CLEVELAND (AP) — There will be three high-profile quarterbacks sharing the national spotlight Sunday for a star-packed season opener between the Dallas Cowboys and Cleveland Browns. Only two of them will take snaps. As Dak Prescott and Deshaun Watson match drop backs, rollouts and completions to kick off critical seasons for both respective QBs, their every move will be dissected by Tom Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl winner who’ll make his TV broadcasting for the game as an analyst with Fox. Brady’s ballyhooed appearance, which has been in the works since before he announced his retirement from playing for a second time, adds another layer to a Week 1 game overloaded with juicy storylines.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated for burns over 80% of her body from an attack by her partner. She was 33. A hospital official confirmed her death on Thursday. Police say Cheptegei’s partner, Dickson Ndiema, bought a can of gasoline, poured it on her and set her ablaze during a disagreement Sunday. A report filed by the local chief said the couple was heard fighting over the land where her house was built before the fire started. Cheptegei competed in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics less than a month before the attack. She finished in 44th place.
CHICAGO (AP) - Anthony Rizzo doesn’t feel a sense of closure for his first trip to Wrigley Field since getting traded to the Yankees by the Cubs three years ago. New York’s first baseman isn’t sure he will ever need closure in Chicago after helping the Cubs win their first World Series title in 108 years in 2016. Not that he doesn’t have similar feelings with the Yankees, who re-signed Rizzo after the 2021 season and again a year later to his current $40 million, two-year contract that has a team option for 2025.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula could do no right at the outset of her first Grand Slam semifinal. Her opponent at the U.S. Open on Thursday night, Karolina Muchova, could do no wrong. Pegula managed to shrug off that sluggish start and come back from a set and a break down to defeat Muchova 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 for a berth in the final at Flushing Meadows. The No. 6-seeded Pegula, a 30-year-old from New York, has won 15 of her past 16 matches and will meet No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka for the title on Saturday. Sabalenka, last year’s runner-up to Coco Gauff at the U.S. Open, returned to the championship match by holding off No. 13 Emma Navarro of the United States 6-3, 7-6 (2).
THURSDAY'S SCORES
NFL
Kansas City 27, Baltimore 20
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota 4, Tampa Bay 3
Seattle 6, Oakland 4
Texas 3, LA Angels 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Francisco 3, Arizona 2
Pittsburgh 9, Washington 4
Philadelphia 5, Miami 2
Colorado 3, Atlanta 1
INTERLEAGUE
Cincinnati 1, Houston 0
Detroit 4, San Diego 3