Sizzling Houston Baptist QB Zappe back to FCS opponent

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Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Sizzling Houston Baptist QB Zappe back to FCS opponentBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - Louisiana Tech coach Skip Holtz saw what Houston Baptist quarterback Bailey Zappe had done in the Huskies' first two games this season,...

Bauer leads Reds rotation against Braves’ powerful lineup

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AP Sports WriterBauer leads Reds rotation against Braves' powerful lineupBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) Trevor Bauer threw his first pitch - high and tight - well before the start of the Cincinnati Reds' wild-card series against the Atlanta Braves.Asked...

Oklahoma’s upset loss to Kansas St. opens up Big 12 race

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AP Sports WriterOklahoma's upset loss to Kansas St. opens up Big 12 raceBy CLIFF BRUNTIt took one week for the Big 12 to bring just a little more strangeness to the year 2020.Five-time defending conference champion Oklahoma opened league...

White Sox ace Giolito pitching perfect game thru 6 vs A’s

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White Sox ace Giolito pitching perfect game thru 6 vs A'sOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Chicago White Sox ace Lucas Giolito is pitching a perfect game through six innings against the Oakland Athletics in their playoff opener.Giolito has thrown 73...

North Alabama preview capsule

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Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=North Alabama preview capsuleBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - North Alabama is one of 17 FCS programs (out of 127 overall) that have announced they will play at least one nonconference game this fall. Due to...

Swinney: Not in favor of social justice messages on uniforms

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AP Sports WriterSwinney: Not in favor of social justice messages on uniformsBy PETE IACOBELLIClemson coach Dabo Swinney does not support messages of social justice or other issues on player uniforms.Swinney said Tuesday his stance is solely because he's a...

Chisox ace Giolito loses bid for perfect game in 7th vs A’s

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Chisox ace Giolito loses bid for perfect game in 7th vs A'sOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Chicago White Sox ace Lucas Giolito allowed a clean single up the middle to start the seventh inning, ending his bid for a perfect...

Cubs, Marlins set to meet after bumpy paths to postseason

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AP Sports WriterCubs, Marlins set to meet after bumpy paths to postseasonBy ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) Cubs manager David Ross had to remind himself Monday night that Chicago was still two days away from opening a best-of-three wild-card series...

South Carolina LB Greene out 4-to-6 weeks with fractured hip

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South Carolina LB Greene out 4-to-6 weeks with fractured hipCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina starting linebacker Sherrod Greene will miss at least the next four-to-six weeks with a fractured hip.Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp said Tuesday that Greene's injury...

A capsule look at the Reds-Braves playoff series

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A capsule look at the Reds-Braves playoff seriesBy The Associated PressA capsule look at the best-of-three playoff series between the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves beginning Wednesday. All games in Atlanta:---CINCINNATI REDSRecord: 31-29.Playoff Entry: NL wild card.Playoff Seed: No....