Aaron Rodgers throws for five TDs in Green Bay’s Monday Night Football win over Kansas City

NFL: Aaron Rodgers dissected another defense on a national stage, building a big enough cushion for the Green Bay Packers to overcome a late rush by Jamaal Charles and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Rodgers threw for 333 yards and five touchdowns, including three to Randall Cobb, and Green Bay beat Kansas City 38-28 on Monday night in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Rodgers led the Packers (3-0) on two successful first-quarter drives that ended with scoring passes to Cobb and rookie Ty Montgomery. He found James Jones for a 27-yard touchdown reception late in the second quarter for a 17-point lead at the break.

Charles rushed for three touchdowns for Kansas City (1-2), which followed its stunning, last-minute loss at home to Denver with a respectable fourth-quarter effort at raucous Lambeau Field.

Charles’ 7-yard TD with 1:25 left got the Chiefs within 10. But the end result was the same for Kansas City, which lost its second straight.

Rodgers was 24 of 35 in another masterful performance for the MVP quarterback.

The Packers controlled the line of scrimmage when it counted and got to Alex Smith for seven sacks.

Smith finished 24 of 40 for 290 yards and a touchdown.

Under pressure near his own end zone, Smith also threw an interception to Sam Shields at the Chiefs 19 with about 7 minutes left in the third quarter. Shields returned it 15 yards, and on the next play, Rodgers found Cobb for a 4-yard TD and a 31-7 lead.

Rodgers and Cobb hooked up for another 4-yard scoring pass in the fourth.

With the fourth-quarter score, Rodgers set the franchise record with his fourth career game of at least five touchdown passes.

Internal bleeding cost prep QB his life

Miscellany: A Washington, New Jersey, high school star quarterback who collapsed after taking a hit on the playing field died from massive internal bleeding caused by a lacerated spleen, according to autopsy reports made public.

The Morris County medical examiner’s office found that the spleen of 17-year-old Evan Murray was “abnormally enlarged,” making it more susceptible to injury.

There was no evidence of head trauma or heart disease, officials said, and the death has been ruled an accident.

The Warren Hills Regional High School player had walked off the field with the help of some teammates Friday night after taking a hit in the backfield. A short time later, the three-sport athlete collapsed on the sidelines and died at a hospital.

• Arm injury sidelines Sharapova: Playing her first match in nearly three months, Maria Sharapova retired with an arm injury in the third set of her opening match at the Wuhan (China) Open.

The third-ranked Sharapova called for a trainer to look at her left forearm after the first game of the final set. She played two more games before telling the chair umpire she could not continue.

Sharapova was leading Barbora Strycova 7-6 (1), 6-7 (4), 2-1 when she decided to stop.

• Foul wasn’t a foul: A last-second foul that sent Maya Moore to the line for the winning free throw in the Western Conference finals should never have been called, the WNBA said.

With the score tied in Sunday’s game between Minnesota and Phoenix, Moore stole Noelle Quinn’s pass. Quinn was whistled for a reach-in foul by official Amy Bonner, and Moore made a free throw with 1.5 seconds left for a 72-71 victory that gave Minnesota a two-game sweep and a spot in the WNBA Finals.

“After reviewing postgame video and interviewing last night’s game officials, we have determined a foul should not have been called,” Renee Brown, the WNBA’s chief of basketball operations and player relations, said.

With the victory, Minnesota reached the WNBA Finals for the fourth time in five years. The Lynx will play either New York or Indiana, whose series winds up Tuesday.

• Three female coaches file lawsuit: Three former University of Minnesota Duluth female coaches have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the school.

The plaintiffs include former women’s hockey coach Shannon Miller, who led the Bulldogs to five NCAA national championships. UMD cited a budget deficit when it told her last December that it would not renew her contract.

The others include former women’s softball coach Jen Banford, who was also director of operations for UMD women’s hockey, and former women’s basketball coach Annette Wiles.

Miller and Banford allege in the lawsuit that the university discharged them because they’re female, gay and Canadian. Wiles says she was forced out because of her gender, sexual orientation and age.

• Everton rallies: Romelu Lukaku scored two goals and set up another against his former club as Everton rallied from two goals down to beat West Bromwich Albion 3-2 in a Premier League men’s soccer match in Birmingham, England.