No. 8 Oklahoma defeats No. 23 Missouri 17-6, moves closer to possible College Football Playoff spot
NORMAN, Okla (AP) — John Mateer threw two touchdown passes to lead No. 8 Oklahoma to a 17-6 victory over No. 23 Missouri. The win moves Oklahoma closer to a College Football Playoff spot. Mateer passed for 173 yards and ran for 60. Isaiah Sategna caught three passes for 109 yards and a touchdown. Oklahoma, now 9-2, held Missouri to 301 yards and shut them out in the second half. Missouri’s Ahmad Hardy, who led FBS in rushing, finished with just 57 yards. The Sooners will face LSU next Saturday.
Devon Dampier leads No. 13 Utah’s rally for wild 51-47 win over Kansas State
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — No. 13 Utah’s College Football Playoff hopes are still alive after a wild 51-47 victory over Kansas State. The Utes rallied from a 12-point deficit midway through the fourth quarter. Devon Dampier threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more, including a go-ahead 1-yard score with 56 seconds left. The game turned on an unusual play. After KSU took a 47-35 lead on Joe Jackson’s third rushing touchdown of the game, the Wildcats went for 2, but Utah’s Tao Johnson intercepted a tipped ball and returned it to the Kansas State end zone for 2 points. Jackson rushed for a school-record 293 yards.
Harden erupts for 55, Clippers rout Hornets 131-116 in Paul’s likely last game in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — James Harden made 10 3-pointers and scored a franchise-record 55 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Charlotte Hornets 131-116 hours after 12-time All-Star point guard Chris Paul released a video on social media hinting at retirement after the season ends. Ivica Zubac added 18 points, nine rebounds and six assists for the Clippers, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Rookie Kon Knueppel had 26 points to lead the Hornets, who’ve lost five straight. Harden’s 55-point outing was the 11th-highest scoring game of his career. The Clippers’ previous single-game scoring record was 52 points.
UAB football player accused of stabbing 2 teammates before game
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama at Birmingham says a football player stabbed two teammates Saturday morning hours before the game against the University of South Florida. UAB says both wounded players are in stable condition. A suspect is in custody. The university has not released the names of those involved. County jail records show offensive lineman Daniel Mincey was arrested and charged with assault and attempted murder. It was not clear if he had legal representation yet. Attempts to reach family members for comment were not successful. University officials would not confirm his involvement. Interim Coach Alex Mortensen said some players chose to sit out the game but most played to honor graduating seniors. The Blazers lost 48-18.
Lavelle’s goal leads Gotham over Spirit 1-0 for NWSL championship
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Rose Lavelle scored in the 80th minute and Gotham FC beat the Washington Spirit 1-0 to win their second National Women’s Soccer League championship. Second-half substitute Bruninha drove into the Spirit box on the left wing and sent the ball across to Lavelle, whose left-footed shot sailed past Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury into the bottom corner. It is the first NWSL championship title for Lavelle, who had previously scored in the 2023 final when she was playing or the Seattle Reign against Gotham in a 2-1 loss.
Rodney Rogers, the ‘Durham Bull’ who starred at Wake Forest before a 12-year NBA career, dies at 54
Former Wake Forest star and 12-year NBA player Rodney Rogers has died at the age of 54. The school announced Saturday that Rogers died the previous day. Rogers had been paralyzed from the shoulders down since a 2008 accident. Rogers died from natural causes tied to the spinal-cord injury he suffered. That’s according to a National Basketball Players Association statement on behalf of Rogers’ family. Rogers was the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year in 1993. The “Durham Bull” went on to score nearly 9,500 points in the NBA while being named league sixth man of the year in 2000.
Liverpool and Man City lose again to boost Arsenal’s Premier League title pursuit
Liverpool’s Premier League title defense has lurched deeper into crisis with a 3-0 loss at home to Nottingham Forest. A sixth defeat of the campaign left last season’s runaway champion 11th in the standings and eight points behind leader Arsenal, having played a game more. Goals from Murillo, Nicolo Savona and Morgan Gibbs-White at Anfield consigned Liverpool to a sixth defeat from its last seven games in England’s top flight. To put that into context, Arne Slot’s team only lost four over the entire season last term when winning a record-equaling 20th title.
Trump teaming up with Jack Nicklaus to revamp ‘president’s golf course’ at Joint Base Andrews
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s teaming up with legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus to revamp the golf courses at Joint Base Andrews. On Saturday, Trump took an aerial tour of the courses and promised improvements. He suggested that the rest of the base needs some fixing up as well, but announced that Nicklaus would serve as architect for any facelift of the golf courses. Located near the White House, Andrews has long been a favorite golfing spot for past presidents. Trump has mostly preferred his own properties in Florida, New Jersey and Virginia for golfing. Questions remain about who will pay for the redesign and improvements, as Andrews is military property. The White House hasn’t commented.
AP Top 25 poll preview: USC’s playoff chances plummet, Utah narrowly escapes Kansas State
Eight of the top 10 teams in the AP poll either had the day off or faced easy opponents on Saturday. No. 6 Oregon and No. 8 Oklahoma were exceptions, playing ranked conference matchups. Oregon beat No. 16 USC 42-27, and Oklahoma improved to 9-2 with a 17-6 win against No. 23 Missouri. Oregon ties with Texas Tech at No. 6 in the AP poll and is No. 7 in the College Football Playoff rankings. Oklahoma ranks No. 8 in both. Other notable games included BYU’s trip to Cincinnati and Georgia Tech’s game against Pittsburgh. Louisville’s playoff hopes dimmed with a third straight loss.