Brady throws 2 TD passes in Bucs win

PHILADELPHIA >> Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes, Leonard Fournette ran for two scores and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Philadelphia Eagles 2822 on Thursday night.

The defending Super Bowl champion Buccaneers (5-1) lost another cornerback when three-time AllPro Richard Sherman left in the first quarter with a hamstring injury but their depleted defense held on after Jalen Hurts rallied the Eagles from a 28-7 deficit.

Playing with an injured thumb, Brady came out firing. The 44-year-old, seventime Super Bowl champion tossed TD passes on Tampa Bay’s first two drives while going 11 for 12 for 121 yards.

Tennis NORRIE, DIMITROV ADVANCE TO SEMIS AT INDIAN WELLS >>

Cameron Norrie routed 11thseeded Diego Schwartzman 6-0, 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open and extend the best season of his career.

Norrie needed just 73 minutes to dismantle Schwartzman, who finally held serve to open the second set.

No. 12 seed Ons Jabeur advanced to the semifinals with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Anett Kontaveit that will move the Tunisian into the world’s top 10 for the first time next week. She’s projected to be No. 8, but could rise as high as No. 5 by winning the tournament. IVANOVIC, PENNETTA, MOYA AMONG 6 NOMINEES FOR TENNIS HALL >> Grand Slam title winners Ana Ivanovic, Flavia Pennetta, Carlos Moya and Cara Black are the new nominees on the International Tennis Hall of Fame ballot for the Class of 2022, joining holdovers

Lisa Raymond and Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Fan voting begins Friday at vote.tennisfame.com and ends on Oct. 31 and the top three finishers will receive bonus percentage points for their total count.

NBA PELICANS’ WILLIAMSON OUT FIRST WEEK OF REGULAR SEASON >>

Pelicans forward Zion Williamson is now expected to miss at least the first week of the regular season because his recovery from surgery to repair a right foot fracture is taking longer than anticipated.