Tebow scores TD in return
Tim Tebow got a warm Philly welcome.
Tebow threw for 69 yards and ran for a touchdown in his first game in two years, Kenjon Barner returned a punt 92 yards for a touchdown and ran for a score and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Indianapolis Colts, 36-10, in a preseason game Sunday.
Tebow got a standing ovation when he entered midway through the third quarter and the crowd roared so loudly when his name was introduced he had to quiet them down because he was taking the snap in a shotgun.
He dove into the pylon on a 7-yard TD run late in the fourth quarter and finished with 15 yards rushing on four carries. He completed six of 12 passes and was sacked twice.
Tebow hadn’t played since the 2013 preseason with New England until the Eagles (1-0) signed him to compete with Matt Barkley for the No. 3 spot behind Sam Bradford and Mark Sanchez, Tebow’s ex-Jet teammate. Barkley was 12 of 20 for 192 yards and one interception.
Rookie first-round pick Nelson Agholor caught a 39-yard TD pass from Sanchez. Bradford and All-Pro running back DeMarco Murray didn’t play.
Playing their first game since losing to the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game that began the DeflateGate saga, the Colts didn’t seem as if they had prepared much for Philadelphia’s up-tempo offense and they were missing several defensive starters. But making sure players get reps is more important than scheming for an offense they’re not going to see in the regular season.
The Colts’ Andrew Luck completed 5 of 6 for 43 yards and left during the second series.
MURRAY TOPS NOVAK
Andy Murray beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, in the Rogers Cup for his fourth tournament victory of the year and third title in the Canadian event in Montreal.
The second-seeded Murray also won the tourney in 2009 and 2010. The Scot ended an eight-match losing streak against Djokovic since the 2013 Wimbledon final.
Djokovic, the champion in 2007, 2011 and 2012, lost for only the fourth time in 56 matches this year. The Serb failed in his bid to tie the ATP Tour record for consecutive Masters 1000 event titles at five.
Djokovic was playing his ninth straight final, a run that included championship victories over Murray this year in the Australian Open and Key Biscayne, Fla. Murray cut Djokovic’s series lead to 19-9.
KENSETH WINS MICHIGAN
Matt Kenseth raced to his third NASCAR Sprint Cup victory of the season, winning in convincing fashion at Michigan International Speedway.
Kenseth, the pole winner, won for the 34th time in his career, leading 146 of 200 laps in the 400-mile race. Joe Gibbs Racing has won five of the last six Cup races. Kevin Harvick was second, 1.7 seconds behind, and Martin Truex Jr. was third. Austin Dillon, who was sent to the back at the beginning of the race because of an engine change, managed a fourth-place showing, and Kyle Busch took another step toward wrapping up a spot in the Chase with an 11th-place run in his backup car.