Jake Rogers

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Tedy Bruschi named the Dallas Cowboys his pick to win the NFC on Sunday morning, hours before Dallas opens the 2026 season against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium.

New York Yankees star pitcher Cam Schlittler kept the New York Mets off the scoreboard for six innings Sunday, and the team rode two solo homers to a 2-0 win that locked up the Subway Series at Yankee Stadium.

Josh Allen threw a late touchdown pass and then made a point of congratulating new head coach Joe Brady after the Buffalo Bills held off the Houston Texans 36-31 in a wild season opener Sunday.

The Cleveland Browns absorbed a 34-10 season-opening loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, then received more discouraging news about running back Dylan Sampson once the game ended.

The Minnesota Vikings scored 29 unanswered points after trailing by a dozen and beat the Green Bay Packers 39-22 on Sunday in the Week 1 opener for both NFC North teams.

Carson Wentz entered Sunday's opener as Minnesota's insurance policy. He left U.S. Bank Stadium as the winning quarterback, the unlikely star of a division rivalry game and $100,000 richer.

Dallas Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer delivered a sobering injury report late Sunday night after his team opened the season with a 28-20 loss to the New York Giants.

Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft did not spend much time praising Minnesota after Sunday's season opener. He spent it warning his own team.

Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Sunday the club still hopes Justin Verlander can pitch one last time this season, with Sept. 26 against the Pittsburgh Pirates listed as the target date.

Mike Tomlin is barely a week into his new job talking football on television, and already the old rivalry leaked out.