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Prater’s 47-yard FG lifts Cardinals over Cowboys 19-16 in preseason opener Woodside, Barkley throw TD passes, Titans pound Falcons

ATLANTA, Aug. 14, (AP): Logan Woodside and Matt Barkley each threw touchdown passes to open Ten- nessee’s backup quarterback compe- tition and the Titans beat the Atlanta Falcons 23-3 in the preseason opener for both teams. The Titans held Atlanta to 139 yards and six first downs in the debut for Fal- cons coach Arthur Smith, Tennessee’s former offensive coordinator. Woodside started and threw a 13- yard scoring pass to Cameron Batson in the second quarter. Woodside com- pleted 10 of 15 passes for 84 yards. Barkley had third-down comple- tions of 14 and 15 yards to Mason Kin- sey on a field goal drive early in the second half. Barkley’s 12-yard touch- down pass to tight end Miller Forristall in the fourth quarter completed the scoring. Barkley completed 5 of 8 passes for 54 yards. Neither quarterback threw Tennessee Titans wide receiver an interception, though Woodside was Cameron Batson (13) makes the catch for a touchdown against At- sacked three times. lanta Falcons cornerback Chris Wil- The Titans held out starting quar- liamson (29) during the first half of terback Ryan Tannehill, running back a preseason NFL football game, on Derrick Henry and wide receivers Ju- Aug 13, in Atlanta. (AP) lio Jones and A.J. Brown. finished 7 of 9 for 56 yards. FOOTBALL Cardinals 19, Cowboys 16 In Glendale, Arizona, Matt Prater Atlanta’s AJ McCarron, the favor- kicked two field goals in the final two ite to open the season as Matt Ryan’s minutes, including a 47-yard game backup, completed 5 of 12 passes for winner with no time remaining, to lift only 36 yards with an interception. Arizona over Dallas. Prater kicked a 48-yard field with Bills 16, Lions 14 1:51 left in the fourth quarter to push The New Zealand All Blacks celebrate after defeating Australia in the the second Bledisloe Cup rugby Test at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, on In Detroit, Jake Fromm threw a 42- Aug 14. (AP) the Cardinals into a 16-all tie. The yard, fourth-down pass to rookie Mar- Cowboys’ ensuing drive quickly fiz- quez Stevenson to set up Tyler Bass’ zled, giving the Cardinals enough time 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left to drive downfield and set up Prater’s in Buffalo’s victory over Detroit. game-winning kick. Davis Webb threw a 6-yard, tie- Ben DiNucci threw a 1-yard touch- breaking touchdown pass to Devin down pass to Brandon Smith midway New Zealand rout Australia, Singletary late in the second quarter. through the fourth quarter to give the Webb is vying with Fromm to be Buf- Cowboys a 16-13 lead. falo’s third-string quarterback. Most of the stars from both teams - Both players had an extended oppor- including Cardinals quarterback Kyler tunity to play with Josh Allen sitting Murray and Cowboys quarterback Dak out the preseason opener and Mitchell Prescott - didn’t play on Friday. Trubisky playing just two possessions. Eno Benjamin ran for a 6-yard retain Bledisloe Cup trophy Webb was 11 of 16 for 90 yards touchdown to give the Cardinals a and ran twice for 26 yards. Fromm 10-3 late in the second quarter. entered in the fourth quarter and fin- Prater also made field goals of 28 ished 8 of 13 for 65 yards. Jared Goff and 33 yards, while Dallas kicker All Blacks prey ruthlessly on Wallabies’ error got off to a rough start in his and coach Hunter Niswander made field goals Dan Campbell’s debut with the Lions, from 38, 36 and 36 yards. nearly throwing an interception on his Cardinals backup quarterback Colt first snap and getting sacked to end the McCoy started the game and complet- WELLINGTON, New Zea- escape. which began in 2003. They also with a long-range intercept, Taylor game-opening drive with a thud. Goff ed 6 of 7 passes for 69 yards. land, Aug 14, (AP): The All “At the start of the second half we posted their 22nd-straight win over scored his second and winger Will got a yellow card (against New Zea- Australia at Eden Park in a streak Jordan touched down for his 10th Blacks preyed ruthlessly land), earned that but weren’t able to dating back to 1986. try in only his sixth test as the All on Wallabies’ errors, run- put New Zealand under pressure,” With Savea in the sin-bin and Blacks scored four tries in 15 min- Castroneves tops Motorsports ning in eight tries to three Wallabies captain Michael Hooper Saturday’s match in the balance, utes to blow out their lead to 50-15. said. “They controlled that part of New Zealand scored the first of two The Wallabies hit back, too late, to win the second Bledisloe with a second try to winger Andrew Hall of Fame of America class Cup test 57-22 on Saturday the match really well.” tries to hooker Codie Taylor and, a The All Blacks and Wallabies few minutes later, fullback Damian Kellaway. The All Blacks, never and extend their hold on willing to relax, then finished strong- INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 14, (AP): He- tion, will be joined by longtime NAS- meet again in the third Bledisloe test McKenzie, with a rising wind at his ly with a try after the fulltime siren to the trans-Tasman rugby at Perth on Aug. 28. New Zealand back, kicked a 56-meter penalty to lio Castroneves celebrated his record- CAR owner Jack Roush, Pete Brock center David Havili. tying fourth Indianapolis 500 victory from sports cars, Dick LaHaie from trophy into a 19th year. clinched the trophy with Saturday’s put the All Blacks ahead 31-15. “The Wallabies never give up, in May. drag racing, NASCAR co-founder Beaten 33-25 in last weekend’s win, extending a winning streak Winger Sevu Reece scored again never throw in the towel,” All Blacks The rewards are still rolling in. Raymond Parks and NASCAR builder first test, the Wallabies brought an captain Sam Whitelock said. “I was When the popular 46-year-old Bra- Banjo Matthews, Denise McCluggage intensely physical approach to Sat- really keen for Beauden (Barrett) and zilian returned to Indianapolis Motor in the media category while motorcy- urday’s match at Auckland’s Eden the boys to kick the ball out at the Speedway on Thursday, track officials cle innovators Trey Vance and Byron Park, which was also the first test in end. It’s pretty awesome that we just presented him with a bronze brick and Hines will go in as a single entry. this season’s Rugby Championship. keep wanting to attack and hopefully on Friday, he Roush was the mastermind of more we gave the fans something to cheer.” was named as than 300 Cup Series wins. Brock The match provided a graphic il- the headliner in deigned the 1965 world champion RUGBY lustration of the All Blacks’ ability a nine-member Cobra Daytona coupes. LaHaie is the to absorb pressure and then punish Motorsports only person win NHRA Top Fuel titles opponents’ mistakes and turnovers. Hall of Fame of as a driver and a crew chief. Despite conceding three first-half That was evident even in the open- America induc- tries Australia was still in the match tion class for CAR RACING ing minutes when the Wallabies, 2022. at halftime, scoring just before the starting well, tested them with ag- break to turn only 21-15 down. “The mo- gressive tackling and a physical ap- The final inductee will be named New Zealand was under pressure tivation has proach at breakdowns. In the fourth always been later this month. when backrower Ardie Savea was minute, center Rieko Ioane inter- there,” Castro- Castroneves George Levy, president of the Flori- sent to the sin-bin in the 42nd minute cepted a pass between flyhalf Noah neves said. “It’s da-based Hall of Fame, said half of the with the Wallabies hot on attack. Lolesio and fullback Tom Banks and not about the title. I never lost faith. I 200 ballots come from journalists and But the match swung entirely in ran 80 meters to score. wouldn’t be going inside the helmet historians and the other half is com- the All Blacks’ favor at that point, As the match continued at a high if I didn’t think I had a chance to suc- prised of Hall of Fame members. He with their backs against their own pace, Lolesio atoned for his error ceed. For me that keeps me right there said this year’s votes were cast before Castroneves became the first foreign- goal-line. The Wallabies kicked to Hull KR’s Albert Vete scores the opening try against Wigan Warriors dur- when his pin-point cross-kick found on the edge and the competition in the touch from the penalty that followed ing the Super League Rugby League match at Hull College Craven Park Kellaway who scored, making the IndyCar Series, it’s so competitive that born driver to win four 500s. Savea’s yellow card but bungled the in Hull, England on Aug 13. Wigan Warriors suffer a 26-14 defeat to Hull score 7-5 after a frantic first eight if you sneeze, you lose a tenth.” But it certainly added to his first- lineout, allowing the All Blacks to KR. (AP) minutes. Castroneves, the open-wheel selec- ballot resume.