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UPS truck collides with a house in Sacramento

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:20:33 GMT

(FOX40.COM) -- A United Parcel Service (UPS) employee's route came to an abrupt stop Saturday after their vehicle collided with a house, officials say. The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District reported that the incident happened around noon on the 7900 block of Marsannay Way in the Vineyard neighborhood of South Sacramento. Cruise refutes SFFD claim that AVs blocked ambulance, led to victim’s death A Metro Fire spokesperson said no one was injured inside the home. The driver was treated and released.

Rooker’s home run lifts Athletics to 2-1 win over Angels 2-1

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:20:33 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Brent Rooker hit his team-leading 23rd home run, Paul Blackburn pitched five innings for his second victory in six starts, and the last-place Oakland Athletics beat Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 on Saturday to win back-to-back games for the sixth time since the All-Star break.At 41-95, the A’s still possess the worst record in baseball but have won seven of their last 12 while playing at one of their strongest levels of the season, according to manager Mark Kotsay.“It was a solid game all around, both sides,” Kotsay said. ’”This streak right now that we’re on, the consistency that we’re showing night in and night out with how we’re playing the game, it’s probably the best stretch outside of that seven-game winning streak (in June).”Rooker’s two-run drive off Griffin Canning in the fourth inning, was his eighth in 56 games at home and put the A’s ahead for good.It came after Canning worked ahead in the count 0-2 before leaving a changeup over the...

Backup Joey Aguilar throws 4 TD passes, App State pulls away from Gardner-Webb 45-24

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:20:33 GMT

BOONE, N.C. (AP) — Joey Aguilar came off the bench to throw four touchdown passes and Appalachian State pulled away from Gardner-Webb for a 45-24 season-opening win on Saturday.Aguilar, a California junior college transfer, threw a 32-yard touchdown to Kaedin Robinson on his first pass, which put the Mountaineers up 14-10 late in the first half. His second touchdown was a 26-yard connection with Dashaun Davis for a 21-17 lead.Jayden Brown’s third touchdown, a 41-yard pass from Matthew Caldwell, put Gardner-Webb on top 24-21 but after Aguilar connected with Dalton Stroman for 43 yards and a 28-24 lead, the defense took over. From there the Bulldogs had a three-and-out and three-straight turnovers. Those turned into a 43-yard field goal, a 7-yard touchdown rushing for Nate Noel and Aguilar’s 7-yard pass to Christian Horn.Aguilar finished 11 of 13 for 174 yards in what appeared to be a planned relief appearance. Starter Ryan Burger, a redshirt freshman, was 7 of 11 for 70 yards, ...

Alabama starts QB Jalen Milroe against Middle Tennessee after 3-man battle

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:20:33 GMT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama started quarterback Jalen Milroe in the opener Saturday night against Middle Tennessee State.Milroe emerged from a three-man battle in fall camp to at least win the first-game nod, beating out Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner and former five-star recruit Ty Simpson. That doesn’t mean the competition is over since the three were listed as co-starters on the depth chart.Milroe spent last season as backup to Bryce Young, who went on to be the first overall NFL draft pick. He started the Texas A&M game when Young was injured, passing for 111 yards and three touchdowns and running 17 times for 81 yards. He finished the season 31-of-53 passing for 297 yards and five touchdowns with three interceptions.Buchner followed new offensive coordinator Tommy Rees from Notre Dame after committing in late April. He started the first two games last season before a shoulder injury sidelined him until the Gator Bowl, where Buchner led the Fighting Irish to a w...

Austin Reed throws for 2 TDs, runs for another to lead Western Kentucky to 41-24 win in opener

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:20:33 GMT

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Austin Reed threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Western Kentucky to a 41-24 win over South Florida in a season opener for both teams Saturday.Reed, last season’s FBS passing yards leader at 4,746, was 29-of-50 passing for 336 yards without an interception. His 16-yard rushing TD tied the game with the score 17-17 at halftime.The team’s exchanged touchdowns to begin the third quarter before Reed’s 51-yard score to Moussa Barry put the Hilltoppers in front for good 31-24. USF had a first down at the WKU 4 but Byrum Brown was intercepted in the end zone by Aaron Key who returned it to the Hilltoppers’ 29 early in the fourth quarter. Lucas Carneiro extended WKU’s lead with a 42-yard field goal before JaQues Evans stripped-sacked Brown and returned the fumble 27 yards for a touchdown with just under three minutes remaining and seal the outcome.Brown rushed for 160 yards on 25 carries with two TDs. He was 15 of 34 fo...

UNLV opens Barry Odom era running over Bryant 44-14

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:20:33 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vincent Davis Jr. broke loose for a 69-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage and UNLV opened the Barry Odom era with a 44-14 victory over Bryant on Saturday in the season opener for both teams. Jacob De Jesus took the opening kickoff 31 yards that set up Davis’ score. Davis led the Rebels’ ground game with 79 of their 283 yards rushing. Doug Brumfield completed 11 of 18 passes for 86 yards, and his 19-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter stretched the lead to 24-0 heading into the break. Jai’Den Thomas added a pair of touchdown runs sandwiched between a Donavyn Lester TD run, each coming from short yardage. Zevi Eckhaus was 19 of 29 for 230 yards passing to lead Bryant. Ryan Clark ran in for scores twice from the 1 in the second half.Odom was named head coach at UNLV on Dec. 6, 2022 after spending three seasons with Arkansas. It was the first meeting between the teams. ——-AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-fo...

North Carolina Central topples Winston-Salem 47-21 in opener

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:20:33 GMT

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Davius Richard threw three touchdown passes and North Carolina Central rolled past Division II-member Winston-Salem 47-21 in a season opener on Saturday.Richard completed 15 of 22 passes for 236 yards with touchdowns of 40 yards to Latrell Collier, 12 yards to J’Mari Taylor and 86 yards to Quentin McCall on the way to a 37-0 halftime lead. Collier had 72 yards rushing and Richard added 42. McCall caught two passes for 93 yards. The Eagles had 448 yards on offense — 277 passing and 171 rushing.The Rams had 312 total yards — 189 passing and 123 rushing. Daylin Lee completed 14 of 24 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown. RJ Mobley had 113 receiving yards on seven catches.The Eagles are coming off a 2022 season in which they became the third team in school history to win 10 games, earning the program’s highest FCS national ranking at No. 17.Richard is the reigning MEAC Offensive Player of the Year and senior defensive back Khalil Baker is the reigning MEA...

Cal rolls past North Texas 58-21 a day after getting word of switch to ACC from Pac-12

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:20:33 GMT

DENTON, Texas (AP) — Jaydn Ott rushed for 188 yards and two touchdowns, Isaiah Ifanse scored three times and California beat North Texas 58-21 on Saturday, a day after the Golden Bears agreed to join the Atlantic Coast Conference.Cal (1-0) was playing about 40 miles from SMU, another ACC newcomer along with longtime Bay Area and Pac-12 rival Stanford.On the day the ACC invitations became official Friday, the Golden Bears were at the headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys making final preparations for their first opener at a so-called Group of Five opponent since Air Force in 2004. Cal was a 56-14 winner in that game in Colorado, and outgained UNT 669 yards to 225 while scoring the final 31 points in this one.Stone Earle had three TD passes but was intercepted twice in the debut of North Texas coach Eric Morris and the first game for the Mean Green (0-1) as members of the American Athletic Conference, the league SMU will be leaving. UNT just left Conference USA.Ott ran 41 yards on Cal...

Will Rogers leads Mississippi State in Zach Arnett’s debut, Bulldogs roll past SE Louisiana, 48-7

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:20:33 GMT

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Will Rogers threw for threw for 227 yards and Mississippi State overcame a slow start and rolled 48-7 over Southeastern Louisiana in the season opener for both schools on Saturday.The game marked the debut of head coach Zach Arnett, who coached the Bulldogs in the ReliaQuest Bowl win over Illinois to close the 2022 season after legendary coach Mike Leach died suddenly last December. Leach was honored by the Bulldogs following the first quarter with his widow, Sharon in attendance.The Bulldogs had just a 3-0 lead at the end of the first quarter before putting up 17 points in the second in a 20-7 lead at the half. MSU managed to find its footing in the second half to pull away for good.Rogers waas 20-of-29 passing and passed Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel for seventh in SEC history in career passing yards. Rogers now has 10,916 yards and is chasing Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray’s mark of 13,166.Jo’Quavious “Woody” Marks finished with 19 carries fo...

Emory Jones accounts for 7 touchdowns, leads Cincinnati in a 66-13 rout of Eastern Kentucky

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:20:33 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Emory Jones threw five touchdown passes and ran for two more scores as Cincinnati opened its first season in the Big 12 Conference with a 66-13 rout of FCS-member Eastern Kentucky on Saturday.Jones’ seven total touchdowns tied a career high. The Florida and Arizona State transfer threw six scores and ran for another against Samford on Nov. 13, 2021, while playing for the Gators.Cincinnati got the ball first and first-year coach Scott Satterfield’s offense took just 3:09 to get on the board. Jones led a seven-play, 71-yard drive that ended with a 49-yard pass down the Eastern Kentucky sideline to wide receiver Xzavier Henderson for a touchdown.Jones completed all four of his passes on the opening drive. Henderson finished the day with seven catches for a career-high 149 yards.After a three-and-out by quarterback Parker McKinney and the Colonels on their first possession, Jones stayed hot on Cincinnati’s second drive, linking up with Dee Wiggins on a deep post for a ...