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AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan has played in many marquee matchups in recent years. Only the high-stakes games, including three straight trips to the College Football Playoff, did not happen early in the season. Texas is coming to town this week and it doesn’t get much bigger than that, or better

AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Luke McCaffrey has some big cleats to fill as the son of Ed and brother of Christian. Also following brother Max, he is on the verge of being the fourth member of his family to play in the NFL. McCaffrey knows all about what comes with having a

AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida could be without quarterback Graham Mertz against lower-division Samford on Saturday night, raising the possibility of highly touted freshman DJ Lagway making his first career start. Mertz was knocked out of last week’s 41-17 home loss to No. 19 Miami in the third quarter with a concussion.

AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 28 points and 12 assists and the Indiana Fever overcame a record-tying nine 3-pointers from Arike Ogunbowale in a 100-93 victory over the Dallas Wings on Sunday. Kelsey Mitchell scored 36 points, including a 3 that gave the Fever a four-point lead with 1:58 remaining

AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Jung hit a three-run homer off All-Star closer Mason Miller in the 10th inning, and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 6-4 on Sunday. The Rangers won in walk-off fashion for the second game in a row, and the fifth time in their six home wins

AP Golf Writer ATLANTA (AP) — A Masters green jacket and an Olympic gold medal. A first-time father and his first time being arrested. A year Scottie Scheffler won’t forget ended the best way possible Sunday when he won the FedEx Cup to cap off golf’s best season in nearly two decades. “If you can

AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez homered twice and Jon Singleton added a two-run shot as the Houston Astros completed a four-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 7-2 win Sunday. It’s Houston’s fifth straight win overall and comes after the Royals swept a three-game series against the AL West leaders

ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler wins the FedEx Cup and $25 million bonus with victory at the Tour Championship.

Report for America/Associated Press Authorities are investigating the weekend collapse of a portion of bleachers at a rodeo arena in Texas, injuring 12 people near San Antonio. Emergency responders arrived at the rodeo arena shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday in Boerne, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of San Antonio, said Boerne assistant fire chief

Associated Press/Report for America Four people were injured after a bus carrying the Abilene Christian University football team was involved in a crash with another vehicle in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday night. One player, two coaches, and the bus driver were taken to University Center in Lubbock for minor injuries, according to a statement by

AP Sports Writer Here’s a scenario that Alabama was not prepared for in Week 1: getting offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan down from the press box to the field as quickly as possible, during the game, so he could keep calling plays. Here’s why it had to happen: The Crimson Tide were playing Western Kentucky, and

Associated Press Only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in this fall’s election for president and other top offices. While that’s nothing new, the potential for noncitizens to register or vote has been receiving a lot of attention lately. Citing an influx of immigrants in recent years at the U.S.-Mexico border, Republicans have raised concerns

A late own goal gave the Seattle Reign a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Racing Louisville in the National Women’s Soccer League on Saturday. The match at Louisville’s Lynn Family Stadium was delayed for about 1 1/2 hours at the start because of inclement weather in the area. Once it got underway, Racing Louisville (4-7-7) went

AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Tied with Texas A&M late in the fourth quarter of his Notre Dame debut Saturday night, quarterback Riley Leonard had no doubt in his ability to lead the Fighting Irish to victory. “Everybody had all the confidence in the world that we were going to be able

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ezequiel Ponce and Lawrence Ennali each scored their first MLS goal, Steve Clark had six saves and the Houston Dynamo beat Los Angeles FC 2-0 Saturday night. Ponce, a 27-year-old Designated Player, and the 22-year-old Ennali were acquired by Houston (11-8-7) in July and, for at least one night, provided some

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marquez Cooper ran for 223 yards and two second-half touchdowns to lead San Diego State to a 45-14 win over Texas A&M-Commerce in a season-opener on Saturday night. Gabriel Plascencia connected on a 50-yard field goal to give the Aztecs a 3-0 lead after one but the Lions grabbed the lead

SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Jordan McCloud threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns and Texas State used a fast start to hold off Lamar for a 34-27 season-opening win on Saturday. The Bobcats built a 15-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, and a field goal early in the second extended the

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Zach Calzada threw two touchdown passes and Dekalon Taylor ran for two scores as Incarnate Word rolled to a 28-7 win over Northern Colorado in a season opener on Saturday night. A mainstay in the FCS Top 25 poll for 39-straight weeks, the Cardinals forced a pair of fumbles and picked

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech’s Jayden Cofield sacked Abilene Christian’s Maverick McIvor when the Wildcats went for a 2-point conversion in overtime, allowing the Red Raiders to escape with a 52-51 win on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Behren Morton’s career-high fifth touchdown pass, a 14-yarder to Caleb Douglas, who

AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Jeremiyah Love broke a tie with a 21-yard touchdown run with 1:54 left and No. 7 Notre Dame beat No. 20 Texas A&M 23-13 on Saturday night in the opener for both teams. Love burst through the line and shed two would-be tacklers before waltzing into the

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Pedro Vite scored his first goal of the season and Vancouver didn’t concede a shot on goal Saturday night as the Whitecaps beat Austin FC 1-0. Vite played a one-touch pass to Ryan Guald, who returned the favor to a darting Vite for a first-timer from the top of the penalty

AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Brashard Smith ran for 108 yards and two touchdowns, 348-pound nose tackle Anthony Booker Jr. returned a fumble for a score and SMU routed FCS member Houston Christian 59-7 on Saturday night. Preston Stone threw for two TDs and Kevin Jennings had one passing and one rushing as the

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Darren Yapi scored a go-ahead goal in second-half stoppage time to help the Colorado Rapids beat FC Dallas 3-2 on Saturday. Djordje Mihailovic set up the winning goal by lofting a pass over the defense to draw Maarten Paes out of his area and Yapi touched it over the goalkeeper. Mihailovic

HOUSTON (AP) — Matthew Sluka threw for 71 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 59 yards as UNLV beat Houston 27-7 Saturday night in the season opener for both teams and Willie Fritz’s first game as the Cougars’ coach. Sluka, who was 6-of-13 passing, threw touchdown passes of 13 and 24 yards to Jacob

HOUSTON (AP) — Hunter Watson threw two touchdown passes and Sam Houston scored twice in 50 seconds to defeat Rice 34-14 in a season-opening matchup on Saturday night. It was just the Bearkats’ second win over the Owls in 18 meetings The last meeting was in 1993 and Sam Houston’s earlier win came in 1939.

Associated Press WACO, Texas (AP) — Dequan Finn threw for 192 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a 39-yard score to lift Baylor to a season-opening 45-3 win over FCS Tarleton State on Saturday. Finn made his mark immediately with a 39-yard touchdown run on the Bears’ first drive and added a 32-yard scoring

Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Yusei Kikuchi struck out 12 in seven innings to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night. Kikuchi (7-9) improved to 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA since he was acquired by Houston a day before the trade deadline. He gave up five

AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Leody Taveras hit a game-ending single with one out in the ninth inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Saturday night. The bases were loaded when No. 9 batter Taveras grounded a single through the middle and past a drawn-in infield, sending pinch-runner Ezequiel

AP Sports Writer Arch Manning threw his first career touchdown pass and ran for his first score in mop-up duty in No. 4 Texas’ 52-0 victory over Colorado State on Saturday in the season opener. The five-star recruit with the NFL family pedigree might be the highest- profile backup quarterback in the country as he

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Chandler Morris threw for 415 yards with three touchdowns and he added two rushing scores to help North Texas defeat South Alabama 52-38 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. The game was the debut for Major Applewhite as head coach of South Alabama. North Texas erupted for