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The 2013 NFL season got off to an incredible start in Week 1 with some amazing individual performances, a few upsets and several fantastic finishes. Here's what we learned from Sunday's games:

While there weren't many big-name matchups this week, it was still an entertaining week of college football. Here are some things we learned in Week 2 on the gridiron.

Carl Edwards outran Paul Menard off a late restart and held on to win the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway in Virginia on Saturday night.

Former Indianapolis Colt Peyton Manning tied an NFL record last night. Whew, the man threw -- count 'em - throwing seven touchdown passes! The Denver Broncos topped the Baltimore Ravens 49-27 in the of the 2013 NFL season opener in Denver last night. Did you have them in our Lucy Bella's Pizzaria Pro Football Pick 'em contest?  Here's more on the game from Joe Student at Townsquare Media. Read Mor

Convicted Cleveland kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro was found dead late Tuesday in his prison cell in Ohio. The New York Daily News reports the 52-year-old hung himself.

On September 1, the record for the largest alligator ever caught in Mississippi was 697.5 pounds. That record was broken not once but twice on Sunday, the first day of the state's alligator-hunting season.

For the first time in history, a swimmer has endured the 103-mile route from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida, without the assistance of a shark cage. That swimmer, 64-year-old Diana Nyad, began her quest on Saturday, August 31, and finished around 53 hours later on Labor Day.

Kyle Busch took the lead from Joey Logano in the closing laps to win the AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday night.

Joey Logano held off Kevin Harvick and captured the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway at Brooklyn, Mich. on Sunday afternoon.

Jell-O wants to be part of our lives again.

A major golf championship and the best known title in cycling will be awarded on Sunday. Here's what to watch this weekend:

Jose Bautista, J.J. Hardy and Jason Kipnis each drove in runs, and the American League beat the National League, 3-0, in the 2013 MLB All-Star Game at Citi Field in New York.