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2:34 PM on Saturday, August 30

Matthew Schecklman threw four touchdown passes as Northern Iowa defeated Butler 38-14 in a season opener

2:34 PM on Saturday, August 30

Chuck Webb rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown, and linebacker Myles Hamilton forced a safety in a 12-7 Sacred Heart win over Stonehill in a Northeast Conference season opener on Saturday

2:32 PM on Saturday, August 30

Skyler Bell caught two touchdowns and Joe Fagnano accounted for four scores as UConn beat Central Connecticut 59-13 on Saturday afternoon in a season opener for both teams

2:31 PM on Saturday, August 30

Maryland freshman Malik Washington has made a strong debut, throwing for 258 yards and three touchdowns in a 39-7 win over Florida Atlantic

2:20 PM on Saturday, August 30

A U.S. Open player frustrated by the grunting of his opponent has let him know about it during a tense conversation at the net after the match

2:08 PM on Saturday, August 30

Savion Hart scored three times in the first quarter and Georgetown opened the season with a 51-14 win over Davidson and new coach Saj Thakkar

2:07 PM on Saturday, August 30

Josef Newgarden, a two-time IndyCar champion, faces a challenging season

1:53 PM on Saturday, August 30

Saim Ayub and Hasan Nawaz hit blistering half centuries to lead Pakistan to a 31-run victory against United Arab Emirates in the Twenty20 Tri-series in Sharjah

1:39 PM on Saturday, August 30

Backup quarterback Braxton Woodson ran for 180 yards, including 74- and 68-yard touchdowns, to highlight Navy’s season-opening 52-7 rout of VMI

1:37 PM on Saturday, August 30

Tennessee Tech dominated Cumberland with a 65-0 win in its season opener

1:25 PM on Saturday, August 30

Da’Realyst Clark returned a kickoff 100-yard for a touchdown to lift Kent State to a 21-17 win over Merrimack on Saturday, ending the Golden Flashes’ 21-game losing streak in interim coach Mark Carney’s first game

12:54 PM on Saturday, August 30

Blake Shapen threw for 270 yards and a touchdown to spearhead Mississippi State’s 34-17 season-opening win over Southern Mississippi

12:42 PM on Saturday, August 30

Freshman Malik Washington threw three touchdown passes in the second quarter, and Maryland’s defense scored twice to help the Terrapins beat Florida Atlantic 39-7 for their 16th consecutive nonconference victory

12:33 PM on Saturday, August 30

Eli Holstein threw a career-high four touchdown passes as Pitt opened the season with a 61-9 victory over crosstown rival Duquesne

12:32 PM on Saturday, August 30

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio nearly returned from the injured list with a bang, but he was denied by a spectacular catch from Toronto’s Myles Straw

12:29 PM on Saturday, August 30

No. 3 Ohio State opens the season with a 14-7 win over No. 1 Texas

12:12 PM on Saturday, August 30

Ryan Browne threw for 311 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another TD to lead Purdue to a 31-0 rout of Ball State in Saturday’s season opener for both teams

9:37 AM on Saturday, August 30

Lee Corso has made his final headgear pick on ESPN's "College GameDay," choosing Brutus Buckeye

9:29 AM on Saturday, August 30

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany appealed for calm after another scare at Augsburg where his team held on for a 3-2 win in the Bundesliga

6:19 AM on Saturday, August 30

England, Canada and Scotland have advanced to the Women’s Rugby World Cup quarterfinals, Scotland for the first time since 1998