GOLF

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Collin Morikawa showed signs of stepping out of the pedestrian game at the right time at the US Open, matching the championship’s low score with a 4-under 66 on Friday for a share of the 36-hole lead with Joel Dahmen and a chance for a third consecutive year to win a major.

Defending champion Jon Rahm played with Morikawa at the Country Club and did his best to keep pace with an eagle and a series of big putts that looked just as valuable. Rahm had a 67 and was one stroke behind a group that included Rory McIlroy, who was coming off a victory at the Canadian Open.

Not to be overlooked was Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, who contributed from a thick rough short of the par-5 14th green for an eagle that brought the Texan back into the mix with a 67. He was two strokes away. behind.

MLB

SEATTLE (AP) — Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon will undergo surgery for a right wrist injury and will miss the remainder of the season, the team announced Friday.

Rendon aggravated a previous wrist injury in Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers and hasn’t played since. Rendon first injured his wrist in mid-May.

Angels head athletic trainer Mike Frostad said Rendon had a subluxation in which the tendon in his wrist pops out of the groove where he is supposed to sit.

NFL

A person familiar with the ruling said the NFL fined Washington COs $100,000 and deprived the team of two offseason practices next year due to excessive contact between players during practices.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on Friday on condition of anonymity because the league has not announced the disciplinary action.

The fine, which was first reported by ESPN, applies to coach Ron Rivera, who was infuriated by a particular blow during organized team activities to the point that he stopped the training to teach his team a lesson. Safety Jeremy Reaves made important contact with second-year wide receiver Dyami Brown during a padless practice on June 8.

— By AP sportswriter Stephen Whyno.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ (AP) — The NFL has suspended New York Giants linebacker Justin Hilliard without pay for the first two games of the regular season for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.

Hilliard will be eligible to participate in all pre-season practices and games. He will be allowed to return to the Giants’ active roster Sept. 19, after the team’s game against Carolina.

NHL

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The president of the Nashville Predators has agreed to sell the majority of his stake in the NHL team to former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.

The Predators announced the deal Friday. No purchase price details were disclosed for a franchise recently valued at $680 million by Sportico.

Haslam, whose brother Jimmy owns the NFL’s Cleveland Browns and MLS’s Columbus Crew, will buy a majority stake from Nashville chairman Herb Fritch in what the Predators described as a “buy-in deal.” several phases” which will make Haslam the majority owner of the team.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Davidson’s longtime coach Bob McKillop is retiring, ending a run that included coaching NBA star Stephen Curry with the Wildcats and ranking among the Division’s highest-earning active coaches I of men’s basketball.

McKillop announced his retirement Friday at an on-campus press conference, effective at the end of the month. His son, associate head coach and former Wildcats player Matt McKillop, will take over as coach after working on his father’s staff as an assistant since 2008.

The retirement announcement came shortly after athletic director Chris Clunie said Davidson would make Curry’s No. 30 the first number retired by the school after graduating this year – 13 years after leaving. school early for the pros and a day after Curry won his fourth title with Golden State while being named NBA Finals MVP.

TENNIS

MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal will attempt to play at Wimbledon after going “a week without a limp” thanks to new treatment for his sore left foot, the 22-time Grand Slam champion said on Friday.

“My intention is to play Wimbledon,” Nadal said on his home island of Mallorca. “If things don’t go the way I want, we’ll see what happens. (But) I’m happy. I went a week without a limp.

Nadal had said after winning his 14th French Open title nearly two weeks ago that he was unsure if he could continue playing with the extreme pain in his foot. He was only able to finish Roland Garros after numbing his foot with painkiller injections, a method the Spaniard said he would not like to repeat.

CAR RACE

MONTREAL (AP) — Charles Leclerc received a 10-place grid penalty because Ferrari changed its engine before the Canadian Grand Prix.

Engine failure eliminated Leclerc from last week’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix when he was in the lead and Ferrari have since deemed the engine “irreparable”. The FIA ​​announced after Friday’s second practice that Leclerc had taken his third new power plant of the year and would be penalized at the start of Sunday’s race.

Yuki Tsonoda also received a 10-place grid penalty on Friday when AlphaTauri gave the Japanese driver his fourth engine of the season.

STRUGGLE

Vince McMahon is stepping down as WWE CEO and Chairman amid an investigation into alleged misconduct involving the longtime frontman and the organization’s public face.

McMahon will continue to oversee WWE’s creative content during the investigation, World Wrestling Entertainment said Friday, and named McMahon’s daughter Stephanie as interim CEO and president.

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that WWE is investigating an alleged $3 million payment from McMahon to an employee who left following a consensual affair.

COURTS

DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a final appeal by sports physician Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting gymnasts, including Olympic medalists.

Nassar’s lawyers say he was treated unfairly in 2018 and deserved a new hearing, based on vengeful remarks from a judge who called him a ‘monster’ who would ‘wither away’ in jail like the Wicked Witch in “The Wizard of Oz”.

“I just signed your death warrant,” Ingham County Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said of Nassar’s 40-year sentence.

The state Supreme Court said Nassar’s appeal was a “narrow issue” and that it had “concerns” about the judge’s conduct. But the court also noted that Aquilina, despite his provocative remarks, stood by the sentencing agreement drawn up by the lawyers in the case.

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