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Oklahoma and Texas could bid farewell to Big 12 with Red River rivalry rematch in title game
DALLAS Oklahoma and Texas might not be done just yet playing each other in the Big 12 before going to the Southeastern Conference.

AP Top 25: Oklahoma jumps to No. 5, Miami slides after epic gaffe and hoops schools make history
Oklahoma moved up to No. 5 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, Miami s late-game gaffe nearly cost the 25th-ranked Hurricanes a spot in rankings and six basketball blue bloods made s

AP Top 25 Takeaways: Turns out, Oklahoma is back; Tide rising in West; coaching malpractice at Miami
EDITOR S NOTE: This story was written before Sunday s AP Top 25 was released.

H.S. Football: Wyoming Area routs Holy Redeemer to stay undefeated
KINGSTON Wyoming Area encountered little resistance on the path to remain unbeaten, scoring 55 first-half points in a 55-13 dismantling of Holy Redeemer on Saturday night at Spartan Stadium.

WBS Penguins taking shape, win final preseason game
WILKES-BARRE TWP. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins wrapped up the preseason Saturday night with a roster that is moving closer to resembling the squad that will open the AHL regular season Friday

Rams know they will have to dig deep to stop both the Eagles and the ‘Brotherly Shove’
INGLEWOOD, Calif. The rest of the NFL has swiped plenty of ideas out of Sean McVay s playbook over the past seven seasons, so the Los Angeles Rams head coach didn t hesitate to take the Brotherly

Week 5 preview: Steelers, Giants, Jets all hoping to rebound
PITTSBURGH Lamar Jackson can dazzle with his legs one play and drop dimes with his right arm the next.
Eagles vs. Rams Prediction and Odds – NFL Week 5
The stage is set for a thrilling NFL Week 5 showdown between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, when these two formidable teams will collide in a high-stakes matchup at SoFi S

Harper homers, Phillies shut down slugging Braves 3-0 in Game 1 of NLDS
ATLANTA Bryce Harper homered, Ranger Su rez and the Philadelphia bullpen stifled baseball s most prolific offense, and the Phillies blanked the 104-win Atlanta Braves 3-0 in Game 1 of the NL Divisio

Verlander’s strong start helps Astros power to Game 1 victory
HOUSTON Justin Verlander pitched six shutout innings, Yordan Alvarez homered twice and the Houston Astros held on for a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins in their AL Division Series opener Saturday.

Texas’ bullpen escapes late to edge Orioles in ALDS
BALTIMORE For the first time this postseason, the maligned Texas bullpen had to protect a slim lead in the late innings.
Local roundup: King’s, Wilkes, Misericordia football all earn league wins
Russell Minor-Shaw found the end zone with 2:42 left in the fourth quarter to complete a King s rally from a two-touchdown deficit for a 17-14 win over FDU-Florham on Saturday in a MAC football game a

Big Ten: No. 4 Buckeyes shake off slow start to bury Terrapins
COLUMBUS, Ohio No. 4 Ohio State looked to be in trouble at halftime.

Top 25 roundup: Gabriel late TD pass as No. 12 Oklahoma beats No. 3 Texas in Red River rivalry
DALLAS Dillon Gabriel knew he couldn t take a sack as the pocket collapsed around him in the closing seconds of his Red River rivalry debut, the kind of big game he went to Oklahoma to play.


H.S. Football: Crestwood outlasts Hazleton Area in battle of attrition
WRIGHT TWP. By the time the scoreboard rolled into the fourth quarter, it was difficult to distinguish either the Crestwood Comets or the Hazleton Area Cougars from the ones that began the season or

H.S. Football: Fox, Nanticoke Area run past Tunkhannock
NANTICOKE Nanticoke Area s Zack Fox ran for his 1,000th yard Friday night and kept running.

H.S. Football: Delaware Valley ends Wilkes-Barre Area’s win streak
PLAINS TWP. Having won their last four games in a row all by double digits, the Wilkes-Barre Area Wolfpack were riding high heading into Friday night.

H.S Football: Williamsport passes past Wyoming Valley West
KINGSTON Behind the duo of Caleb Williamson and Aiden Everett, Williamsport was able to obtain its first Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 win with a 42-7 victory over Wyoming Valley West on Frid

H.S. Football: Dallas stays unbeaten with 42-6 home win over Berwick
DALLAS TWP. On a warm, early October Friday night in the Back Mountain, Dallas dominated Berwick from start to finish in a 42-6 home victory.