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Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Saturday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- CHASKA, Minn. -- The Americans take a slim lead into the second day of Ryder Cup matches, trying to avoid a fourth straight loss to Europe.- Three key college football games: No. 3 Louisville at No. 5 Clemson (8 p.m.); No. 8 Wisconsin at No. 4 Michigan (3:30 p.m.); and No. 11 Tennessee at No. 25 Georgia (3:30 p.m.).- Wild-card races: AL: Orioles (at Yankees); Blue Jays (at Red Sox); Tigers (at Braves); Mariners (vs. Athletics). NL: Mets (at Phillies); Giants (vs. Dodgers); Cardinals (vs. Pirates).- BOSTON -- The Mariners traded him; the Twins released him. Even the Boston fans gave up on David Ortiz a couple of times. Now he is playing as well as ever and ready to end his career on his terms.- ATLANTA -- Turner Field has all the amenities of a modern stadium. Of course, at 20 years old, its not exactly a baseball relic. But its time in the big leagues is over.- J.J. Watts injury could even things out even more in the mediocre AFC South. Not that Houstons defense, or anything much else with the Texans, was worth watching at New England. Now, the Titans come to town looking to tie for first.- Kevin Durant wears his Golden State uniform in a game for the first time Saturday night when the Warriors play Toronto in the NBAs preseason opener. Also Saturday, Dallas is at New Orleans.- DOVER, Del. -- Brad Keselowski discusses the state of NASCAR entering Sundays third Chase race. Kevin Harvick won last week at New Hampshire. 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"Paul sent me a text this morning, just told me he loved me and wanted to go out and fight as hard as I would any other day," Simpson said Sunday after doing just that. BLACKSBURG, Va. -- No starting quarterback? No problem for Georgia Tech.With Justin Thomas on the sideline with an injury, backup quarterback Matthew Jordan rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 30-20 upset of No. 18 Virginia Tech on Saturday.Thomas dressed for the game, but didnt play after an undisclosed injury last week at North Carolina. The Yellow Jackets (6-4, 3-4 ACC) didnt miss a beat, and Jordan, who made his first career start, repeatedly gashed the Hokies defense. He carried the ball 32 times and scored on runs of 53 and 3 yards.I really didnt know until warm-ups to be honest, Jordan said. I think I was a little bit nervous when we first started off. Once the game went along, I think I settled down.Marcus Marshall added 143 yards rushing and a score for the Yellow Jackets, who rushed for 309 yards. They also became bowl eligible.I told our kids after that game that 6-6 is not what were after, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said. Once we were out of the conference race, I challenged our team to try and win nine games. If you go back and look at the last 50 years here, it hasnt been done a lot.Georgia Techs win was just the third road win over a ranked team in Johnsons tenure as coach. He took over in 2008.Virginia Tech (7-3, 5-2, No. 14 CFP), which was looking to clinch the ACCs Coastal Division crown, played its worst game of the season. The Hokies turned the ball over four times, botched a short field-goal attempt, and had a terrible snap right before halftime that ultimately led to Joordans 3-yard touchdown run.dddddddddddd That score gave them a 20-0 halftime lead.The Hokies Jerod Evans threw a touchdown pass and ran for two scores -- the latter two coming with the game already decided.In the end, we didnt play well enough, Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente said. We didnt deserve to win the ball game. Credit to them.THE TAKEAWAYGeorgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets defense gave up 636 yards of offense in a 48-20 loss at North Carolina a week ago, but the group held Virginia Tech to 437 yards and sacked Evans five times.I think our defensive players were probably tired of hearing how bad they were, Johnson said.Virginia Tech: The Hokies -- who hadnt turned the ball over in their previous three games -- need to find their groove on offense. They only mustered a field goal in the second half against Duke a week ago, didnt score in the first half against Georgia Tech, and had 182 of their yards on their final two drives when trailing 30-7.POLL IMPLICATIONSVoters could drop Virginia Tech down or out of the AP Top 25 when the new list comes out Sunday.UP NEXTGeorgia Tech: Returns home for the final home game of the season and takes on Virginia, the last-place team in the ACCs Coastal Division.Virginia Tech: Travels to South Bend, Indiana, to take on Notre Dame in the first meeting between the two programs.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' 'conference title chase. ' ' '