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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:- BATON ROUGE, La. -- Unbeaten and top-ranked No. 1 Alabama plays perhaps its toughest game yet, facing No. 15 LSU and running back Leonard Fournette. Game starts 8 p.m.- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No. 9 Nebraska plays a second consecutive ranked Big Ten rival on the road when it takes on No. 6 Ohio State. Another loss for both could end conference and national title hopes. Game starts 8:15 p.m.- Other top-five college football games: No. 2 Michigan-Maryland (noon); No. 3 Clemson-Syracuse (3:30 p.m.); No. 4 Washington-California (10:30 p.m.); No. 5 Louisville-Boston College (noon).- ARCADIA, Calif. -- California Chrome tries to cap an undefeated year at the $6 million Breeders Cup Classic, with 3-year-old colt Arrogate a serious challenger in the 10-horse field at Santa Anita. Post time 8:35 p.m.- LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao, now a senator in the Philippines, returns to the ring against Jessie Vargas, with a piece of the welterweight title at stake. Pacquiao is aging at 37, as is his appeal. Bout starts about 11:30 p.m.- PARIS -- Andy Murray supplants Novak Djokovic at the top of tennis. He takes the No. 1 ranking for the first time after reaching the Paris Masters final without playing a point. Milos Raonic, his leg ailing, withdraws before the semifinal.- The Oakland Raiders (6-2) and Denver Broncos (6-2) go head to head in prime time Sunday for first place in the AFC West. The Raiders have not made the playoffs since losing the Super Bowl in early 2003.- FORT WORTH, Texas -- All four Joe Gibbs Racing drivers are still in contention, with only three spots available for the title-deciding race in NASCARs Chase for the Sprint Cup.- NEW YORK -- Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespdes is expected to opt out of the remainder of his contract, which would pay $47.5 million over two seasons, and become a free agent again.- LAS VEGAS -- Australias Rod Pampling leads by a stroke entering third round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. The 47-year-old Australian won the last of his two PGA Tour titles in 2006 at Bay Hill. Boston Celtics Shirts . Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday. George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up. Bill Sharman Jersey . John Tavares, Thomas Vanek and Kyle Okposo were also being counted on to slow down sizzling Rangers forward Rick Nash. That plan didnt go so well early. https://www.cheapceltics.com/ . Robredo, ranked No. 16, bounced back from an upset loss to Leonardo Mayer in the second round of the Royal Guard Open in Chile last week to down Carreno Busta in 1 hour, 25 minutes. On a day filled mostly with qualifying matches, fifth-seeded Marcel Granollers of Spain also entered the second with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 win over Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia, while Guido Pella of Argentina defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 7-6 (6), 6-4 to advance. Kevin Garnett Jersey . "Were just throwing s--- at the wall hoping something sticks," said Tortorella about the possible line combinations for Fridays game against Columbus. The Canucks have lost five straight games and six of their last seven, leaving them in a logjam in the Pacific Division, currently sitting fifth - good for ninth in the Western Conference. Jim Loscutoff Jersey . According the Toronto Star, a knee injury will keep Sundin out of the lineup, which includes former teammates Gary Roberts, Darcy Tucker, Tie Domi and Curtis Joseph.RIFU, Japan -- Unsettled Liverpool striker Luis Suarez scored for an impressive Uruguay in their 4-2 friendly win against Japan on Wednesday. Suarez capitalized on some calamitous defending by the hosts to stroke home Uruguays third goal seven minutes into the second half. Diego Forlans two goals, including a fine free-kick, earlier gave the visitors a comfortable halftime lead. Manchester Uniteds Shinji Kagawa scored a tap-in to pull one back soon after Suarezs effort, but Alvaro Gonzalez restored Uruguays three-goal advantage following a goalkeeping error by Eiji Kawashima. Keisuke Honda responded with a free-kick to make it 4-2. Suarez spent the summer pushing for a move away from Liverpool, but a newspaper in hiss home country on Wednesday quoted him as having had a change of heart and deciding to stay.dddddddddddd Japan, who lost all three of their Confederations Cup games in Brazil this summer, were back to full strength but remain far from convincing ahead of next years World Cup finals. "We havent learned our lessons (from the Confederations Cup). There is still a lot to work on before the World Cup," Kagawa said. Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni, meanwhile, praised the strength of the opposition. "You have to give credit to Uruguay," said Zaccheroni. "They are one of the best teams in the world. They showed that again by reaching the Confederations Cup semifinals this year." ' ' '