Month: November 2021

SYDNEY (AP) — After 21 years since last playing in Australia, the United States women's soccer team needed only 24 seconds to score against the Matildas on Saturday. Turns out that was all the new-look American side needed in a 3-0 win at Sydney's Olympic stadium before a Matildas-record crowd of 36,109. Ashley Hatch scored her first international goal when Favnikeoutlet  Australia's defense failed to clear the ball from the opening kickoff. Hatch found herself one-on-one with goalkeeper Teagen Micah, and Hatch calmly slotted a low shot to the right of Micah. Hatch, the 2021 Golden Boot winner as top scorer in the National Women’s Soccer League for the champion Washington Spirit — 10 goals in 20 matches — was making just her third appearance for the U.S. and firs...

By CHARLES ODUM, AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Stetson Bennett helped No. 1 Georgia finish a perfect regular season, and then shifted his attention to Alabama. Bennett passed for 255 yards and four touchdowns, including two to tight end Brock Bowers, and No. 1 Georgia overwhelmed Georgia Tech 45-0 on Saturday. “It’s a big accomplishment,” Bennett said. “Now the real fun starts.” Georgia (12-0) gained momentum for next week's much-anticipated Southeastern Conference championship game against No. 3 Alabama in Atlanta. In the rivalry known as “Clean Old-Fashioned Hate,” Buy Cheap Yeezy 350  the Bulldogs played a clean game with no turnovers or penalties. It is the first undefeated regular season for the Bulldogs since 1982, when they capped ...

By TIM BOOTH, AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle's first big move of the offseason was completing a deal Jerry Dipoto tried to make last summer. The Mariners finally landed Adam Frazier on Saturday, acquiring the All-Star second baseman in a trade with the San Diego Padres. “We thought we were at the goal line to acquire Adam at trade deadline last year,” said Dipoto, Seattle's president of baseball operations. “Obviously we missed out Latest Jordan 2020  and we stayed in touch with the Padres as we headed into the offseason knowing that they had a pretty robust roster. And we just liked the player so we stuck with it.” The move cost Seattle two minor leaguers, but it addresses one of the team's biggest needs entering the offseason; adding a middle ...

By STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor coach Dave Aranda was well aware of the Big 12 ramifications for his ninth-ranked Bears in the outcome of a game later in the evening. In many ways, that didn't really matter to him. Blake Shapen threw for 254 yards and two touchdowns in his first start, Abram Smith ran for 117 yards with a score and the Bears held to beat Texas Tech 27-24 on Hoka Shoes  Saturday for their 10th win, which kept alive their hopes of making the Big 12 championship game for the second time in three seasons. Then came the wait for the Bedlam game between No. 7 Oklahoma State and No. 10 Oklahoma. “I’ve always, stuff you can’t control, you can’t control,” said Aranda, instead lauding his team for how it has grown si...

By LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh got the win he wanted perhaps as desperately as any coach in sports. Hassan Haskins matched a school record with five rushing touchdowns and Aidan Hutchinson had three sacks to break a single-season program mark, Hey Dude Shoes helping No. 6 Michigan finally beat No. 2 Ohio State 42-27 Saturday to give Harbaugh his first win as a coach against the Buckeyes. “It feels like the best one," Harbaugh said. The Wolverines clinched the Big Ten East and will play in the conference title game next week with playoff hopes in hand after snapping an eight-game losing streak to Ohio State. “It feels like the beginning," Harbaugh said. Michigan (11-1, 8-1 Big Ten, No. 5 CFP) advanced to...