NFL – Aaron Rodgers made his ceremonious debut as the Packers starting quarterback, taking over for…uh…the name escapes me. Had the announcers only mentioned his name sometime during the broadcast. You’re derelict in your duties, fellas. Anyway, Rodgers outdueled Tarvaris Jackson in the battle of five-yard passes and scrambles, finishing 18-of-22 for 178 yards and two touchdowns (one passing, one QB sneaking), though he did connect on one hanging 56-yard heave to Greg Jennings. Purple Jesus, as expected, was really the only one to show up for the Vikings offense, ending up with 103 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries… A shame that the suck-off was posted yesterday, because the Raiders probably out-sucked them all in their 41-14 pistol-whipping at the hands of the Broncos. Oakland barely resembled an NFL team while allowing rookie Eddie Royal nine catches for 146 yards and a touchdown. If the NFL never puts the Raiders in primetime again, it’ll be too soon.

MLB – The Red Sox, the only team in Boston now according to Patriots fans, drew within a half game of the Rays by furthering their meltdown with a Jon Lester 3-0 shutout win… The Phillies pulled a game and a half behind the now Billy Wagner-less Mets as Jayson Werth had a three-run homer and Jimmy Rollins collected three hits to down the Marlins 8-6…The Angels trounced the Yankees 12-1, highlighted by a bitchy shove from behind from Torii Hunter to Ivan Rodriguez. Immediately after doing so, Hunter jumped behind a teammate, then repaired to the dugout to scrub his vag…Salomon Torres picked a bad time to surrender three runs for the first time this year, with Milwaukee now having lost six of eight. The Brewers closer allowed the Reds to load the bases with no outs before giving up hits to Corey Patterson and Jeff Kippinger to give Cincy the lead.