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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…

DALLAS (AP) — Lee Roy Jordan, a linebacker on the first Super Bowl-winning team for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s, has died. He was 84. The Cowboys announced Jordan's death Saturday without saying when he died or giving a cause of death.…

Handmade cards from classmates are helping to comfort an 11-year-old girl who was wounded in this week's shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis. Genevieve Bisek was shot during the attack, where two of her classmates were killed and…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Tens of thousands of South African comic book fans and cosplayers flocked to Johannesburg on Saturday to celebrate the sixth edition of Comic-Con Africa, the continent’s biggest celebration of pop culture and gaming. The…

NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time at this U.S. Open, Coco Gauff didn't double-fault in her first service game. And for the first time, she didn't get broken to begin things, either. With her work-in-progress serve looking the best it has…

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — The pressure has ramped up for defending Southern 500 winner Chase Briscoe as the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs approach. Then again, all playoff drivers feel things heating up at Darlington Raceway as the postseason…