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Parity reigns as 4 ranked games reached overtime on Saturday; 4 more decided by 3 or fewer points 10/13/2024 02:49pm • Parity reached another level in college football on Saturday, with four games involving at least one ranked team going to overtime and four others being decided by three or fewer points. It matched the most overtime games in one day since Sportradar began keeping track in 2000 — the only previous Prison operator under federal scrutiny spent millions settling Tennessee mistreatment claims 10/13/2024 02:13pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The leading private prison company in the U.S. has spent more than $4.4 million to settle dozens of complaints alleging mistreatment — including at least 22 inmate deaths — at its Tennessee prisons and jails since 2016. More than $1.1 million of those payouts involved T CFP Bracket Watch: Oregon takes over No. 2 seed; No. 1 Texas, No. 3 Miami, No. 4 Iowa St. hold spots 10/13/2024 02:11pm • Oregon's one-point victory over Ohio State was enough to put the Ducks on the No. 2 seed line Sunday in The Associated Press College Football Playoff bracket projection. Top-ranked Texas of the Southeastern Conference continues to hold the No. 1 seed and is followed by Oregon, which replaced the Buc Jets' Jeff Ulbrich once thought being a coach was 'craziness' until one play made it all make sense 10/13/2024 02:09pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Jeff Ulbrich's passion for coaching began with a play by the man who replaced him on the football field. Ulbrich was a veteran linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers playing mostly on special teams because he was backing up a young, emerging Patrick Willis, the team's fir An AP photographer gets the light just right from a perch up high above a human tower competition 10/13/2024 01:31pm • TARRAGONA, Spain (AP) — Associated Press photographer and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Emilio Morenatti, of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, has visited more than 50 countries in an acclaimed 30-year career. Here’s what he had to say about covering the “Castells” in his home country. Why this NASCAR honors longtime AP auto racing writer Mike Harris as 2025 Squier-Hall award recipient 10/13/2024 12:03pm • CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Retired motorsports writer Mike Harris of The Associated Press on Sunday was named recipient of the 2025 Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence. Harris became the 13th winner of the award, which is displayed in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in downtown Charlotte. He joined th Profiles in clean energy: Once incarcerated, expert moves students into climate-solution careers 10/13/2024 09:34am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Inside a converted warehouse in one of Philadelphia’s poorest neighborhoods, students circle around Jackie Robinson as he quizzes them about a 1980s furnace. Although they'll encounter older equipment like this, the program is cutting edge, aimed at training people to work on 'Big Spender' is the theme music for MLB final four as high-payroll Mets, Yankees, Dodgers reach LCS 10/13/2024 09:21am • NEW YORK (AP) — “Big Spender” is the theme music for baseball’s final four. The New York Mets, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers are in the League Championship Series with the sport’s top three payrolls, joined by Cleveland at No. 23. “You have to scratch and claw and match up and Carpenter plays despite hamstring injury, hits RBI single before Tigers lose Game 5 to Guardians 10/13/2024 09:13am • CLEVELAND (AP) — Kerry Carpenter didn't let a hamstring injury keep him from playing in Detroit's biggest game. There was no alternative. He gave everything he had for the Tigers. Pushing through on adrenaline, Carpenter delivered a pinch-hit RBI single in the fifth inning before the Cleveland Gua College Football Corner: Prime time sees the Dukes thrive on Thursday, Terps fade on Friday 10/13/2024 08:14am • Prime time is college football's showcase. The best matchups are often moved to the late window (although not the latest, ala "Pac-12 After Dark") on Saturday while schools that play Thursday and Friday evening have the chance to showcase their brand on a limited menu (even with the NFL doing its th Eggnog before Thanksgiving? Shoppers eager for a new season scramble retail calendars 10/13/2024 07:00am • NEW YORK (AP) — After sipping pumpkin spiced lattes in August and putting up Halloween decorations in late September, Samantha Kowalczyk already looks forward to drinking eggnog-flavored coffee and filling her Wilmington, Delaware, home with cinnamon and sugar cookie scented candles and other holi Vince Carter played only a short time in Canada. His impact on Canadian basketball still goes strong 10/13/2024 06:00am • SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Even though Vince Carter played only a short time in Canada, his impact on Canadian basketball is still going strong. Those kids who watched him play in Toronto, who dreamed of wearing a jersey with a dinosaur on their chest, who maybe didn't realize yet that no matter ho Middle East latest: Palestinian officials say 22 killed in Israeli airstrikes 10/13/2024 04:04am • The Israeli military on Saturday renewed its orders for Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip to leave their homes and shelters as troops continue a weeklong offensive against militants. Most of the fighting has centered in and around Jabaliya, which has been pounded by Israeli war jets and artil Ohtani gives hope to young baseball players in Japan, and the rest of the country, too 10/13/2024 03:41am • TOKYO (AP) — Shin Uebori coaches the Fukagawa Hawks youth baseball team in Tokyo, and he is very aware how Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani inspires his players. “With Ohtani, the kids think everything is possible,” Uebori said, wrapping up practice on Sunday on an all-dirt field se Becht, Hansen lead No. 11 Iowa State over West Virginia 28-16 for first 6-0 start since 1938 10/13/2024 02:24am • MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht believes the Cyclones have yet to hit their peak during their best start in 86 years. Carson Hansen rushed for three scores, Becht threw a touchdown pass and No. 11 Iowa State beat West Virginia 28-16 on Saturday night. The Cyclones (6-0,