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4:25 PM on Saturday, August 30

Da’Realyst Clark returned a kickoff 100-yard for a touchdown to lift Kent State to a 21-17 win over Merrimack on Saturday, ending the Golden Flashes’ 21-game losing streak in interim coach Mark Carney’s first game

3:32 PM on Saturday, August 30

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio nearly returned from the injured list with a bang, but he was denied by a spectacular catch from Toronto’s Myles Straw

3:29 PM on Saturday, August 30

No. 3 Ohio State opens the season with a 14-7 win over No. 1 Texas

3:23 PM on Saturday, August 30

Barika Kpeenu and Cole Payton led North Dakota State to a dominant 38-0 victory over The Citadel

3:22 PM on Saturday, August 30

Jaden Green scored two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter, and Lehigh opened the season with a 21-14 victory over Richmond in a matchup of 2024 FCS playoff opponents

3:11 PM on Saturday, August 30

The Washington Nationals have placed left-hander MacKenzie Gore on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation

2:22 PM on Saturday, August 30

Lee Roy Jordan, a linebacker on the first Super Bowl-winning team for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s, has died

1:06 PM on Saturday, August 30

For the first time at this U.S. Open, Coco Gauff didn’t double-fault in her first service game

1:00 PM on Saturday, August 30

Chase Briscoe feels the pressure at Darlington Raceway, where NASCAR's playoffs start Sunday at the Southern 500

12:37 PM on Saturday, August 30

Lee Corso has made his final headgear pick on ESPN's "College GameDay," choosing Brutus Buckeye

11:57 AM on Saturday, August 30

Germany captain Dennis Schröder faced racial abuse during his team’s 107-88 victory over Lithuania at EuroBasket, and one fan was banned from attending the rest of the tournament by FIBA officials

10:05 AM on Saturday, August 30

Oscar Piastri has beaten his teammate Lando Norris by just over one-hundredth of a second to take pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix in qualifying

10:00 AM on Saturday, August 30

African media have quizzed FIFA president Gianni Infantino if people from the continent will be safe and welcome in the United States at the 2026 World Cup

9:37 AM on Saturday, August 30

Ruben Amorim has experienced another roller-coaster of emotions as Manchester United manager as Bruno Fernandes converted a stoppage-time penalty to secure a 3-2 win over Burnley in the Premier League and maybe keep his coach in a job

1:32 AM on Saturday, August 30

Three Scottish brothers have set a world record for the fastest unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean

1:12 AM on Saturday, August 30

Paige Monaghan and KK Ream each scored and the Utah Royals won just their second game of the season with a 2-1 victory over Portland Thorns 1-0 in the National Women’s Soccer League

11:37 PM on Friday, August 29

AJ Swann threw three touchdown passes and Rashod Dubinion ran for 111 yards and a score as Appalachian State rolled to a 34-11 win over Charlotte in the Duke’s Mayo Classic

11:20 PM on Friday, August 29

Red Sox left-hander Payton Tolle made an impressive major league debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates

9:46 PM on Friday, August 29

Paul Skenes pitched six strong innings to lead the Pirates to a 4-2 victory over the Red Sox

8:40 PM on Friday, August 29

The bat tossed in the air by a New Jersey Little Leaguer to celebrate a home run that earned him a suspension later lifted by a judge has sold for nearly $10,000 at auction