LOS ANGELES -- Drew Brees has been sidelined by an injury for just the second time in his 14 years as the New Orleans Saints' quarterback.

Brees was replaced by Teddy Bridgewater late in the first quarter after his right throwing hand hit Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald's hand at the end of an incomplete pass. Brees had his right thumb and lower hand/wrist area taped up by a trainer on the bench. He has remained on the sideline in uniform, and he was officially announced as questionable to return with a hand injury.

Bridgewater remained in the lineup to start the second half.

Brees, 40, has missed only one start due to injury since high school -- when he missed a Week 3 game at the Carolina Panthers in 2015 with a shoulder injury. He also suffered a major shoulder injury in the final game of the 2005 season with the San Diego Chargers, but he returned in time for Week 1 with the Saints the following year.

Brees completed three of his first five passes before leaving the game Sunday. He threw an interception that was knocked out of tight end Jared Cook's hands on the opening drive.

The Saints have one of the league's best insurance policies in Bridgewater, who is the NFL's highest-paid backup quarterback at $7.25 million this season. The Saints traded a third-round draft pick to acquire Bridgewater from the New York Jets following the 2018 preseason and re-signed him to a one-year deal in March.

Last season Drew Brees performed much better against man coverage than zone -- he had the second-highest EPA/P disparity in favor of man. Last week the Rams ran 78% zone, second-most of any team. Brees faces the Rams tomorrow. ESPN's coverage classification is powered by NFL Next Gen Stats.

MONTEREY, Calif. – Conor Daly and Brandon Gdovic completed a weekend sweep of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America event at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Sunday afternoon.

Daly, who finished off the race win Saturday in the No. 46 Precision Performance Motorsports/Lamborghini Palm Beach Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO, started from pole on Sunday and quickly built a two-second lead while the action was furious behind him.

Jake Eidson, Corey Lewis, Cedric Sbirrazzuoli and Andrea Amici ran nose-to-tail in second through fifth place through most of the opening stint.

It wasn’t until lap 10 when Lewis made an inside pass of Eidson in turn two for second place. Later on the same lap, Amici snuck past Sbirrazzuoli for fourth. A lap later, contact between LB Cup points leader Mel Johnson and Justin Price ended the latter’s race with right-rear wheel damage.

On lap 13, as the mandatory pit window for the 50-minute race was about to open, Randy Sellari spun at the top of the famous Corkscrew turn while leading in LB Cup.

When the pit window opened, Daly, Lewis and Sbirrazzuoli were among the first takers. Gdovic replaced Daly in the No. 46 while Richy Antinucci jumped into the No. 29 for Lewis. As the two raced for the same real estate at pit exit, they made light contact, with the No. 29 getting the temporary advantage. However, Antinucci was soon ordered to cede the position to Gdovic for an improper pit exit.

Adding insult to injury, the No. 29 was then assessed a drive-through penalty for not meeting the 84-second minimum pit stop time (from pit-lane entry to exit) by more than one second. The No. 46 was also penalized for not meeting the pit time requirement, but since its pit stop was less than a second off the minimum, it was assessed a post-race time penalty of 0.234 seconds (double the actual time by which it missed the minimum).

When the dust settled from the pit stop cycle and the penalties, Gdovic held a lead of nearly two seconds over Sandy Mitchell in the No. 1, with Paolo Ruberti third in the No. 27. Mitchell wasn’t done, however, and quickly closed to the rear bumper of Gdovic.

Mitchell made a couple unsuccessful late attempts to pass for the lead, but knowing his car would be assessed a five-second post-race penalty for an improper race start, opted to hold steady in second place at the checkered flag.

The win for the No. 46 completed a weekend sweep for Daly and Gdovic and was their third this season to go with the season opener at Barber Motorsports Park. It was also the third straight victory for Gdovic, who teamed with Shinya Michimi to win the second race of the Virginia Int’l Raceway weekend last month.

“I didn’t have to work as hard yesterday,” Gdovic said. “It was a great battle today and I had to make sure I stayed on our strategy. I knew the (No.) 29 was supposed to give me the lead and he was supposed to let me by. I then let him go back by and I knew he had that drive-through he had to serve. I made sure to pace myself to keep the tires on the car, but it was good to be first over the line.”

“Yesterday we found out what it was like on the older tires, and Brandon did exactly what he needed to do today,” Daly said. “Others made mistakes today and we didn’t. These races, it’s important to stay mistake-free and that what’s we did today. We got two wins this weekend and that’s a great way to finish off the North American portion of the season. It’s been fun to be here this weekend, the car and the track was awesome.”

Meanwhile, Antinucci charged back from the drive-through penalty to make a late pass on Ruberti and claim third place overall and in the Pro class. Antinucci and Lewis lead Gdovic by six points (124-118) in the Pro standings.

For the second straight day, James Sofronas and Steven Aghakhani put on a dazzling duel for the Am class win in the closing lap. And for the second straight day, Sofronas held strong for the win, Aghakhani finished second and Cameron Cassels was third. McKay Snow finished fourth and leads Aghakhani by 13 points and Cassels by 15 in the Am standings.

Eidson started second and turned the No. 09 over to Damon Ockey, who comfortably drove to the win for the ProAm weekend sweep. In the process, the duo clinched the season championship. Ron Atapattu and Patrick Liddy drove the No. 24 US RaceTronics/Lamborghini La Jolla to second place on Sunday. Dani Clos secured the last spot on the ProAm podium when he rolled the No. 69 Prestige Performance/Wayne Taylor Racing/Lamborghini Paramus out of the last turn and past teammate Dean Baker in the No. 53 on the final straight to the checkered flag.

Despite the early contact with the No. 22, Johnson and co-driver Thomas Lovelady finished off the LB Cup victory in the No. 08. Sellari recovered from his Corkscrew spin to finish second in the No. 3, with Matt Dicken taking third. Johnson holds a 14-point lead (115-101) over Ashton Harrison and Stephanie Cemo, who finished fifth Sunday in the No. 43 Prestige Performance/Wayne Taylor Racing/Lamborghini Paramus.

OTHO, Iowa – The Iowa Hall of Fame and Racing Museum has announced its 2019 class of inductees.

Sixteen individuals are being honored this year, all of whom have deep roots in Iowa’s racing history and have contributed to the sport of racing in Iowa throughout their careers.

Entering the Hall of Fame from the Drivers/1946-1979 category are Dick Gustin, Joel Rasmussen, Norm Wiemers and Lee Kunzman.

Gustin, from Union, Iowa, competed in more than 200 races and won his first stock car race in 1955 at Pioneer Raceway in Des Moines, Iowa. Rasmussen, hailing from Ames, Iowa, was a winning racer for more than 25 years in Modified, Sportsman and Hobby divisions.

Wiemers, from Manson, Iowa, won 27 feature races in a row in 1963 and is an inductee in the National Sprint Care Hall of Fame. Kunzman was a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship car series and raced in the 1979 Indianapolis 500.

In the Drivers 1980 to Present class, the Hall of Fame will welcome Bill Davis Sr., Dave Farren, Bob Hill and Earl Wagner.

Davis, from Des Moines, Iowa, had more than 300 wins and won back to back IMCA Modified National Championships in 1989 and 1990. Farren, also from Des Moines, won more than 300 features and was a two-time IMCA National Champion

Hill, of Holly Ridge, N.C., dominated at Midwest tracks and raced in the Busch Late Model Series and the ARCA Menards Series Wagner, from Pleasantville, Iowa, won his first of 43 feature events at Knoxville Raceway in 1958 and continued his career in sprint cars and with USAC.

Motorcycle racing will be represented by Fort Dodge, Iowa’s Chad Pederson, who was a contender in thousands of professional motocross and supercross races.

Tony Boger, from Wall Lake Iowa, will joins the Hall of Fame after a lengthy Figure 8 career that saw him compete in more than 450 events and earn multiple track championships.

Representing the Drag Racing category of the Hall of Fame, Des Moines, Iowa’s Vern Moats spent 48 years in drag racing, earning 15 NHRA Division 5 championships.

The Owner/Mechanic/Builder/Manufacture/Sponsor category will be represented by two inductees – Johnny Johnson and Gil Sonner.

Johnson was an accomplished late model driver and was also known for his sponsorships and owning multiple race tracks. Sonner, of Des Moines, Iowa, had a 60-year career as an owner and mechanic, with his cars and drivers winning more than 150 sprint car and modified features.

Finally, in the Promoter/Official/Media/Event/Series Sponsor category, Bill Haglund, Phil Roberts and Nona Warden will be enshrined.

Haglund, from Waukee, Iowa, was the editor of Hawkeye Racing News from 1979-1990 and is the author of Racing Through Time – A History of Automobile Racing in Iowa.

Roberts, from Walcott, Iowa, was a race announcer, news reporter and a publicist for NASCAR’s traveling late model all-star series. Warden, from Urbandale, Iowa, is a well known and respected race scorer in central Iowa for nearly 50 years.

This year’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held on Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Briggs Woods Conference Center in Webster City, Iowa.  Social hour begins at 5 p.m., with dinner and induction ceremony to follow.

This event is open to the public. Tickets are on sale now by contacting Marty Pringle at 515-570-5646 or Teresa Huffman at 515-832-2620 or through our website at www.iowaracingmuseum.com.

GLENEAGLES, Scotland – Who knew Suzann Pettersen was such a master architect?

It’s as if she had God’s ear Sunday at the Solheim Cup.

How else do you explain all the stars aligning to create one of the most spectacular endings in the history of women’s golf.

It’s not just the way Pettersen won the biennial international team event for Europe, with 12 matches coming down to her final putt in the event’s final match. It’s not just that it came in Scotland, the birthplace of golf, and it’s not just about the event.

After holing that 7-foot birdie putt to beat the Americans, and after being engulfed by jubilant teammates and adoring fans, Pettersen scooped and hugged her infant son, Herman . . .

And she figuratively rode off into the sunset.

She announced her retirement.

“I think this is the perfect closure,” she said after. “It doesn’t get any better.

“Yeah, this is it. I’m completely done.”

Really? Media dizzied by the news needed confirmation.

“I’m closing it down tomorrow, what more can I say,” Pettersen said. “I’m done.”

As endings go in sports go, that’s as fairytale as the real thing gets.

It ranks up there with Rocky Marciano knocking out Archie Moore in 1956 in Marciano’s last heavyweight fight . . .

With John Wooden retiring after cutting down the nets in 1975 after leading UCLA to its 10^th national championship in his final game as coach . . .

With John Elway winning the Super Bowl in 1999 with the Denver Broncos in his last NFL game.

“It's a dream come true to pull this off here in Scotland, in front of these crowds, for Beany, here at Gleneagles,” Pettersen said.

That’s another fantastic layer to the story.

Beany is Catriona Matthew, the European captain from Scotland, Pettersen’s friend and longtime teammate in these matches. Pettersen’s winning putt was a perfect ending for Matthew, too.

“A fantastic moment,” Matthew said.

As Matthew and Pettersen both explained, the ending was part of a remarkable team effort.

So much had to happen so quickly in the end, to give Pettersen that last putt to win, it left everyone’s head spinning.

The Americans looked like a sure bet to close out the victory after taking a 13½ to 11 ½ lead. They had the Europeans’ backs to the wall with just three matches left on the course. The Euros had to win them all outright. They couldn’t afford to give up even a half point because the Americans would retain the cup with that.

Seventeen minutes later, the comeback was complete.

Boom! Anna Nordqvist finished off Morgan Pressel, 4 and 3.

Boom! Bronte Law defeated Ally McDonald, 2 and 1, when McDonald’s final 5-foot putt at the 17^th hole to extend the match drifted away.

Boom! Pettersen holed her birdie to beat Marina Alex, 1 up.

The last two points came within minutes of each other.

Pettersen was taking her last practice swings before getting over that last putt when the last cheer for Law broke out in the distance, letting all those folks crowded around the 18^th know that everything rode on Pettersen’s putt.

A miss and Alex was assured a half point to retain the cup for the Americans.

“It was absolutely perfect that it came down to Suzann,” said Europe’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff, who was wedged among teammates along the 18^th green. “It was storybook. You couldn’t write it up any better.”

Pettersen, 38, has always been such a thorn in the side of the Americans.

She joined Matthew as heart and soul of the European Solheim Cup turnaround. With the rivalry sagging, with the Americans going for a fourth consecutive victory in Ireland in 2011, Pettersen and Matthew led the Euros to an upset. Pettersen was 3-1 that year. Matthew routed Paula Creamer, 6 and 5, to start the Sunday singles rally.

Pettersen was also a force in 2013, helping the Euros in a record 18-10 rout in Colorado.

“Simply the toughest competitor I’ve ever come up against,” said England’s Laura Davies, who has won more points than any European or American in Solheim Cup history.

But, really, this ending’s better because nobody really knew if Pettersen still had what it takes to be here this week, if she wasn’t too old and too rusty to contribute, or if she even deserved to be here.

Pettersen was one of Matthew’s four captain’s picks, a controversial one at that.

Matthew chose her even though Pettersen took 19 months off around the birth of her child, even though Pettersen had played just three stroke-play events since returning from maternity leave, two of them missed cuts. Matthew chose her even though Pettersen seemed to lose an edge after becoming the focus of Europe’s loss in Germany in 2015, when Pettersen endured the scorn of so many American fans. That was the year Pettersen called out American Alison Lee for picking up a short putt that wasn’t conceded.

But with her clutch finish Sunday, that’s all ancient history.

Pettersen wrote a terrific new final chapter for herself.

It’s a story she can tell her little boy when he’s old enough to understand just how all the stars lined up for her.

“It’s just surreal,” Pettersen said.

Arsenal skipper Granit Xhaka accused his teammates of being scared after the Gunners threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Watford in the Premier League on Sunday.

Victory would have put Arsenal in third place and they looked comfortable when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in the first half at Vicarage Road.

But Arsenal lost control of the game in the second half as they gifted a goal to Tom Cleverley by trying to play out from the back before a rash challenge by Brazilian David Luiz allowed Roberto Pereyra to score from the spot.

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Following the match, Switzerland international Xhaka did not hold back in his analysis.

"What went wrong? That's a good question," Xhaka said. "At half-time we went to the dressing room and everything was good. Everyone was happy but we came out and played such a bad second half. You have to say we are happy to take a point.

"We were scared in the second half. We knew they would come at us and push us hard but we have to show more character and not be scared. We have spoken about it. We cannot give a performance like this in the second half.

"We knew they had nothing to lose and they would come for us but we didn't show our game, we were too scared, nobody wanted the ball. You have to stay calm, be mentally strong and we weren't today."

Watford might have won as they spurned two golden late chances to seal a remarkable comeback victory and Unai Emery admitted their opponent's physical play caused them problems.

"They are more stronger than us so we want to break the lines from the goal kick and connect to Mesut Ozil, like we did with the first goal," he said.

"We have young players, we are working to improve and they will gain experience from matches like today. We can grow up and learn with these mistakes."

Arsenal have conceded nine goals in their last four Premier League games after opening the season with a 1-0 win at Newcastle United. They have also allowed 96 shots at their goal this season, more than any other team in Europe's top leagues.

Watford alone had 31 goal attempts, the most Arsenal have faced since Premier League stats partner Opta began collecting data in 2003-04.

Tim Paine says he has "unfinished business" as Australia's Test captain after defeat at The Oval allowed England to draw the Ashes series, and that he has "a little bit of cricket left" in his body.

Despite Matthew Wade's counter-attacking innings of 117 - which Paine surprisingly described as "one of the great Ashes hundreds" - Australia fell to a 135-run defeat after failing to chase 399 in their fourth innings, and their celebrations were notably muted.

While they celebrated as usual with champagne when the urn was presented, Justin Langer looked on with a scowl, and Paine admitted that defeat had put "a bit of a dampener" on their achievements in the series.

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"There's some mixed emotions," Paine told Sky. "But I think from where this group has come from, to come to England and retain the Ashes is still a huge deal. It hasn't been done for 20 years, so we've got a lot to be proud of.

"I think we've got some improvement, some learning to do, and that's a great thing for us."

About his own future, Paine denied that there was a feeling that retaining the urn represented an "endgame" for him.

"I didn't see it as a beginning, or see it as an option all that long ago. As I said before this Test match, I'm loving the job I've got at the moment. I feel like there's a little bit of unfinished business with this team and where we're heading.

"I feel like I've got a little bit of cricket left in this old body, but I'm not looking too far down the track to when exactly that is."

Paine said that he had "a couple" of regrets about the Oval Test, but conceded that England had "outplayed" his side over the course of the four days.

Paine became only the second Australian captain to lose an Ashes Test in England after winning the toss and choosing to bowl, after Ricky Ponting did so at Edgbaston in 2005, and joked that he is "always 50:50" before the toss.

"I can't read a pitch that well," he said. "We're trying to get to the stage where the toss isn't that important to us. You've got to win games of cricket when you lose a toss, and whether you bat or bowl first is a bit irrelevant."

The stats do not particularly back Paine's claims up. Since 1997, Australia have lost the toss 16 times in Tests in England, and won only three of those games, drawing three more and losing ten; out of the 20 games in which they have won the toss, they have won ten, drawn five and lost five.

Paine also bemoaned Australia's inability to take their chances on the first day.

"I feel a bit sorry for our bowlers," he said. "They were fantastic all series, created plenty of chances on day one and we just didn't back them up. England got ahead of the game, and then they took it away from us."