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No Contest: Lowry wins Irish Open by 11 strokes

DOONBEG, Ireland (AP) — Shane Lowry gave his home crowd and President Donald Trump plenty to cheer Sunday when he turned a four-shot lead into a runaway at Doonbeg, closing with a 7-under 63 to break the Irish Open record with an 11-shot victory. Lowry opened with four birdies in eight ...

Big Ten football took a gut punch

The Big Ten took quite the gut punch in Week 2 with Ohio State blowing a 20-point fourth-quarter lead at Texas and Oregon getting embarrassed at Oklahoma State. The conference that has won the last three national championships lost six of eight matchups against Power Four opponents last ...

Ohio outlasts Jacksonville State in 4OT, 29-27

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Freshman and third-string quarterback Levi Davis ran for a 2-point conversion in the third overtime to give Ohio a 29-27 victory over Jacksonville State on Saturday night. Neither team scored in the first overtime and both kicked field goals in the second. After Davis ran in the conversion, Jacksonville State's Cade Creel hit Darius Cannon with a pass but DJ James-Hamilton made the tackle just shy of the goal line. James-Hamilton also returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown. Davis entered the game with 1:49 left in regulation when second-stringer Matt Vezza ...

Local Calendar

Tuesday, Sept. 15 High school volleyball: Williamstown at Ritchie County, 6 p.m.; Parkersburg Christian at Parkersburg Catholic, 6 p.m.; Ravenswood at Clay County, 6 p.m.; Doddridge County at St. Marys, 6 p.m.; Magnolia/Trinity at Clay-Battelle, 5:30 p.m.; Tabernacle Christian at Wood County Christian, 5 p.m.; Eastern at Marietta, 7 p.m.; Warren at Fort Frye, 7 p.m.’ Parkersburg South at John Marshall, 5:30 p.m. High school golf: Wahama/Charleston Catholic vs. Parkersburg South (at Woodridge), 4 p.m.; Magnolia at OVAC tournament; Parkersburg/Ripley at Wahama (Riverside), 4 p.m.; ...

Texas leapfrogs to No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll

The unprecedented comeback by Texas to knock off Ohio State moved the Longhorns to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday and pushed the Buckeyes out of the top five for the first time in two seasons. Oregon, meanwhile, plummeted 15 spots to No. 21, its lowest ...

Plenty of scoring in Week 1 of NFL

Offenses didn't need any time to shake off the rust. They lit up the scoreboard in one of the highest-scoring opening weeks in NFL history. The Bears beat Carolina 59-37, falling three points shy of tying Atlanta's 53-year-old record for the most in Week 1. The game featured 1,030 total ...