San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
No. 1 Alabama needs late kick to beat Texas
Will Reichard kicked a 33yard field goal with 10 seconds left, and Bryce Young and No. 1 Alabama overcame a stifling defensive effort by host Texas to earn a 20-19 victory Saturday.
Young had a twisting, offbalance touchdown pass, and then a 20-yard scramble in the final minute to set up Reichard’s winning kick. Young easily dodged a blitzing defender, then had wide open field ahead of him to scamper.
Young’s clutch play rescued Alabama on an uncharacteristically sloppy day when the Crimson Tide (2-0) struggled with penalties and dropped passes and was forced into six consecutive punts. Texas (1-1) stuffed Alabama on 4th-andinches late to set up a go-ahead field goal by Bert Auburn with 1:39 left.
Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers was knocked out with a shoulder injury at the end of the first quarter. C.J. Stroud threw three touchdown passes to Marvin Harrison Jr., TreVeyon Henderson ran for another two scores and No. 3 Ohio State raced past visiting Arkansas State 45-12 . ... Cameron Rising threw for 254 yards in the first half, Dalton Kincaid had 107 yards receiving and two touchdowns and No. 13 Utah routed Southern Utah 73-7 . ... Key’Shawn Smith caught a 35-yard flea-flicker touchdown pass from Tyler Van Dyke, part of a third-quarter burst that lifted No. 15 Miami past visiting Southern Miss 30-7 . ... Rocket Sanders ran for 156 yards and scored host Arkansas’ first two touchdowns to lift the No. 16 Razorbacks past South Carolina 44-30 . ... Sam Hartman passed for 300 yards and four touchdowns, and No. 23 Wake Forest beat host Vanderbilt 45-25.
“I don’t think we were able to fully figure it out,” manager Gabe Kapler said. “For a good portion of the year Dom was still kind of 96-97 and still had good movement on his pitches, but for whatever reason, I think there were a few more mistakes.” Leadoff man Aaron Judge singled twice during a six-run first inning off Corey Kluber as the host New York Yankees started with seven straight hits for the first time since 1990 and routed the Tampa Bay Rays 10-3.
NFL: Tight end Darren Waller has agreed on a three-year contract extension with the Las Vegas Raiders. Agent Drew Rosenhaus said the deal adds $51 million to Waller’s existing contract, which previously was to pay him about $7 million in each of the next two seasons.
Soccer: Daniel Rios scored in the fifth minute and host Charlotte held on to beat New York City FC 1-0 in an MLS match.
Tennis: Australians Storm Sanders and John Peers won the U.S. Open mixed doubles title in New York with a 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 victory over the team of Kirsten Flipkens and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.
Golf: A truncated tournament could pave the way for a thrilling finish to the BMW PGA Championship in Virginia Water, England, with the top 10 players separated by two shots heading into Sunday’s final round.
The European tour’s flagship event has been shortened to 54 holes after a day’s play was canceled following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Viktor Hovland and Soren Kjeldsen were tied for the lead on 12under par at the end of the second round.
Rory McIlroy finished birdie-birdie on the closing par 5s at Wentworth to shoot 7-under 65 — tying his career-low round in the tournament — and was in a three-way share of third place with Thomas Detry (65) and Rafa Cabrera Bello (65), a shot behind the leaders.
Cycling: Remco Evenepoel all but clinched his first Grand Tour title after the 22-year-old Belgian protected his lead in the Spanish Vuelta on the three-week race’s final competitive stage. Well-supported by his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team, Evenepoel had little trouble ensuring that Enric Mas and the Spaniard’s Movistar team were never able to challenge the two-minute lead he took into the 20th stage in mountains just north of Madrid, where the race ends Sunday.