The Green Bay Packers pulled off a dramatic comeback Sunday afternoon, rallying from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the New York Jets 20-17 in overtime at MetLife Stadium.

The Jets appeared to be in control for much of the afternoon and held a 17-7 lead with just over 11 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. New York’s defense had kept Jordan Love and the Packers’ offense from finding much consistency throughout the game.

Green Bay found its breakthrough when Love connected with Christian Watson for a 3-yard touchdown, cutting the deficit to 17-14. The Packers then got another opportunity after a huge kickoff return by Skyy Moore. The Packers tied the game with a 34-yard field goal, sending the matchup to overtime.

The Jets had a chance to win the game in overtime but couldn’t move the ball. Geno Smith was sacked twice on consecutive plays, forcing New York to punt and giving Green Bay another opportunity.

Green Bay moved into field-goal range, and a 26-yard field goal with 5:23 remaining in overtime gave the Packers the 20-17 victory. 

The Los Angeles Rams bounced back from their season-opening flop in Australia to score a stylish 28-6 victory over the New York Giants on Monday.

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford returned to form with 327 passing yards and four touchdowns for Los Angeles as the Giants never recovered after suffering an early injury to signal-caller Jaxson Dart.

The Los Angeles Rams had Davante Adams, Trent McDuffie and Matthew Stafford, who looked like he did during his MVP season. They also had defensive tackle Aaron Donald back for the first time since the 2023 season. 

The Rams pounded the New York Giants, though New York hardly had a chance after quarterback Jaxson Dart left the game after one possession due to what is believed to be a sprained MCL.

The night started with Dart suffering that knee injury. Jameis Winston replaced him. Winston completed just 4 of 12 passes in the first half for 58 yards and threw a bad interception to McDuffie in Rams territory, which wasn’t a big surprise given the interception issues he has had through his career.

The New York Yankees officially clinched a 2026 MLB postseason berth on Monday night with an 8-3 comeback victory over the Minnesota Twins.

“You start back in February and the goal is to go play in October and go win a championship,” manager Aaron Boone said during an on-field interview with the YES Network. 

The Yankees’ third consecutive postseason berth and ninth in 10 years since Aaron Judge’s rookie season in 2017 became official in the eighth inning when the Tigers finished off a 6-5 win over the Jays.

After handshakes on the field, the Yankees excitedly headed to the visiting clubhouse to whoop it up by soaking everyone with champagne and beer.

“I feel like we’re in a good place, but we’ve got to keep playing well,” Boone said. We’ve just got to continue to take care of our business.”

The New York Jets scored a touchdown on their opening drive of the game and never trailed en route to a 23-10 road win over the Tennessee Titans. 

Geno Smith waited 3,612 days for another start in a Jets uniform. He made it worth the wait.

Smith completed 19 of 24 passes for 215 yards, providing the steady  hand the Jets (1-0) envisioned in a dominant 23-10 season-opening victory over the Tennessee Titans (0-1) at Nissan Stadium.

After a cautious first half in which Smith passed for just 90 yards, the Jets opened up the passing game after halftime. That helped set up a Breece Hall touchdown run.

Smith, who led the NFL in interceptions last season, was decisive and careful with the football. The Jets’ offensive line also gave him enough time in the pocket to find open receivers.

Hall was another catalyst for the Jets’ offense, rushing for 102 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries. He looked very much like the player who recorded his first 1,000-yard season last year. The Jets finished with 152 rushing yards against the Titans.

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The Mets struggled in multiple facets again in their loss to the Astros 6-3. Despite a decent outing from Zac Thornton, the Mets’ bullpen could not hang on to the fragile lead they were given, and the offense had no response.

— It was a battle of rookie pitchers between New York’s lefty Zac Thornton and Houston’s righty Ethan Pecko.

— Astros star shortstop Jeremy Peña led off the game with a 435-foot home run. The Mets offense responded in kind during the bottom half of the first inning, when Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto socked back-to-back solo shots.

— Thornton was sharp in his 11th career start, striking out five, walking one, and allowing two earned runs on six hits across five full innings. Now through 61 innings, he sports a 2.93 ERA.

— Facing right-handed reliever Jonathan Pintaro with a man on second base in the sixth, Astros lefty Lamonte Wade Jr. stepped to the plate as a pinch hitter and cranked a two-run homer. 

— Wade’s third pinch-hit home run of his career was the turning point in the ballgame, giving the Astros a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

— The Mets (61-76) were bested in the team’s series finale against the Houston Astros (69-68), their third straight series loss.

The Mets have ripped off 11 wins in 15 games after a trade deadline sell-off. They have won four of their last five series and have injected a bit of life into what had been a miserable season.

It will take an enormous run to even be in contention in mid-September. The Mets still trail the Padres by 10 games for the third and final NL wild-card spot, and six other teams are ahead of them. 

To reach 83 wins, the number of victories the final wild-card team secured a year ago, the Mets would need to go 25-9. That’s a .735 winning percentage, an extraordinarily tall order.

The Mets have the seventh-most difficult remaining strength of schedule, their opponents owning a combined .520 winning percentage. 

It includes 12 games against division leaders (White Sox and Rays on the road, Brewers and Astros at home).

Texas and Florida have once again topped the U-Haul “Growth Index” as the most popular destinations for people moving within the United States. According to U-Haul’s analysis of over 2.5 million one-way transactions across the U.S. and Canada, Texas ranks first in in-migration, followed by Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, and South Carolina.

The report highlights a continued trend of migration from “blue” states to “red” states, a pattern that has gained attention since the 2020 pandemic. Seven of the top 10 growth states have Republican governors, and nine went red in the last presidential election. Conversely, nine of the bottom 10 states have Democrat governors, with seven going blue in the last election.

U-Haul’s data also suggests that sunshine and warm weather are key factors for movers, as eight of the top 10 states are located in the southern U.S. Texas, in particular, has reclaimed the title of the No. 1 U-Haul growth state for the seventh time in 10 years, climbing one spot from its previous ranking.

On the other hand, the states experiencing the highest out-migration include California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts.  

Wendy’s plans to close hundreds of its restaurants over the next few months in an effort to boost its profit and make its remaining stores more appealing.

The Dublin, Ohio-based chain said during a conference call with investors that it planned to begin closing restaurants soon. The company said it expected a “mid-single-digit percentage” of its U.S. stores to be affected, but it didn’t give any more details.

Wendy’s currently has 6,011 U.S. restaurants. If 5% of those locations were impacted, it would mean 300 store closures.

The new round of closures comes on top of the closure of 240 U.S. Wendy’s locations in 2024. At the time, Wendy’s said that many of the 55-year-old chain’s restaurants are simply out of date.

The New York Yankees have some encouraging news regarding their captain. Yankees general manager and senior vice president Brian Cashman appeared on the MLB Network on SiriusXM Radio and provided an important update on Aaron Judge’s recovery.

After what has felt like an endless wait for positive developments, Judge has now cleared another major hurdle. It is the first good news for the captain since he went on the Injured List.

Judge has been cleared to resume activities now that his injury has healed enough to allow him to begin ramping up his workload.

This represents the first major step in what will be a gradual recovery process. The Yankees aren’t going to rush their superstar back onto the field, particularly after he has already missed nearly two months.

Cashman also revealed that Judge believes he will return this season, and the medical staff shares that belief.

For the first time in nearly two months, Yankees fans have a legitimate reason to feel optimistic about their captain.

Judge believes he’ll be back. The doctors believe he’ll be back. And now, the recovery process is finally moving forward.