— Dallas Cowboys traded 4-time Pro Bowl DE Micah Parsons to Green Bay Thursday; Dallas gets two #1 draft picks, and DT Kenny Clark, who has been in three Pro Bowls.
Parsons got a 4-year, $188M contract from Green Bay, with $136M of that guaranteed; he is now the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.
— In Week 4, the Sunday night game has Green Bay visiting Dallas.
— Phillies 19, Braves 4
Kyle Schwarber hit four home runs, drove in nine runs.
In their previous three games, Phillies scored a total of eight runs.
Cal Quantrill gave up nine runs in 3.1 IP.
— Red Sox 3, Orioles 2
Romy Gonzalez hit the game-winning single in the 8th inning.
Boston holds the #1 Wild Card slot in the American League.
Red Sox went 7-1 on their two-city road trip.
— Giants 4, Cubs 3
Jung Hoo Lee had a walk-off single for the Giants.
Willie Adames homered twice, knocked in the other three runs.
San Francisco has won five in a row; this was their 10th walk-off win.
— Astros 4, Rockies 3
Christian Walker homered twice, including the 8th inning game-winner.
It was Walker’s 15th multi-home run game of his career.
Jose Altuve also homered for the Astros.
— Marlins 7, Mets 4
Marlins scored three runs in 7th inning
Mets made three errors, 5 of Miami’s runs were unearned.
Mets have a four-game lead for the NL’s last Wild Card slot.
— Famous birthdays, August 29th:
Elliott Gould, 87
Doug DeCinces, 75
Eddie Murray, 69 (Lions’ kicker)
Rebecca DeMornay, 66
Vai Sikahema, 63
Carla Gugino, 54
David West, 45
Noah Syndergaard, 33
Hunter Brown, 27
— Rutgers 34, Ohio U 31
Scarlet Knights led 31-14 in the 2nd quarter.
Ohio tied game in 3rd quarter, but didn’t score in 4th quarter.
Bobcats were 5-10 on third down, Rutgers 1-9
— South Florida 34, Boise State 7
Bulls’ first win over a top 25 team since 2016.
USF scored a 45-yard touchdown on a fake punt.
Boise State led 7-0 after first quarter, didn’t score again.
— NC State 24, East Carolina 17
NC State stopped the Pirates on 10-yard line in the last minute.
Wolfpack led 17-7 at halftime.
ECU QB Houser threw for 366 yards.
— Minnesota 23, Buffalo 10
Buffalo covered, but was outgained 443-151.
MAC teams were 0-4 SU vs I-A teams Thursday, but 3-1 ATS
Gophers were 9-16 on 3rd down, Buffalo 1-11.
— Wisconsin 17, Miami OH 0
Badgers lead at halftime was only 3-0.
Wisconsin outgained Miami, 353-117
Badgers were 8-16 on third down, Miami 0-9
— Wyoming 10, Akron 0
Wyoming QB Anderson threw for 260 yards and a TD.
Cowboys outgained Akron, 426-228
Game was 3-0 until Wyoming scored a TD with 4:26 left.
— Nebraska 20, Cincinnati 17
Game was played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
Nebraska picked off a pass in end zone with 0:34 left.
Cincinnati ran ball for 202 yards, but threw for only 69.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Phillies, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cubs, Padres, Mets
AL: Blue Jays, Tigers, Astros. Wild Cards: Red Sox, New York, Mariners
