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Instant reaction to developments on the field … 1. Light lineup, heavy drama Week 2 featured a distinct paucity of marquee games across the region and the country — Oklahoma’s win over Michigan was the only matchup of ranked teams — but there was no shortage of drama, late twists, odd turns and emerging storylines….
Stanford’s passing game has continued to sputter in the first season under general manager Andrew Luck. The Cardinal didn’t get inside the BYU 40 until the fourth quarter in a 27-3 loss Saturday night in Provo, Utah. After throwing for 109 yards and an interception in a season-opening 23-20 loss at Hawaii, redshirt senior Ben…
Two Powerball players picked all the right numbers in Missouri and Texas on Saturday night, but that doesn’t mean that California was left empty-handed. Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is the second-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. The pot ballooned from $1.70 billion to $1.80 billion between Thursday and Friday night. The largest Powerball jackpot in history…
SAN JOSE — Bay FC’s second-half slide continues. Bay FC has not won a match since returning from the NWSL’s summer break, a streak that now stretches across six games after a 1-0 loss to the league-leading Kansas City Current on Saturday at PayPal Park. Michelle Cooper scored the game’s first goal for Kansas City…
After crashing into the front of a jewelry store, multiple suspects stole an unidentified amount of jewelry from a San Jose jewelry store on Friday, authorities said. The robbery targeted a store on the 1900 block of Aborn Road around 2:09 p.m. The suspects drove a car through the storefront. Multiple suspects then entered the…
ST. LOUIS — The Giants lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Saturday night at Busch Stadium as closer Ryan Walker allowed three runs in the bottom of the ninth without recording a single out, ending San Francisco’s winning streak at five games. Nolan Gorman and Mason Wynn led off the bottom of the…
San Jose State coach Ken Niumatalolo tried to focus on the positives Saturday after his team was throttled 38-7 by No. 7 Texas, with Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning throwing for four touchdowns and running for another. “I wish we would have had come here and played better,” Niumatalolo said. “But, I thought our kids battled…
ST. LOUIS — The Giants have transformed into an offensive juggernaut over the last two weeks, and Luis Matos has had no small role in that success. Since being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento on Aug. 21, Matos is hitting .400/.429/.711 with three home runs, eight RBIs and 11 runs scored over 12 games. In his…
NEW YORK — Aryna Sabalenka did not make many mistakes despite not sacrificing any power — well, until near the end — and outplayed Amanda Anisimova for a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory in the U.S. Open final Saturday, making her the first woman to win the tournament in consecutive years since Serena Williams more than…
Fox’s pregame show aired Saturday morning from Iowa State, featuring more of Dave Portnoy and less of Dave Portnoy in equally appropriate amounts. The Barstool founder, who joined the Big Noon Kickoff extravaganza this season, received plenty of airtime inside and outside Jack Trice Stadium throughout the two-hour broadcast. But he avoided the outright animus…
