MORNING ROUNDUP

South Florida holds off Tulsa

Quinton Flowers threw two touchdown passes and No. 23 South Florida beat Tulsa 27-20 on Thursday night in Tampa, Florida.

Flowers, one of the nation's top dual-threat quarterbacks, ran for 119 yards while also throwing for 142 to send the Bulls (9-1, 6-1) into next week's regular-season finale against No. 14 UCF with the American Athletic Conference East Division title on the line.

D'Angelo Brewer ran for 163 yards for Tulsa, becoming the Golden Hurricane's all-time rushing leader with 3,662 yards. The senior also broke the AAC career mark of 3,609 set by former USF running back Marlon Mack.

Altuve wins AL MVP, Stanton earns NL honor

Houston Astros star Jose Altuve won the American League MVP award on Thursday, ahead of New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge by a wide margin.

The 5-foot-6 Altuve drew 27 of the 30 firstplace votes in balloting by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Altuve batted a major league-best .346.

He hit 24 home runs with 81 RBIs, scored 112 times, stole 32 bases and showed a sharp glove at second base.

Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton won the NL MVP, barely edging Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds.