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The Latest: Taylor shows few jitters; Cutler to start (Yahoo Sports)
There’s plenty of focus on Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor as Buffalo (2-1) prepares to host the New York Giants (1-2). Taylor has so far played up to the confidence head coach Rex Ryan had in naming him the Bills starter to open the season. After spending his first four NFL seasons backing up Joe Flacco in Baltimore, Taylor has shown few signs of jitters.
Luck to miss 1st NFL game as Indianapolis faces Jacksonville (Yahoo Sports)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colts quarterback Andrew Luck is inactive and will miss his first NFL game because of a right shoulder injury.
Scherzer throws his 2nd no-hitter this year, Nats sweep Mets (Yahoo Sports)
Max Scherzer says he can get even better. The Washington Nationals ace threw one of the most dominant games in baseball history – pitching his second no-hitter of the season and striking out a team-record 17 – and then vowed he wasn’t done. Try telling that to the NL East champion New York Mets after Scherzer totally shut them down in a 2-0 win Saturday night that completed a doubleheader
Swamp Shocker! No. 25 Florida upsets No. 3 Mississippi 38-10 (Yahoo Sports)
Will Grier was sick all right. Grier threw four touchdown passes – all in the first half – and No. 25 Florida upset third-ranked Mississippi 38-10 on Saturday night to give coach Jim McElwain a signature win in his first season in Gainesville. ”You don’t downplay it,” McElwain said.
No. 12 Clemson holds off No. 6 Notre Dame 24-22 (Yahoo Sports)
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney learned plenty about his 12th-ranked Tigers on Saturday night, qualities he believes make them hard to beat. Deshaun Watson threw two touchdown passes, ran for a third score and 12th-ranked Clemson withstood No. 6 Notre Dame’s second-half rally for a 24-22 victory.
Malaysia's Danny Chia ends 13-year title drought in Taiwan
(Reuters) – Malaysia’s Danny Chia won the Taiwan Masters on Sunday to capture his first Asian Tour title in 13 years after making a successful comeback from career-threatening neck surgery. The 42-year-old Chia shot a final-round of one-over par 73 to finish at three-under overall, giving him a two-shot victory over the third round leader, China’s Liang Wen-chong, who bogeyed the last three holes for a 76. India’s Rashid Khan
Golf-Malaysia's Danny Chia ends 13-year title drought in Taiwan
Malaysia’s Danny Chia won the Taiwan Masters on Sunday to capture his first Asian Tour title in 13 years after making a successful comeback from career-threatening neck surgery. The 42-year-old Chia shot a final-round of one-over par 73 to finish at three-under overall, giving him a two-shot victory over the third round leader, China’s Liang Wen-chong, who bogeyed the last three holes for a 76. India’s Rashid Khan and Adilson
Baseball: Scherzer throws second no-hitter of the year
Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer threw his second no-hitter of the season Saturday, striking out a franchise-record 17 in a 2-0 win over the New York Mets in the second game of a doubleheader. Scherzer is just the sixth pitcher in Major League Baseball history to achieve the milestone in the same year and he did it against a Mets team that had already locked up the National League East Division
Jin, 17, heads for USPGA Masters as Asia amateur cut short
Hong Kong (AFP) – Third-round leader Jin Cheng won a place at the US Masters after a passing typhoon caused the cancellation of the final round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Hong Kong on Sunday.