Wild 2nd half ends with Carneiro’s 48-yard winner for No. 9 Ole Miss over No. 24 Louisville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lucas Carneiro kicked a 48-yard field goal as time expired to give ninth-ranked Mississippi a 41-38 victory over No. 24 Louisville on Sunday night in the Music City Kickoff. The week’s only game between ranked teams started sloppy only to turn into a second-half thriller. Lincoln Kienholz, in his first career start after three seasons on Ohio State’s bench, tied it for Louisville at 38 with 1:28 left. The quarterback found Lawayne McCoy on the sideline for a 54-yard catch-and-run TD with 4:42 to go before his 7-yard TD run with 1:28 left. Trinidad Chambliss set up the winning field goal with an 18-yard pass on third-and-6. Chambliss finished with 351 yards passing with three touchdowns.
No. 4 Notre Dame overcomes sluggish start to beat Wisconsin 41-13 at Lambeau Field
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — CJ Carr threw two touchdown passes, Aneyas Williams ran for 90 yards and two more scores and No. 4 Notre Dame pulled away in the second half for a 41-13 victory over Wisconsin on Sunday night at Lambeau Field. This was the first college football game to take place at the home of the NFL’s Green Bay Packers since Wisconsin upset a fifth-ranked LSU team 16-14 here in 2016. Wisconsin also hung around for a while in this one as a three-touchdown underdog before Notre Dame outscored the Badgers 28-3 in the second half.
No. 17 Washington struggles on offense but pulls out 24-10 Apple Cup win over Washington State
SEATTLE (AP) — Demond Williams Jr. threw for 268 yards and a touchdown, and No. 17 Washington survived offensive struggles in a 24-10 victory over Washington State in a season-opening Apple Cup on Sunday. Williams also scored on a 5-yard keeper in the 118th meeting of the two teams, who were once both part of the Pac-12. Washington won last year’s meeting 59-24 in Pullman. Transfer Caden Pinnick made his debut as quarterback for the Cougars, throwing for 142 yards and scoring on an 11-yard keeper in the fourth quarter.
Defending champions Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz reach the US Open quarterfinals
NEW YORK (AP) — Defending champions Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz made getting back to the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open look easy, even if their paths there felt more difficult than they looked. The top-ranked Sabalenka solved some early struggles to hold serve and overpower Taylor Townsend. Alcaraz also advanced in straight sets, beating Tommy Paul. Next up for Sabalenka is Linda Noskova, who won Wimbledon earlier this year. Frances Tiafoe and Alex Michelsen advanced to guarantee at least one American in the men's semifinals.
Surprise! Alcaraz learns during ESPN interview he was wrong about his next US Open opponent
NEW YORK (AP) — Next up for Carlos Alcaraz at the U.S. Open is ... not who he thought it was. Alcaraz was surprised to learn during an interview on ESPN after his victory Sunday that his quarterfinal match would be against either Ben Shelton or Stefanos Tsitsipas in a match that Shelton later won. The defending champion visited the set after beating Tommy Paul in his fourth-round match. Andy Roddick, the 2003 U.S. Open champion, asked Alcaraz about the challenges either player would present. A confused Alcaraz asked him to repeat the question. When Roddick started to ask about Shelton and Tsitsipas, Alcaraz interrupted to say he thought he was playing Frances Tiafoe or Daniil Medvedev.
Bell passes defending NASCAR champion Larson to win the Southern 500 to start the Chase
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Christopher Bell passed Kyle Larson with 18 laps to go and held on to win the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday night. Bell had seven second place finishes this season and had not won since Bristol nearly a year ago, a stretch of 33 races. But the Joe Gibbs Racing driver opened up a lead of nearly a second on his teammate Ty Gibbs to win his first race at the track “Too Tough To Tame.” Gibbs held on for second with Tyler Reddick third. Chase drivers accounted for nine of the top 10 finishers at Darlington.
The 49ers are refreshed in Australia and preparing for the opener vs. the Rams
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have arrived in Australia, mostly gotten over the impact of the long flight and now are getting prepared to open their season on Friday in Melbourne against the Los Angeles Rams. The Niners left California last Wednesday, arrived in Australia on Friday and were set for their first practice of game week on Monday at AAMI Park in Melbourne feeling mostly refreshed after players got a day to explore the city. The Rams are still back home and won’t arrive until Thursday.
Empty seats, tired stars: The US Open’s post-2 a.m. finishes spark a pushback
NEW YORK (AP) — Late-night finishes are a hallmark of the U.S. Open. But so many matches going into the early morning hours this year have players wondering how much is too much Grand Slam tennis after midnight. Three going past 2 a.m. in the first week already set a record, including the first time in tournament history play has gone that late on back-to-back days. Venus Williams was subjected to the latest start at the U.S. Open, while men's top-seeded Alexander Zverev had his first two matches end at 1:55 and 2:15 a.m.
Shelton, Tiafoe and Michelsen win at the US Open as American men aim to end a Grand Slam drought
NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe and Alex Michelsen will meet in the U.S. Open quarterfinals. Ben Shelton is there as well, set to face defending champion Carlos Alcaraz. The American men are making a real run at ending their lengthy Grand Slam drought. The U.S. hasn’t had a men’s major champion since Andy Roddick won in Flushing Meadows in 2003, and there haven’t even been many great opportunities in the more than two decades since. But backed by the home crowd and in good form, the Americans had five players in the final 16 of a major for the first time since 1995.
A gritty late surge lifts the US past Italy 55-52 in its toughest World Cup test in years
BERLIN (AP) — The United States faced its stiffest challenge in nearly two decades in the women’s FIBA World Cup and escaped with a win over Italy thanks a few timely baskets late and a key defensive play by Chelsea Gray. Jackie Young scored 10 points to lead the struggling offense in the 55-52 win on Sunday. It was the fewest points the Americans had scored in a World Cup win since they beat Australia 42-38 in 1967. The U.S. has won 32 straight World Cup games dating to a loss to Russia in the 2006 semifinals. Only one team had come within single digits of the Americans during this run before Sunday, when Australia lost by eight in 2010.
