NFL:
In the NFL, Pittsburgh topped Washington 38-16 and it was San Francisco over Los Angeles 28-0.
In other NFL news:
— Quarterback Russell Wilson was out of a protective boot and walking around the Seattle Seahawks' practice facility by Monday afternoon. Wilson sprained his right ankle during Sunday's 12-10 season-opening victory over Miami. Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll was a bit cautious on Monday morning during his weekly radio show, saying he believed Wilson would be able play against the Rams but that it wasn't certain.
— Texans linebacker Brian Cushing is out indefinitely with a sprained right medial collateral ligament in his right knee. Cushing was injured in the first quarter of Houston's 23-14 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.
— Panthers coach Ron Rivera says he expects Cam Newton to play Sunday against San Francisco. Newton took at least four helmet-to-helmet hits in Carolina's 21-20 loss to the Denver Broncos on Thursday night. Rivera says he has full confidence that the Panthers medical staff handled the situation properly.
— Josh McCown is the Cleveland Browns' starting quarterback once again after Robert Griffin III broke a bone in his left shoulder during the fourth quarter of Sunday's 29-10 loss at Philadelphia. Griffin was nearing the sideline when he was struck by Eagles rookie defensive back Jalen Mills, who delivered a blow to the QB's chest area. The fourth-year pro is in his first season with Cleveland after playing his first three with Washington. He had a rough afternoon against the Eagles, completing 12 of 26 passes for 190 yards, no touchdowns and one interception.
MLB:
In baseball, Boston beat Baltimore 12-2 and remain two games ahead of second place Toronto in the American League East, the Dodgers bested the Yankees 8-2, Toronto edged Tampa Bay 3-2, Detroit doubled up Minnesota 4-2, Oakland won against Kansas City 16-3, Texas slid past Houston 4-3 in 12 innings, the White Sox blasted Cleveland 11-4, and it was Seattle over the Angels 8-1.
Washington crushed the Mets 8-1, Philadelphia tripled up Pittsburgh 6-2, Cincinnati blanked Milwaukee 3-0, Atlanta bested Miami 12-7, the Cubs beat St. Louis 4-1, Arizona defeated Colorado 12-9, and it was San Diego over San Francisco 4-0.
Former Mets infielder Wally Bachman is out as the manager of the Mets' Triple-A team in Las Vegas. GM Sandy Alderson would not elaborate on why -- only saying that Bachman has "decided to move on."
Also in the majors:
— The Cleveland Indians say starting pitcher Danny Salazar will be sidelined for three to four weeks with a forearm injury, leaving the AL Central leaders without one of their top right-handers through the stretch run. The AL Central-leading Indians say Salazar will stop throwing for approximately 10 days and receive a platelet-rich plasma injection tomorrow. The 23-year-old Salazar is 11-6 with a 3.87 ERA in 25 starts.
— Pirates second baseman Josh Harrison will likely miss the rest of the season with a strained right groin suffered in Saturday's game. Harrison is expected to miss four to six weeks, which would cost him the rest of the season. He is hitting .283 with four home runs and 19 steals in 131 games this year.
NCAA:
The NCAA has pulled seven championship events from North Carolina for the coming year due to a state law that some say can lead to discrimination against LGBT people. The NCAA has issued a news release saying the decision by its board of governors came "because of the cumulative actions taken by the state concerning civil rights protections."
The season-opening NCAA men's basketball tournament games scheduled for Greensboro will be relocated. Also affected are the Division I women's soccer, golf and lacrosse championships, along with the Division II men's and women's soccer and tennis championships and the Division II baseball championship.
An Army football player from Queens has died in a car accident. West Point officials say 20-year-old sophomore Cadet Brandon Jackson died in the Westchester County crash Sunday when his car hit a guard rail. He had two tackles and an assist Saturday in Army's win over Rice.
A prosecutor says surveillance videos will help show that a former college soccer coach killed his ex-girlfriend's 12-year-old son in New York in 2011. Opening statements were delivered Monday in the murder trial of Oral "Nick" Hillary. Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, who is helping his counterpart in St. Lawrence County, told the judge hearing the case that outdoor surveillance videos in the village of Potsdam show Hillary stalking Garrett Phillips before the boy was strangled on Oct. 24, 2011. Defense lawyers say the prosecution lacks physical evidence. Hillary was the men's soccer coach at Clarkson University. He and his daughter had lived with the boy's mother until the relationship ended in summer 2011. His supporters claim authorities in the largely white community are unjustly pursuing a black man.
USA Gymnastics:
A former doctor for USA Gymnastics is being accused by two ex-team members of sexual abuse. A lawsuit filed last week in California accuses Dr. Larry Nassar of sexually groping and fondling a member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team under the guise of physical therapy during her gymnastics career. The Olympian is identified as "Jane Doe" in the lawsuit against Nassar and the USA Gymnastics organization.
A second gymnast has told the Indianapolis Star newspaper that Nassar sexually abused her in 2000, when she was 15. Rachael Denhollander said Nassar became gradually more abusive with her over the course of five treatments for lower back pain at Michigan State University, where Nassar is a faculty member. Nassar worked for decades for the gymnastics organization until his dismissal last year.
Tennis:
U.S. Open champion Angelique Kerber has officially become the oldest woman to debut at No. 1 in the WTA rankings, ending Serena Williams' record-tying run of 186 consecutive weeks in the top spot. The 28-year-old's rise from No. 2 was assured when Williams lost in the semifinals at Flushing Meadows. Kerber went on to win her second Grand Slam title of the season. She beat Williams at the Australian Open at the beginning of the year. Williams slips to the second spot in the WTA rankings.
Maria Sharapova will find out next month if her appeal against a two-year doping ban has been successful. The Russian tennis star was banned in June after testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open. She appealed the ruling to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In a statement on Tuesday, CAS says it will issue its decision in the first week of October.
PGA – Ryder Cup:
U.S. Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III has chosen Rickie Fowler, J.B. Holmes and Matt Kuchar (KOO'-chur) for three of his four picks for the upcoming showdown with Europe at Hazeltine later this month. The final captain's pick will be named on Sept. 25. The Ryder Cup begins on Sept. 30.
Soccer:
Telling the Associated Press "I was stubborn and I was in denial," soccer star Abby Wambach says she abused alcohol and prescription drugs for years until her arrest in April for driving under the influence. In "Forward," her memoir being released Tuesday, the retired U.S. national team star describes her bouts with vodka and pills, which included Vicodin, Ambien and Adderall. Wambach is the leading career scorer — among men and women — with 184 goals in international soccer. She retired last December after 15 years with the U.S. women's national team where she won two Olympic gold medals and a World Cup title.
Hockey:
An ice hockey referee in the Czech Republic has died after he was injured in a game. The Czech Ice Hockey Federation says Pavel Lainka, aged 24, died on Saturday, without elaborating on his injury. According to media reports, Lainka was hit in the head by a puck in a youth game. The federation says a minute of silence for Lainka will be observed at all matches in the top two leagues.
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