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Jordan Travis threw four touchdown passes, Keon Coleman caught three of them and No. 8 Florida State defeated No. 5 LSU 45-24 in the nonconference season opener for both teams Sunday night in Orlando, Fla.Read more...

Kyle Larson won a late pit stop Sunday night and made the first dent in the NASCAR Cup Series championship playoffs, winning the 74th annual Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.Read more...

Julian Carranza scored his team-leading 12th goal of the season and the Philadelphia Union overcame an early deficit at home to rally to a 4-1 victory over the 10-man New York Red Bulls on Sunday night.Read more...

Jasson Dominguez capped a three-run, sixth-inning uprising with a two-run homer, and the New York Yankees beat the host Houston Astros 6-1 on Sunday night to complete a three-game series sweep.Read more...

Layshia Clarendon's 15 points led a balanced attack Sunday as the Los Angeles Sparks jumped into the WNBA's final playoff spot with a week left in the regular season, dumping the Washington Mystics 72-64 in Los Angeles.Read more...

Thailand's Chanettee Wannasaen fired a stunning 9-under 63 on Sunday to win the Portland Classic in Portland, Ore.Read more...

Napheesa Collier produced her third straight double-double, scoring 22 points and grabbing 16 rebounds as the Minnesota Lynx punched their ticket to the WNBA playoffs with an 86-73 victory over the Phoenix Mercury Sunday in Minneapolis.Read more...

Adolis Garcia led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk-off home run and the Texas Rangers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.Read more...

Spencer Horwitz homered among his three hits, Vladimir Guerrero also went deep and finished with two hits, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Colorado Rockies 7-5 in Denver on Sunday.Read more...

Taylor Walls hit a go-ahead, two-out RBI single in the eighth inning to help lift the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to a 6-2 wins over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday.Read more...

Ryan Noda and Seth Brown hit two-run home runs and the Oakland Athletics, no-hit for five innings, exploded late for a 10-6 victory and a three-game sweep of the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon.Read more...

Cedric Mullins produced three hits and Gunnar Henderson and Ryan O'Hearn each had two hits and two RBIs to lead the Baltimore Orioles to an 8-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday at Phoenix.Read more...

Alex Palou of Spain took the checkered flag at the Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland, allowing him to clinch the 2023 IndyCar Series championship with one race to go on Sunday in Portland, Ore.Read more...

Juan Soto homered in the first inning for a third straight game and right-hander Seth Lugo and three relievers blanked the visiting San Francisco Giants on four hits as the San Diego Padres won 4-0 on Sunday to score a third straight win to conclude the National League West rivals' four-game series.Read more...

DJ Uiagalelei completed 20 of 25 passes for 239 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for two more touchdowns, and No. 18 Oregon State cruised to a 42-17 win over San Jose State on Sunday afternoon in San Jose, Calif.Read more...

Miguel Rojas hit a go-ahead RBI double and rookie Bobby Miller went seven strong innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a four-game sweep at the hands of the visiting Atlanta Braves with a 3-1 victory Sunday.Read more...

Kelsey Mitchell poured in 30 points, including the 3-pointer to send the game into overtime and scored six more points in the extra period, as the visiting Indiana Fever outlasted the Dallas Wings 97-84 on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.Read more...

American Ben Shelton upset one seeded countryman and set up a quarterfinal showdown with another to open Day 7 of the men's draw at the U.S. Open on Sunday in New York.Read more...

The Los Angeles Angels placed catcher Max Stassi on the restricted list on Sunday as the 32-year-old continues to deal with a serious family medical issue.Read more...

Adolis Garcia led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk-off home run and the Texas Rangers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.Read more...

Masataka Yoshida and Adam Duvall homered, and Chris Sale earned his first win since May, leading the Boston Red Sox past the host Kansas City Royals, 7-3, on Sunday in the rubber game of the three-game series.Read more...

Spencer Torkelson belted a tiebreaking solo home run in the seventh inning and Tarik Skubal pitched seven strong innings as the visiting Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Sunday to secure a three-game sweep.Read more...

Former top-50 prospect Marcus Adams Jr. has decided to transfer to BYU, his third collegiate commitment before his freshman year begins.Read more...

Alec Burleson and Nolan Gorman drove in two runs each as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 Sunday.Read more...

Breanna Stewart collected 26 points and 14 rebounds to lift the visiting New York Liberty to an 86-69 victory over the Chicago Sky on Sunday.Read more...

The Miami Marlins scored the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning when the Washington Nationals failed to turn a double play and went on to a 6-4 victory to complete a four-game series sweep Sunday afternoon.Read more...

Pete Alonso homered twice, finished with three hits and collected four RBIs Sunday afternoon for the host New York Mets, who beat the Seattle Mariners 6-3 in the rubber game of a three-game series.Read more...

Most NBA players see it as an honor to represent their country in the FIBA World Cup, especially those from outside the United States. These players usually won't pass up the opportunity to play for the bragging rights of becoming real" world champions. But like most players today, the old way of coaching doesn't get...Read more...

No. 10 seed Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic battled past China's Xinyu Wang 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open in New York for the first time.Read more...

The United States Senior Men's Basketball Team got its feelings hurt on Sunday. In the final game of the 2023 FIBA World Cup Group Stage, they suffered their first international defeat of 2023 with a 110-104 loss to Lithuania.

It's hard to know which aspect of AEW firing CM Punk yesterday is more frustrating: How much both sides left on the table, or how easily it would have been for them to solve whatever the problems were so long ago.Read more...

Europe's six automatic qualifiers for the 2023 Ryder Cup are set, with Matt Fitzpatrick and Robert MacIntyre securing the final two spots on Sunday.Read more...

DeAndre Carter, ranked as the No. 1 interior offensive lineman prospect in the country by 247Sports, announced Sunday he will play at Auburn next fall.Read more...

The shockwaves generated by Colorado's win over No. 17 TCU in coach Deion Sanders' debut continued to be felt a day after the Buffaloes' massive upset in Fort Worth, Texas.Read more...

The Minnesota Twins activated utility player Willi Castro (left oblique strain) from the 10-day injured list Sunday.Read more...

The Cleveland Guardians activated first baseman Josh Naylor from the 10-day injured list on Sunday.Read more...

Week 1 of the new and improved" Undisputed with Skip Bayless on FS1 proved to be anything but an improvement, according to most. The numbers don't lie either, as the season debut last Monday peaked at 131,000 viewers and has only gotten worse from there. By day three on Wednesday, Undisputed was charting 78,000...Read more...

Wide receiver Kadarius Toney has recovered from knee surgery and will be on the field Thursday night when the Kansas City Chiefs open the season against the Detroit Lions. Defensive tackle Chris Jones is another story.Read more...

The Colorado Rockies placed Daniel Bard on the 15-day injured list and reinstated fellow right-hander Chase Anderson to start Sunday's game against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays in Denver.Read more...

Right tackle Terence Steele has agreed to a five-year, $86.8 million contract extension that includes guarantees of $50 million, ESPN reported Sunday.Read more...

Ben Bryant will start at quarterback for Northwestern in its season opener at Rutgers on Sunday, ESPN reported.Read more...

Max Verstappen won the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, his 10th consecutive Formula One victory to break the record set by Sebastian Vettel in 2013.Read more...

The Tampa Bay Rays recalled rookie Taj Bradley from Triple-A Durham and placed fellow right-hander Jason Adam on the 15-day injured list on Sunday.Read more...

The Sacramento Kings signed veteran center JaVale McGee to a contract.Read more...

Now that it's evident Deion Sanders and Colorado are unavoidable, there needs to be some parameters in place. The Buffs upset No. 17 TCU, 45-42, on Saturday in a thrilling game regardless of what you think about Coach Prime.

Aside from Aaron Judge doing what he often does when the opposition actually pitches to him, the New York Yankees were buoyed by the showings of several rookies in a 5-4 victory over the host Houston Astros on Saturday.Read more...

The Cleveland Guardians are starting to feel like things are falling into place. They certainly have in the first two contests of their three-game series against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays.Read more...

The Baltimore Orioles faced the possibility of losing their third consecutive game - a rarity this season - when they played the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Saturday night.Read more...

The Atlanta Braves are hot and so is right-hander Charlie Morton, who is set to take the mound Sunday in the finale of a four-game series against the host Los Angeles Dodgers.Read more...

San Francisco Giants' right-hander Alex Cobb came within one out of throwing a no-hitter in his most recent outing.Read more...