LOS ANGELES -- Drake London caught a 21-yard touchdown pass with 1:20 to play, and No. 20 USC rallied from a late 13-point deficit for a 28-27 victory over Arizona State on Saturday in the Pac-12's long-delayed season opener.

Bru McCoy caught a deflected 26-yard touchdown pass with 2:52 left for the Trojans (1-0), and Max Williams recovered the onside kick. On fourth-and-9, Kedon Slovis fired a pass down the middle to London, and the two-sport athlete beat double coverage to haul it in for an electrifying score.

USC's defense then stopped Arizona State (0-1) on downs near midfield with 50 seconds left to preserve an astonishing comeback for perpetually embattled coach Clay Helton's team.

Until their rally, the Trojans were struggling through a game that began at 9 a.m. local time. USC agreed to its earliest kickoff in at least 70 years for a national television audience, but it looked like another embarrassment for Helton and his Trojans before it abruptly turned into a thrilling triumph.

Slovis passed for 381 yards for USC, while Stephen Carr and Markese Stepp made scoring runs in the first half. London also caught eight passes for 125 yards, but the Trojans seemed finished after they committed four turnovers and turned the ball over on downs three times.

Arizona State freshman DeaMonte Trayanum rushed for 84 yards and two touchdowns, while Rachaad White had a 55-yard touchdown reception in a similarly strong debut for the Sun Devils, who got agonizingly close to an impressive road win for coach Herm Edwards and new offensive coordinator Zak Hill.

Jayden Daniels passed for 134 yards and ran for 111 more, but the Sun Devils' star quarterback threw four straight incompletions to end their last-ditch drive.

New Arizona State co-defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis also was on the verge of a strong debut before the Trojans broke through.

The USC defense had a decent start under new coordinator Todd Orlando, but the Sun Devils showed a knack for big plays like White's exceptional run to score on an ordinary screen pass in the second quarter.

USC trailed 17-14 at halftime despite outgaining the Sun Devils. The Trojans lost a fumble at the goal line by Vavae Malepeai and later got stopped on downs near midfield. Slovis then threw an interception with the Trojans in field goal range right before the break.

Trayanum's second touchdown run from 17 yards out put the Sun Devils up 24-14 midway through the third quarter.

Arizona State's defense had its biggest moment shortly afterward, stopping two running plays for no gain by the Trojans from the Sun Devils 6 for a turnover on downs.

Stepp then fumbled on fourth down at the Arizona State 23 with 6:04 to play, but the Trojans' offense finally caught a break when McCoy made his first career touchdown catch when a contested pass deflected straight to him in the end zone.

THE TAKEAWAY

Arizona State: The first 57 minutes will do little to assuage the pain of the final three. Edwards' overhaul of his coaching staff still appeared to pay off, and the Sun Devils controlled the line of scrimmage until late.

USC: Helton will breathe an enormous sigh of relief after his players finally got it together at the last possible moment, but the fact that USC's lines both struggled will be a problem. The Trojans' turnovers and mistakes were glaring, but they will dampen the celebration only slightly.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

The Trojans won, but they didn't do much to encourage confidence in their ability to contend for the Pac-12 title. They will likely stay ranked but will need more persuasive victories.

UP NEXT

Arizona State: Home opener against California next Saturday, if the Golden Bears have no coronavirus concerns.

USC: At Arizona next Saturday.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Michael Penix Jr. passed for 342 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 13 Indiana beat No. 23 Michigan 38-21 on Saturday for its first victory against the Wolverines in 33 years.

With a chunk play here, a free play there and a few dinks and dunks thrown in to keep drives alive, Penix helped Indiana snap a 24-game losing streak in the series -- tied for the longest active skid in the Football Bowl Subdivision. It was the Hoosiers' first win against the Wolverines since Oct. 24, 1987, just their second in 41 games and only the second in the 21 games played at Memorial Stadium.

The Wolverines (1-2) still don't have a top-15 road win since beating Notre Dame in 2006. Their second consecutive loss could turn up the pressure on coach Jim Harbaugh in his sixth season at Michigan.

Indiana's celebration on the field was muted, a possible sign of the team's growing confidence.

The Hoosiers (3-0) earned their fourth consecutive Big Ten win. If they match the school record next week at Michigan State, it could set up a showdown between the East Division's only unbeaten teams Nov. 21 at No. 3 Ohio State.

Penix was 30 of 50, helping Indiana convert nine of 16 third downs. Ty Fryfogle caught seven passes for a career-high 142 yards -- all in the first half. Whop Philyor caught 11 passes for 79 yards, and Stevie Scott III ran for two second-half scores. Charles Campbell kicked a career-long 52-yard field goal.

Defensively, the Hoosiers dominated. They set the tone by forcing Michigan into three-and-outs on three of its first four series, gave up 13 yards rushing and only allowed the Wolverines to take five snaps in Indiana territory through the first three quarters. And then, when it appeared Michigan might rally, Jaylin Williams undercut Joe Milton's pass and returned the interception 36 yards to set up Indiana's final score.

It was clear right from the start that this game would be different. Miles Marshall capped Indiana's first possession by outjumping Gemon Green for a 13-yard score to make it 7-0.

Michigan's only productive first-half possession came when Hoosiers safety Jamar Johnson was ejected for throwing a punch. On the next play, Milton tied the score with a 37-yard TD pass to Cornelius Johnson.

Then it was all Hoosiers.

Penix threw a 24-yard TD pass to Fryfogle, Campbell made the long field goal and Penix found Peyton Hendershot for a 1-yard score and a 24-7 halftime lead. Milton was better in the second half, throwing a 13-yard TD pass to Roman Wilson and a 21-yarder to Ronnie Bell but that was it. Scott's 2-yard scoring run with 8:40 left sealed it.

World number two Rafael Nadal was beaten at the semi-final stage of the Paris Masters as German Alexander Zverev advanced with a 6-4 7-5 victory.

Zverev, winner of 13 ATP events, sealed the match in one hour and 39 minutes.

Fourth seed Zverev, who won two titles in as many weeks last month, faces Daniil Medvedev in Sunday's final.

Russian third seed Medvedev defeated 10th seed Milos Raonic of Canada 6-4 7-6 (7-4) in one hour and 37 minutes.

Trailing by a set and a break, Nadal, 34, was unable to take two break points to level at 3-3 in the second and Zverev soon had three break points for a 5-2 lead.

But the Spanish left-hander, yet to win the indoor Paris event, having lost to David Nalbandian in the 2007 final, won three successive games to take a 5-4 advantage.

However, Zverev, 23, carved out a single break point opportunity in game 11 and took the chance to move ahead again before serving out for an impressive win.

VALENCIA, Spain – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pol Espargaro secured his second MotoGP pole of the season in wet conditions Saturday at Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

Espargaro used a late fast lap of 1:40.434 to top Suzuki’s Alex Rins by a slim .041 seconds to earn the pole for Sunday’s race. Takaaki Nakagami crashed late, but still managed to claim third on the starting grid.

Johann Zarco qualified third, with MotoGP championship leader Joan Mir timing in fifth as he continues to chase the championship and his first victory of the season. Aleix Espargaro qualified sixth to complete the second row.

Jack Miller, Miguel Oliveira and Franco Morbidelli qualified seventh through ninth to fill out row three. Brad Binder, Fabio Quartararo and Andrea Dovizioso followed in 10th through 12th.

Valentino Rossi, making his return to MotoGP after contracting COVID-19 in October, failed to advance out of Q1.

CONCORD, N.C. – The difficult side of motorsports struck Kerry Madsen Wednesday, when Big Game Motorsports announced it would not retain the Australian for a fifth season.

Instead the Killer Instinct Crossbows No. 2 will have David Gravel, a 58-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series winner, behind the wheel next year.

With the news breaking late in the silly season landscape, Madsen is left without a ride for 2021 and without any options as of this weekend.

“I have absolutely nothing yet,” Madsen said Friday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. “It’s been a short amount of time since [Big Game Motorsports] made their intentions clear. All the major rides are probably taken. All the major seats are taken.

“We’ll play it by ear a little bit and put something together [eventually].”

Madsen, a 25-time winner with the World of Outlaws, has just one winged sprint car victory this year. That win came during the 360 Knoxville Nationals in August.

That makes him winless in 410 sprint car action for the first time since 2011, with just one World of Outlaws race left Saturday at Charlotte.

From 2017-19, Madsen rattled off 18 victories in the 410 with Big Game Motorsports.

“There’s always that capacity that change will get made,” said Madsen, who does have five runner-ups in 410 competition this year. “If you’re not ranked No. 1, there’s a chance you might be out. Definitely not blindsided, but [it’s] obviously disappointing. I wanted to continue [with Big Game Motorsports]. It’s racing, I guess.”

Only three days removed from the news, Madsen has yet to come up with ideas as to what could be next for his career. His options are fairly thin at this stage in the game.

Aaron Reutzel filled the final full-time World of Outlaws ride from the 2020 tour when he was signed by Roth Motorsports Friday morning. With Reutzel’s departure from Baughman-Reutzel Motorsports, his vacated No. 87 team is expected to dissolve.

While Madsen will keep all his options open, quality of equipment and contending in big events are two major factors that sit at the top of his wish list for a new opportunity.

“Obviously you want to [race] as much as you can but to compete at a high level, racing in quality equipment, that’s the main thing,” Madsen said. “I definitely wouldn’t rule anything out. I just want to go around and have a chance at the big races.”

Madsen said he plans to start making phone calls and searching for opportunities next week, once he finishes out his tenure with Big Game Motorsports on Saturday at Charlotte.

On Friday, he set fast time in Flight-A qualifying before fading to 13th in the 30-lap main.

“I’m just not going to panic about it,” Madsen said of his impending job hunt. “Like I said, all the major seats are taken. It’s probably unrealistic to put an Outlaw deal together now.

“We’ll see what happens. The main thing [I want] is quality.”

At the turn of the 20th century, the press romanticized race car drivers as dashing “Knights of the Roaring Road.”

Ted Tetzlaff towered over that cast of idealized, larger-than-life characters not only for his exceptional on-track talent but also for his off-track escapades that generated gossipy newspaper articles.

There was a string of Hollywood starlets that accompanied him to the race track. Rumors ran rampant about his relationship with the notoriously promiscuous Mack Sennett film star, Mabel Normand. And just before the Santa Monica Road Race of 1915, where he was a favorite to win, a group of gamblers kidnapped him. They held him for ransom in a brothel and when police broke in to extricate him, Tetzlaff refused to leave.

Long before “bad-ass” described talented, resourceful and determined race car drivers, Tetzlaff was the baddest of the bad.

He deftly handled the treacherous, thunderous and monstrous machines of his day. Those cars, powered by enormous engines, the pistons the size of water buckets, and with Conestoga wagon centers of gravity, required an exceptional touch to keep them pointed in the right direction.

Tetzlaff had it.

The 1910 Santa Monica Road Race was contested over a twisting 8.5-mile course laid out on the city streets and winding roads surrounding the town. Driving a ponderous, 600-cubic-inch Lozier, Tetzlaff won the 200-mile race while averaging a jaw-dropping 70 mph.

The press nicknamed him “Terrible Ted,” a moniker that grated on Tetzlaff but aptly described his fearless, win-at-all-costs driving style.

Born Theodore Herbert Tetzlaff in Los Angeles in 1883, Tetzlaff’s first recorded racing experience was in the 1909 Santa Monica Road Race. It was an inauspicious beginning, as he dropped out early.

Although documented statistics from that era are sketchy, it’s obvious car owners viewed him as talented because he landed a ride in the first Indianapolis 500. He exited after only 20 laps because of an accident and later ran three more Indy 500s.

His racing fortunes, however, improved considerably in the following months, as he got the seat in one of the highly regarded Fiat factory cars. With Fiat, he won the Santa Monica Road Race in 1912, finished second at Indianapolis that same year and captured two other AAA Championship events.

In 1912, he joined forces with renowned hippodrome racing promoter Ernie Moross. It was a partnership that turned Tetzlaff into a household name. In addition to the limited number of legitimate AAA races, he competed in dozens of Moross’ promotions on the multitude of fairground tracks scattered across the country.

Though their outcomes were often contrived, those races were hugely popular. They drew grandstands full of awed spectators, who arrived in droves to see the thundering, smoke-billowing automobiles and their heroic drivers.

Another Moross promotion elevated Tetzlaff’s star-status even higher. Driving a modified Blitzen-Benz in 1914, Tetzlaff set a land-speed record at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats.

AAA clocks timed him at 142 mph. However, rumor had it that Moross influenced the timekeeper. True or not, the results were never declared official. Still, it was an incredible speed for 1914, generating headlines worldwide.

The hippodrome shows, dubious record runs and headline-grabbing promotions dovetailed perfectly into Tetzlaff’s next career move. Silent movie star and ardent race fan Wallace Reid befriended Tetzlaff, who became a consultant to the box office magnet.

With Reid’s influence, Tetzlaff also began performing stunts and making cameo appearances in films. After he retired from racing in 1916, he landed many prominent film roles with the majority produced by film pioneer Mack Sennett. One of those, “Speed Kings,” is available on YouTube.

When Tetzlaff’s son, Dale, wanted to follow his father into the film industry, Tetzlaff’s friend, Normand, suggested he get behind the camera, rather than in front of it. Dale Tetzlaff became an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer and director with more than 100 films to his credit.

Ted Tetzlaff died in 1929 at age 46.

While the passage of time has dimmed the memory of his racing accomplishments, we should remember “Terrible Ted” Tetzlaff as one whose exploits ingrained auto racing into the American consciousness.

Bayern Munich edged Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in a thrilling Klassiker at Signal Iduna Park in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

The win gives Hansi Flick's men a two-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga, while Dortmund settled in third, three points behind after seven games played.

Supernovas 146 for 6 (Atapattu 67, Kaur 31, Punia 30, Goswami 1-17) beat Trailblazers (Sharma 43*, Mandhana 33, Radha 2-30, Selman 2-31) by two runs

A nerveless Radha Yadav defended nine runs off the last over in a must-win match for the Supernovas against the Trailblazers, setting up a final clash against the same opposition on November 9 in Sharjah. After giving up six runs off the first four balls, she cleverly pulled her length back and shifted her line wider to have an advancing Harleen Deol caught by Anuja Patil at extra-cover. Then, with three to protect off the final ball, Radha darted an arm ball into Sophie Ecclestone's pad for a dot to give the Supernovas a chance to defend their title on Monday.

When Smriti Mandhana was dismissed for 33 for 40 balls, the Trailblazers needed 64 from 45 with seven wickets in hand. Then, when Radha had D Hemalatha nicking off for four, they needed 56 off 30 balls. Deepti Sharma and Deol hit four fours in a row in a blistering 52-run partnership, but Radha's variations under pressure denied them.

Earlier in the evening, opener Chamari Atapattu had taken off for the Supernovas, scoring 67 off 48 balls. She claimed 29 of the 50 runs the Supernovas made in the powerplay and then converted it into a 37-ball half-century. Her captain Harmanpreet Kaur overcame a tepid start to further lift the Supernovas to 146, which proved enough in the end.

Atapattu stamps her authority

While Priya Punia struggled to find the gaps in the early exchanges, Atapattu kept nailing sweeps and lofts. She lined up Sharma's loopy offbreaks, taking her for 21 off a mere nine balls. Ever after the fielding restrictions were relaxed, Atapattu fearlessly hit the ball over the top. Despite the presence of three leg-side outfielders, she slog-swept Rajeshwari Gayakwad over square leg for six. It was quite fitting that she brought up her fifty with another sweep, off Deol.

Atapattu's assault allowed Punia some breathing space, but she, too, later showed that she could execute the sweep, dragging Ecclestone to the midwicket boundary. It needed an athletic running catch from Sharma to remove Punia and cut short the opening stand at 89. Soon after, Atapattu and Jemimah Rodrigues fell to leave their side at 122 for 3.

Kaur checks in

After one big-hitter was gone, the other one stepped up. Kaur plundered 15 runs off the penultimate over bowled by Deol. She ran hard between the wickets and hit the ball harder. She cracked Deol to the left of sweeper cover before launching a six over her head. It interested Deandra Dottin at long-off momentarily, but the ball ultimately bounced off her hands and over the fence. However, Kaur was run-out in the last over, as were Shashikala Siriwardene and Patil, but her blows gave the Supernovas a competitive total.

Selman, Radha close it out

West Indies power-hitter Dottin teed off in the powerplay like Atapattu had done in the first half. She rushed to 27 off 15 balls before her national team-mate Shakera Selman got her and Richa Ghosh in the same over with offcutters. The Trailblazers missed a trick by not calling for a review after Selman pinged Dottin's pad, with ball-tracking suggesting it would've missed leg stump. Mandhana was dropped twice, but she couldn't make the most of those reprises, chipping a return catch to Patil for a shaky 33. By that time, Trailblazers had already qualified for the final.

When both Sharma and Mandhana were at the crease, Kaur didn't want to expose Poonam Yadav to the two left-handers. But, when Poonam belatedly came into the attack, Deol pummeled her for back-to-back fours. She bowled just one over, conceding 11 runs. As for Sharma, she picked the slower cutters from Selman and thrashed her for three fours. However, it was Radha who had the final say (much to Velocity's dismay).