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Timeless Kershaw flummoxes SF Giants one more time in loss to Dodgers

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:14 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw has faced the San Francisco Giants more than any other team, and on Saturday took the mound at Dodger Stadium, possibly for the final time. The 35-year-old future Hall of Famer’s status after this season is uncertain. He’s battled injuries. His fastball isn’t what it once was. He’s a different pitcher.But, in front of 52,704 on hand to watch him potentially one last time (at least in the regular season), the results were all too familiar for his longtime foes.Without so much as a fastball that registered 90 mph on the radar gun, Kershaw easily dispatched his flailing opponents, blanking the Giants for five innings while the Dodgers sent them to their seventh loss in 10 games on this road trip, 7-0. His hottest heater was clocked at 89.7 mph.Paired with the Cubs’ win earlier in the day, the Giants’ elimination number fell to four. They are three games back with seven to play, closer to falling into fourth place in the ...

Jackson State beats Bethune-Cookman in Taylor’s home debut, 22-16

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:14 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Irv Mulligan raced 66 yards for a touchdown and Jason Brown threw for a two-point conversion to cement Jackson State’s 22-16 win over Bethune-Cookman in the Tigers’ home opener Saturday night. After opening the season with four road games, including a loss at Florida A&M in its Southwestern Athletic Conference opener, the two-time defending conference champions got a win in first-year coach T.C. Taylor’s home debut. Mulligan carried 21 times for 174 yards to set the tone for Jackson State, which ground out 260 yards rushing and put up 348 total yards while holding Bethune-Cookman to 230. Isaac Peppers got Jackson State on the board in the first half, shooting through an open hold to sack Walter Simmons III in the end zone for a first-quarter safety, but Bethune-Cookman got a 4-yard touchdown run from Jouvensly Bazil and a 42-yard field goal from Cade Hechter to take a 9-8 lead at the half. Simmons tossed a 17-yard touchdown pass to Decarri...

Dodgers’ Mookie Betts notches 105th RBI, most ever by a leadoff hitter

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:14 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts hit a two-run double in the eighth inning on Saturday night, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder 105 RBIs, the most ever by a leadoff hitter.Betts doubled to center off San Francisco’s Ross Stripling, scoring Austin Barnes and David Peralta and extending the Dodgers’ lead to 7-0.He doubled in the seventh, too, and walked twice for the NL West champions.Betts had been tied with Charlie Blackmon at 103.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlbSource

Drake Maye throws 296 yards including left-handed TD pass as No. 17 UNC beats Pitt 41-24

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:14 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Drake Maye threw for 296 yards, including an impressive left-handed flip for a touchdown, and ran for two more scores as No. 17 North Carolina raced past Pittsburgh 41-24 on Saturday night.The Tar Heels improved to 4-0 for the first time since 1997 — the final year of coach Mack Brown’s first stint at UNC before leaving for Texas — by relying on Maye and allowing the Panthers to self-destruct.Maye completed 22 of 30 passes. The right-hander’s lefty toss to Kobe Paysour for a 7-yard score late in the first half gave the Tar Heels some breathing room in their Atlantic Coast Conference opener.Omarion Hampton ran for 66 yards and a touchdown for UNC. J.J. Jones caught six passes for 117 yards and Alijah Huzzie returned a punt 52 yards for a score as the Tar Heels beat Pitt (1-3, 0-1) for the first time since 2018.Rodney Hammond ran for 83 yards and a touchdown and Kenny Johnson raced 100 yards on a kickoff return for a score for the Panthers, who lost quart...

No. 6 Ohio State plunges for touchdown with 1 second left to beat No. 9 Notre Dame 17-14

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:14 GMT

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Chip Trayanum plunged across the goal line from a yard out with 1 second left and No. 6 Ohio State beat No. 9 Notre Dame 17-14 on Saturday night.Trayanum’s score capped a gutty game-winning drive by Kyle McCord and the Buckeyes that included a fourth-down conversion and a third-and-19 completion that got Ohio State to the Notre Dame 1 with time for two plays.After an incomplete pass on first down, the Buckeyes went to a running play with 3 seconds left took advantage of an overloaded defense to one side and what appeared to be only 10 defenders on the field for the Fighting Irish.Ohio State coach Ryan Day was fired up when it was over, going off on former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz, who called out the Buckeyes toughness in predicting a Fighting Irish victory earlier in the week.“I’d like to know where Lou Holtz is right now,” Day said during a postgame interview with NBC. “What he said about our team, I cannot believe. This is a tough team right here. W...

Britten, Rawls lead Tarleton over Southwest Baptist 27-13

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:14 GMT

STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Kayvon Britten ran for a touchdown early, Ty Rawls returned an interception for a late score and Tarleton held off Southwest Baptist 27-13 on Saturday night.Britten gave the Texans (3-1) the lead for good with a 10-yard scoring run in the first quarter. Logan Turner kicked two field goals and the Bearcats (1-3) trailed 7-6 at halftime.Adrian Guzman kicked a pair field goals and Victor Gabalis threw a 28-yard scoring strike to Keylan Johnson to give Tarleton a 20-6 lead heading into the final quarter.Abel Carter’s 1-yard touchdown run pulled Southwest Baptist within a touchdown, but Rawls picked off a Collin Sutton pass and returned it 16 yards for a touchdown with 5:23 left to play to complete the scoring.Gabalis completed 18 of 33 passes for 217 yards with two interceptions for Tarleton. Benjamin Omayebu caught eight passes for 95 yards.Sutton had 200 yards on 20-of-35 passing for the Bearcats with one interception. Regan Wilson hauled in eight pass...

Franklin runs for 221 yards, 2 TDS, UT Martin pulls away from North Alabama 37-21

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:14 GMT

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Sam Franklin ran for a career-high 221 yards and two long touchdowns in the fourth quarter and UT Martin dominated the second half for a 37-21 win over North Alabama on Saturday night.Trailing 21-10 at the half, the Skyhawks used a long drive and a muffed punt to take the lead. Franklin then scored on runs of 74 and 43 yards to ice the win. Franklin, a sophomore, now has five career TDs of at least 65 yards and 10 of at least 20 yards.North Alabama had a missed field goal, two punts, two failed two-point conversions and an interception end its second half possessions.Marlon Cook scored on a four-yard run to cap an 80-yard drive then Kinkead Dent found Zoe Roberts for a 17-yard touchdown after Wyatt Gilbert recovered a muffed punt at the 19 to give UT Martin a 23-21 lead.Dent was 13 of 30 for 172 yards with a touchdown and an interception for the Skyhawks (3-1), who had 308 yards on the ground.Noah Walters was 30 of 52 for 286 yards and three touchdowns with an ...

Chambers accounts for 4 TDs as Montana State opens Big Sky play with 40-0 rout of Weber State

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:14 GMT

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Sean Chambers threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for two more scores as Montana State routed Weber State 40-0 in a Big Sky Conference opener on Saturday night. Chambers threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Treyton Pickering and ran for scores from 10 and 29 yards out, each in the second quarter for the FCS third-ranked Bobcats (3-1, 1-0).Chambers and Pickering connected on a 24-yard score early in the fourth that stretched the Bobcats’ lead to 26-0. Jared White added a 14-yard touchdown run and Elijah Elliott broke loose on a 56-yard scoring run to cap the scoring. Chambers completed 8 of 17 passes for 172 yards and had 86 yards on the ground on 12 carries. Julius Davis had 132 of the Bobcats’ 346 yards rushing. Kylan Weisser was 14-of-26 passing for 101 yards for Weber State (2-2, 0-1).___ AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-football and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-pollSource

Pratt throws for Tulane touchdown record, defense has four interceptions in 36-7 rout of Nicholls

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:14 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Michael Pratt threw for 190 yards and two touchdowns, the Tulane defense came up with four interceptions, and the Green Wave defeated Nicholls 36-7 on Saturday night.Pratt set the Tulane record for career touchdown passes with a 40-yard strike to Lawrence Keys III in the first quarter. It was Pratt’s 73rd TD pass, breaking a tie with Patrick Ramsey.Jesus Machado had 10 total tackles and an interception for Tulane. Shai’Keem Laister returned a shanked punt 27 yards for a touchdown, jump-starting Tulane’s 17-0 first quarter and the Green Wave went on to lead 27-7 at the half.Pratt’s 1-yard run in the third quarter was the only touchdown of the second half.Pat McQuaide threw for 273 yards with a touchdown for Nicholls (0-3). But his four interceptions kept the offense out of the end zone with the exception of a 13-yard TD pass to Neno Lemay in the second quarter.Arnold Barnes III led Tulane with 71 yards rushing and Keys was the top receiver w...

Gil scores his 9th goal of the season and the New England Revolution clinch an MLS playoff spot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:14 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Carles Gil had a shot deflected up and in for his ninth goal of the season and the New England Revolution tied the Chicago Fire 2-2 on Saturday night to clinch an MLS playoff spot.Each of the last five regular-season meetings between the Fire and the Revolution have ended in draws.Gastón Giménez scored nine minutes after halftime to give Chicago a 2-1 lead. Gil answered five minutes later.Earl Edwards Jr. totaled five saves in his seventh start of the season for New England (13-6-10). Chris Brady made one save for Chicago (8-12-10).New England will host Charlotte FC on Saturday. Chicago will travel to play the New York Red Bulls on Saturday.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerSource