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AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Quinn Ewers passed for 333 yards and five touchdowns and No. 5 Texas rolled over struggling Florida 49-17 on Saturday, two days after third-year Gators coach Billy Napier was given a public statement of support from the school’s athletic director. Ewers connected on open passes to Matthew Golden

Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — From Pennsylvania to Florida to Texas, areas with high numbers of Hispanics often had little in common on Election Day other than backing Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Kamala Harris for president. Trump, the president-elect, made inroads in heavily Puerto Rican areas of eastern Pennsylvania where the vice president spent

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Mario Anderson ran for 144 yards and a touchdown and Brandon Thomas’ punishing 14-yard touchdown run with an offensive line escort helped seal Memphis’ 27-20 win over Rice on Friday night. Thomas’ scoring run ended a 10-play, 92-yard drive that lasted a little more than four minutes that gave Memphis a

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen has won reelection, beating Republican Sam Brown in a tight but unusually quiet race for the battleground state. The first-term senator had campaigned on abortion rights and positioned herself as a nonideological politician, a formula that also worked for the state’s senior senator, Democrat

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — A flight carrying the No. 11 Auburn basketball team was grounded shortly after takeoff on Friday after two players got into a fight onboard, according to multiple reports. “We had two players that got into a physical altercation, clothes were ripped,” the pilot was heard saying to air traffic controllers in

LUBBOCK. Texas (AP) — JT Toppin scored 25 points, reserve Kevin Overton scored 19 points and Texas Tech beat Northwestern State 86-65 on Friday night. Toppin finished 10-of-11 shooting, Chance McMillan scored 13 points and Kerwin Walton 11 for the Red Raiders (2-0). Darrion Williams just missed a double-double scoring eight points and grabbing 10

SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Kaden Gumbs had 27 points and 10 rebounds in Texas State’s 102-62 win over McMurry on Friday night. Gumbs added three steals for the Bobcats (2-0). Drue Drinnon scored 21 points while going 7 of 12 (5 for 8 from 3-point range) and added six rebounds. Josh O’Garro shot 5

AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren each scored 29 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder rout the Houston Rockets 126-107 on Friday night. Oklahoma City opened a six-game homestand with a victory after losing at Denver on Wednesday night for its first defeat of the season. Gilgeous-Alexander made

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Vasean Allette scored 14 points and TCU beat Florida Gulf Coast 67-51 on Friday night. It’s a rebuilding season for TCU (2-0), which lost nine scholarship players from last year’s team, including its top seven scorers. TCU returned just 4.7% of its scoring from last season, the fewest in the

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Sheldon Williams scored 16 points to help Texas A&M-CC defeat Dallas Christian 87-36 on Friday night. Williams also contributed five rebounds for the Islanders (1-1). Aaron Potter shot 5 for 7, including 3 for 5 from beyond the arc to add 13 points. Damarion Dennis had 11 points and shot

AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Jusuf Nurkic made the second of two free throws with 0.8 seconds left after getting fouled on an offensive rebound, lifting the Phoenix Suns to a 114-113 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night. Kevin Durant scored 26 points, and Nurkic had 15 points and 10 rebounds as

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Zhuric Phelps scored 18 points in his Texas A&M debut, Manny Obaseki and Henry Coleman III each added 14 and the 13th-ranked Aggies beat East Texas A&M 87-55 on Friday night. Texas A&M (1-1) bounced back after losing at Central Florida on Monday in its season opener. Phelps, an SMU

Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Freshman guard Tre Johnson scored 28 points and No. 19 Texas defeated Houston Christian 90-59 on Friday night. Arthur Kaluma added 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Longhorns (1-1), who began pulling away with a 15-0 run that started late in the first half. Chendall Weaver had 12

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City can’t use an unconstitutional, two-century-old “anti-pauper” law to block the state of Texas from offering migrants free bus rides to the city from the southern border, a state judge has ruled. The court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Mayor Eric Adams in January against

GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Entergy Mississippi has broken ground on a new power station that ultimately will help power 385,000 homes across its 45-county service area, officials said. Thursday’s groundbreaking of the Delta Blues Advanced Power Station in Greenville, Mississippi, is a $1.2 billion investment expected to be online in 2028, company officials said in

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts is clear on the injury report to play for Philadelphia at the Dallas Cowboys after coach Nick Sirianni revealed Friday his quarterback is dealing with an ankle issue. Hurts was listed as a limited participant in practice Wednesday with the non-injury designation of rest. Hurts’ participation was listed as full

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jordan Pyke’s 22 points helped Incarnate Word defeat Southwestern (Texas) 97-53 on Friday. Pyke had five rebounds for the Cardinals (1-1). Dylan Hayman scored 17 points and added six rebounds and four steals. Davion Bailey shot 4 of 10 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and went

AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott wants to avoid surgery so the star quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys can play again this season after tearing a hamstring, owner Jerry Jones said Friday. Jones confirmed on his radio show that Prescott’s hamstring was partially torn off the bone, an injury known as

Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The longtime leader of the Texas Democratic Party announced his resignation Friday after another election cycle of lopsided defeats and voters making a dramatic swing toward the GOP on the heavily Hispanic southern border. Gilberto Hinojosa, a native of the Rio Grande Valley, has served as the Texas Democratic

AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Welcome toBeyoncé country. When it comes to the 2025 Grammy Award nominations, “Cowboy Carter” rules the nation. She leads the nods with 11, bringing her career total to 99 nominations. That makes her the most nominated artist in Grammy history. “Cowboy Carter” is up for album and country

AP Basketball Writer The Dallas Wings hired Curt Miller as their general manager and executive vice president of basketball operations on Friday. Miller comes to the Wings after spending two years as the head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks. Before that, he was the coach of the Connecticut Sun for seven years and GM

Associated Press Extreme weather is contributing to undocumented migration and return between Mexico and the United States, suggesting that more migrants could risk their lives crossing the border as climate change fuels droughts, storms and other hardships, according to a new study. People from agricultural areas in Mexico were more likely to cross the border

Associated Press A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens. The program, lauded as one of the biggest presidential actions to help immigrant families in years, allowed undocumented spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens

DENTON, Texas (AP) — Atin Wright scored 16 points as North Texas beat Wayland Baptist 80-38 on Thursday. Wright also had three steals for the Mean Green (2-0). Latrell Jossell scored 12 points, going 4 of 10 (4 for 8 from 3-point range). The Pioneers were led by Jayvian Lawson, who recorded 11 points. ___

AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars played back-to-back games at home against the Chicago Blackhawks, with 11 days and a trip to Finland between them. Now the Stars will be logging plenty of ice time, with 21 games in 44 days through the week before Christmas. “You get through training camp, you

Associated Press Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars broadcasts could end next week as he faces a court-ordered auction of his company’s assets to help pay the more than $1 billion defamation judgment he owes families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Or maybe not. Both opponents and supporters of the bombastic internet