COLLEGE FOOTBALL: LaVell Edwards,

who led BYU to national prominence with his dynamic passing offenses and has the seventh-most wins in FBS history, died in Provo, Utah. He was 86. In 29 seasons, Edwards’ BYU teams went 257-101-3. They won or shared 19 conference titles and played in 22 bowl games. His 1984 team was voted national champion, and he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004 . ... Alabama offensive coordinator was doing interviews at a media session at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta and was left behind by team buses. A similar thing happened after Alabama beat Clemson to win last season’s national championship in Glendale, Ariz . ... ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more as Virginia Tech scored all its points in the second half and overtook Arkansas 35-24 at the Belk Bowl in Charlotte, N.C. rushed for the other score for the Hokies (10-4), who trailed 24-0 at the half. threw two touchdown passes for the Razorbacks (7-6). One went to who had 105 receiving yards. Arkansas TE

was suspended from the game after being accused of shoplifting from the department store that sponsors the game . ...

ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more to lead No. 25 South Florida past South Carolina 46-39 in overtime in the Birmingham Bowl. The Bulls (11-2) squandered a 39-21 lead in the second half but recovered for their school-record 11th victory. Flowers’ 25-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime to was the winner. Flowers, the game’s most valuable player, completed 23 of 32 passes for 261 yards and ran for 105 yards on 21 carries. The Gamecocks (6-7) committed five turnovers.

SKIING: Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin won a slalom in Semmering, Austria, for her third World Cup victory in three days. After winning two giant slaloms the previous days, Shiffrin continued her dominance in slalom by landing her 23rd career win in the discipline . ... won an Alpine combined race in Santa Caterina Valfurva, Italy, to match

for the French record with his 18th World Cup victory . ... U.S. coach

said told him he plans to race again but probably not this season. Miller is thought to be aiming for the 2018 Olympics, when he’ll be 40.

SOCCER: Landon Donovan has had “exploratory discussions” about resuming his MLS career in 2017 with Real Salt Lake, ESPN FC reported. Donovan, 34, ended a 21-month retirement and played for the L.A. Galaxy for the final months of last season . ... Argentine striker signed with Shanghai Shenhua of the Chinese Super League, reportedly for $40 million over two years . ... Real Madrid forward and midfielder will be out indefinitely, Vazquez with an injured right leg and Kovacic with a damaged ligament in his left ankle. ALSO: Serena Williams announced her engagement to Reddit co-founder ... and scored second-period goals and made 25 saves as the U.S. beat Russia 3-2 at the world junior hockey championship in Toronto . ... Former Pittsburgh AD was introduced as Oregon State’s AD . ... and each weighed 135 pounds for their UFC bantamweight title bout Friday.