[naviga:h3]Moore gets spot on Ryder Cup team[/naviga:h3]

ATLANTA — Ryan Moore lost his bid to win the Tour Championship finale in extra holes, but picked up an important consolation prize: the fourth captain’s pick and the last slot on the 12-man U.S. Ryder Cup team.

The matches tee off in five days in Minnesota. U.S. captain Davis Love planned to make the announcement during halftime of “Sunday Night Football,” — just hours after Moore was beaten by a birdie from European Ryder Cup star Rory McIlroy on the fourth extra hole at East Lake Golf Club. But after the death of golfing great Arnold Palmer, he released the selection in a news release.

[naviga:h3]Dodgers wrap up NL West crown[/naviga:h3]

LOS ANGELES — Sprayed champagne and beer flooded the blue carpet in the Dodgers clubhouse. The stench of alcohol hung in the damp air. Wives, kids and a puppy were in on the party with music blaring.

The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated clinching their fourth straight NL West title with the kind of storybook ending this city was built on: winning the crown in Vin Scully’s final home game when Charlie Culberson homered with two outs in the 10th inning to beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 Sunday.

[naviga:h3]LSU fires Miles after loss to Auburn[/naviga:h3]

BATON ROUGE, La. — Les Miles has finally been done in by one of the frantic finishes that came to define the Mad Hatter’s tenure at LSU.

LSU fired Miles and offensive coordinator Cam Cameron on Sunday, and promoted defensive line coach Ed Orgeron to interim head coach.

The moves came less than 24 hours after Miles briefly watched his players wildly celebrate what they thought was a game-winning touchdown pass at Auburn, only to walk off the field with a stunning, 18-13 upset loss after officials determined on video replay that time had expired before the ball was snapped.

[naviga:h3]Wisconsin climbs to No. 8 ranking[/naviga:h3]

NEW YORK — Wisconsin moved up to No. 8 in The Associated Press college football poll and LSU became the second preseason top-10 team to drop out of the rankings in the first month of the season.

There were few changes in the Top 25 as the only four ranked teams that lost did so to other ranked teams.

The top teams held their spots, led by No. 1 Alabama. The Crimson Tide received 50 first-place votes. No. 2 Ohio State was followed by Louisville, Michigan, Clemson, Houston and Stanford.

Wisconsin moved up three spot after dominating Michigan State 30-6. Texas A&M moved up a spot to No. 9.

LSU (2-2), which started the season No. 5, joined Notre Dame as preseason top-10 teams to fall out of the poll.

[naviga:h3]Notre Dame fires defensive coordinator[/naviga:h3]

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Hours after an embarrassing 38-35 home loss to Duke, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly fired defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder following a 1-3 start.

The school tweeted a new release saying VanGorder was being replaced by defensive analyst Greg Hudson. Hudson previously served as defensive coordinator at Purdue.