FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The New York fans gave Europe a stronger challenge than the American players. Team Europe handled both beautifully and are on the verge of winning the Ryder Cup again. Europe won six of the eight matches Saturday and set a Ryder Cup record with an 11 1/2-4 1/2 lead going into the Sunday singles. Rory McIlroy caught the brunt of the verbal abuse. He answered with an expletive and great golf. McIlroy has won all four of his matches. Scottie Scheffler made the wrong kind of history by becoming the first player to go 0-4 in the team matches.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Micah Parsons is set to take center stage as Green Bay visits Dallas exactly a month after the Cowboys traded the star pass rusher. Parsons says he has never needed fuel for a football game. There will be plenty anyway, no matter what the two-time All-Pro says. The blockbuster deal ended a long and acrimonious contract stalemate between Parsons' camp and Dallas owner Jerry Jones. Fans tried to implore Jones to pay Parsons as the drama lingered through training camp and the preseason. Now they might have to watch Parsons lead a Green Bay blowout.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Dillon Thieneman intercepted Drew Allar’s pass in the second overtime period and No. 6 Oregon outlasted No. 3 Penn State 30-24. Jamari Johnson ran for a touchdown in overtime, Dierre Hill Jr. caught a touchdown pass, Jordan Davison ran for another score and Atticus Sappington kicked a field goal for the Ducks (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) who won their FBS-leading 23rd straight regular-season game. Trailing 17-10, Penn State got the ball with 7:07 left to play and drove down the field where Allar hooked up with Devonte Ross for a 7-yard touchdown to force overtime.
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Ty Simpson passed for 276 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score as No. 17 Alabama held on late to beat No. 5 Georgia 24-21 to give the Bulldogs their first home loss in six years. Alabama won its third straight since opening the season with a 31-17 loss at Florida State. Georgia fell behind 17-7 in the first half and never led. The Bulldogs fell to 1-7 against Alabama under coach Kirby Smart, the Crimson Tide’s former defensive coordinator. Alabama ended Georgia’s home winning streak at 33.
DUBLIN (AP) — Steelers and Vikings fans piled into Croke Park on Sunday for Ireland's first regular-season NFL game. South Dakota native Aiden Scott was dressed in black-and-gold overalls. He says “It’s awesome, the energy is great.” Inside Croke Park, the stadium’s pregame music selection was a steady diet of Irish artists including U2 as players stretched two hours ahead of kickoff. Still, some Irish have objected to the Irish government’s allocation of up to 9.95 million euros to support Sunday’s game.
The WNBA has suspended Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve for one game for her conduct and comments during and following the Lynx’s 84-76 loss to the Mercury on Friday night. Her conduct and comments included aggressively pursuing and verbally abusing a game official on the court, failure to leave the court in a timely manner upon her ejection with 21.8 seconds to play in the fourth quarter, inappropriate comments made to fans when exiting the court, and remarks made in a postgame press conference. Reeve will serve the suspension on Sunday when the Lynx play the Mercury in Game 4 of the teams’ semifinals series in Phoenix.
BEIJING (AP) — Coco Gauff advances to the third round at the China Open after a tough match against Leylah Fernandez. She won a tight three-setter, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. Gauff, a crowd favorite in Beijing, overcame a second-set stumble and struggled to serve out the match in the third. She finally broke Fernandez in the 12th game of the deciding set to clinch it. In other matches, Eva Lys beat Elena Rybakina and McCartney Kessler advanced after Barbora Krejcikova retired. Alexander Zverev beat Corentin Moutet while Carlos Alcaraz defeated Brandon Nakashima to reach the semifinals of the Japan Open with his 65th match win of the season to equal his personal-best tally in a single season.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — One playoff berth remains up for grabs heading into the final day of Major League Baseball’s regular season. Cincinnati will earn the National League’s third and final wild card if the Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers or the New York Mets lose at Miami on Sunday. A New York victory and Cincinnati loss would send the Mets to the playoffs instead. The Reds and Mets have identical 83-78 records. Cincinnati owns the head-to-head tiebreaker because it won four of its six meetings with the Mets this season.
It has been a wild weekend for AP Top 25 college football teams, with big changes expected in the rankings. Four top 10 teams lost, including Penn State and Florida State, both in double overtime. LSU and Georgia also suffered defeats. Oregon, which beat Penn State, is likely to move up in the rankings. Alabama, after a strong win against Georgia, seems poised to climb as well. Notre Dame improved its standing with a big win over Arkansas. Meanwhile, Florida State and TCU are expected to drop after their losses. Texas A&M and Arizona State could benefit from the shakeup.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said during the Guardians' 10-game losing streak in July that things would turn around. The Guardians ended up making one of the biggest turnarounds in baseball history. Cleveland clinched a postseason spot Saturday night with a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers. C.J. Kayfus was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottomg of the ninth inning, forcing home the winning run. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it's the first time since at least 1920 that a team won on a walk-off hit by pitch to clinch a postseason spot. The Guardians are the first American League team to reach the playoffs after having a 10-game losing streak during the season.
Finals
INTERLEAGUE
Final Washington 6 Chicago White Sox 5
Final Minnesota 5 Philadelphia 0
Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Seattle 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final N.Y. Yankees 6 Baltimore 1
Final Toronto 5 Tampa Bay 1
Final Detroit 2 Boston 1
Final Cleveland 3 Texas 2
Final Houston 6 L.A. Angels 1
Final Kansas City 4 Athletics 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Chicago Cubs 7 St. Louis 3
Final San Francisco 4 Colorado 3
FinalN.Y. Mets 5 Miami 0
Final Pittsburgh 3 Atlanta 1
Final Cincinnati 7 Milwaukee 4
Final San Diego 5 Arizona 1
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Final (6) Oregon 30 (3) Penn St. 24
Final (13) Mississippi 24 (4) LSU 19
Final (17) Alabama 24 (5) Georgia 21
Final (23) Illinois 34 (21) Southern Cal 32
Final (16) Georgia Tech 30 Wake Forest 29
Final (22) Notre Dame 56 Arkansas 13
Final (18) Vanderbilt 55 Utah St. 35
Final (11) Indiana 20 Iowa 15
Final (9) Texas A&M 16 Auburn 10
Final (1) Ohio St. 24 Washington 6
Final (15) Tennessee 41 Mississippi St. 34
Final (14) Iowa St. 39 Arizona 14
Final (20) Missouri 42 Umass 6
Final (25) BYU 24 Colorado 21