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JGR team sets the early playoff tone

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — The Chase leader and favorite, the newest Southern 500 champion and two rising young racers who had top-six finishes at Darlington Raceway to open NASCAR's postseason on Sunday night — the hardest challenge for the four Joe Gibbs Racing drivers might be vying ...

Bell answers call

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Christopher Bell is finally second-to-none this season. Bell's crazy, frustrating season of seven second-place finishes without a victory at last came to an end with a win at the Southern 500 on Sunday night. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver passed defending NASCAR ...

On second thought, Michigan escapes WMU

ANN ABOR, Mich. (AP) — Given an unlikely second chance at a game-ending Hail Mary, Bryce Underwood connected with JJ Buchanan for a 47-yard touchdown pass that lifted No. 16 Michigan over Western Michigan 13-12 on Saturday night. The Wolverines were 27 1/2-point favorites in coach Kyle ...

Brewers rally to edge Cubs

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jackson Chourio singled home two runs to spark a three-run rally in the eighth inning and made a diving catch for the final out in the ninth as Milwaukee came from behind to beat Chicago. The Cubs fell eight games back of the MLB-leading Brewers in the NL Central after ...

Ole Miss tips Louisville in ranked clash

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lucas Carneiro kicked a 48-yard field goal as time expired to give ninth-ranked Mississippi a 41-38 victory over No. 24 Louisville on Sunday night in the Music City Kickoff. The week's only game between ranked teams started sloppy only to turn into a second-half thriller. Lincoln Kienholz, in his first career start after three seasons on Ohio State's bench, tied it for Louisville at 38 with 1:28 left. The quarterback found Lawayne McCoy on the sideline for a 54-yard catch-and-run TD with 4:42 to go before his 7-yard TD run with 1:28 left. Trinidad ...

Becht ready to go for PSU

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Matt Campbell has been around Rocco Becht long enough to know the quarterback can bounce back from nearly anything. The Penn State coach has seen Becht immediately forget bad plays that might linger with other signal-callers for unhealthy amounts of time. He's watched Becht empathize with and encourage teammates to move past mistakes when other quarterbacks might get annoyed or let impatience further muddy the practice field. Now, Campbell is looking forward to watching a surgically repaired Becht rebound from what the QB calls the "dark patch" in his ...