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NEW YORK (AP) — Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota (mar-ee-OH'-tah) has come away with the Heisman Trophy as college football's top player, beating out Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon and Alabama receiver Amari Cooper. Mariota received the second-highest percentage of possible points in Heisman history, topped only by Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith in 2006. He is the first Ducks player to win the trophy after setting a Pac-12 mark this season with 53 total touchdowns, including a school-record 38 via pass, 14 keepers and one TD reception.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Make it 13 straight wins for Navy over Army in college football. Quarterback Keenan Reynolds ran for 100 yards on 26 carries and threw a touchdown pass as the Middies downed the Cadets 17-10. Navy led 10-7 before Reynolds scored from the 1 with 12:07 left.
DALLAS (AP) — The Golden State Warriors have become the 12th team in NBA history to open a season 20-2, thanks to their current 15-game winning streak. The Warriors extended their club-record streak on Saturday as Stephen (STEF'-ihn) Curry scored 29 points and Klay Thompson added 25 in a 105-98 triumph at Dallas. Curry and Thompson each scored 17 in the first half as Golden State ran out to a 28-point lead.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Devin Booker and Willie Cauley-Stein each had 15 points as the Wildcats whipped the Tar Heels 84-70 to improve to 11-0. Kentucky shot 57 percent from the field, with Booker going 5-for-8 overall and 3-for-3 from 3-point range. The Wildcats never trailed and eventually built a 19-point, second-half lead in their first game since junior forward Alex Poythress suffered a season-ending knee injury.
UNDATED (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks have the NHL's longest current winning streak, making it seven straight with a 4-1 triumph against Winnipeg. Jakob Silfverberg, Ryan Getzlaf (GETS'-lahf) and Nate Thompson scored in the second period to erase the Ducks' early deficit. Chicago's eight-game winning streak ended on Long Island as Kyle Okposo (oh-POH'-soh) and Lubimor Visnovsky (LOO'-boh-meer vihz-NAHF'-skee) scored 51 seconds apart midway through the third period to lead the Islanders to a 3-2 victory over the Blackhawks.
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