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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
Eagles have released Tim Tebow (Yahoo Sports)
Tebow’s time is up in Philadelphia. The Eagles released Tim Tebow on Saturday along with 21 other players before the NFL’s roster deadline at 4 p.m. Tebow had seemingly won the No. 3 quarterback job when Philadelphia traded Matt Barkley to Arizona on Friday.
Robert Griffin III makes Washington Redskins' 53-man roster (Yahoo Sports)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Griffin III is on the Washington Redskins’ 53-man roster.
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
Saudi-led coalition jets bomb Houthis in Yemeni capital: residents
Saudi-led coalition jets bombed a Houthi military position and army bases in the Yemeni capital Sanaa through the night and into Sunday morning in what appeared to be further retaliation for the killing of dozens of coalition soldiers two days ago. The air strikes targeted troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, an ally of the Houthis, and a Houthi base in what was the al-Imam University, a religious
Tsipras plays down fears of fractured result in Greek election
By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) – Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras played down fears on Sunday that a snap election in two weeks would produce a fractured result, saying there were enough undecided voters to produce a clear winner on the day. Tsipras resigned last month to make way for the election, hoping to secure a new mandate for a tough austerity program he agreed in exchange for an
Syria says militant confesses to car bombs that killed dozens in south
Syrian state media said on Sunday that an Islamist insurgent had confessed after his arrest to being behind two car bomb blasts that killed 37 people in the south of the country on Friday, including a Druze leader. The explosions had provoked protests by Druze in the city of Sweida during which six government security personnel were killed and a statue of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s father was destroyed, a