Sports names and faces: Johnny Manziel, Flavia Pennetta
The quarterback will start the Cleveland Browns’ home opener Sunday against Tennessee — and fellow Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota — because Josh McCown remains out with a concussion suffered when he was hit while trying to dive into the end zone on the opening drive last week against the Jets.
“Two guys who had careers like we did in college, both Heisman Trophy winners,” Manziel said.
More than a thousand fans lined the streets of the tennis player’s hometown of Brindisi, in southern Italy, to welcome back the U.S. Open champion.
Pennetta arrived at a seafront stage on an open-top bus, accompanied by 50 children from the local tennis club where she learned to play.
