TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 SPORTS Cowboys down Giants, Rams win

ARLINGTON: Tony Romo threw an 11-yard Chicago. The 2014 MVP completed 18 of 23 pass to Jason Witten with 7 sec- passes for 189 yards. Jones, who spent seven onds left, and the Dallas Cowboys overcame seasons in Green Bay before signing with three turnovers that led to easy New York Oakland last year, caught four passes for 51 points to beat the Giants 27-26 on Sunday yards. That included a one-handed grab on a night. 13-yard score late in the first quarter and a 1- The Cowboys drove 72 yards in just 1:27 yard TD in the third - a good start after being after forcing the Giants to settle for Josh released by the Raiders in the spring and by Brown’s fourth field goal when a touchdown the Giants on the final roster cut. would have sealed New York’s first victory in an opener against Dallas. The Cowboys are 8-0 BILLS 27, COLTS 14 against New York in openers. Dominique Tyrod Taylor engineered three touchdown Rodgers-Cromartie returned a 57 yards drives and Rex Ryan’s attacking Buffalo for a touchdown, and the Giants had to go just defense put the clamps on Andrew Luck. 1 yard for their other TD after Trumaine In his first career start, Taylor went 14 of 19 McBride’s . It was the fifth straight for 195 yards, including a 51-yard opening win for the defending NFC East champion touchdown pass to Percy Harvin. Boobie Cowboys over their division rival. Dixon and rookie Karlos Williams scored rushing to deliver Ryan a win in RAMS 34, SEAHAWKS 31 his debut as Bills head coach. The Rams stopped Seattle running back The Bills built a 24-0 lead by scoring on four Marshawn Lynch short of a first down Sunday, consecutive possessions into the third quarter. making Greg Zuerlein’s 37-yard field goal in And Buffalo’s defense did the rest. overtime decisive. The retooled Luck-led Colts attack was lim- St. Louis survived an 18-point fourth quar- ited to 148 yards offense and nine first downs ter rally by the Seahawks, who famously on its first five drives before scoring two passed from the 1 in last February’s Super touchdowns in the final 16 minutes. Luck fin- Bowl and were intercepted by New England to ished 26 of 49 for 243 yards and two touch- lose. Down 31-24 with 53 seconds left, the downs, and was intercepted twice. Rams tied the game after Seahawks defensive back Dion Bailey stumbled on Lance Kendricks’ CHIEFS 27, TEXANS 20 37-yard touchdown catch. Cary Williams’ strip Alex Smith threw for 243 yards and three of Nick Foles and 8-yard return had put Seattle touchdowns in the first half against the mis- up by a touchdown. take-prone Texans. Travis Kelce caught two The Seahawks opened overtime with an touchdown passes in the first quarter, the first onside kick; Bradley Marquez caught Steven coming after Kansas City intercepted Brian Hauschka’s popped-up attempt. Officials ruled Hoyer on his first throw as a Texan. the ball was kicked directly in the air, so The Chiefs were up by 14 in the second Marquez was OK to signal for a fair catch. The quarter when Justin Houston sacked Hoyer, Rams sacked Russell Wilson six times. forcing a fumble. Kansas City recovered it and a 7-yard touchdown reception by Jamaal TITANS 42, BUCCANEERS 14 Charles pushed the lead to 27-6. Marcus Mariota made it look easy, throwing Hoyer struggled in his debut before Ryan ARLINGTON: Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant (88) topples over New York Giants Prince Amukamara (20) during four touchdown passes and outplaying No. 1 Mallett took over with about six minutes left the second half of an NFL football game. —AP overall draft pick Jameis Winston to lead and led Houston on two scoring drives to cut coach Todd Bowles’ debut. The Jets (1-0) had passes in his first game back from a torn ACL 404 yards and two scores. Tennessee over Tampa Bay. the lead to a touchdown. five takeaways against the Browns, including as Arizona opened its season with a victory Green was subbing for Antonio Gates, The highly anticipated debut for the rookie an interception of Johnny Manziel, who came over New Orleans. who’s suspended without pay for four games quarterbacks was one-sided from the start, DOLPHINS 17, REDSKINS 10 in late in the first quarter for the injured Josh Drew Brees threw for 355 yards, but the for testing positive for PEDs. Keenan Allen had not unlike many of Mariota’s dazzling perform- Jarvis Landry returned a punt 69 yards for a McCown. Saints had to settle for Zach Hocker’s field 15 catches - tying the club record set by Hall of ances in college at Oregon. touchdown with 10:22 left to give Miami its Jets rookie linebacker Lorenzo Mauldin was goals four times. Famer Kellen Winslow in 1984 - for 166 yards. taken to a hospital after being carted off the Arizona’s Andre Ellington rushed for 69 The Chargers trailed 21-3 after Matthew field with head and neck injuries. yards before being carted off with a right knee Stafford threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker had injury. Two of Palmer’s TD passes came in the Eric Ebron midway through the second quar- touchdown catches for the Jets, who sent the fourth quarter. Darren Fells made a 17-yard ter. But the second half was all San Diego. Browns (0-1) to their 11th straight opening- fingertip catch for one score and Arizona day loss. Fitzpatrick, who became the starter clinched it with Palmer’s 55-yard pass to rookie BENGALS 33, RAIDERS 13 last month after Geno Smith’s jaw was broken David Johnson with 1:33 to play. Palmer, 14-2 threw for 269 yards and two teammate’s punch, finished 15 of 24 for 179 in his last 16 starts, completed 19 of 32 passes touchdowns and Jeremy Hill ran for two scores yards. Manziel was 13 of 24 for 182, including a for 307 yards with no . to help Cincinnati spoil coach Jack Del Rio’s 54-yard touchdown to Travis Benjamin. debut in Oakland. CHARGERS 33, LIONS 28 Dalton had it easy all day long as he faced PANTHERS 20, JAGUARS 9 Philip Rivers rallied San Diego to 30 straight little pressure and often had receivers running Josh Norman returned an interception for a points, including throwing a go-ahead, 13- free in the Raiders secondary. He connected touchdown as the Panthers did just enough yard touchdown pass to tight end Ladarius on two touchdown passes with tight end Tyler offensively. Norman provided the big play in Green early in the fourth quarter, as the Eifert as the Bengals (1-0) broke out to a 33-0 the third quarter when he stepped in front of a Chargers stunned Detroit in what could be lead and coasted. The game couldn’t have pass intended for rookie running back TJ their final home opener at Qualcomm gone worse for the Raiders (0-1), who lost Yeldon near the sideline and went untouched Stadium. starting quarterback Derek Carr to a hand the other way for a 30-yard score. Norman Rivers overcame two interceptions, includ- injury in the second quarter and were held pointed at Jaguars quarterback ing a 31-yard return for a touchdown by scoreless until midway through the fourth as he trotted toward the end zone and then , to complete 35 of 42 passes for quarter in Del Rio’s first game as coach. — AP waved bye-bye. Carolina managed just 263 yards in winning its second consecutive open- er. Cam Newton, playing in his first game since NFL results/standings signing a five-year, $104 million contract that included $60 million guaranteed, completed 18 of 31 passes for 175 yards and a touch- Green Bay 31, Chicago 23; Kansas City 27, Houston 20; NY Jets 31, Cleveland 10; down. He also ran for 35 yards and threw an Buffalo 27, Indianapolis 14; Miami 17, Washington 10; Carolina 20, Jacksonville 9; St. Louis CHICAGO: Green Bay Packers cornerback Damarious Randall (23) breaks up a pass interception. 34, Seattle 31 (OT); Arizona 31, New Orleans 19; San Diego 33, Detroit 28; Tennessee 42, intended for Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte (22) during the second half an NFL Tampa Bay 14; Cincinnati 33, Oakland 13; Denver 19, Baltimore 13; Dallas 27, NY Giants 26. football game. — AP BRONCOS 19, RAVENS 13 Standings under (won lost points played for played against) Former Ravens safety Darian Stewart, who Conference National Football Conference The 2014 Heisman winner threw for 209 first lead. Landry’s score broke open a tight followed Gary Kubiak from Baltimore to East Division East Division yards without an interception to join Hall of game in which the Redskins amassed more Denver over the winter, snatched the ball from Buffalo 1 0 0 1.00027 14 Dallas 1 0 0 1.00027 26 Famer Fran Tarkenton as the only players to yards and dominated the time of possession, tight end Crockett Gillmore in the end zone Miami 1 0 0 1.00017 10 Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0 throw four or more TD passes in their first NFL but could not pull away. with 28 seconds left to seal a win for Peyton NY Jets 1 0 0 1.00031 10 NY Giants 0 1 0 .000 26 27 game. Tarkenton did it for Minnesota against Kirk Cousins went 21 for 31 for 196 yards Manning and the Broncos. New England 1 0 0 1.00028 21 Washington 0 1 0 .000 10 17 the Chicago Bears on Sept. 17, 1961. Winston, and two interceptions for Washington. Robert Joe Flacco drove the Ravens to the Denver North Division North Division the 2013 Heisman winner, did something rare, Griffin III was inactive after only recently recov- 16 in the final minute. One play before Cincinnati 1 0 0 1.00033 13 Green Bay 1 0 0 1.00031 23 too, becoming the first quarterback since Brett ering from a concussion. Stewart’s interception, cornerback Brady Roby Baltimore 0 1 0 .000 13 19 Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Favre in 1991 to have his first NFL pass inter- Miami trailed 10-0 in the second quarter, got a hand in Steve Smith Sr.’s face and a Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 10 31 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 23 31 cepted and returned for a touchdown. cut it to 10-7 at halftime and pulled even would-be touchdown catch bounded away Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 21 28 Detroit 0 1 0 .000 28 33 when Andrew Franks kicked a The Dolphins from the veteran receiver. Cornerback Jimmy South Division South Division PACKERS 31, BEARS 23 then forced a punt. Landry took the ball in the Smith’s 24-yard pick-6 was Baltimore’s only Tennessee 1 0 0 1.00042 14 Carolina 1 0 0 1.00020 9 Aaron Rodgers threw for three touch- center of the field and darted up the middle, touchdown and Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib Houston 0 1 0 .000 20 27 Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0 downs, two to James Jones, AS the Packers dodging would-be tacklers along the way. On responded with a 51-yard interception return Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 14 27 New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 19 31 beat Chicago to spoil John Fox’s debut as the ensuing drive, Cousins threw a sideline for a TD that put Denver ahead for good 16-13. Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 9 20 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 14 42 Bears coach. pass that cornerback Brice McCain intercepted Manning was 24 of 40 for 175 yards and a pal- West Division West Division The Packers got all they could handle from at the Miami 2. try 59.9 passer rating. His four sacks were his Denver 1 0 0 1.00019 13 Arizona 1 0 0 1.00031 19 the rebuilding Bears, but took control down most since Oct. 20, 2013. Kansas City 1 0 0 1.00027 20 St. Louis 1 0 0 1.00034 31 the stretch to beat them for the 10th time in JETS 31, BROWNS 10 San Diego 1 0 0 1.00033 28 San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0 11 games, including the postseason. Ryan Fitzpatrick threw two touchdown CARDINALS 31, SAINTS 19 Oakland 0 1 0 .000 13 33 Seattle 0 1 0 .000 31 34 Rodgers improved to 13-3 lifetime against passes and Chris Ivory ran for two scores in Carson Palmer threw three touchdown Aru seals debut grand Mosin captures Double Trap gold tour triumph in Spain Kuwait’s Ahmad Alafasi takes bronze

MADRID: Italian Fabio Aru wrapped up a who won the Vuelta in 2010, was disquali- ITALY: Russian athlete Vasily Mosin sport family.” An early mistake from the Qatari debut grand tour triumph when the Astana fied for hanging onto the Astana team car defeated Great Britain’s Tim Kneale in “This range is amazing, but at the shooter opened the way for the rider coasted over the line on the final day’s after a crash on the second stage. the Gold medal match, with the same time it’s very difficult. I put a lot Australian and the Kuwaiti, who took ceremonial ride into Madrid to win the 70th Aru’s chances were further boosted on British also claiming an Olympic quo- of efforts into this competition, com- part in a third shoot-off to decide the edition of the Tour of Spain on Sunday. The the 11th stage when Chris Froome’s bid for ta place. The Bronze medal and the ing here 11 days in advance to train Bronze medallist after they conclud- 25-year-old from Sardinia went one better a rare Tour-Vuelta double was ended by a second spot for Rio 2016 went to and to get used to the facility.” ed with 24 hits each. Alafasi, the than his second-placed finish behind his heavy fall that left the British Team Sky Kuwait’s Ahmad Alafasi in the ISSF Continued Mosin, before concluding Silver medallist at the 2014 Asian idol Alberto Contador at this year’s Giro leader with a fractured bone in his foot and World Championship Shotgun in with a fire-extinguishing quote about Championship, won the tie-breaker d’Italia to confirm his status as one of the forced his withdrawal. Lonato. Rio 2016: “The Olympic Games? The by 4 hits to 3, enhancing the Bronze hottest up-and-coming riders in the sport. Dutchman Tom Dumoulin was the sur- At 43, Russian Federation’s Vasily Olympic Games are still far away.” medal with the second Olympic quo- He is the youngest winner of the Vuelta prise leader by six seconds over Aru head- Mosin finally grabbed one of the few As Mosin already collected a Rio ta place up for grabs at this event. since Spaniard Melchor Mauri won in 1991. ing into Saturday’s decisive penultimate awards he was missing: the World 2016 spot in Al-Ain (UAE) during this The 2008 Olympic Gold medallist, “Today a dream came true, a dream I’ve had stage after a scorching performance in Championship Gold medal in the year’s World Cup, Kneale pocketed an United States’ Walton Eller, concluded since I was a child,” Aru told reporters. Wednesday’s time trial. Double Trap Men event. He did it in Olympic quota place for his country the semifinal in 6th place with 24 hits. “I’m very emotional, very proud,” he But Aru and his Astana colleagues Lonato (ITA), where he prevailed over along with the Silver medal. In the team competition, Kneale, added. “I have to thank my team mates, wrecked the Giant-Alpecin’s rider’s chances Great Britain’s Tim Kneale in the Gold Both Kneale and Mosin shot out- Matthew John Coward-Holley and they always believed in me and I dedicate of a podium finish when they left him flail- medal match after they both shot standingly since the qualification Matthew French led Great Britain to the this win to them and to my family. “It’s been ing on the third of four ascents and he perfectly for the first six doubles. round, where they finished with the Ahmad Alafasi Gold medal with a total of 414 points, a very hard Vuelta but I’m sure the public dropped down to sixth overall as Aru After two close mistakes by the two best score, 142 and 140 respec- despite missing his very last target he followed by the Russian Federation’s have liked it. It’s been spectacular.” grabbed the leader’s red jersey. British shooter, however, Mosin built tively, booking a spot in the semifinal still concluded in 1st position with 28 team composed by Mosin, Vitaly Joaquim Rodriguez of Spain (Katusha) “This is not just a triumph for Fabio Aru, a comforting lead, closing the Gold along with Australia’s James Willett hits, while Kneale, shuttering 19 of Fokeev and Artem Nekrasov with 406. was second overall, 57 seconds adrift of this is about the victory of a team,” Astana medal match with 29 hits against and Qatar’s Rashid Al-Ahba, both his last 20 clays, climbed into the sec- On the third step of the team’s podium, Aru, with Poland’s Rafal Majka (Tinkoff- director Alexander Vinokourov said. Kneale’s 26. with 139. In a three-way shoot-off ond position and earned his spot in finally, India were represented by Asab Saxo) a further 12 seconds behind in third “On paper it seems easy but the reality “Since I came here for the first that was required to assign the two the Gold medal match. Mohd, Ankur Mittal and Sangram as German John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) is that it was very tough,” added the 2006 time in 1995 I have been dreaming remaining semifinal tickets, USA’s Another tie-breaking shoot-off Dahiya, who concluded the qualifica- won Sunday’s sprint finish. Tour of Spain winner. Aru said after about winning a championship in Walton Eller and Kuwait’s Ahmad between three athletes was neces- tion with a total of 400 points. The Aru was not even Astana’s leader when Saturday’s stage he would like to ride the Lonato,” said Mosin.”Finally, my dream Alafasi bested Maltese shooter sary to determine the Bronze medal World Championship will continue the three-week race began but moved into 2016 Tour de France but first would meet came true. It’s an amazing feeling to William Chetcuti. match participants, as Willett, Alafasi today with the Skeet Men pre-event contention after compatriot Vincenzo with Astana to decide on the year’s objec- win this title in front of my friends, In the semifinal round Mosin led and Al-Athba all concluded the semi- training, and it will conclude on Nibali, the 2014 Tour de France champion tives. — Reuters my sponsors, and the whole shooting the group since the first doubles, and final with 26 points. Thursday with the Skeet Men final.