Новости за 11.09.2016

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Saturday morning, Missouri coach Barry Odom woke up to a text message informing him of something he did not know; since 1957, only one Missouri coach_Bob Stull in 1989_won in their home debut. Make that two. Drew Lock tied a school-record with five touchdown passes as Missouri ran away with its home

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Corey Davis surpassed 4,000 career yards receiving on Saturday night and Western Michigan beat North Carolina Central 70-21 in a game that ended a few minutes past midnight. Davis had seven catches for 150 yards and his third three-touchdown game of his career with the Broncos (2-0). He finished the night ranked

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Tennessee erased an early 14-point deficit at Bristol Motor Speedway almost as fast as drivers typically race around the half-mile track that circled the makeshift football field. Joshua Dobbs threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores Saturday night as the 17th-ranked Volunteers beat Virginia Tech 45-24 in front of

STARS —Skyler Howard, West Virginia, tied a career high with five TD passes and threw for 389 yards to lead the Mountaineers to a 38-21 win over Youngstown State. —Jake Browning, Washington, matched a school record with five TD passes and finished with 294 yards in the No. 8 Huskies’ 59-14 victory over Idaho. —Trevor

CHICAGO — In what has been a lost season for him to this point, Chicago White Sox pitcher James Shields believes there’s still time to take something positive out of it. Shields overcame some early struggles in a quality start on Saturday night before Whit Merrifield hit a go-ahead, two-run double in a three-run seventh

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Roman Gonzalez observed the raucous scene in the ring through swollen eyes. His battered ears absorbed the cheers from thousands of fans celebrating his arrival at the apex of Nicaragua’s boxing history. Chocolatito had to put in 12 rounds of punishing work for his latest world title, which only made it all

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald set a school record for rushing yards by a quarterback and the Bulldogs defeated South Carolina 27-14 Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium.  Fitzgerald rushed 17 times for 195 yards and also passed for 178 yards and two touchdowns. Mississippi State (1-1) captured its first win of the

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — North Carolina quarterback Mitch Trubisky threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more scores Saturday to lead the Tar Heels to a 48-23 win at Illinois. Trubisky was coming off a workmanlike performance a week earlier against Georgia that wasn’t enough to deliver a win. On Saturday, he

SYDNEY — A man charged with committing a terrorist act and attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a man in Sydney was inspired by the Islamic State group, police said Sunday. The 59-year-old was stabbed several times while walking through a park in suburban Minto in southwest Sydney on Saturday afternoon and is in critical condition,

TAMPA, Fla. — Quinton Flowers threw for 350 yards and four touchdowns to lead South Florida to a 48-17 rout of Northern Illinois on Saturday night. With two-time American Athletic Conference rushing leader Marlon Mack sitting out after spending the past week in the concussion protocol, Flowers accounted for 403 of his team’s 658 yards

BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU backup quarterback Danny Etling waved his arms to quiet the Tiger Stadium crowd — and that was before he’d done anything more than complete one first-down pass. Frustrated fans in Death Valley, who had booed LSU’s offense on its first two possessions, were simply ready for a change. Etling gave

DETROIT — Jordan Zimmermann is making $18 million this season, which is a lot to pay a player to watch a pennant race from the bullpen. The Detroit Tigers might not have a choice. After months of trying to get him healthy, the Tigers sent Zimmermann back to the mound in a crucial game Saturday

RICHMOND, Va. — It was yet another Denny Hamlin runaway for Joe Gibbs Racing on Saturday night in what turned out to be an anticlimactic end to NASCAR’s regular season. The fireworks came off the track at Richmond International Raceway, where Tony Stewart intentionally wrecked Ryan Newman before Newman angrily chided his former boss for

SALT LAKE CITY — In a game between bitter rivals with both teams desperate to win, it seemed as if neither actually wanted to. Utah and BYU combined for nine turnovers Saturday as the The Holy War more closely resembled a game of hot potato with both squads struggling with ball control. Sunia Tauteoli had

WASHINGTON — Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff matched Nationals ace Max Scherzer and struck out Bryce Harper swinging three straight times. When Eickhoff left, Harper struck back against Philadelphia’s bullpen. Harper hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Washington Nationals to a 3-0 victory over the Phillies on

AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn coach Gus Malzahn’s puzzling quarterback rotation against Clemson didn’t work out at all like he had hoped. The offense sputtered and gave away chance after chance to topple one of the best teams in the nation. For the Tigers’ second game against Arkansas State, that plan was scrapped. Malzahn gave Sean

PASADENA, Calif. — Josh Rosen’s arm once against captivated the Rose Bowl, but not with his usual passing prowess. It was a block Rosen threw that stole the show in the Bruins’ 42-21 win over UNLV on Saturday. Rosen sprung Soso Jamabo’s 23-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, putting his throwing shoulder into 280-pound

CLEVELAND — Stipe Miocic wouldn’t let his hometown down. The heavyweight champion kept his title with another Cleveland comeback. Dropped by an early punch, Miocic recovered and knocked out Alistair Overeem at 4:27 of the first round to conclude UFC 203 on Saturday night in front of more than 20,000 delirious fans. Miocic, whose title

PHOENIX — Hunter Pence is on quite a roll for the San Francisco Giants. Pence had three hits, including a solo homer, and Johnny Cueto pitched seven solid innings to lead the Giants to an 11-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night. Pence has seven hits in eight at-bats in the first two

SAN DIEGO — The longer he pitched, the stronger San Diego Padres left-hander Christian Friedrich got. And it just happened to be against his original team, the Colorado Rockies. Friedrich matched his career-high with 10 strikeouts in seven brilliant innings to win for the first time since June 23, leading the Padres to a 6-3

FORT WORTH, Texas — Arkansas appeared on its way to a big early season victory over No. 15 TCU following a pedestrian debut and a year after a stunning Week 2 loss to Toledo. Then the Razorbacks looked like they had let the victory get away. And finally, they walked off with their fifth win

ATLANTA — Braves catcher A.J. Pierzynski wouldn’t say if he has immediate plans to retire after 16 full seasons in the major leagues. “I don’t know the answer to that question,” he said. “It’s been discussed, obviously, but I don’t know.” Pierzynski singled in the 10th inning to advance Dansby Swanson to third base and

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An endurance swimmer ended her attempt on Saturday to become the first woman to accomplish the longest solo, unassisted swim after facing high winds during the 93-mile swim from Sacramento to Tiburon on the western edge of San Francisco Bay. The journey was expected to take 48 hours, but Kim Chambers called

MINNEAPOLIS — Cleveland’s bullpen threw inning after inning of shutdown relief Saturday night after starter Mike Clevinger had what his manager said was his best performance. The Indians’ bats, though, couldn’t solve Minnesota’s own pitching staff and it cost them a chance to add to their AL Central lead. Joe Mauer’s single off Joe Colon

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Funny things tend to happen when Iowa and Iowa State get together. This year’s matchup was a record-setting rout for the Hawkeyes — and it ended with a wedding engagement for one of Iowa’s biggest stars. C.J. Beathard threw for 235 yards and three touchdowns and 16th-ranked Iowa throttled Iowa State