NFL

Injuries are the name of the game in the NFL and two of those prominent names on Sunday were Tony Romo and Jay Cutler.

The Dallas Cowboys lost their quarterback for perhaps as long as 10 weeks with a broken left collarbone suffered in their 20-10 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. The Chicago Bears saw Cutler go out in the second quarter of a 48-23 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Cutler pulled a hamstring and did not return.

In the Sunday night game, the Green Bay Packers beat the Seattle Seahawks 27-17, dropping the Seahawks to 0-2.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Ohio State remains No. 1 in the Associated Press poll despite an unimpressive 20-13 win over Northern Illinois. Neither Cardale Jones nor J.T. Barrett got the job done at quarterback for OSU. Michigan State moved up to second and Ole Miss now ranks third (in a tie with TCU) after beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa for the first time since 1988. Alabama fell from second to No. 12. Auburn dropped out of the poll after being destroyed 48-21 by LSU, which moved up from No. 13 to No. 8.

GOLF

Jason Day won the BMW Championship in Lake Forest, Illinois, and with that victory earned the world’s No. 1 ranking. Day won for the fifth time this season. … Paula Creamer defeated Germany’s Sandra Gal to complete a comeback and nail down a 14.5-13.5 victory for the United States, which had trailed by four points going into the singles, in the Solheim Cup at St. Leon-Rot, Germany.

ELSEWHERE

Denny Hamlin won the opening race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway. His Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Carl Edwards finished second. … The New York Yankees beat the New York Mets 11-2 to take two of three games in their crosstown series.
 
 
Post By: Larry Weisman, a longtime sportswriter for USA TODAY, blogs for Twistity.com. Follow him on Twitter @MrLarryWeisman .