LITTLE LEAGUE
Pearland 7, Auburn, Wash. 5: SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Powerful Pearland played small ball before Mason Van Noort's bat gave them a huge boost.
Now the sluggers from the Southwest are headed to the U.S. final of the Little League World Series.
Texas overcame an early 4-0 deficit with four runs in the sixth, including Van Noort's tiebreaking blast to left, for a dramatic 7-5 win Thursday over Auburn, Wash.
"Amazing," said a smiling 12-year-old Jaron Roblyer, whose homer in the fourth gave Texas its first run. "We're one of the best two teams in the United States."
They'll play for the U.S. title Saturday against either Waipahu, Hawaii or Columbus, Ga., who will have a rematch Friday after Hawaii's 7-4 win Thursday night.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
AUSTIN -- Texas senior right guard Tray Allen has not recovered from a left foot injury and will miss the first game against Rice.
The announcement came from Longhorns coach Mack Brown on Thursday. Fifth-ranked Texas plays at Rice on Sept. 4.
Allen hurt the foot early in training camp.
Texas is trying to rebuild an offensive line that lost three multiyear starters from the team that won the Big 12 last season.
Brown said he will release the team depth chart on Monday.
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AUSTIN -- Texas and Southern California, who last met in the Rose Bowl in 2006, have scheduled games in 2017 and 2018.
The Longhorns will travel to Los Angeles in 2017 with the Trojans going to Austin the next year.
USC holds a 4-1 edge over the Longhorns with the last regular-season meeting in 1967.
Texas beat the Trojans 41-38 in the 2005 season BCS championship game to claim the Longhorns' first undisputed national championship since 1969.
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LOS ANGELES -- Southern California has been stripped of the 2004 Grantland Rice Trophy, which is awarded by the Football Writers Association of America to the nation's top college football team.
The organization said Thursday that a committee of current and former officers voted to revoke the honor after USC was penalized for NCAA violations. It did not award the trophy to another school.
In June, USC received a two-year bowl ban, four years' probation, loss of scholarships and forfeits of an entire year's games. The punishment was for improper benefits to Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush dating to the Trojans' 2004 national championship.
The BCS has said it will likely force USC to vacate its title but won't act until the NCAA hears the Trojans' appeal.
USC said it is in the process of returning the Grantland Rice Trophy.
"Due to the NCAA penalties, we understand the actions taken by the Football Writers Association of America, and we will abide by that ruling," new USC athletic director Pat Haden said in a statement.
GOLF
LPGA Canadian Open: WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Michelle Wie has had the second hole-in-one of her professional career on the way to a 7-under 65 and a three-shot lead after the first round of the CN Canadian Women's Open.
The 6-foot-tall Wie says she's notched eight holes-in-one in her career, but only one other as a pro, in her rookie season at last year's LPGA Championship. This on came on the 190-yard, par-3 11th hole.
Sarah Kemp of Australia was three strokes back of Wie after her morning-round 68, while defending champion Suzann Pettersen was in third place with a 69.
Rookie Ilhee Lee of South Korea initially had a score of 69, but it was later corrected to 70 -- a mark shared by a group of players.
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U.S. Amateur: UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. -- Reigning NCAA champ Scott Langley needed extra holes for a second straight day to advance to the round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur.
Langley beat Augusta State's Patrick Reed in 19 holes morning at breezy Chambers Bay. A day earlier, Langley knocked off Tim Jackson in 19 holes in the first round of match play.
The round of 16 was being contested later Thursday afternoon.
Other winners in the morning matches included defending champ Byeong-Hun An (4 and 3), David Chung (4 and 3) and Morgan Hoffmann (6 and 4). Only four of the 16 matches even made it to No. 18, with two of them -- Langley and Scott Strohmeyer's win over Justin Thomas -- going to extra holes.
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European Tour: GLENEAGLES, Scotland -- Richard Finch of England shot a 6-under 66 to lead the Johnnie Walker Championship after the opening round.
Finch is looking to end a two-year drought since winning twice in 2008, at the New Zealand Open and Irish Open.
Five players are a shot back. The English quartet of Robert Rock, Richard Bland, Gary Boyd and David Lynne, and Scotland's Stephen Gallacher.
England's Simon Dyson is at 4 under and a chance of breaking into the leading nine on the Ryder Cup points standings.
Dyson arrived in Scotland in 13th place in the standings and four places short of automatically qualifying. However, he needs to win to have any chance of making the European team.
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