Penn State has suffered another tough loss, this time to UCLA, in what so farf is the upset of the year in college football. The Nittany Lions, who were ranked No. 7, may drop out of the AP Top 25 after this 42-37 defeat. Texas, ranked No. 9, lost to Florida and also could be knocked out of the rankings. Alabama and Georgia are expected to move up in the rankings. Illinois and Notre Dame also had strong performances, while South Florida and Cincinnati are making a case to enter the Top 25.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has led the Dodgers to a 5-3 win over the Phillies in Game 1 of their NL Division Series. On Saturday night, Ohtani struck out nine over six innings, despite striking out four times at bat. Teoscar Hernández hit a crucial three-run homer to rally the Dodgers. Ohtani and Roki Sasaki made history as the first Japanese-born starter and reliever to earn a win and save in the same postseason game. Ohtani faced intense pressure from Phillies fans but focused on pitching to secure the victory. The Dodgers have a day off before Game 2 on Monday.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Deion Sanders says he's hurting like crazy and believes he has more blood clots in his leg. The Colorado football coach sat at times late in a loss at TCU on Saturday night. Sanders says he's not getting blood to his leg and that it's throbbing. He says he has a doctor’s appointment Monday to see about the issue. The 58-year-old Sanders spent time away from his team this summer as he went through treatment for bladder cancer. He had two toes amputated from his left foot in 2021 because of blood clot issues. He had a procedure in 2023 to remove a blood clot from his right leg.
SINGAPORE (AP) — George Russell has won the Singapore Grand Prix in dominant style as McLaren secured the Formula 1 constructors’ championship with six races to go. Russell stayed in control from pole position to take his and Mercedes’ second win of the year ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who held off Lando Norris for second place despite struggling with car problems. Norris banged wheels with his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri, who finished fourth, as he overtook at the start. Piastri complained to the team over the radio about Norris’ driving.
SHANGHAI (AP) — Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard has upset fourth-ranked Taylor Fritz at the Shanghai Masters. On Sunday, Mpetshi Perricard won 6-4, 7-5, advancing to the fourth round. He sent down 12 aces and took a break in each set. Novak Djokovic also progressed after defeating German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann. Djokovic rallied to win 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in two hours and 45 minutes. He struggled with Hanfmann's serve and was sick during the second set. Djokovic is aiming for a fifth title in Shanghai. Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz is absent due to minor ailments.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fan favorite Alex Pereira dethroned Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 320, taking the light heavyweight championship with a first-round stoppage Saturday night. Pereira (13-3-0) floored Ankalaev (21-2-1) after hurting him with a huge right hand and quickly went to work using thunderous elbows during a ground-and-pound before referee Herb Dean stepped in to stop the bout at the 1:20 mark. Pereira brought an end to Ankalaev’s 14-match unbeaten streak, while exacting revenge for a loss in the fighters’ first meeting in March.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former NFL quarterback and current Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez has been arrested after he was apparently stabbed in an overnight altercation in downtown Indianapolis. Sanchez was charged with battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication — all misdemeanors. Indianapolis police said Sanchez was in a hospital and had not been booked into a detention center. He was in stable condition, according to Fox Sports. Police said earlier in the day that they were investigating a confrontation between two men, one of whom was hospitalized with stab wounds. Sanchez was in Indianapolis to call Sunday’s Raiders-Colts game.
TORONTO (AP) — Alejandro Kirk hit two solo home runs, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also connected and the Toronto Blue Jays won a postseason game for the first time since 2016 by thumping the New York Yankees 10-1 in Game 1 of their AL Division Series. Nathan Lukes had two hits, three RBIs and a diving catch, and Andrés Giménez added two hits and drove in a pair as the AL East champion Blue Jays used 14 hits to snap a seven-game playoff losing streak. Toronto’s previous postseason win came in Game 4 of the 2016 American League Championship Series against Cleveland.
SEATTLE (AP) — Zach McKinstry singled home the tiebreaking run with two outs in the 11th inning and the Detroit Tigers outlasted the Seattle Mariners for a 3-2 victory in Game 1 of their AL Division Series. Kerry Carpenter hit a two-run homer in the fifth for the resurgent Tigers, who squandered a huge lead in the AL Central and nearly collapsed entirely down the stretch before squeezing into the playoffs. After winning their Wild Card Series at division champion Cleveland in a deciding Game 3, they can take a commanding 2-0 lead in this best-of-five matchup against AL West champion Seattle with dominant ace Tarik Skubal on the mound Sunday. In the first extra-inning game of this postseason, McKinstry singled off reliever Carlos Vargas to score Spencer Torkelson from second base.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jackson Chourio went 3 for 3 and drove in three runs in the first two innings before departing with a hamstring injury as the Milwaukee Brewers trounced the Chicago Cubs 9-3 in their NL Division Series opener. Chourio became the first player to have three hits in the first two innings of a playoff game. But his availability for Monday’s Game 2 in the best-of-five series is unclear. Chourio, who missed a month of the regular season with a strained right hamstring, left with tightness in that hamstring after beating out a bases-loaded infield single.
Finals
AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final Toronto 10 N.Y. Yankees 1
Final Detroit 3 Seattle 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final Milwaukee 9 Chicago Cubs 3 Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Philadelphia 3
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Final (10) Alabama 30 (16) Vanderbilt 14
Final (3) Miami 28 (18) Florida St. 22
Final Cincinnati 38 (14) Iowa St. 30
Final (12) Georgia 35 Kentucky 14
Final (20) Michigan 24 Wisconsin 10
Final (22) Illinois 43 Purdue 27
Final Florida 29 (9) Texas 21
Final (21) Notre Dame 28 Boise St. 7
Final UCLA 42 (7) Penn St. 37
Final (24) Virginia 30 Louisville 27
Final (5) Oklahoma 44 Kent St. 0
Final (11) Texas Tech 35 Houston 11
Final (6) Texas A&M 31 Mississippi St. 9
Final (1) Ohio St. 42 Minnesota 3