UNDATED (AP) β Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson left Green Bay’s exhibition game against Pittsburgh in the first quarter yesterday with a potentially serious left knee injury. Nelson caught a career-high 98 passes in 2014 while making the Pro Bowl for the first time. He will be re-evaluated in Green Bay today.
UNDATED (AP) β For the first time since preseason polls began in 1950, Ohio State is a unanimous No. 1 pick in The Associated Press poll. The defending national champs got all 61 first-place votes form the media panel. TCU is No. 2 followed by Alabama, Baylor and Michigan State.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) β Davis Love III has won the Wyndham Championship to become the third-oldest winner in PGA Tour history, while Tiger Woods’ season came to an abrupt end. The 51-year-old Love closed with a 6-under 64 for a one-stroke victory over third-round leader Jason Gore. Woods needed a win to earn a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs opener next week, but he fired a 70 to finish four back.
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) β IndyCar driver Justin Wilson was in a coma and in critical condition Sunday night after sustaining a head injury during a race that afternoon at Pocono Raceway. Wilson was injured when hit by a large piece of debris that broke off a car in the crash-filled race. IndyCar released the information on Wilson’s condition Sunday night and said he was undergoing further evaluation.
LOS ANGELES (AP) β Southern California football coach Steve Sarkisian has issued a written apology for his behavior and inappropriate language at a team event Saturday night. Several people who attended the event took to Twitter afterward to say that the second-year Trojans coach appeared to be drunk while using profane language in praising his team. Athletic director Pat Haden said he spoke to Sarkisian privately about his behavior.
