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No. 3 Alabama runs past No. 20 Wisconsin 35-17 in opener (Yahoo Sports)

Derrick Henry is transitioning into the role as the featured back for No. 3 Alabama, and Jake Coker got the first shot as the new starting quarterback. With Henry and Coker leading the way, the Crimson Tide got another big season-opening win in the NFL stadium where their last championship season began. Henry ran for 147 yards and three touchdowns and Coker threw for 213 yards and a score while

Arrieta leads Cubs past D-Backs, 2-0 (Yahoo Sports)

Jake Arrieta pitched eight innings of four-hit ball for his major league-best 18th win, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-0 on Saturday. Arrieta also struck out seven in his first start since he threw his first career no-hitter against the Dodgers last Sunday. Arrieta (18-6) allowed two hits in the first, but struck out Jarrod Saltalamacchia to end the inning.

Golson throws 4 TD passes in debut for No. 10 Florida State (Yahoo Sports)

For being on Florida State’s campus for less than three months, Everett Golson looked very comfortable running Jimbo Fisher’s offense Saturday night. The graduate transfer from Notre Dame matched a career high with four touchdown passes and had the seventh 300-yard game of his career to help the No. 10 Seminoles beat Texas State 59-16. Golson, who got his degree in May and arrived in town a couple months later,

Thousands of refugees arrive in Germany after journey from Hungary

By Georgina Prodhan and Balazs Koranyi MUNICH/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Thousands of refugees and migrants streamed into Germany on Sunday, many traveling through Austria from Hungary where they had been stranded against their will for days, while European Union governments argue over how to respond. A convoy of around 140 cars and vans filled with food and water left Vienna to collect exhausted migrants, many from Syria, who had set out