NFL – National Football League – Week 1
Last Night
Green Bay Packers 24, Chicago Bears 23
Cincinnati Bengals 34, Indianapolis Colts 23
Other scores
Jacksonville 20, N.Y. Giants 15
New England 27, Houston 20
Minnesota 24, San Francisco 16
Tampa Bay 48, New Orleans 40
Baltimore 47, Buffalo 3
Cleveland 21, Pittsburgh 21, OT
Kansas City 38, L.A. Chargers 28
Washington 24, Arizona 6
Denver 27, Seattle 24
Carolina 16, Dallas 8
Miami 27, Tennessee 20
Packers 24, Bears 23 – Rodgers returns from injury, Packers beat Bears 24-23
Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes in the second half after returning from a knee injury, and the Green Bay Packers overcame a 20-point deficit for a thrilling 24-23 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday night. Rodgers, who was carted off in the first half, connected with receiver Randall Cobb for a 75-yard touchdown and the go-ahead score with 2:13 left in the game. Nick Perry sacked the Bears’ Mitchell Trubisky on 4th and-10 with 58 seconds to complete the comeback. A Chicago defense featuring newly acquired star linebacker Khalil Mack dominated until the third quarter. Mack had a 27-yard interception return for a touchdown against backup quarterback DeShone Kizer in the second quarter. A gimpy Rodgers returned in the second half and finally figured out the Bears. The Bears led 20-0 at one point and their defense dominated until the second half. Then Rodgers returned, and the Packers’ defense held the Bears in check. Green Bay scored 17 unanswered points at one point.
Bengals 34, Colts 23 – Bengals overcome mistakes, hold on for 34-23 win at Indy
Clayton Fejedelem scored on an 83-yard fumble return with 24 seconds to go to seal the Bengals’ 34-23 victory at Indianapolis. Andy Dalton rallied Cincinnati with three scores in the final 19 minutes of the team’s first win in its last nine visits to Indianapolis. Andrew Luck was 39 of 53 for two touchdowns and one interception in his first start in more than 20 months.
Tonight
New York Jets at Detroit Lions, 7:10 p.m. 95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports/Superhits 103.7 Cosy-FM 5:00
Los Angeles Rams at Oakland Raiders, 10:15 p.m. 95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports (after Lions broadcast)
MLB – Major League Baseball
Last Night
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Detroit Tigers 2
L.A. Angels 1, Chicago White Sox 0
Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals, PPD Rain
Cardinals 5, Tigers 2 – ‘Rally Squirrel’ returns, Cardinals beat Tigers 5-2
The St. Louis Cardinals scored five times in the 7th inning and avoided a series sweep with a 5-2 victory. St. Louis has a one-game lead for the second NL wild card spot. The Cardinals John Gant (7-5) allowed two runs on five hits and a walk in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out six. Carlos Martinez pitched the ninth for his second save. Michael Fulmer (3-11) was perfect through five innings but only got four more outs. He allowed five runs on five hits and three walks in 6 1/3 innings, striking out five, as he fell to 0-6 in his last nine starts. Detroit’s 4-game winning streak ended.
Angels 1, White Sox 0 – Heaney tosses 7 shutout innings, Angels top White Sox 1-0
Andrew Heaney tossed three-hit ball over seven innings and struck out a career-high 12, lifting Los Angeles to the three-game sweep. Kole Calhoun drove in the only run with a seventh-inning single. Mike Trout went 2 for 4 and finished the series 8 for 11 with two homers and five RBIs for the Angels. Heaney (9-9) allowed just three singles and didn’t yield a walk. Yoan Moncada had two hits for the White Sox, who have dropped five straight.
Cubs at Nationals, PPD, Rain – Cubs-Nationals postponed, will be made up on Thursday
Sunday’s game between the Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals was postponed because of rain and rescheduled for Thursday at 4:05 p.m.
Tonight
Houston (Verlander 14-9) at Detroit (Liriano 4-9), 6:10 p.m. News/Talk 94.9 WSJM 5:45
Milwaukee (Miley 3-2) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 15-5), 8:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Giolito 10-10) at Kansas City (Junis 8-12), 8:15 p.m.
Tennis – US Open – Djokovic takes US Open crown
Novak Djokovic has earned his 14th Grand Slam title and second in a row by getting through a key 20-minute game to beat 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro (wahn mahr-TEEN’ dehl-POH’-troh), 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in the U.S. Open men’s final. Djokovic appeared on the ropes after dropping three straight games in the second set to fall behind 4-3. But when he faced three break points in the following game he saved them all and won an epic that required 22 points to settle. The 31-year-old Serb is now even with Pete Sampras for the third-most major trophies for a man in tennis history, trailing only Roger Federer’s 20 and Rafael Nadal’s 17.
Tennis – US Open – Serena Fined $17,000
Serena Williams has been fined a total of $17,000 for three code violations during her loss in Saturday’s women’s final. The tournament referee’s office Sunday docked Williams $10,000 for "verbal abuse" of chair umpire Carlos Ramos, $4,000 for being warned for coaching, and $3,000 for breaking her racket.
NCAAFB – High Tide: Alabama is No. 1 at being No. 1 in AP Poll Alabama is No. 1 at being No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll. The Crimson Tide made its 106th overall appearance at the top of the AP rankings, which started in 1936, passing Ohio State for the most by any school. Alabama received a season-high 54 first-place votes to strengthen its hold on No. 1 over No. 2 Clemson. The Tigers started the season with 18 first-place votes, but they are down to six after hanging on for 28-26 victory at Texas A&M on Saturday night. No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Ohio State held their spots and Oklahoma moved to No. 5, edging past No. 6 Wisconsin. The Badgers received a first-place vote.
|
AP Top 25 |
||
|
1 |
Alabama (54) |
2-0 |
|
2 |
Clemson (6) |
2-0 |
|
3 |
Georgia |
2-0 |
|
4 |
Ohio State |
2-0 |
|
5 |
Oklahoma |
2-0 |
|
6 |
Wisconsin (1) |
2-0 |
|
7 |
Auburn |
2-0 |
|
8 |
Notre Dame |
2-0 |
|
9 |
Stanford |
2-0 |
|
10 |
Washington |
1-1 |
|
11 |
Penn State |
2-0 |
|
12 |
LSU |
2-0 |
|
13 |
Virginia Tech |
2-0 |
|
14 |
West Virginia |
2-0 |
|
15 |
TCU |
2-0 |
|
16 |
Mississippi State |
2-0 |
|
17 |
Boise State |
2-0 |
|
18 |
UCF |
2-0 |
|
19 |
Michigan |
1-1 |
|
20 |
Oregon |
2-0 |
|
21 |
Miami |
1-1 |
|
22 |
USC |
1-1 |
|
23 |
Arizona State |
2-0 |
|
24 |
Oklahoma State |
2-0 |
|
25 |
Michigan State |
1-1 |
NASCAR – Brickyard 400 postponed to Monday
Rain wiped out Sunday’s running of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the final race of NASCAR’s regular season. The race has been rescheduled for Monday afternoon. Pole-sitter Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick made up the front row as NASCAR used the drivers standings to determine the starting grid after Saturday’s qualifying was rained out.
Golf – PGA – Rose waits through a day of rain
The final round of the PGA’s BMW Championship has been pushed back to Monday due to rain. Tour officials say they will wait until Monday to decide whether it can try to complete 72 holes of the third FedEx Cup playoff event. If the forecast makes it unlikely to finish, the tour could cut the tournament to 54 holes. Justin Rose has a one-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele. If officials deem the course unplayable Monday, Rose will get the Fedex playoff victory and climb to No. 1 in the world ranking.
NHL – Golden Knights get star Pacioretty from Canadiens
Max Pacioretty is heading from the Original Six to the Sin City. The Vegas Golden Knights acquired the All-Star forward from the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday night for Tomas Tatar, prospect Nick Suzuki and a 2019 second-round pick. Vegas announced the deal, which sends the captain of one of hockey’s oldest franchises to a club coming off a run to the Stanley Cup Finals in its inaugural season. Pacioretty was named the Canadiens captain in 2015 and has played all 626 of his NHL games with Montreal. He recently denied reports that he had requested a trade. His name has been mentioned in trade speculation since last season’s trade deadline. The 29-year-old former Michigan Wolverine Pacioretty is entering the final season of a six-year deal that will pay him $4.5 million.
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association – Finals (Best of 5)
Last Night
Seattle Storm 75, Washington Mystics 73 (SEA leads 2-0
MWL – Midwest League Baseball Playoffs – Round 2 (best of 3)
Last Night
Bowling Green Hot Rods 3, West Michigan Whitecaps 1 (BG wins 2-0)
Peoria Chiefs 5, Cedar Rapids Kernels 0 (PEO wins 2-0)
MHSAA – High School Sports
Tonight
Boys Soccer
Lake Michigan Catholic at Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m.
Bridgman at Niles, 5:00 p.m.
Parchment at Otsego, 6:00 p.m.
East Kentwood at Plainwell, 6:30 p.m.
Berrien Springs at South Haven, 6:30 p.m.
Cassopolis at Hartford, 5:00 p.m.
Delton-Kellogg at Coloma, 6:00 p.m.
Lawrence at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m.
Girls Golf
Niles Invitational, 12:00 p.m. (Orchard Hills Country Club)
Wolverine Conference Jamboree at Allegan, 4:00 p.m. (Cheshire Hills Golf Course)
Boys Tennis
Niles at Edwardsburg, 4:00 p.m.
Girls Volleyball
River Valley at Brandywine, 6:00 p.m.
New Buffalo at Bridgman, 6:30 p.m.
