KINGSFORD — The 2024 Kingsford varsity football team gets its season underway on Thursday with a 6 p.m. game against Escanaba at Flivver Field.

The Kingsford JV and freshmen football teams open their seasons on Wednesday with a doubleheader in Escanaba.

LAMB AGREES TO 4-YEAR DEAL

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Three people familiar with the deal say All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb has ended his holdout with the Dallas Cowboys by agreeing to a $136 million, four-year contract.

Lamb is going into the last year of his rookie contract after being drafted 17th overall in 2020.

He is a close second to Minnesota receiver Justin Jefferson as the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.

Lamb led the NFL in receptions last season with 135 and was second in yards receiving with 1,749 and third in touchdown receptions with 12.

JANSEN MAKES MLB HISTORY

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen became the first player in major league history to appear in the same game for both teams when he took the field for Boston in the resumption of a rain-delayed game he started for Toronto back in June.

Jansen was in the Blue Jays lineup at catcher and batting in the second inning on June 26 when the game was suspended.

He was traded to the Red Sox last month, and on Monday he took his position behind the plate as pinch-hitter Daulton Varsho completed an at-bat that he started.

GAUFF, ZHENG WIN AT US OPEN

NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff had an easy start to her U.S. Open title defense, rolling to a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Varvara Gracheva.

Gauff needed just over an hour, looking more like the player who won her first major title last year at age 19 than the one who had dropped her last two matches before coming to New York.

Zheng Qinwen, the Olympic gold medalist in women’s tennis, stayed in the tournament Monday by rallying for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Amanda Anisimova.

Men’s winners included No. 4 Alexander Zverev, No. 6 Andrey Rublev, No. 8 Casper Ruud, and Americans Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton.

PACKERS TRADE FOR BACKUP QB

GREEN BAY, Wis. — With the 2024 NFL regular season set to kick off next week, the Green Bay Packers have added another quarterback.

On Monday, the Packers sent a seventh round pick to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for quarterback Malik Willis. ESPN first reported the story.

Willis was drafted in the third round of the 2022 draft by the Titans.

Willis played 11 games in two seasons with Tennessee.