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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Transfer running back Dante Dowdell rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown to lead Kentucky to a 24-16 win over Toledo on Saturday in a season opener. Dowdell’s 79-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter gave the Wildcats…

KENT, Ohio (AP) — Da'Realyst Clark returned a kickoff 100-yard for a touchdown to lift Kent State to a 21-17 win over Merrimack on Saturday, ending the Golden Flashes' 21-game losing streak in interim coach Mark Carney's first game. The…

ATLANTA (AP) — Joey Aguilar passed for 247 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 24 Tennessee held off Syracuse for a 45-26 win on Saturday. Aguilar was 16-for-28 passing in his first game with the Volunteers. He threw a 73-yard touchdown…

A man suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar faces four counts of murder. Defendant Michael Paul Brown lived next door to The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, where a bartender and three patrons were shot and killed Aug. 1. He…

NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka set up a high-profile showdown between two past title winners in the U.S. Open’s fourth round with victories Saturday. “Everyone will be watching,” Venus Williams said. “That’s what tennis needs.”…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jake Retzlaff passed for a touchdown on the first series of his Tulane debut and scored on a 69-yard run as the Green Wave rolled to a 23-3 victory over Northwestern on Saturday. Retzlaff — who won 11 games at BYU last…

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A sluggish first half didn’t deter Mississippi State in its season opener on Saturday afternoon. After the Bulldogs struggled to a 2-10 record a season ago, things looked dire again in the first half. A rejuvenated…

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Freshman Malik Washington threw three touchdown passes in the second quarter, and Maryland's defense scored twice to help the Terripans beat Florida Atlantic 39-7 on Saturday for their 16th consecutive nonconference…

Julian Sayin had a 40-yard touchdown pass to Carnell Tate early in the fourth quarter, Ohio State got a couple of key stops in the red zone and the third-ranked Buckeyes opened the defense of their national championship with a 14-7 victory…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Eli Holstein threw a career-high four touchdown passes, including two to sophomore wide receiver Cataurus “Blue” Hicks, and Pittsburgh eased past crosstown rival Duquesne 61-9 on Saturday. Desmond Reid returned a punt 88…

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Barika Kpeenu ran for a pair of short touchdowns, Cole Payton passed and ran his way to 293 yards offense and defending FCS national champion North Dakota State opened its season with a 38-0 win over The Citadel on…

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Jaden Green scored two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter, and Lehigh opened the season with a 21-14 victory over Richmond on Saturday in a matchup of 2024 FCS playoff opponents. Lehigh…

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Ryan Browne threw for 311 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another TD to lead Purdue to a 31-0 rout of Ball State in Saturday’s season opener for both teams. The Barry Odom coaching era at Purdue got off to a…

ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Oscar Piastri found new pace to beat his teammate Lando Norris by just over one-hundredth of a second and take Formula 1 pole position for the first time in three months at the Dutch Grand Prix in qualifying on…

ROME (AP) — Antonio Conte jumped up and down and whirled his arms like a child as he ran around in delirium. The fans inside the Stadio Armando Diego Maradona also erupted in joy. Three months after beating Cagliari to secure its fourth…