LaLiga will report racist insults aimed at Barcelona's players during the Clásico to police and prosecutors, the league said on Sunday.

Video footage appeared to show Lamine Yamal being insulted after scoring Barcelona's third goal in the 4-0 win over Real Madrid at the Bernabéu.

LaLiga "energetically condemns" what happened, the league said.

"Given the events that occurred during the game between Real Madrid and Barcelona, in which intolerable racist behaviour was observed, LaLiga will immediately report the racist insults and gestures aimed at Barcelona players to the National Police's Hate Crime Group, as well as informing the Coordinating Hate Crimes Prosecutor with the Hate Crime and Discrimination Unit at the State Attorney General's Office," the league said in a statement.

"LaLiga strongly condemns the events that occurred at the Santiago Bernabéu and remains firm in its commitment to eradicate any type of racist behaviour and hatred inside and outside stadiums. There is no place for this scourge in sport."

Madrid also condemned the abuse, saying the club has opened an investigation.

"Real Madrid strongly condemns any kind of behaviour involving racism, xenophobia or violence in football and sport, and deeply regrets the insults made by a few fans last night in one of the corners of the stadium," Madrid said in a statement.

"Real Madrid has opened an investigation in order to locate and identify the perpetrators of these regrettable and despicable insults, in order to take the appropriate disciplinary and judicial measures."

LaLiga has made a concerted effort to tackle racist abuse aimed at players by fans in recent years, with a number of high-profile cases involving Madrid's Vinícius Júnior.

In June, three fans were found guilty of racially abusing Vinícius during a game at Valencia's Mestalla stadium in May 2023, in the first verdict of its kind in Spain.

Earlier this week, LaLiga held a conference -- together with Madrid's regional government -- on tackling racism, prejudice and discrimination in football.

The league has called for legal reform to give it additional powers to deal directly with cases of racist abuse.

Saturday's incident directed at Yamal took place as the winger celebrated scoring in Barcelona's comprehensive 4-0 victory, in which Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha also scored.

The win put Barca six points clear at the top of the LaLiga table.

Colorado is going bowling in Year 2 under coach Deion Sanders.

The Buffaloes secured their sixth win and bowl eligibility late Saturday night with a 34-23 home victory over Cincinnati that also sets them up to be a Big 12 contender next month.

Shedeur Sanders broke a school record by completing his first 15 passes of the game, threw for 323 yards and scored three total touchdowns to lead the Buffaloes. The victory ensured the star quarterback's second season in Boulder will end with the program's first bowl game since 2020.

"It's cute. It really is. Because we really want that, but that's not all we're after," Deion Sanders said. "That's one of the hurdles that we're jumping over and going over.

"That's a tremendous hurdle that we're happy, we're excited, but that's not the end goal for us. That's the beginning, but we are thankful and appreciative that the hard work is going noticed."

Shedeur Sanders said he dealt with the flu during the week and was able to practice only once before facing the Bearcats. He completed 25 of 30 passes and connected with two-way star Travis Hunter nine times for 153 yards and two touchdowns.

Afterward, his father questioned why he's "not even mentioned" in the Heisman Trophy race.

"I don't care. I really don't. It's just strange," Deion Sanders said. "It's just funny to me. I just think it's just ignorant, but it's funny to us because Shedeur could care less. Shedeur wants to be drafted in a wonderful city. He wants to win out. That's what he thinks about. He ain't thinking about no darn Heisman, man.

"Now, Travis is the best college football player in the country. We all know that. Why are we even deliberating over that? What are we doing? Like, when does that change? So what's the criteria? Somebody needs to say what's the criteria of that prestigious award. Because we're looking at the best high school football player that -- there hasn't been a Travis Hunter ever. Ever. And I'm sitting up here saying that."

For the second week in a row, Colorado (6-2, 4-1 Big 12) was able to balance its offensive attack with a 100-yard team rushing performance. Isaiah Augustave, an Arkansas transfer, led the way with 93 of the Buffaloes' 123 yards in what Deion Sanders called a "conscious effort" to run the ball more.

The Buffaloes scored on five of their first six offensive drives to roll to a 31-14 lead and held off a fourth-quarter rally by Cincinnati (5-3, 3-2) in a battle of Big 12 contenders that have surprised after being picked to finish 11th and 14th, respectively, in the league's preseason media poll.

Colorado hadn't achieved six wins since 2016 and last reached a bowl game at the end of the Pac-12's pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The Buffaloes were one of just two teams in the conference that agreed to participate in a bowl game and lost 55-23 to Texas in the Valero Alamo Bowl to finish 4-2 that season.

"We don't go into the season looking at the schedule like, 'Oh, we're only going to win six games,'" Shedeur Sanders said. "That's not what happened. The fact that we did it, it just trusts our process that we're using. We're not even hitting our peak. Nowhere close."

After a 4-8 debut season and another offseason of roster rebuilding via the transfer portal, Deion Sanders has Colorado positioned to compete in the Big 12 championship race.

Undefeated BYU (8-0, 5-0) and Iowa State (7-0, 4-0) remain atop the Big 12 standings, with Kansas State (7-1, 4-1) and Colorado behind them. Kansas State defeated the Buffaloes 31-28 in Boulder on Oct. 12, but Colorado does not play BYU or Iowa State in the regular season.

A bye week is next for the Buffaloes, with Texas Tech, Utah, Kansas and Oklahoma State left on the schedule. All four of Colorado's remaining opponents lost Saturday.

Deion Sanders said his team is focused on one game at a time and isn't thinking about a College Football Playoff run, then followed that up with a plea to reporters and coaches who vote in the weekly polls. Five Associated Press Top 25 teams losing Saturday could clear the way for Colorado to enter the rankings.

"We don't even want to be ranked. Don't rank us, please," he said. "We don't like that. We'd rather be at the back, in the dark, just chilling in the cut. We good, we cool, we straight. So don't feel pressure to rank us."

After the win, Deion Sanders intended to present the game ball to Peggy Coppom, Colorado's 99-year-old superfan who has been attending games since the 1940s. Sanders has vowed he would get "Miss Peggy" to a bowl game as a gift for her 100th birthday.

Coppom was unable to attend the Cincinnati game while dealing with COVID-19, Sanders said, but Colorado athletic director Rick George called her from the locker room after the victory.

"We told her she's going to a bowl," Sanders said. "Now we want to make sure she goes to the best possible bowl that she could possibly go to. That means a lot to us, that really does. She was so appreciative and thankful. She means so much to this program, so we're glad we could honor her in that.

"Now we've just gotta get a private plane to make sure she's comfortable on the way there. Yeah, we ain't putting Peggy on a regular plane, I promise you that."

MADISON, Wis. -- Penn State coach James Franklin apologized for walking away from the microphone Wednesday when asked about two former players who were accused by police of raping a 17-year-old girl in their apartment July 7.

"I didn't do a great job of handling Wednesday," Franklin said Saturday night following Penn State's 28-13 victory over Wisconsin. "Difficult, difficult situation and I got to own that I did not do a good job of that. ... I did not do a good job of handling that situation and representing this program the right way."

Former Nittany Lions defensive end Jameial Lyons, 19, is charged with felony rape, aggravated assault without consent, voluntary deviate sexual intercourse and misdemeanor indecent assault without consent and invasion of privacy without consent. Former Penn State linebacker Kaveion Keys, 19, is charged with felony rape, aggravated assault without consent and sexual assault and misdemeanor indecent assault without consent.

Penn State suspended Lyons and Keys from the football team in August.

"We are aware of the serious charges against Mr. Keys and Mr. Lyons, who are no longer enrolled at the University," a school spokesperson said in a statement last week. "The safety of our community is our top priority, and Penn State takes any report of sexual assault or misconduct very seriously and investigates any and all reports."

After Wednesday's practice, a reporter started to ask Franklin about the criminal case. Franklin walked away from the microphone, and a university spokesperson read a statement: "Regarding the two former Penn State football players, we released a statement yesterday and our program and athletics department will have no further comment."

When another reporter attempted to ask Franklin about dismissing the players, he walked away again.

Franklin said Saturday that he understood why the questions needed to be asked.

"I respect that," he said. "The reality is there's not a whole lot more I can say other than that [university] statement. It's an ongoing legal situation, and it's challenging. It's challenging on everybody. ... I didn't do a good job there. I'm trying to get better like everybody else in a difficult situation. ... I apologize."

ESPN's Mark Schlabach contributed to this report.

Two games into the 2024 World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers have taken a 2-0 lead on the New York Yankees.

First the Dodgers took the opener in dramatic fashion, winning an instant classic on Freddie Freeman's 10th-inning walk-off grand slam.

Then in Game 2, the Dodgers rode a strong outing by starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a 4-2 victory -- but now await word on the status of superstar Shohei Ohtani after he exited in the seventh inning with an apparent shoulder injury.

As both teams make their way to New York for Game 3 at Yankee Stadium on Monday night, our MLB experts break down what we've seen so far -- and where this World Series will go from here.

What has surprised you most so far in this World Series?

Jorge Castillo: Aaron Judge's struggles. Judge wasn't the out-of-this-world MVP version of himself in the ALDS or ALCS, but he still worked his walks and hit that crucial game-tying home run against Emmanuel Clase in Game 3 in Cleveland. The logic here was that Judge, who did the best peak Barry Bonds impersonation we've seen during the regular season, would eventually snap out of his October funk and fuel the Yankees' offense. Instead, he's been worse this series. Judge has gone 1-for-9 with six strikeouts in the first two games, and has whiffed 32 of his 59 swings over the past five games.

Alden Gonzalez: The strength of the Dodgers' starting pitching. Jack Flaherty got into the sixth inning in Game 1 and gave up only a two-run homer to Giancarlo Stanton. Yoshinobu Yamamoto recorded 19 outs in Game 2 and allowed just one hit -- a solo home run to Juan Soto. Starting pitching was supposed to be the Yankees' strength; the Dodgers would attempt to overcome it with a deep bullpen and an even deeper lineup. And though Gerrit Cole pitched very much like an ace in Game 1, Carlos Rodon struggled mightily for the Yankees on Saturday. Stealing both those games, particularly the way they did, is a boon for the Dodgers, who have Flaherty and Yamamoto lined up to pitch again if this series extends.

Jesse Rogers: Without a doubt, it was Aaron Boone's decision to bring in Nestor Cortes when he did in Game 1. Clean inning? Maybe. Dirty inning, tied in the 10th? No way. That game was so critical for the Yankees because they mostly held the Dodgers off the scoreboard until Freeman's historic home run. There have been only a few times this postseason that L.A. hasn't been running on all cylinders at the plate so sneaking away with a victory would have been a huge boost for New York. In Game 2, the Dodgers went back to what they usually do: coming at teams in waves of offense. Cortes should have been Boone's third option behind Tim Hill and Mark Leiter Jr. with a chance to take the series opener. Instead, it was his first and it cost him.

How will this series change when it gets to New York?

Castillo: For one, it'll be colder in the Bronx. The Yankees, on paper, also will have a clear pitching advantage in Game 4 with Luis Gil starting opposite a bullpen game for the Dodgers. Winning a World Series with a scheduled bullpen game is a tall task, but that's where the Dodgers are with their pitching staff. It's on the Yankees to chase Walker Buehler early in Game 3 and expose the Dodgers bullpen before unleashing a line of relievers the next night.

Gonzalez: That will depend on how Game 3 goes. On Monday night, the Yankees will confront Buehler, who has had a hard time generating swing-and-miss since coming back from his second Tommy John surgery but also has a reputation for stepping up in big games. If the Yankees can get to Buehler early, they might force Dodgers manager Dave Roberts to utilize some of his high-leverage relievers, which will limit his options in Game 4. In other words: The Yankees have a chance to set themselves up to tie this series within the first few innings Monday night.

Rogers: Rabid crowd, colder temps and pitching question marks for the visitors should shift some momentum the Yankees' way. It'll be critical to get as many Dodgers relievers into each game as possible, especially considering the teams play three straight days. New York has an uphill battle, but not an impossible one. The only problem is the short porch in right will benefit the Dodgers as much as it has the Yankees all season, so someone is going to have to keep L.A. in the park -- or the Yankees are simply going to have to outscore the Dodgers.

How will the Dodgers have to adjust if Shohei Ohtani has to miss any time?

Castillo: Shohei Ohtani is irreplaceable atop the lineup, but the Dodgers won 100 games last year without him -- they can win two of the next five if they need to. Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, two future Hall of Famers, are still around. Max Muncy and Kiké Hernández, an October monster, will continue bouncing around the diamond. Teoscar Hernández and Tommy Edman, two significant contributors enjoying stellar playoff performances, are shining in their first postseason in Los Angeles. Ohtani missing any time would ignite a series of lineup changes that could include Freddie Freeman, who has been battling a sprained ankle since the end of the regular season, moving to designated hitter. It'll remove a power source and a base-stealing element to the Dodgers' offense. But the Dodgers have more than enough firepower to survive.

Gonzalez: Freeman, hobbled all month, would probably get the start at designated hitter. That would move Muncy to first base, Hernandez to third and Tommy Edman to center field against a right-hander. They would also put Betts in the leadoff spot. Their lineup would still be pretty good. But they would be without both their best power hitter and their best base-stealer at the top of the lineup. And though the Dodgers have shown all year that they can overcome injuries -- to Betts, Muncy and Freeman in particular -- this would be an entirely different level.

Rogers: The sudden emergence of a postseason starting staff for L.A. helps take some pressure off the offense in case they do lose Ohtani -- plus they did win Games 1 and 2 with little help from him at the plate. Muncy might be the key to their offense without Ohtani -- he'll move up, as will Betts. They've won without Betts and Freeman this year, so the Dodgers should be okay. Having said that, if the series is more high scoring in hitter friendly Yankees Stadium, the Dodgers certainly will miss his firepower.

What is the biggest adjustment the Yankees need to make from here?

Castillo: Get back to grinding pitchers down. The Dodgers have three starting pitchers. They're expected to cover Game 4 with only relievers. If the Yankees force high pitch counts, they should eventually tax the Dodgers' bullpen and increase their chances of putting up crooked numbers. They were on track for that in Game 1 after making Jack Flaherty throw 40 pitches over the first two innings. But he threw just 20 over the next two innings, which allowed him to get through 5 innings. Yoshinobu Yamamto needed just 86 pitches to hold the Yankees to one run over 6 innings in Game 2. Walker Buehler will take the ball in Game 3 for Los Angeles after throwing 90 pitches in four scoreless innings in his last start. Chasing him early and placing a heavy burden on the Dodgers' relief corps, with a bullpen game the next day, could change the series.

Gonzalez: Simply put: Make more contact. The Yankees thrived on luring pitchers into the strike zone and doing damage this season. Through the first two games of this series, they've done a nice job not chasing but are simply swinging and missing way too often. Judge, of course, has been the biggest culprit, but the Yankees as a whole have a swing-and-miss rate of 35.4%, way up from their regular-season total of 23.8%. Yes, of course, hitting is far more difficult this time of year. But the Dodgers are whiffing basically half as often as the Yankees right now.

Rogers: Um, get the MVP hitting like an MVP again? The Yankees simply can't afford any of their stars to slump the way Judge is right now. Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton leading the way won't be enough without something from the Yankees' captain. Judge looks like a guy putting way too much pressure on himself. Perhaps going home will get him and his team to relax. In fact, the Game 1 pitching debacle might have impacted them in Game 2, so a day off and a change of scenery might be what the Yankees need.

Freddie Freeman is the easy choice for World Series MVP so far -- will he win the award?

Castillo: My answer here is no just because I still don't expect a quick series. The more games, the more opportunities for someone else to claim the award. Freeman has been superb so far, but, remember, he's playing on a sprained ankle. Continuing the production will be a challenge. If he does, he'll be the clear winner -- especially if Ohtani misses significant time.

Gonzalez: I would guess no, simply because playing three consecutive games in the frigid temperatures of New York might be an issue -- as we witnessed in the National League Championship Series, when Freeman struggled while playing at Citi Field -- and because this series might still possess enough twists and turns to create distance from his iconic moment in Game 1. Freeman is certainly capable of continuing to produce and taking home the MVP trophy, which would be storybook, but I'd still take the field at this point.

Rogers: Yes. Hitting triples, walk-off grand slams and, ya know, other home runs, is going to get him the honor. He's moving well so that there's no major concern about his ankle, so he's going to continue to get chances to tee off against right-handed pitching and some suspect lefties in the Yankees pen. See Nestor Cortes for evidence. It's kind of a cliche to say but it might apply here: New York has no answer for Freddie Freeman.

Would you like to revise your original pick for this Series based on what we've seen?

Castillo: Yep. I picked the Yankees in seven and, while I believe that is still very possible, I'm going to switch it over to Dodgers in seven. The Yankees squandering two leads in Game 1 makes it feel like they now must win five games to win the series. That was a gut punch. They could still recover, but the Dodgers are too good not to capitalize on that lead.

Gonzalez: I picked the Dodgers to win in six and would stick with that. Ohtani's shoulder injury is certainly concerning, but watching the way Flaherty and Yamamoto pitched and watching how off Judge seems gives me no reason to think the Dodgers -- already up 2-0 -- won't take the series. They even have some really cool symmetry on their side thanks to the Freeman-Kirk Gibson comps: Gibson's walk-off homer in Game 1 of the World Series was part of the last time the Dodgers won a full-season championship in 1988. You can't write this stuff.

Rogers: Yes. My prediction of Yankees in seven could still materialize but the Dodgers offense is just too much. Maybe there's a game where New York scores double digits because L.A.'s bullpen implodes, but losing Game 1 was such a killer, I don't think they recover. They say a series really doesn't begin until a team wins on the road. L.A. will do that at least once in New York, setting themselves up for a World Series title.

LOS ANGELES -- JJ Redick has come clean about watching game film at the car wash.

Former NBA player Baron Davis spotted the first-year Los Angeles Lakers coach there Saturday and posted about it on X.

Davis, a first-round pick in 1999, played 13 seasons in the NBA for the Golden State Warriors and the LA Clippers, among others.

Just ran into @jj_redick at the Car Wash. he had the Laptop watching film!!!! Players coach!!! Lakers in great hands !! #dedication

Baron Davis (@BaronDavis) October 26, 2024

"Just ran into @jj--redick at the Car Wash. he had the Laptop watching film!!!! Players coach!!! Lakers in great hands," Davis wrote.

Redick said a Lakers spokesperson told him about the social media post before the team was set to host the Sacramento Kings as the second game of a back-to-back.

"It's the circumstance of the back-to-back," he said, when asked how common it is for him to watch game film in public.

"Basically, I spent last night and this morning on tying the bow from last night's game and a little bit looking forward to today. This morning, it was no different."

He said his two sons had basketball games in the afternoon and the car wash was next door.

"Very efficient use of time," he said. "I watch a lot of film, but that's not normal, no. Thanks, Baron."

After defeating the Phoenix Suns 123-116 on Friday night, the Lakers rallied for a 131-127 victory Saturday over the Kings to improve to 3-0.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Kevin Durant became the eighth player in NBA history to score 29,000 career points, reaching the mark Saturday night as his Phoenix Suns beat the Dallas Mavericks 114-102.

Durant joins an elite list of players who have reached the 29,000-point plateau, headlined by LeBron James, the NBA's career scoring leader with 40,543 points. Behind James are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Dirk Nowitzki, Wilt Chamberlain and Durant.

Durant, 36, is 10th on the combined NBA and ABA list, with Julius Erving eighth and Moses Malone ninth.

"I've got to give credit to the people who have helped me since I was a kid," Durant said. "Teammates who passed me the ball, set screens for me, coaches who drew up plays for me."

The 14-time All-Star scored 31 points Saturday against the Mavericks and now has 29,010 points over 17 seasons with Seattle, Oklahoma City, Golden State, Brooklyn and Phoenix. The four-time league scoring champion has averaged 27.3 points over 1,064 games.

Durant has averaged at least 20 points per game in every season and continues to put the ball in the hoop at a high rate, scoring 28.7 points per game through his first three games this season.

"What a tribute to a great, generational talent," Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said. "I feel incredibly lucky to be around him every day."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.