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Owusu, McCaffrey lead No. 15 Stanford past No. 18 UCLA 56-35 (Yahoo Sports)

One jaw-dropping catch by Francis Owusu nearly overshadowed a record-setting performance from Christian McCaffrey. Owusu pinned the ball on the back of a defender in the end zone for one of the most memorable catches in recent memory and McCaffrey did most of the rest with a school-record 243 yards rushing and four touchdowns in No. 15 Stanford’s 56-35 victory over No. 18 UCLA on Thursday night. ”That’s one of

Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Frys.com Open scores

Oct 16 (Infostrada Sports) – Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Frys.com Open at the par-72 course on Friday in Napa, California -9 Brendan Steele (U.S.) 63 -8 Jhonattan Vegas (Venezuela) 64 -7 Harold Varner III (U.S.) 65 Martin Laird (Britain) 65 -6 Lee Dong-Hwan (Korea) 66 Justin Thomas (U.S.) 66 -5 Russell Henley (U.S.) 67 Jason Gore (U.S.) 67 Justin Rose (Britain) 67 Graham DeLaet (Canada) 67 Scott Langley

Kardashians pause social media postings as Odom fights for life

(Reuters) – The Kardashian family on Friday paused social media postings across their commercial sites while ex basketball star Lamar Odom – Khloe Kardashian’s estranged husband – fights for his life in a Las Vegas hospital. Khloe, sister Kim and half-sister Kylie Jenner said they had stopped publishing content to their various popular mobile apps and their official websites. “As a family, we’ve decided to hold off on publishing content

Sizzling Ko grabs halfway lead at LPGA event in Korea

(Reuters) – Lydia Ko carded a blemish-free seven-under-par 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship in South Korea and boost her chances of usurping Park In-bee at the top of the women’s world rankings. The 18-year-old New Zealander, the youngest woman to win a major, trailed overnight leader Park Sung-hyun by seven strokes at the start of the second round but finished

Team man Kuchar buoyant about World Cup change

Matt Kuchar has applauded the decision to switch the World Cup of Golf back to a team-based competition after a much-criticized format change saw the last edition dominated by an individual-focused tournament. World number 16 Kuchar partnered Gary Woodland to win the World Cup for the United States in China in 2011 but was left cold by the 2013 tournament in Melbourne, which placed the emphasis on individual strokeplay. The

Mets topple Dodgers to reach National League Championship Series

The New York Mets punched their ticket to the National League Championship Series for the first time since 2006 with a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday. Second baseman Daniel Murphy belted the go-ahead home run as the Mets won the decisive fifth game, advancing to face the Chicago Cubs in a best-of-seven series with the winner getting a berth in the 2015 World Series. The Mets

Turkey downs drone as Syria launches Aleppo offensive

By Mariam Karouny and Orhan Coskun BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey shot down a drone on Friday in an incident highlighting the dangers of multiple air combat operations over Syria, where government troops and their allies backed by Russian jets have launched an offensive against rebels near Aleppo. The army offensive south of the city, backed by Hezbollah and Iranian fighters, further expands its 10-day-old counter-attack in western Syria against insurgents

Palestinians set fire to Jewish shrine; Israeli soldier stabbed

By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinians set fire to a Jewish shrine in the occupied West Bank and an attacker disguised as a journalist stabbed an Israeli soldier on Friday as tensions ran high after more than two weeks of violence. Israel’s military said about 100 people converged on the tomb of the biblical patriarch Joseph in the Palestinian city of Nablus and set parts of it ablaze before

Tripoli confirms new Lockerbie suspects include Gaddafi spy chief

By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Tripoli’s government on Friday named the two new Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie bombing investigation as Abdullah al-Senussi, the former spy chief of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, and a second man, Mohammed Abu Ejaila. Jamal Zubia, director of the media office of the Tripoli government, sent a message to journalists confirming the names but saying the Libyan attorney general’s office had not been officially

U.S. confirms Iran tested nuclear-capable ballistic missile

The United States has confirmed that Iran tested a medium-range missile capable of delivering a nuclear weapon in “clear violation” of a United Nations Security Council ban on ballistic missile tests, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. “The United States is deeply concerned about Iran’s recent ballistic missile launch,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said in a statement.