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10:00 PM on Thursday, August 28

Northwestern State ended the longest active losing streak in the FCS with a 20-10 win over Alcorn State on Thursday night

9:46 PM on Thursday, August 28

Kahleah Copper scored 28 points on her 31st birthday, Natasha Mack had her first career double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds, and the Phoenix Mercury edged the Chicago Sky 83-79

9:37 PM on Thursday, August 28

Dylan Raiola throws for 243 yards and two touchdowns, leading Nebraska to a 20-17 victory over Cincinnati on Thursday night

9:35 PM on Thursday, August 28

Running backs Jevon Jackson and Solomon Beebe powered UAB to a comeback win against Alabama State on Thursday night

9:14 PM on Thursday, August 28

8:53 PM on Thursday, August 28

Chase Spellman accounted for four touchdowns — two passing and two running — to lead Drake to a 41-7 victory over Division II-member Upper Iowa in the debut of Joe Woodley as coach of the Bulldogs

8:49 PM on Thursday, August 28

Braylon McReynolds ran for 113 yards and caught a touchdown in the University of Louisiana-Monroe’s season-opening shutout win over St. Francis University on Thursday night, 29-0

8:48 PM on Thursday, August 28

Kaden Anderson threw for 260 yards and a touchdown and Sam Scott ran for 132 yards and Wyoming beat Akon 10-0 in a season-opening contest for both teams

8:42 PM on Thursday, August 28

Drake Lindsey passed for 290 yards and two touchdowns in his debut, helping Minnesota beat Buffalo 23-10 in their season opener

8:41 PM on Thursday, August 28

Xai’Shaun Edwards scored four touchdowns, Darryle Evans scored three touchdowns and Houston Christian beat NAIA Arkansas Baptist College 69-0 in its season opener

8:25 PM on Thursday, August 28

Conner Weigman threw for 159 yards and three touchdowns in his Houston debut and the Cougars beat Stephen F Austin 27-0 in the season opener for both teams

8:23 PM on Thursday, August 28

Coco Gauff has credited Simone Biles with inspiring her to win a second-round match at the U.S. Open

8:18 PM on Thursday, August 28

Owen Dupree returned the second half kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, Geoffrey Speight had a 54-yard scoop and score in the closing minutes and West Georgia rolled to a 34-3 win over Samford to open the season

8:11 PM on Thursday, August 28

Beau Pribula staked his claim to Missouri’s starting quarterback job with a four-touchdown performance as the Tigers rolled to a 61-6 season-opening thrashing of Central Arkansas

7:49 PM on Thursday, August 28

Darian Mensah threw three second-half touchdown passes in his Duke debut and the Blue Devils broke free from a halftime tie to defeat Elon 45-17 in Thursday night’s season opener

7:40 PM on Thursday, August 28

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6:34 PM on Thursday, August 28

Chicago White Sox first baseman Miguel Vargas left Thursday’s 10-4 loss to the New York Yankees in the fifth inning with a left wrist contusion three innings after hitting his first career grand slam

6:30 PM on Thursday, August 28

Quarterback Byrum Brown ran for two touchdowns, Keshaun Singleton caught a 45-yard touchdown pass on a fake punt and South Florida routed No. 25 Boise State 34-7 on Thursday night in the opener for both teams

12:34 PM on Thursday, August 28

It’s tough to tell which direction the Dallas Cowboys are headed under first-year coach Brian Schottenheimer after the five-year run with Mike McCarthy ended with a losing record that stopped a three-season streak of 12-win playoff teams

5:29 AM on Thursday, August 28