T25-SCHEDULE
Afternoon results
UNDATED (AP) β Michigan State, the second-ranked team in the weekly Associated Press poll, is now 5-0 after a 24-21 win over Purdue. The game was played on the Spartans’ home turf in East Lansing, Michigan. After leading 21-0 at the half the Spartans had to settle for a fourth-quarter field goal while the Boilermakers made a game of it with 21 second half points. LJ Scott ran for 146 yards and two touchdowns in the win, while Michigan State’s Connor Cook went 13 of 19 for 139 yards and a touchdown to become the school’s career leader with his 28th victory as the starting quarterback. Kirk Cousins, who now pilots the Washington Redskins, won 27 games.
β Fourth-ranked TCU rode a 30-point first quarter to a 50-7 win over Texas. Trevone Boykin threw five touchdown passes, including four to freshman KaVontae Turpin, in the win. Josh Doctson broke the TCU record for receiving TDs with a pair of scores as the Horned Frogs improved to 5-0 and 2-0 in Big 12 play. The 1-4 Longhorns were plagued by special teams mistakes for the third straight game, scored a late touchdown to avoid matching the second-worst shutout loss in school history.
βIn a game that featured 245 yards in penalties, 15th-ranked Oklahoma got the better of No. 23 West Virginia 44-24. Baker Mayfield passed for 320 yards and three touchdowns for the Sooners in the Big 12 opener for both teams. Dede Westbrook caught five passes for a 107 yards and Durron Neal had 87 yards receiving for the 4-0 Sooners. The loss left WVU 3-1.
β The 16th-ranked Northwestern Wildcats are now 5-0 after a 27-0 win over Minnesota. Clayton Thorson ran for two touchdowns and Justin Jackson ran for 120 yards in the Big-10 opening win. Thorson, a freshman quarterback, scored on runs of 5 and 1 yards to spark the offense. The Wildcats defense, which has allowed only three touchdowns in five games, did the rest.
β Wisconsin, the 19th-ranked team in the AP poll, suffered a rare loss at home as Iowa won 10-6. Jordan Canzeri ran for 125 yards and Iowa took advantage of four turnovers by Wisconsin quarterback Joel Stave to pull off the upset. The win gives Iowa a 5-0 record while the Badgers dropped to 3-2. The loss snapped a 10-game winning streak at home for the Badgers and it was just their eighth defeat at home in 79 games dating back to 2004.
MLB-SCHEDULE
Afternoon results
UNDATED (AP) β Minnesota has had its playoff chances come to an end. The Twins were beaten by the American League Central champion Royals 5-1. Yordano Ventura carried a no-hitter into the fifth as he picked up his 13th win.
At the same time the Nationals beat the Mets 3-1, denting their chances of clinching home field advantage in the National League Division series. The loss was New York’s fourth straight and dropped them a game behind the Dodgers in the race for home field when they and the Dodgers square off next week.
And Baltimore beat up on New York’s other team 9-2. The Yankees had a chance to secure home field for next Tuesday’s American League wild card game but blew that by losing the first of two games today with the Orioles. The Yankees can still clinch home field with a win in the second game.
NFL-TRANSACTIONS
News from around the league
UNDATED (AP) β Josh Scobee’s miserable fourth quarter against the Baltimore Ravens has cost him his job with the Steelers. The veteran kicker was cut by Pittsburgh less than 48 hours after a pair of late missed field goals by Scobee helped the Ravens rally for a 23-20 overtime victory.
Pittsburgh replaced Scobee on the roster with Chris Boswell, who has spent time with the Houston Texans and New York Giants but has never kicked in a regular season game.
β The Baltimore Ravens have obtained wide receiver Chris Givens from the St. Louis Rams for a conditional draft pick. Now in his fourth NFL season, the 6-foot Givens has 88 catches for 1,433 yards and four touchdowns. He also returned kickoffs for the Rams.
The trade comes after Baltimore lost two receivers during Thursday’s win over Pittsburgh. Steve Smith hurt his back and was listed as day-to-day on Saturday, and Michael Campanaro was placed on injured reserve Saturday with a back issue.
Givens was originally selected by St. Louis out of Wake Forest in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
NBA-KINGS
McLemore remains with the Kings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) β The Sacramento Kings have picked up the 2016-17 option on guard Ben McLemore’s contract. He was Sacramento’s first-round pick in 2013 and averaged 12.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists last season.
NHL-BLACKHAWKS
Bickell stays with Hawks
CHICAGO (AP) β Blackhawks forward Bryan Bickell has cleared waivers and will remain with the Stanley Cup champions. Bickell could have been sent down to Rockford of the American Hockey League after clearing waivers, but coach Joel Quenneville (KWEHN’-vihl) says he is staying with the team for now.
The Blackhawks are looking for more production from Bickell after he had 14 goals and 14 assists in 80 games last season, and then struggled in the playoffs.
MLB-STAUB
Former big leaguer recovering
NEW YORK (AP) β The New York Mets say former star Rusty Staub is recovering in a hospital in Ireland after a heart attack on an overseas flight. The Mets say the 71-year-old is “resting comfortably.”
The team said Staub was on a flight from Ireland to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York this week when he had a medical emergency. The team said the plane was diverted back to Ireland, where Staub was treated.
Staub played nine seasons for the Mets over two stints in the 1970s and 1980s. An outfielder, first baseman and pinch-hitter, he is a member of the Mets Hall of Fame and was a six-time All-Star in a 23-year career.
OBIT-ELIOTT
Former sprint car driver dies
WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) β Authorities say all four people who died in a plane crash in South Carolina were from northern Indiana. The men were flying from Warsaw, Indiana, to Clemson, South Carolina, to attend Saturday’s Notre Dame-Clemson game.
Among the dead is 54-year-old Tony L. Elliott, a former sprint car driver who won the U.S. Auto Club national sprint car series championship in 1998 and 2000.
