MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β Authorities in Texas issued an arrest warrant for Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson, who’s been indicted in Texas on a charge of child abuse after using a branch to spank his son. The Vikings immediately benched Peterson, who has rushed for more than 10,190 yards and 86 TDs in his career, for Sunday’s game against New England.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP)β Eighth-ranked Baylor raced out to a 35-0 lead and steamrolled Buffalo 63-21 to improve to 3-0. Bryce Petty threw four touchdown passes, completing 23 of 34 for 416 yards in three quarters of action.
MIAMI (AP) β Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins has tweeted that he’s feeling “much better,” one day after sustaining facial fractures and other injuries when he was struck in the face by a fastball. A front-runner for the National League MVP award, Stanton’s season likely ended Thursday night when he was struck in the face by a pitch by Milwaukee fireballer Mike Fiers (FY’-urz).
JOLIET, Ill. (AP)β The opening race of the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup championship is Sunday and Kyle Busch will start from the pole position at Chicagoland Speedway. That was determined when rain washed out qualifying and the field was set by practice times earlier yesterday.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) β Sam Querrey (KWEER’-ee) gave the U.S. a commanding 2-0 lead last night in its Davis Cup World Group playoff against Slovakia with a 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-3 win over Martin Klizan. In the opening match of the night, American John Isner (IHZ’-nur) hit 29 aces in a 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2 win over Norbert Gombos.
