COLLEGE FOOTBALL-Top 25 SCHEDULE
Tide trounces Blue Devils
UNDATED (AP) _ Second-ranked Alabama has kicked off its season with a blowout win over Duke in Atlanta.
Tua Tagovailoa (TOO’-ah tuhng-ah-vy-LOH’-ah) threw for 336 yards and four touchdowns as the Crimson Tide mauled the Blue Devils, 42-3. Tagovailoa put his tight ends to good use as he hooked up with Miller Forristall on a 27-yard touchdown pass and then went to Major Tennison for a 1-yard score
Receivers DeVonta Smith and Jerry Jeudy also had scoring receptions, while Jerome Ford and Brian Robinson Jr. ran for the Tide’s other TDs.
Alabama overwhelmed Duke’s defense after being held scoreless in the first quarter, something that happened just once last year.
In other top-25 action:
_ Justin Fields looked good in his first game for Ohio State, throwing for four TDs and running for a score as the fifth-ranked Buckeyes hammered FAU, 45-21. Fields finished 18 for 25 for 234 yards and a 51-yard touchdown run.
_ Jacob Eason passed for 349 yards and four touchdowns in his first game in nearly two years to highlight No. 13 Washington’s 47-14 rout of Eastern Washington. The Georgia transfer completed 27 of 36 passes and led the Huskies to touchdowns on four of their first five possessions.
_ No. 15 Penn State crushed Idaho, 79-7 as Sean Clifford completed 14 of 23 passes for 280 yards and two touchdowns. Journey Brown and Noah Cain both added a pair of touchdown runs as the Nittany posted their biggest point total since an 81-0 win over Cincinnati in 1991.
_ Sheldon Croney Jr. scored from a yard out in triple overtime to give 21st-ranked Iowa State a 29-26 triumph over Northern Iowa 29-26.
_ No. 24 Nebraska scored two defensive touchdowns and one on special teams in grinding out a 35-21 win against South Alabama.
_ K.J. Costello completed 16 of 20 passes for 152 yards and the TD pass before leaving the game following a late hit in No. 25 Stanford’s 17-7 verdict over Northwestern.
MLB-SCHEDULE
Cards take opener, Cubs fall
UNDATED (AP) _ The St. Louis Cardinals have added another game to their lead over the second-place Cubs in the NL Central, and they aren’t done today.
The Redbirds took the opener of their doubleheader as Dexter Fowler and Yadier (YAH’-dee-ehr) Molina homered in a 10-6 downing of the Reds. Dakota Hudson allowed four runs and just four hits while striking out eight over a career-high 7 2/3 innings to help the Cards win for the seventh time in eight games.
Kolten Wong and Paul Goldschmidt each had two hits and two RBIs for the Cardinals, who currently lead their division by two games over the Cubs heading into Game 2 of the twinbill.
In Chicago, Zach Davies combined with four relievers on a six-hitter as the Brewers ended the Cubs’ four-game winning streak, 2-0. Neither team scored after Manny Piña delivered a two-run single in the top of the first. Ben Gamel (GAM’-ul) added three hits as Milwaukee pulled within four games of Chicago for the second NL wild card.
Elsewhere on major league diamonds:
_ Wilson Ramos extended his hitting streak to 24 games by going 4-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored in the Mets’ 6-3 win at Philadelphia. New York third baseman Todd Frazier had three hits, drove in two and made a stellar, run-saving catch in the sixth inning. Steven Matz gave up two runs over five innings as the Mets pulled within four games of Chicago for the second NL wild card, while leaving the Phillies 3 ½ games behind the Cubs.
_ DJ LeMahieu homered on the first pitch in the bottom of the 11th inning to send the Yankees past the Athletics, 4-3. Aaron Judge hit a tying homer for New York with two out in the eighth, his sixth in eight games. Gary Sánchez went deep twice and Cory Gearrin worked two scoreless innings of relief for his first win as a Yankee.
_ Cavan Biggio and Teoscar (tay-AHS’-kur) Hernandez delivered two-run homers to back Clay Buchholz in the Blue Jays’ 6-4 victory over the AL West-leading Astros. Buchholz allowed two runs and three hits in 5 2/3 innings, using four double plays to overcome a season-high five walks. Biggio went 2 for 3 with a walk, three RBIs and two runs scored against the team for which his Hall-of-Fame father starred for 20 seasons.
MLB-NEWS
Sabathia back on IL
UNDATED (AP) _ New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia (sah-BATH’-ee-uh) is on the injured list for the fourth time this year.
Sabathia was taken out of Friday’s game against Oakland after three innings due to a recurrence of pain in a balky right knee that’s bothered him for years.
The six-time All-Star and 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner plans to retire after the season. He has 251 career wins and surpassed 3,000 strikeouts earlier this season.
NFL-NEWS
Bills cut McCoy
UNDATED (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have released veteran running back LeSean McCoy as NFL teams set their 53-player rosters.
The 31-year-old McCoy is an 11-year veteran, whose 10,606 yards rushing rank 25th on the career list and fourth among active players. He is coming off his least productive season and proved to be the odd-man out after Buffalo restocked the position this offseason.
In other NFL news:
_ The Falcons are bringing back 44-year-old kicker Matt Bryant after failing to find his successor during the preseason. Bryant was released in a cost-cutting move after last season, when he made 20 of 21 field-goal attempts. He holds the franchise record with 1,122 points since joining the Falcons in 2009.
_ The Titans have traded wide receiver Taywan Taylor to the Browns for a 2020 draft pick. Taylor has 53 catches for 687 yards and two touchdowns in 29 games, but he’s struggled with consistency and dropped balls.
TENNIS-US OPEN
Osaka takes first set from Gauff…Townsend reaches 4th Round
NEW YORK (AP) _ Top-ranked Naomi Osaka is trying to end Coco Gauff’s run at the U.S. Open.
Osaka has taken the first set 6-3 in her third-round match against the 15-year-old Gauff. Osaka blasted 15 winners to Gauff’s four in a hard-hitting set that lasted 36 minutes.
American Taylor Townsend has advanced to the Round of 16 after clawing her way through qualifying last week. The 23-year-old Townsend advanced further than she’s ever gone in a Grand Slam by beating Sorana Cirstea, 7-5, 6-2.
Townsend came to the net 75 times, winning 47 of those points against the 106th-ranked Cirstea. That sets up an unlikely fourth-round match putting the 116th-ranked Townsend against 15th seed Bianca Andreescu, who used a steady baseline game to beat 19th seed Caroline Wozniacki (wohz-nee-AK’-ee), 6-4, 6-4.
Kristie Ahn was a 6-3, 7-5 winner against former French Open champ Jelena Ostapenko, and Belinda Bencic advanced when Anett Kontaveit withdrew from singles play with an acute viral illness. Elise Mertens has reached the round of 16 for the second year in a row, beating Andrea Petkovic, 6-3, 6-3.
On the men’s side, second seed Rafael Nadal (nah-DAHL’) had no trouble downing qualifier Hyeon Chung 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the round of 16. It’s the 13th straight time he’s gone at least that far in a Grand Slam event.
No. 22 Marin Cilic (CHEE’-lihch) won a battle of big servers by knocking out American John Isner 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 to reach the fourth round.
F1-BELGIAN GP
Leclerc takes Belgian GP pole; driver dies in F2 accident
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) _ Charles Leclerc took the third pole position of his promising career, comfortably ahead of teammate Sebastian Vettel in a dominant Belgian Grand Prix so far for Ferrari.
Leclerc beat his own leading time to finish .748 seconds clear of Vettel and .763 ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
Also at the Belgian track, French driver Anthoine Hubert has died in a Formula Two accident. Hubert raced for the British-owned Arden team. Het won two F2 races this season and was eighth in the championship standings.
(AP)Scores from Saturday
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INTERLEAGUE
| Final | Atlanta | 11 | Chi White Sox | 5 |
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
| Final | N-Y Yankees | 4 | Oakland | 3 | (11 Innings) |
| Final | Toronto | 6 | Houston | 4 | |
| Final | Tampa Bay | 9 | Cleveland | 6 | |
| Final | Detroit | 10 | Minnesota | 7 | |
| Final | Kansas City | 7 | Baltimore | 5 | |
| Final | Texas | 3 | Seattle | 2 | |
| Final | L-A Angels | 10 | Boston | 4 |
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
| Final | St. Louis | 10 | Cincinnati | 6 | (1st game) |
| Final | Milwaukee | 2 | Chi Cubs | 0 | |
| Final | N-Y Mets | 6 | Philadelphia | 3 | |
| Final | Washington | 7 | Miami | 0 | |
| Final | St. Louis | 3 | Cincinnati | 2 | (2nd game) |
| Final | Arizona | 6 | L-A Dodgers | 5 | |
| Final | Pittsburgh | 11 | Colorado | 4 | |
| Final | San Diego | 4 | San Francisco | 1 |
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TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
| Louisiana Tech | 14 | (10)Texas | 45 | (4th Quarter) | |
| New Mexico St. | 7 | (23)Washington St. | 58 | (4th Quarter) |
| Final | (21)Iowa St. | 29 | N. Iowa | 26 |
| Final | (24)Nebraska | 35 | South Alabama | 21 |
| Final | (5)Ohio St. | 45 | FAU | 21 |
| Final | (13)Washington | 47 | E. Washington | 14 |
| Final | (2)Alabama | 42 | Duke | 3 |
| Final | (15)Penn St. | 79 | Idaho | 7 |
| Final | (25)Stanford | 17 | Northwestern | 7 |
| Final | (22)Syracuse | 24 | Liberty | 0 |
| Final | (7)Michigan | 40 | Middle Tennessee | 21 |
| Final | (16)Auburn | 27 | (11)Oregon | 21 |
| Final | (6)LSU | 55 | Georgia Southern | 3 |
| Final | (20)Iowa | 38 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 |
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
| Final | Washington | 91 | Dallas | 85 |
| Final | Las Vegas | 92 | Los Angeles | 86 |
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
| Final | Colorado | 2 | New York | 0 |
| Final tie | Chicago | 1 | Columbus | 1 |
| Final | D.C. United | 3 | Montreal | 0 |
| Final tie | Toronto FC | 1 | New England | 1 |
| Final | Philadelphia | 3 | Atlanta | 1 |
| Final | FC Dallas | 3 | Cincinnati | 1 |
| Final | Sporting Kansas City | 1 | Houston | 0 |
| Final | New York City FC | 3 | Vancouver | 1 |
| Final | Portland | 1 | Real Salt Lake | 0 |
| Final | San Jose | 3 | Orlando City | 0 |