Pedro Santos had a goal and two assists and the Columbus Crew beat Inter Miami 4-0. Zardes, off an entry pass from Santos, flicked in a header from the center of the area to open the scoring in the 39th minute and Santos put away a one-touch

By NICOLE KRAFT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Patrick Laine scored at 2:16 of overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 2-1, come-from-behind win over the expansion Seattle Kraken. Eric Robinson scored, and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 19 shots for his second win for the Blue Jackets, who are off to a 2-0-0 start.

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Bennett got his second career hat trick, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots and the Florida Panthers topped the New York Islanders 5-1 on Saturday night. Jonathan Huberdeau got the 500th point of his career for Florida, while Anthony Duclair and Aleksander Barkov added goals

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Jack Chambers threw for 357 yards and four scores and Charleston scored three touchdowns in the third quarter and went on to beat Hampton 35-5. Chambers broke it open throwing a 45-yard touchdown pass to Kake Anderson on the Buccaneers’ first drive of the second half for a 21-3 lead.