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WNBA PLAYOFFS

Semifinals (Best-of-5) Seattle 2, Phoenix 2 Tuesday Phoenix at Seattle, late

Washington 3, Atlanta 2 Tuesday Washington 86, Atlanta 81

FOOTBALL

NFL

Thursday Atlanta at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday Buffalo at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Miami, 1 p.m. S.F. at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Houston at New England, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at New York Giants, 1 p.m. Kansas City at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. Dallas at Carolina, 4:25 p.m. Seattle at Denver, 4:25 p.m. Chicago at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m.

Monday New York Jets at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. Los Angeles Rams at Oakland, 10:20 p.m.

COLLEGE

AP TOP 25 POLL The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Alabama (48) 1-0 1511 1

2. Clemson (12) 1-0 1467 2

3. Georgia 1-0 1350 3

4. Ohio St. 1-0 1262 5

5. Wisconsin (1) 1-0 1258 4

6. Oklahoma 1-0 1251 7

7. Auburn 1-0 1236 9

8. Notre Dame 1-0 1080 12

9. Washington 0-1 870 6

10. Stanford 1-0 865 13

11. LSU 1-0 801 25

12. Virginia Tech 1-0 777 20

13. Penn St. 1-0 768 10

14. West Virginia 1-0 762 17

15. Michigan St. 1-0 684 11

16. TCU 1-0 632 16

17. Southern Cal 1-0 628 15

18. Mississippi St. 1-0 538 18

19. UCF 1-0 407 21

20. Boise St. 1-0 391 22

21. Michigan 0-1 318 14

22. Miami 0-1 241 8

23. Oregon 1-0 217 24

24. South Carolina 1-0 125 NR

25. Florida 1-0 89 NR

Others receiving votes: Utah 71, Oklahoma St. 62, Boston College 31, Texas A&M 29, Northwestern 28, Maryland 12, Mississippi 11, NC State 9, Florida St. 8, Memphis 6, Houston 6, Washington St. 6, Iowa St. 4, Kansas St. 3, Iowa 3, Hawaii 3, BYU 3, Fresno St. 1, Arkansas St. 1.

TOP 25 Friday No. 16 TCU at SMU, 8 p.m.

Saturday No. 1 Alabama vs. Arkansas State, 3:30 p.m. No. 2 Clemson at Texas A&M, 7 p.m. No. 3 Georgia at No. 24 South Carolina, 3:30 p.m. No. 4 Ohio State vs. Rutgers, 3:30 p.m. No. 5 Wisconsin vs. New Mexico, Noon No. 6 Oklahoma vs. UCLA, 1 p.m. No. 7 Auburn vs. Alabama State, 7:30 p.m. No. 8 Notre Dame vs. Ball State, 3:30 p.m. No. 9 Washington vs. North Dakota, 5 p.m. No. 10 Stanford vs. No. 17 Southern Cal, 8:30 p.m. No. 11 LSU vs. SE Louisiana, 7 p.m. No. 12 Virginia Tech vs. William & Mary, 2 p.m. No. 13 Penn State at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. No. 14 West Virginia vs. Youngstown State, 6 p.m. No. 15 Michigan State at Arizona State, 10:45 p.m. No. 18 Mississippi State at Kansas State, Noon No. 19 UCF vs. SC State, 6 p.m. No. 20 Boise State vs. UConn, 10:15 p.m. No. 21 Michigan vs. Western Michigan, Noon No. 22 Miami vs. Savannah State, 6 p.m. No. 23 Oregon vs. Portland State, 2 p.m. No. 25 Florida vs. Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOLS

GIRLS GOLF

Palmetto Preview Team scores: Lexington 328; St. James

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333; Oceanside Collegiate 333; Boiling Springs 333; Byrnes 337; Blythewood 339; Daniel 340; Fort Dorchester 343; Bishop England 346; Dorman 351; Gilbert 357; Chapin 363; River Bluff 371; Cardinal Newman 389; Gaffney 391; Chesnee 406; Northwestern 514 Top-10 individuals: Smith Knaffle (SJ) 72; Emily Dunlap (Mauldin) 74; Kennedy Carroll (BE) 75; Isabella Rawl (Lex); Cecelia Knecht (FD) 76; Rachel Rich (OC) 77; MK Talledo (Boiling Springs) 78; Karlee Vardas (Lex) 79; Katelynn Lee (Wren); Molly Hardwick (Lex) 79

VOLLEYBALL Cardinal Newman 3, Augusta Christian 0 25-6, 25-11, 25-9 Gilbert 3, Swansea 0 25-7, 25-20, 25-16 Top players: (G) Courtney Price 12 kills; Chidera Wilson 8 kills; Carlee Jones 6 kills; Hannah McDowell 4 aces, 36 assists Batesburg-Leesville 3, Pelion 0 25-19, 25-22, 27-25

TENNIS Camden 6, Lugoff-Elgin 0 A.C. Flora 6, Irmo 0 Singles: Raquel Acco d. Lydia Johnson 6-0, 6-0; Megan Pleasant d. Mikaili Gilliard 6-0, 6-0; Elise Sandlin d. Simya Levine 6-0, 6-0; Siona Sturgeon d. Isis Wells 6-0, 6-0; Frances Smith d. Saanui Cherukumalli 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: Caroline Overdyke / Olivia Bokesch d. Olivia Jackson / Surya Suaminathan 6-0, 6-0. Hammond 7, Ben Lippen 2 Singles: Caroline Eckstrom (BL) d. Adeline Lundy 6-1, 7-6; Mikenzie Turner (H) d. Lily Meetze 6-3, 3-6, 10-6; Claire Lewis (H) d. Elizabeth Rew 6-1, 6-2; Maggie Irvin (H) d. Caroline Christenson 6-1, 6-1; Ann Murphy Lee (H) d. Hallie Gardham 6-4, 6-1; Brianca Beckford (H) d. Miranda Heydt 6-3, 6-0. Doubles: Eckstrom / Meetze (BL) d. Lundy / Lewis 8-5; Turner / Irvin (H) d. Rew / Christenson 8-2; Beckford / Katie Wallace Frye (H) d. McLure/Sharpton 8-0

TENNIS

U.S. OPEN Tuesday at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York

(seedings in parentheses) Men’s Singles – Quarterfinal Juan Martin del Potro (3), Argentina, def. John Isner (11), United States, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Women’s Singles – Quarterfinal

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Serena Williams (17), United States, def. Karolina Pliskova (8), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-3. Anastasija Sevastova (19), Latvia, def. Sloane Stephens (3), United States, 6-2, 6-3.

Men’s Doubles – Quarterfinal Lukasz Kubot, Poland and Marcelo Melo

(7), Brazil, def. Austin Krajicek, United States and Tennys Sandgren, United States, 6-4, 6-2. Robert Farah, Colombia and Juan Sebastian Cabal (5), Colombia, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France and Rohan Bopanna (15), India, 6-3, 6-4.

Women’s Doubles – Quarterfinal Coco Vandeweghe, United States and Ashleigh Barty (13), Australia, def. Irina Khromacheva, Russia and Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-3. Kristina Mladenovic, France and Timea Babos (2), Hungary, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic and Ekaterina Makarova

(6), Russia, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

PREGAME.COM LINE Home team in CAPS

MLB

Wednesday National League Favorite Line Underdog Line WASHINGTON -120 St. Louis +110 PITTSBURGH -197 Cincinnati +182 Phila. -150 MIAMI +140 Los Angeles -173 New York +161 MILWAUKEE -115 Chicago +105 COLORADO -166 San Francisco +156

American League Favorite Line Underdog Line CLEVELAND -350 Kansas City +320 Tampa Bay -135 TORONTO +125

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TEXAS OFF Los Angeles OFF HOUSTON -215 Minnesota +195 CHICAGO -150 Detroit +140 New York -135 OAKLAND +125 SEATTLE -220 Baltimore +200

Interleague

Favorite Line Underdog Line ATLANTA OFF Boston OFF

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Friday

Favorite OpenToday O/U Underdog Tcu 17 1/221 1/2 (58 1/2) SMU

Saturday

Favorite OpenToday O/U Underdog ARMY 10 1/2 9 1/2 (58 1/2) Liberty UAB 9 1/210 (55) COAST CAR Georgia Tech PK 3 1/2 (59) S FLORIDA MICHIGAN 27 28 (53 1/2) W. Michigan App. St 14 14 (50 1/2) CHARLOTTE PURDUE 12 1/2 16 (55) E. Michigan WISCONSIN 33 35 (58) New Mexico FAU 88 (65 1/2) Air Force FIU 1 1/2 1 (54) OLD DOM N. WESTERN 3 1/2 3 (49) Duke Miss. St 3 1/2 9 1/2 (54) at KANSAS ST HOUSTON 3 1/24 1/2(70 1/2) Arizona VANDERBILT 8 9 (61 1/2) Nevada NC STATE 23 1/225 1/2 (54) Georgia St OKLAHOMA 25 30 (64 1/2) UCLA UTAH ST 16 24 (60) New Mex St C. MICHIGAN 4 4(51 1/2) Kansas UNLV 22 23 (55 1/2) UTEP Memphis 4 6 1/2(70) at NAVY No Carolina 10 1/2 16 1/2 (60) E CAROLINA OHIO STATE 31 1/235 (58 1/2) Rutgers TEMPLE 6 1/2 5 (51 1/2) Buffalo Georgia 9 10 (53) S CAROLINA Baylor 9 1/2 15 (50) at UTSA ALABAMA 35 36 1/2 (65 1/2) Arkansas St NEBRASKA 35 (63 1/2) Colorado SO. MISS 9 1/25 1/2(68) Lou-Monroe NOTRE DAME 39 1/2 34 1/2 (62 1/2) Ball St IOWA 3 1/23 1/2(49) Iowa St Maryland 14 16 1/2 (65 1/2)BOWL GREEN GA SOUTH 2 1/2 3 (62 1/2) UMass

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Clemson 13 1/2 12 (54) TEXAS A&M MISSOURI 15 18 (54) Wyoming INDIANA 7 6 1/2(54 1/2) Virginia FLORIDA 13 1/213 1/2 (49 1/2) Kentucky Utah 7 1/2 11 (47 1/2) NILLINOIS MINNESOTA 1 2 1/2(47 1/2) Fresno St Arkansas 6 1/2 13 (69 1/2) COL ST Miami (Ohio) 2 1/2 1 1/2(51 1/2) Cincinnati TEXAS 21 1/2 22 1/2 (61) Tulsa OKLA. ST 33 32 (61 1/2) SAlabama Penn St 9 1/2 8 1/2 (57) PITTSBURGH STANFORD 4 4 1/2(54 1/2) SCAL BYU 1 3 1/2(46 1/2) California BOISE ST 32 31 (64) UCONN Michigan St 5 6 1/2(55 1/2) ARIZONA ST WASH. ST 36 34 1/2 (65) San Jose St HAWAII 14 1/2 17 (70) Rice

NFL

Thursday

Favorite OpenTodayO/U Underdog PHILA. 5 1/2 2 1/2 (45) Atlanta

Sunday

Favorite OpenToday O/U Underdog Pittsburgh 6 1/2 3 1/2 (46) CLEVELAND MINNESOTA 5 6 1/2(46) San Francisco INDY 1 1/23 (47 1/2) Cincinnati BALTIMORE 3 7(40 1/2) Buffalo Jacksonville 3 3(43 1/2) NY GIANTS N ORLEANS 7 9 1/2(49 1/2) Tampa Bay N ENGLAND 6 1/2 6 (50 1/2) Houston Tennessee 1 1/21 (45) at MIAMI LA CHAR 3 3(48) Kansas City DENVER 1 3(42 1/2) Seattle CAROLINA 2 1/2 3 (43) Dallas ARIZONA PK PK (44) Washington GREEN BAY 87 1/2(47) Chicago

Monday

Favorite OpenToday O/U Underdog DETROIT 6 1/26 1/2(45) NY Jets LA Rams 1 4(49 1/2) OAKLAND

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