Leap Year

No. 11 Baylor still undefeated after 49-7 win over Kansas

Edit The Miami Herald 16 Oct 2016

The Jayhawks have lost 15 Big 12 games in a row, and dropped 36 consecutive road games since winning at UTEP seven years ago ... He led the Bears with 68 yards rushing, and got flipped after he leaped in the end zone for a 26-yard TD when converting a fourth-and-3 to make it 21-0 in the first quarter ... Sure, the Jayhawks were five-touchdown underdogs, but this was a bit of a backward step for second-year coach David Beaty's team....

Migrant crisis: A Syrian's struggle to become German

Edit BBC News 16 Oct 2016

More than a year after arriving in Germany, Sami Farah, a 23-year-old music therapist from war-torn Syria, is finally putting down roots in his new home - Berlin. Sami was among nearly 900,000 non-EU migrants who reached Germany last year - an unprecedented influx ... It's not taking a leap of faith - it's jumping into the sea, literally....

Robinson working on getting his shot off quicker

Edit Detroit Free Press 16 Oct 2016

Nati Harnik AP) ... Last year, in his first eligible season after transferring from Division III Williams College, Robinson scored 11.2 points per game, third-best on the full-season team ... Just by being a year older and having played a full season, Robinson can make a leap. “I didn’t know what to expect last year,” Robinson said a few weeks ago ... But that’s a challenge for me this year and I’m looking forward to embracing it.” ... ....

Michigan's Duncan Robinson working on getting his shot off quicker

Edit Detroit Free Press 16 Oct 2016

Nati Harnik AP) ... Last year, in his first eligible season after transferring from Division III Williams College, Robinson scored 11.2 points per game, third-best on the full-season team ... Just by being a year older and having played a full season, Robinson can make a leap. “I didn’t know what to expect last year,” Robinson said a few weeks ago ... But that’s a challenge for me this year and I’m looking forward to embracing it.” ... ....

Francisco Lindor’s bat, glove and spirit are stealing ALCS show

Edit New York Post 16 Oct 2016

“This is awesome,” Lindor said. “This is awesome ... The Indians continue to impress as a details-be-damned group, kind of like a more talented version of this year’s Mets ... His highlight came on Jose Bautista’s second-inning grounder into the hole, on which Lindor did his best Derek Jeter by grabbing it, leaping and throwing out Bautista in time ... The 22-year-old makes the game look simple and fun ... “He’s just been awesome all year.” ... ....

Dede Westbrook impresses with another three-touchdown game

Edit The Oklahoman 16 Oct 2016

Instead, it was the play Westbrook didn’t make that floored Stoops the most in No ... But as he turned around to meet the pass, he mistimed his leap and the ball sailed just over his fingertips ... And as the Big 12 offensive newcomer of the year in 2015, the Blinn Community College transfer’s emergence isn’t entirely unexpected ... “Dede is doing a lot for us similar to what (Sterling Shepard) did last year, in a different way....

Admiral: If Batman had a ship, it would be Zumwalt

Edit WPXI 16 Oct 2016

BALTIMORE (AP) — If Batman had a warship, it would be the USS Zumwalt. That's how Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the U.S ... Ray Mabus, secretary of the Navy, called the Zumwalt "a quantum leap" for Navy ships ... STEALTH ... It looks like a much smaller vessel on radar ... POWER ... "I have interrogated them about this a great deal — more over the last couple of years than before — and they tell me, no, it was all about my grandfather," Kirk says ... ....

Deja 'drew! Miller, Tribe up 2-0 in ALCS

Edit MLB 16 Oct 2016

"We've been there before," said Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin, whose team fell behind 2-0 in last year's AL Division Series vs ... Davis, who led the AL with 43 stolen bases this year, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch before Lindor came through once again in this series with a two-out RBI single up the middle ... "He's been doing that all year long ... That said, only four of Santana's 34 homers this year came vs....