Новости за 10.09.2016

CLEMSON, S.C. — With all the problems, mistakes and numerous errors it’s hard to take a lot of positives from Clemson’s 2-0 start. Deshaun Watson threw three touchdowns as the second-ranked Tigers held off Troy 30-24 on Saturday in a game that will mostly be remembered for bad decision making by the defending Atlantic Coast

WEST POINT, N.Y. — When Army walked off the field last December after another loss to archrival Navy, the Black Knights had their fifth double-digit-loss season since the turn of the century. When Amy walked off the field on Saturday, it almost seemed the past was prologue. Andy Davidson rushed for 107 yards and three

NEW YORK — The Latest on U.S. Open (all times local): 6:27 p.m. Angelique Kerber won her first U.S. Open title and the second Grand Slam trophy of her breakthrough season, beating Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 on Saturday. The No. 2-seeded Kerber came back to win five of the last six games after trailing

TORONTO — After a pregame players meeting provided a jolt of positive energy, J.A. Happ helped the Toronto Blue Jays to rebound. Happ got his 18th win, Melvin Upton Jr. hit a two-run homer and the Blue Jays stopped a four-game losing streak by beating Boston 3-2 on Saturday. Toronto closed within one game of

STILLWATER, Okla. — The officiating mistake was a doozy — and it cannot be fixed. The play that followed was even more astonishing. One of the oddest endings imaginable left Oklahoma State stunned and Central Michigan celebrating. A misinterpreted rule extended the game when it should have been over and allowed the Chippewas to score

NEW YORK — The 343 firefighters who died 15 years ago in the Sept. 11 attacks were honored Saturday at a St. Patrick’s Cathedral memorial service for acts of heroism that New York’s mayor said “most of us could not fathom.” Hundreds of family members of those who died and those who survived the attacks

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Tommy Tuberville was a 3-year-old the last time Cincinnati won a road game against a Big Ten Conference opponent, defeating Indiana in 1957 in Bloomington. Tuberville, who will celebrate his 62nd birthday on Sept. 18, got an early present Saturday when the Bearcats dominated Purdue, 38-20 in Ross-Ade Stadium. Quarterback Hayden

PITTSBURGH — Pitt and Penn State spent the days leading up to the renewal of their once annual series in a semantic argument over whether they’re still rivals. The Nittany Lions tried to downplay the stakes, with coach James Franklin pointing out the current roster on both sides were toddlers the last time the two

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State’s Deondre Francois has mostly silenced concerns for those who thought he might struggle in his first two starts. The redshirt freshman followed up Monday night’s record-setting debut against then-No. 11 Mississippi with a solid outing against Charleston Southern. Francois threw for 262 yards and three touchdowns as the third-ranked Seminoles

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — With new coach Chris Ash and Rutgers facing a major embarrassment in a supposed step-down game, Janarion Grant showed why he is the Scarlet Knights’ most exciting player. Grant scored three touchdowns and Rutgers overcame an early scare against Howard in posting a 52-14 victory on Saturday, giving Ash his first win.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Trevor Knight threw for 344 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score to lead No. 20 Texas A&M to a 67-0 rout of Prairie View A&M on Saturday. Knight finished 21 of 37 and threw touchdowns of 8 yards to Speedy Noil and 34 and 64 yards to Christian

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s chief prosecutor said Saturday that the country pardoned hundreds of convicts, among them Muslims jailed under anti-terror laws for opposing what they called government interference in their religion. The president signed the pardon for members of the Muslim groups after they expressed regret, Prosecutor-General Getachew Ambaye was quoted as saying

LINCOLN, Neb. — Bring on Oregon. Nebraska tuned up for the No. 24 Ducks with a 52-17 victory over Wyoming, which trailed by seven points late in the third quarter but saw the game get out of control because of Josh Allen’s six turnovers, all in the second half Saturday. Now a Nebraska program trying

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Greece’s prime minister promised Saturday to deliver economic growth to a country hammered by years of economic hardship, as thousands gathered in protest at more planned austerity measures. About 15,000 protesters — beating drums, waving black flags and holding helium balloons bearing anti-government slogans — took part in demonstrations, marching through the

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Wilton Speight faced a defense determined to stop the run. Instead of being stubborn and sticking with a ground game, No. 5 Michigan asked Speight to put the ball in the air a lot and it worked out well. Speight threw four touchdown passes, two to Jake Butt and two to

LANCASTER, Pa. — A mother charged five years ago in the suffocation death of one child is now facing a criminal homicide charge in the death of a second child in Pennsylvania. Twenty-eight-year-old Jessica Harper was arraigned Thursday in Lancaster County in the July death of her 2-month-old son. Authorities allege that Harper “chose to

GREENVILLE, N.C. — The wins keep coming for East Carolina against Atlantic Coast Conference teams, only now with a new coach passionately pushing the Pirates from the sideline. Anthony Scott scored the go-ahead touchdown with 5:49 left to help ECU beat North Carolina State 33-30 on Saturday for the program’s sixth straight win against ACC

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — With a pair of long touchdown passes, Boston College picked up its first victory in almost a year and may have changed its reputation as a run-first offense in the process. Patrick Towles hit former quarterback Jeff Smith on back-to-back, one-play TD drives, and substitute Mike Knoll connected on a pair of

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota was looking for a quick start on Saturday against Indiana State. Mitch Leidner and Drew Wolitarsky made sure that’s exactly what the Gophers got. Leidner completed 20 of 30 passes for 295 yards and four touchdowns on Saturday as Minnesota rolled to 592 total yards in a 58-28 win over Indiana State.

ATHENS, Ga. — For about two minutes, Kirby Smart’s first home game as Georgia’s coach couldn’t have gone better. “It was great at the beginning of the game,” Smart, the former Georgia safety and assistant coach, said of his first game at Sanford Stadium as coach. “It was great the first drive.” After that, it

MIAMI — Business owners are anxious for federal health officials to lift a travel advisory warning pregnant women and their partners to avoid parts of Miami and South Beach that have been identified as zones of active transmission of the Zika virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said it could lift

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Loui Eriksson and Patric Hornqvist scored twice each to lead Sweden past Finland 6-3 in the Scandinavian rivals’ second warmup game for the World Cup of Hockey on Saturday. On Thursday, Finland won 3-2 in Helsinki in overtime. Rasmus Ristolainen and captain Mikko Koivu scored 3:05 apart in the middle period for

MAPLEWOOD, N.J. — Hundreds of people have turned out to welcome home an Olympic medalist who was the first U.S. athlete to compete while wearing a hijab. The people of Maplewood, New Jersey, held a parade and a special ceremony Saturday for fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad. The 31-year-old won a bronze medal in the women’s team

MANCHESTER, England — It was bad enough for Jose Mourinho that his first Manchester derby ended in defeat. That the architects of the loss were Pep Guardiola and Kevin De Bruyne might have been even tougher for the Manchester United manager to digest. In a resumption of the often-feisty rivalry between soccer’s two most coveted

LIVERPOOL, England — Leicester’s post-championship hangover continued as it lost to an impressive Liverpool 4-1 in the English Premier League on Saturday. The Reds dominated for large parts, and took advantage of their early pressure to go 2-0 up half an hour in. Roberto Firmino scored the first of his pair with a smart finish