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The Rev. Bennie A. Mosley III is praying for a miracle that will allow him to return to his pulpit at the Christian Teaching Center Church. And he knows that if God answers his prayer for healing, he will go back a different man. “My faith has been tested, and I will never be the same,” said Mosley, 51. “Going through this ‘Job moment,’ has taught me that there was a level of maturity that was lacking in me.” Mosley’s tribulation began in early August, when he found himself without any energy or strength and barely able to stand. A trip to the emergency room revealed an extremely low hemoglobin count. After being admitted into the intensive care unit...

HATTIESBURG â€" Senorise Perry rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns, Jeremy Wright added 84 rushing yards and No. 19 Louisville rallied to...

Sunday's all-important singles matches of the Ryder Cup 2012 are upon us, with Team USA leading Team Europe 10-6 following a dominant Saturday showing. — GolfDigest.com's live leaderboard Ryder Cup 2012: Tiger Woods and the U.S. look to...

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LOS ANGELES - Matt Kemp homered twice, Joe Blanton pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers climbed within two games of the second NL wild-card spot with a 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night. The Dodgers' fourth straight victory, coupled with St. Louis' 10-inning loss to Washington, kept the Dodgers clinging to their postseason hopes with four games left. After this weekend, Los Angeles finishes up with a three-game series against NL West champion San Francisco. The defending World Series champion Cardinals close out the regular...

By Angel Verdejo | Saturday, September 29, 2012 | Updated: Saturday, September 29, 2012 11:10pm Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 Saturday's game was thought to be a test for North Forest. The Bulldogs came in unbeaten, outscoring their four previous opponents 241-25. North Forest already surpassed last year's wins and put up 70 points a week ago. But across the field from the Bulldogs was another unbeaten team, Sharpstown. The Apollos are the defending District 21-4A champions and had scored 64 or more points in their last two games....

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Matt Kemp homered twice, Joe Blanton pitched into the seventh inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers blanked the Colorado Rockies, 3-0, in the middle test of a three-game series. A.J. Ellis also drove in a run for the Dodgers, who have won four straight and sit two games behind the St. Louis Cardinals for the NL's final wild card spot. Blanton (10-13) scattered seven hits and six strikeouts with no walks over six-plus innings. Brandon League worked a perfect ninth inning for his 15th save of the season. Tyler Chatwood (5-6) allowed two runs on five hits and two walks through four innings for Colorado, which dropped its second straight game on the heels of a four-game win streak. Final Score:...

San Diego -- Madison Bumgarner made his final regular-season start Saturday night, which means he faces a lot of days before he starts a playoff game. Given the work he has to do, that might not be a bad thing for the 23-year-old left-hander. Though he won the division-clinching game eight nights ago in San Franicsco, Bumgarner did not finish strongly. He allowed at least four earned runs in five of his final seven starts, including Saturday night's 7-3 loss...

By Berry Tramel | Typical OSU game. High marks on offense. Low marks on defense. J.W. Walsh: A. Walsh wasn't particularly polished. He didn't always throw the ball to the right spot or make the correct decision. But he played through adversity and got better as the game went on. Walsh's numbers were superb — 18 of 27 passes for 301 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Walsh also had a 50-yard run off a quarterback draw that led to the go-ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter. Oklahoma State's J.W. Walsh (4) drops back to pass during a college football game between Oklahoma State University (OSU) and the University of Texas (UT) at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater,...

Al Wasl striker Emiliano Alfaro made it seven goals in three games with a brace against Al Nasr at Al Shabab on Saturday, but his teamwereforced to share the points after the home side twice came from behind to draw 2-2. Alfaro put Al Wasl ahead inside ten minutes receiving Ahmad Mahmoud's goal kickandtaking one touchbefore firing into the bottom left past Abdullah Ali. Then, against the run of play, Nashat Akram equalised on the half hour, nodding Mahmoud's parry from a Guiseppe Mascara cross into an empty net from close range. Alfaro got his second just after half-time. Shikabala chased down Mariano Donda's pass, turning Hilal Saeed and Mohammad Abdullah on the...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Tony Abreu's two-out single in the 14th inning gave Kansas City a 7-6 win over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night, snapping the Royals' six-game losing streak. Keep up with the latest news on The Times's baseball blog. Go to the Bats Blog Major League Baseball Live Scoreboard Standings | Wild Card Stats | Injuries Yankees Schedule/Results Roster | Stats Mets Schedule/Results Roster | Stats Scott Maine (2-3) walked Mike Moustakas on four pitches to start the inning. Jeff Francoeur and Brayan Pena struck out, but Maine's wild pitch moved Moustakas into scoring position. Abreu blooped a single to center to score the go-ahead run. Both teams used nine pitchers and...

ATLANTA - David Wright knows the damage could've been worse. Getting hit in the groin on a pitch from Braves closer Craig Kimbrel is bad enough, but at least it was an 88 mph slider. Two pitches earlier, Kimbrel's fastball touched 100 mph on the radar gun. "I'm lucky that he hit me with a slider," Wright said with a smile. "A fastball would've been a different story, obviously." Wright's ground-rule double in the seventh inning was the only extra-base hit mustered by the New York Mets in a 2-0 loss to Mike Minor and the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. Minor pitched 6 1-3 sharp innings to win his fifth straight decision, and Martin Prado and Jason Heyward each had an RBI...

By Jenni Carlson | Here is a look at Texas' 41-36 win over Oklahoma State by the numbers: 3: Fourth down conversions for Texas on three attempts, the last of which was a 28-yard pass that kept alive the Longhorns' game-winning touchdown drive. Buy Tickets View all 2012 OSU Football Schedule Buy tickets Toolsview all E-mailPrintFacebookTwitterDeliciousDiggSubmit a letter to the editor....

PITTSBURGH - The Cincinnati Reds are heading to the postseason. Hopefully, their offense returns by then. Mike Leake pitched six shutout inning to make a compelling case that he'll be ready if needed in the playoffs, but the Reds fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Saturday night when Andrew McCutchen hit a solo home run in the ninth off reliever Jonathan Broxton. The Reds, who already have the NL Central locked up, have scored just five times in their last four games. "We want to make sure guys get their at-bats to try to get ready and get things rolling," said acting manager Chris Speier. "We still have some time. We'd sure like to see it turn around sooner than...

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Urban Meyer's first Big Ten Conference game as Ohio State coach Saturday turned out to be a classic welcome to the league. His quarterback got shaken up twice, but Braxton Miller kept coming back on the field, and in the end the Buckeyes played just well enough defensively to come...

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NEWARK — The Liberty’s defense stifled the Connecticut Sun for the first three quarters of Saturday’s W.N.B.A. Eastern Conference semifinal game. But in the fourth quarter, Sun center Tina Charles showed why she was the league’s most valuable player this season. Keep up with the latest news, on the court and off, with The Times's basketball blog. Go to Off the Dribble N.B.A. Live Scoreboard Teams | Player Stats Knicks Schedule/Results Roster | Player Stats Nets Schedule/Results Roster | Player Stats W.N.B.A. Live Scoreboard Teams | Player Stats Liberty Schedule/Results Roster | Player Stats Charles scored 25 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, including 9 points and 6...

The Associated PressWashington Nationals' Michael Morse rounds the bases after hitting a grand slam during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals , Sept. 29, 2012, in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS — Michael Morse circled the bases for a grand slam after taking an imaginary swing, and the Washington Nationals cut their magic number for winning the NL East to one Saturday night, beating St. Louis 6-4 on Kurt Suzuki's two-run double in the 10th inning. The Nationals have put on hold a champagne celebration until they...

By Associated Press Comments From left, Orioles Nate McLouth, J.J. Hardy and Robert Andino celebrate Saturday's win over the Red Sox, which moved Baltimore back into a tie with New York for first place in the AL East. (Patrick Semansky/Associated Press) Baltimore â€" The Orioles are tied atop the AL East with the Yankees with four games left, a scenario that might cause a team unaccustomed to being in a pennant race to stumble under pressure. Not these guys. After Baltimore beat Boston, 4-3, on Saturday night to earn a share of first place, Orioles first baseman Mark Reynolds described the mood of the team as "a quiet confidence." "Calmness," Reynolds said. "We're playing with house money....

STEVE CORKRAN'S NFL RANKINGS 1. Texans (3-0) QB Matt Schaub is 5-0 with a 104.4 passer rating past five games vs. divisional foes; facing Titans on Sunday 2. Falcons (3-0) QB Matt Ryan is 4-0 at home vs. Panthers in career, with a 107.7 passer rating 3. N.Y. Giants (2-1) WR Victor Cruz has nine receptions for 238 yards (26.4-yard average) and three TDs in two games vs. Eagles. 4. Ravens (3-1) Beat the Browns on Thursday night; seek 4-1 start with game against Chiefs on Oct. 7 5. Cardinals (3-0) They are an NFL-best 10-2 over past 12 regular-season games, including 7-0 mark at home; host Dolphins on Sunday 6. Vikings (2-1) DE...

LINCOLN, Neb. - Taylor Martinez guided four straight scoring drives against a tiring Wisconsin defense in the second half to lead No. 22 Nebraska's comeback from a 17-point deficit to defeat the Badgers 30-27 on Saturday night. Martinez scored on a 38-yard run, threw a 10-yard TD pass to Kyler Reed and set up Brett Maher for the tying and go-ahead field goals. Maher's 41-yarder with 9:41 left gave the Huskers (3-1, 1-0) their first lead in the Big Ten opener. Danny O'Brien, who replaced Joel Stave, tried to bring back the two-time defending Big Ten champion Badgers (3-2, 0-1) with...

MEDINAH, Ill. – Lee Westwood has dubbed Keegan Bradley the "rock star" of this Ryder Cup. The excitable St. John's grad continued to bring the best out of Phil Mickelson and provide the energy that had been so lacking on so many previous U.S. teams. Mickelson's caddie, Jim (Bones) Mackay, tried to explain it. "They play identical types of golf. They're identically excitable. There is a real bond there," he said. "I mean, at the Phoenix Open this year, Super Bowl Sunday, they're watching the Super Bowl together. Phil...

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Medinah, Illinois: Europe captain Jose Maria Olazabal saw the last great Ryder Cup comeback victory first-hand, so the Spaniard knows that overcoming their 10-6 deficit against the US is possible. Olazabal was on the 17th green at Brookline when the Americans won the 1999 Ryder Cup after entering the Sunday singles trailing by four points to register a record comeback for the biennial event. “I believe that it’s not over,” said Olazabal on Saturday, continuing to draw inspiration from great friend and mentor Seve Ballesteros, who died last year at age 54 after a battle with cancer. “That’s what I learned from Seve, and that’s what I’m going to try to...

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The Broncos are looking to bounce back once again after another loss. Denver will host the Raiders at 2:05 p.m. MST Sunday. It's a key game for both teams. The Broncos (1-2) and Raiders (1-2) are trying to avoid their third loss of the season. This is also a division game. "It's a pivotal game, said Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. "It's a division game, which counts double. We're 1-2, they're 1-2. It's a game...

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Kenny Cooper broke out of a bit of a scoring drought, scoring his first two goals since Aug. 19, but the New York Red Bulls striker didn’t want to talk about himself. The attention belonged to talented teammate Thierry Henry. The Times's soccer blog has the world's game covered from all angles. Go to the Goal Blog Henry scored a goal and set up three others to lead the Red Bulls to a 4-1 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday night, solidifying their chances to earn an Eastern Conference playoff spot. “I think he has eyes on the side of his head, the back of his head, all over,” Cooper said. “His vision is unbelievable and I don’t know...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Zach Mettenberger's perfectly placed 53-yard scoring strike to Odell Beckham Jr. exemplified the type of play Les Miles wanted to see from LSU's offense before the Tigers hit one of the toughest stretches on their schedule. If only that play had been the norm instead of the exception in a mistake-filled outing, Miles might not have been describing a "somber locker room" following No. 3 LSU's 38-22 victory over Towson on Saturday night. "It was just sloppy play," Mettenberger said. "We have been sloppy week in and week out. We have to clean it up. Right now we are not playing LSU football. I'm very disappointed in myself and the team right now." Mettenberger hit...

Grading Virginia Tech's three keys 1 Contain Munchie Legaux: Tech did a decent job of keeping Legaux in the pocket...