KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs expect to have wide receiver Kadarius Toney and cornerback L’Jarius Sneed available when they play the Detroit Lions on Thursday night to kick off the NFL’s regular season. Toney missed nearly all of training camp after having surgery for a torn meniscus in his knee in late July. If he is available, Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy said Monday that all seven of their wide receivers could be active. Sneed missed 12 practices and all three preseason games with swelling in his knee. But like Toney, he has been at practice this week and defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo said the cornerback has looked good.
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Riley Leonard broke loose from a tackler and sprinted to the open for a 44-yard touchdown that highlighted Duke’s tough and physical performance that shocked ninth-ranked Clemson 28-7 in the season opener for both teams. Jaquez Moore and Jordan Waters ran for fourth-quarter touchdowns to turn this into an unexpected blowout of the preseason Atlantic Coast Conference favorite. It was Duke's first win agianst Clemson since 2004 and ended a 28-game losing streak against top-10 opponents. Cade Klubnik threw for a short touchdown to Will Shipley in what became Clemson's only score.
UNDATED (AP) — No. 11 Texas and No. 4 Alabama are set to meet again a year after going down to the wire. The two tradition-rich programs and future Southeastern Conference opponents are set to face off in a potential Top-10 showdown in Tuscaloosa. Alabama won 20-19 last year on a field goal in the final seconds. The close loss was still enough to vault the Longhorns into the Top 25. It gave Steve Sarkisian and Texas a measure of credibility while exposing the Tide's vulnerability. Alabama had 15 penalties in the game.
WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor will be without starting quarterback Blake Shapen for at least two to three weeks because of an MCL injury suffered in the season-opening upset loss to Texas State. He will miss Saturday's home game against 14th-ranked Utah. Shapen completed 21 of 31 passes for 303 yards and two touchdowns in the 42-31 home loss to Texas State. Mississippi State transfer quarterback Sawyer Robertson finished the game and is expected to start against the Utes. Baylor coach Dave Aranda says starting safety Devin Lemear is also out two to three weeks with a dislocated elbow.
UNDATED (AP) — College football's top statistical performances in Week 1 begins with Colorado's Shedeur Sanders. His school-record 510 passing yards against TCU were most by a player in his first FBS game since at least 1996 and his 38 completions are tied for the national season high. His four touchdown passes were one more than Colorado threw for as a team on the road in six games in 2022. Oregon scored the sixth-most points by an FBS team since 2000 in its 81-7 rout of Portland State. North Carolina’s nine sacks against South Carolina were its most since at least 2000.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cole Ragans continued his recent success with six scoreless innings as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 12-1 in the first game of a three-game series Monday. The American League Pitcher of the Month for August, Ragans retired the first 13 batters he faced and finished with just one hit allowed. He struck out seven and didn’t walk anyone. He now has a 21-inning scoreless streak. Edward Olivares was 3-for-4 with a pair of home runs. Every Royals starter except for Salvador Perez had at least one hit, and Perez had an RBI. Jesse Scholtens took the loss.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Walker homered and Zack Thompson tossed seven effective innings to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nolan Gorman added a two-run single for the Cardinals, who avoided a three-game sweep. Alec Burleson broke a 3-all tie with a two-run single in the fourth. Miguel Andujar homered for the Pirates, who had their five-game winning streak snapped. Pittsburgh was looking for its first three-game sweep in St. Louis since May 1991. Walker gave the Cardinals a 3-1 lead with his 14th homer in the third. He also doubled and scored in the seventh. Thompson allowed three runs and seven hits on 92 pitches. He struck out six. Giovanny Gallegos earned his 10th save.
PHOENIX (AP) — Merrill Kelly matched a career high with 12 strikeouts in seven sterling innings before leaving with a hamstring cramp and the Diamondbacks remained in the thick of the NL wild-card race with a 4-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday. Kelly has struggled with leg cramps at Chase Field for about a month, including against Cincinnati on Aug. 24. He had no trouble with cramping against the Dodgers in his last start despite a rare shaky performance, but the issue cropped up again back home in the desert. Kelly (11-6) was superb before that, filling the afternoon with whiffs and weak contact while allowing a run and four hits.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías was arrested near BMO Stadium, where Lionel Messi was playing in a Major League Soccer game with numerous celebrities in attendance. Exposition Park public safety said its officers arrested Urías at about 11 p.m. on Sunday inside the park, which is home to the stadium. The department would not immediately disclose what charges Urías was arrested on, but said it would release more details Monday. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department booking records show Urías posted $50,000 bail and was released shortly before 5 a.m. on Monday. He is due in court Sept. 27. Major League Baseball intends to investigate.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s agent says the Los Angeles Angels’ two-way superstar is determined to continue his career as both a pitcher and a hitter after he recovers from his latest elbow injury. Nez Balelo said Monday that he thinks it’s “inevitable” that Ohtani will need some sort of procedure to heal the ligament tear in his pitching elbow, but they’re still gathering opinions on whether that procedure should be Tommy John surgery or a nonsurgical remedy. Balelo said Ohtani will continue playing as the Angels’ designated hitter for the foreseeable future this season. Balelo said Ohtani also intends “to be in somebody’s lineup next year DHing when the bell rings.”
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Serbia was more than happy to help Lithuania repeat some odd history. Bogdan Bogdanovic led the way with 21 points and Serbia beat Lithuania 87-68 in the World Cup quarterfinals. Lithuania was playing less than 48 hours after beating the U.S. to close out second-round play. That was the third time Lithuania has beaten the U.S. in senior men's national competition. And in all three of those tournaments, Lithuania wound up not turning a victory over the U.S. into a medal. The best it can do now is fifth in Manila. Serbia is in the World Cup semifinals for the third time in the last four tournaments.
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INTERLEAGUE
Final Cincinnati 6 Seattle 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Kansas City 12 Chicago White Sox 1
Final Boston 7 Tampa Bay 3
Final Toronto 6 Oakland 5
Final Houston 13 Texas 6
Final Minnesota 20 Cleveland 6
Final Baltimore 6 L.A. Angels 3
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Final Chicago Cubs 5 San Francisco 0
Final Arizona 4 Colorado 2
Final Pittsburgh 4 Milwaukee 2
Final Philadelphia 9 San Diego 7
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