GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Nico Gramatica hit a 20-yard field goal as time expired and South Florida stunned No. 13 Florida 18-16 to give the Bulls consecutive wins against ranked opponents to start the season. Gramatica missed a 58-yarder with 2:52 remaining but got a chance to redeem himself after Florida defensive lineman Brendan Bett spit at a South Florida player on the Bulls’ next possession. Bett was ejected with a little more than 2 minutes to play, and the Bulls got 15 yards and an automatic first down to spark an 87-yard drive. It was the latest setback for embattled Florida coach Billy Napier, whose team is 1-1 for the fourth consecutive year.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Billy Napier is back on the proverbial hot seat after an 18-16 home loss to South Florida. Napier raved about his team's character and composure heading into his fourth season in Gainesville. Yet the 13th-ranked Gators melted down in nearly every way possible while losing to the Bulls in the Swamp. No one should be surprised if that was Napier’s last game at Florida Field. After all, he dropped to 20-20 overall, including 14-7 at home, and has consecutive road games upcoming against No. 3 LSU and No. 5 Miami. Lose both and Florida could make a change during its first off week.
NEW YORK (AP) — There is a lot at stake when No. 1 Jannik Sinner meets No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in the U.S. Open men’s final. And President Donald Trump is expected to be at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday. Sinner is a 24-year-old from Italy who is trying to become the first repeat men’s champion at Flushing Meadows since Roger Federer won five championships in a row there from 2004 through 2008. Sinner also is bidding for his third Grand Slam title of the season and fifth of his career. Alcaraz is a 22-year-old from Spain who seeks his sixth major trophy overall and second of 2025.
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is attending the U.S. Open as a guest of Rolex despite imposing steep tariffs on the Swiss watchmaker’s home country. Event organizers are seeking to keep off-court disruptions on Sunday — like audience members booing him — from being seen on the TV broadcast. He’ll be watching the men’s final from Rolex's suite. Trump has built the bulk of his second term’s domestic travel around attending major sports events rather than hitting the road to make major policy announcements or address large rallies. Trump hasn't attended the U.S. Open since being booed there in 2015, and he's the first sitting president to attend since Bill Clinton in 2000.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto came close to a no-hitter at Camden Yards, only to allow a home run to Baltimore's Jackson Holliday. That sparked a four-run rally in the ninth inning, leading the Orioles to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night. The Dodgers have now lost five straight games, missing a chance to widen their lead in the NL West. The Orioles, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-breaking game, pulled off what has to be considered their win of the year. Yamamoto, who had 10 strikeouts, was relieved after Holliday's homer.
NEW YORK (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka has outplayed Amanda Anisimova to win the U.S. Open final 6-3, 7-6 (3) and become the first woman to win the tournament’s trophy in consecutive years since Serena Williams more than a decade ago. The victory Saturday allowed the No. 1-ranked Sabalenka to pick up the fourth Grand Slam title of her career, all on hard courts. She also avoided becoming the first woman to lose three major finals in a single season since Justine Henin in 2006. Sabalenka is a 27-year-old from Belarus who was the runner-up at the Australian Open and the French Open. At Wimbledon, she was eliminated by Anisimova.
NEW YORK (AP) — Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986 has died. He was 82. Longtime Mets public relations representative Jay Horwitz says Johnson’s wife informed him of his death after a long illness. Johnson was at a hospital in Sarasota, Florida, when he died. Johnson played 13 major league seasons with Baltimore, Atlanta, Philadelphia and the Chicago Cubs from 1965-78 and won the Gold Glove three times. He managed the Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Nationals during a span from 1984-2013.
MONZA, Italy (AP) — Max Verstappen has taken pole position for the Italian Grand Prix, aiming for his first win since May. He achieved the fastest lap in Formula 1 history at Monza, a track where Red Bull has often struggled. Lando Norris joins him on the front row, with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in third. Piastri leads Norris by 34 points in the standings, both chasing their first F1 title. Charles Leclerc qualified fourth for Ferrari, while Lewis Hamilton will start in 10th due to a grid penalty. Hamilton described his first Italian Grand Prix with Ferrari as challenging.
Week 2 in college football had some seriously one-sided scores. There were eight games decided by at least 60 points, the most on a single day in the AP poll era that dates back to 1936. These were halftime scores from Saturday afternoon: Minnesota led Northwestern State 59-0, Florida State led East Texas A&M 49-0 and Texas Tech led Kent State 48-0. According to Stats LLC, that made Saturday the first day since Sept. 10, 2016, that three major college football teams had leads of 48 or more points by halftime on the same day. And the routs kept coming.
Oregon coach Dan Lanning admitted that comments Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy made earlier in the week about the financial disparities between the two teams added motivation in the Ducks’ 69-3 rout of the Cowboys on Saturday. Lanning said winning doesn't require extra motivation, but it never hurts when someone `pours gasoline on the fire." Earlier in the week Gundy talked about Oregon’s apparent NIL resources, saying the Cowboys spent “around $7 million” on their team over three years while the Ducks had spent close to $40 million last year alone — while admitting that he might be off a few million.
Finals
INTERLEAGUEFinal Baltimore 4 L.A. Dodgers 3Final Seattle 10 Atlanta 2Final Arizona 5 Boston 1
AMERICAN LEAGUEFinal N.Y. Yankees 3 Toronto 1Final Detroit 6 Chicago White Sox 0Final Cleveland 3 Tampa Bay 2Final Kansas City 11 Minnesota 2Final Houston 11 Texas 0Final Athletics 17 L.A. Angels 4
NATIONAL LEAGUEFinal Washington 2 Chicago Cubs 1Final Philadelphia 4 Miami 2Final Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 1Final Cincinnati 6 N.Y. Mets 3Final St. Louis 3 San Francisco 2Final San Diego 10 Colorado 8
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALLFinal (18) Oklahoma 24 (15) Michigan 13Final (7) Texas 38 San Jose St. 7Final (24) Texas Tech 62 Kent St. 14Final (2) Penn St. 34 FIU 0Final (14) Florida St. 77 East Texas A&M 3Final Baylor 48 (17) SMU 45Final (23) Indiana 56 Kennesaw St. 9Final (11) Illinois 4 5Duke 19Final (16) Iowa St. 16 Iowa 13Final (19) Texas A&M 44 Utah St. 22Final (4) Georgia 28 Austin Peay 6Final (20) Mississippi 30 Kentucky 23Final (6) Oregon 69 Oklahoma St. 3Final (8) Clemson 27 Troy 16Final (22) Tennessee 72 ETSU 17Final (1) Ohio St. 70 Grambling St. 0Final South Florida 18 (13) Florida 16Final (25) Utah 63 Cal Poly 9Final (5) Miami 45 Bethune-Cookman 3Final (3) LSU 23 Louisiana Tech 7Final Mississippi St. 24 (12) Arizona St. 20Final (21) Alabama 73 Louisiana-Monroe 0Final (10) South Carolina 38 SC State 10