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No. 3 Penn State scores last 10 to beat No. 10 Buckeyes

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Pat Devlin came off the bench for injured starting quarterback Daryll Clark in the fourth quarter, leading two scoring drives and sneaking in for the go-ahead touchdown to give No. 3 Penn State a 13-6 victory over No. 10 Ohio State on Saturday night.

The win put the Nittany Lions (9-0, 5-0) in command in the Big Ten and severely crimped the chances of the Buckeyes (7-2, 4-1) grabbing an unprecedented third consecutive outright league title and a piece of their fourth conference championship in a row.

Penn State solidified its position as a national championship contender and also erased the ugly memories of an 0-7 mark in Columbus since joining the Big Ten in 1993.

Defenses controlled most of the game before an Ohio Stadium-record crowd of 105,711.

Texas hangs on to No. 1 with win over OSU

AUSTIN, Texas—Whew! Top-ranked Texas was put to its toughest test yet and came through unbeaten.

Looking more vulnerable than any other time this season, the Longhorns needed a big defensive stand in the fourth quarter to overcome a pair of late mistakes by Colt McCoy and hang on for a tough 28-24 win over No. 7 Oklahoma State.

Their reward is another week at No. 1 and yet another huge Big 12 South division game next weekend at No. 8 Texas Tech.

McCoy, who passed for 391 yards and two touchdowns, threw a rare interception that set up a field goal as Oklahoma State pulled within 28-24, then fumbled on the Cowboys’ 10 with just over five minutes left when Texas could have put the game away.

But the defense, pushed around by Oklahoma State’s punishing rushing attack and big tight end Brandon Pettigrew all day, made a huge stand. The Longhorns stopped the Cowboys on fourth down at their own 30. Texas drove the ball to the Oklahoma State 1 before turning the ball over on downs with 33 seconds left.

It still wasn’t quite over. The Cowboys used four plays to get to midfield before a final desperation pass fell just short of the end zone as time expired.

Police chief rebukes Thomas

NEW YORK—A suburban police chief likened the conflicting accounts of an accidental overdose at Isiah Thomas’ home to a “cover-up” and rebuked the former New York Knicks coach Saturday for saying it was his teenage daughter who required treatment.

“It wasn’t his daughter,” Harrison police Chief David Hall told The Associated Press. “And why they’re throwing her under the bus is beyond my ability to understand.”

Authorities were called early Friday to Thomas’ Westchester County home, where police said a 47-year-old man was taken to the hospital and treated for an overdose of sleeping pills. Several media outlets reported that police confirmed it was Thomas who went to the hospital.

But reached on his cell phone Friday, the 47-year-old NBA great told the New York Post he had not been treated for a sleeping pill overdose and it was 17-year-old daughter, Lauren, who had a medical issue.

It “wasn’t an overdose,” he told the newspaper. “My daughter is very down right now. None of us are OK.”

Hall forcefully refuted Thomas’ statement.

“My cops ... know the difference between a 47-year-old black male and a young black female,” Hall said.

Raven’s Pass wins Breeders’ Cup Classic

ARCADIA, Calif.—The crowd backed him with its money and its mouth, bellowing on tiptoes as Curlin took the lead at the top of the stretch. Too soon it was over as this Breeders’ Cup was about long shots, a new surface and European imports, not America’s best horse.

Curlin was upset in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Saturday, demoted to a fourth-place finish behind 13-1 long shot Raven’s Pass from Britain.

Neither reigning Horse of the Year Curlin nor Raven’s Pass had ever raced on a synthetic surface. But Raven’s Pass trains on something similar, and European horses used to running on turf often make an easier transition to synthetics.

Ballesteros stable after brain operation

MADRID, Spain—Seve Ballesteros is in stable but serious condition in the intensive care unit of the La Paz hospital.

The hospital says it intends to release no new statements on the golf great’s state until Monday — or later — unless there is a change in his condition.

Ballesteros underwent a 6-hour operation Friday on a cancerous brain tumor, a procedure which the hospital said went better than expected.

The operation removed the rest of the 51-year-old Spaniard’s tumor and reduced the swelling on his brain. The hospital said Ballesteros was taken to the intensive care unit following the operation where hospital specialists will keep him under close observation.

Sooners survive rally to beat K-State 58-35

MANHATTAN, Kan.—DeMarco Murray racked up 167 total yards and four touchdowns, and No. 4 Oklahoma sustained a 21-point Kansas State rally in the highest-scoring first half in school history to beat the Wildcats 58-35 on Saturday.

Sam Bradford added three touchdown passes in a wild first half in which the Sooners (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) give up a 28-7 lead before taking control with 27 consecutive points of their own.

The capper was a 68-yard punt return touchdown by redshirt freshman Ryan Broyles that gave the Sooners a 55-28 halftime lead. That total matched the school record for points in a half, set in the second half of Oklahoma’s 76-0 shutout of the Wildcats in 1942.

Browns rescind Winslow’s suspension

CLEVELAND—The Browns have agreed to rescind Kellen Winslow’s one-game suspension, but the Pro Bowl tight end will still miss Cleveland’s game on Sunday.

The team said in a statement Saturday night that Winslow will return on Monday, following the Browns’ game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The franchise said it has worked through its differences with Winslow and looks forward to his return.

Winslow was suspended last week after he made critical comments about the Browns’ handling of his hospitalization with a staph infection. He later appealed the suspension.