Sports – Monday, September 23rd, 2013

It was a roller coaster of a game for the Green Bay Packers on Sunday as they fell to the Bengals 34-30 in Cincinnati.  The Pack found themselves down 14-0 early in the game after an opening touchdown drive by the Bengals and a turnover by Jeremy Ross on the ensuing kickoff.  The Packers then ran off 30 straight points to take a 30-14 lead before Cincy came back.  Green Bay had the lead and the ball on 4th and 1 near the Bengal 30 yard line.  Rookie Jonathan Franklin fumbled, and it went the other way for a 58 yard TD by Terence Newman.  Franklin finished with 103 yards rushing after James Starks left with a knee injury.  Clay Matthews also left the game with a hamstring injury and Jermichael Finley suffered a head injury early and did not return.  Aaron Rodgers threw for 244 yards and a touchdown and also had 2 interceptions.   The Packers take next week off before hosting Detroit in two weeks. 

 

NFC North

Cleveland 31 Vikings 27

Detroit 27 Washington 20

Chicago 40 Pittsburgh 23

 

Badger Rankings

Alabama is #1 and Oregon #2 in both college football polls.  The Badgers are #23 in the AP poll and #24 in the coaches poll.  UW will head to Ohio State on Saturday night.

 

Brewers

The Brewers picked up the 6-4 win over the Cardinals on Sunday in the final home game at Miller Park in 2013.  Wily Peralta picked up the win.  The Crew opens up a three game set in Atlanta tonight.  The Braves clinched the NL East on Sunday.  Coverage begins at 5:35pm on KFIZ.  The Reds beat Pittsburgh so both of those teams are two games back of St. Louis in the NL Central.

 

NASCAR

Matt Kenseth won his 2nd straight race to open the Chase For the Championship in New Hampshire.  He opens up a 14 point lead over Kyle Busch in NASCAR’s postseason. 

 

FexEx Cup

Henrik Stenson won the Tour Championship on the PGA Tour on Sunday and also won the FedEx Cup Playoffs,  He won the event by three shots over Steve Stricker and Jordan Spieth.  Stenson wins $11.44 million dollars by winning golf’s version of the post-season.