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Gramatica's kick lifts South Florida to an 18-16 upset at No.

13 Florida and heats Napier's seat GAINESVILLE, Fla.

(AP) Nico Gramatica hit a 20-yard field goal as time expired and South Florida stunned No.

13 Florida 18-16 to give the Bulls consecutive wins against ranked opponents to start the season.

Gramatica missed a 58-yarder with 2:52 remaining but got a chance to redeem himself after Florida defensive lineman Brendan Bett spit at a South Florida player on the Bulls next possession.

Bett was ejected with a little more than 2 minutes to play, and the Bulls got 15 yards and an automatic first down to spark an 87-yard drive.

It was the latest setback for embattled Florida coach Billy Napier, whose team is 1-1 for the fourth consecutive year.

Florida coach Billy Napier back on the proverbial hot seat after meltdown against USF GAINESVILLE, Fla.

(AP) Florida coach Billy Napier is back on the proverbial hot seat after an 18-16 home loss to South Florida.

Napier raved about his team's character and composure heading into his fourth season in Gainesville.

Yet the 13th-ranked Gators melted down in nearly every way possible while losing to the Bulls in the Swamp.

No one should be surprised if that was Napiers last game at Florida Field.

After all, he dropped to 20-20 overall, including 14-7 at home, and has consecutive road games upcoming against No.

3 LSU and No.

5 Miami.

Lose both and Florida could make a change during its first off week.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto was an out from a no-hitter.

It somehow turned into another loss for the Dodgers BALTIMORE (AP) Yoshinobu Yamamoto came close to a no-hitter at Camden Yards, only to allow a home run to Baltimore's Jackson Holliday.

That sparked a four-run rally in the ninth inning, leading the Orioles to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.

The Dodgers have now lost five straight games, missing a chance to widen their lead in the NL West.

The Orioles, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-breaking game, pulled off what has to be considered their win of the year.

Yamamoto, who had 10 strikeouts, was relieved after Holliday's homer.

Aryna Sabalenka defeats Amanda Anisimova for her 2nd consecutive US Open title and 4th at a major NEW YORK (AP) Aryna Sabalenka has outplayed Amanda Anisimova to win the U.S.

Open final 6-3, 7-6 (3) and become the first woman to win the tournaments trophy in consecutive years since Serena Williams more than a decade ago.

The victory Saturday allowed the No.

1-ranked Sabalenka to pick up the fourth Grand Slam title of her career, all on hard courts.

She also avoided becoming the first woman to lose three major finals in a single season since Justine Henin in 2006.

Sabalenka is a 27-year-old from Belarus who was the runner-up at the Australian Open and the French Open.

At Wimbledon, she was eliminated by Anisimova.

Davey Johnson, who won World Series twice with Baltimore as player, managed Mets to title, dies NEW YORK (AP) Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986 has died.

He was 82.

Longtime Mets public relations representative Jay Horwitz says Johnsons wife informed him of his death after a long illness.

Johnson was at a hospital in Sarasota, Florida, when he died.

Johnson played 13 major league seasons with Baltimore, Atlanta, Philadelphia and the Chicago Cubs from 1965-78 and won the Gold Glove three times.

He managed the Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Nationals during a span from 1984-2013.

59-0.

49-0.

48-0.

Those were some halftime scores across college football on a romp-filled Saturday Week 2 in college football had some seriously one-sided scores.

There were seven games decided by at least 60 points, the most on a single day in exactly 11 years.

These were halftime scores from Saturday afternoon: Minnesota led Northwestern State 59-0, Florida State led East Texas A&M 49-0 and Texas Tech led Kent State 48-0.

According to Stats LLC, that made Saturday the first day since Sept.

10, 2016, that three major college football teams had leads of 48 or more points by halftime on the same day.

And the routs kept coming.

Lanning says Gundy's spending comments fueled No.

6 Oregon in win over Oklahoma State Oregon coach Dan Lanning admitted that comments Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy made earlier in the week about the financial disparities between the two teams added motivation in the Ducks 69-3 rout of the Cowboys on Saturday.

Lanning said winning doesn't require extra motivation, but it never hurts when someone `pours gasoline on the fire." Earlier in the week Gundy talked about Oregons apparent NIL resources, saying the Cowboys spent around $7 million on their team over three years while the Ducks had spent close to $40 million last year alone while admitting that he might be off a few million.

Florida's Brandan Bett latest player to be ejected for spitting as Gators fall to South Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla.

(AP) Florida defensive lineman Brendan Bett was ejected for spitting at a South Florida player late in the No.

13 Gators 18-16 upset loss to South Florida on Saturday night.

Florida committed 11 penalties for 103 yards, including two major infractions on South Floridas winning drive, and questionably managed the clock as the Bulls stunned the Gators on Nico Gramaticas 20-yard field goal as time expired.

Bett was flagged and ejected on the final drive for spitting into offensive lineman Cole Skinners facemask, a play after Dijon Johnson was called for pass interference.

Betts spitting foul came two days after Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter was ejected for spitting on Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott in the NFL opener.

Poll preview: Rankings could see no change in top 10; No.

13 Gators' loss to USF is biggest surprise Chaos gave way to calm, mostly, in The Associated Press Top 25.

A week after four losses by top-10 teams set off a rankings shuffle that kept only three teams in their same spots, Saturday was marked by blowouts and a couple notable upsets with Mississippi State beating No.

12 Arizona State 24-20 and South Florida knocking off No.

13 Florida 18-16 on the road.

No.

1 Ohio State, a 70-0 winner over Grambling, was among four AP Top 25 teams to score 70 points against overmatched opponents, and three other teams hung 60.

Melo says 'I know what I gave to the game' in night of tears, memories for 2025 Hall of Fame class SPRINGFIELD, Mass.

(AP) Carmelo Anthony tied the tough lessons he learned coming of age playing basketball on the playgrounds of Brooklyn and Baltimore to him becoming one of the sports purest scorers and most decorated players ever in a night of speeches full of tears, laughs and calls for community during the induction of quintet of players into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

He was joined by Dwight Howard, Sue Bird, Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles.

Together they were part of 11 WNBA or NBA championship teams, captured 15 Olympic gold medals, made 37 All-NBA or All-WNBA appearances..

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