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Thursday Sports in Brief

As Jay Wright starts his 19th season at Villanova, the winningest coach in program history reflects on his success and what’s ahead

The quarterback situations for Indiana and Nebraska remained uncertain heading into Saturday’s game, at least to people outside the program.

Danielle Kang takes 1-stroke lead into LPGA’s 3rd round

Wales rugby coach Warren Gatland says he is a dreamer and “probably the greatest optimist in terms of believing something is possible.”

How about running next year’s Tokyo Olympic marathon at 3 a.m _ or 5 a.m.

Fifth-ranked Oklahoma will be trying to stay in the College Football Playoff hunt when it visits Kansas State

With Big Ten reprieve, No. 20 Iowa takes on Northwestern

Now with Clippers, Kawhi Leonard spoils Warriors fun again

Unprecedented demand for the Tokyo Olympics is also driving interest in Tokyo’s Paralympic Games

MLS Playoff Capsules

Gurianov scored on the Stars’ first shot. He skated into the right faceoff circle and lifted a backhand over the left shoulder of Gibson at 2:42.

In a divided Washington, Nationals’ World Series run unites

CJ Anderson blocked Amaury Martinez’s 27-yard field goal attempt in second overtime to secure Jackson State’s 38-35 win over Prairie View A&M on Thursday night

Ump apologizes for tweet referencing gun and Trump critics

Shane Buechele threw for 203 yards and two touchdowns, Xavier Jones ran for 133 yards and two touchdowns and No. 16 SMU held off Houston 34-31

Dalvin Cook tallied 171 total yards and a score, helping the Minnesota Vikings to a 19-9 win over Washington.

NFL This Week: Jimmy Garoppolo and the San Francisco 49ers seek their second 7-0 start in franchise history

HIGHLIGHTS: Max Comtois nets first career power play goal

NBA Capsules