GOLFSOUTHAMPTON
Sidney Crosby Jersey , N.Y. (AP) The return to a classic U.S. Open course brought back the kind of scoring that gave this major its reputation.Dustin
Johnson played some of his best golf and yet the world’s No. 1 player barely
beat par in the treacherous wind at Shinnecock Hills. Johnson holed a bunker
shot for birdie, kept his mistakes to a minimum and joined Ian Poulter, Scott
Piercy and Russell Henley at 1-under 69 for a share of the lead.Tiger Woods,
Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and a long list of golf’s bests had their hopes
crushed in gusts that approached 25 mph that made fairways look more narrow and
the shin-high rough difficult to avoid.In his return to the U.S. Open after a
two-year absence, Woods opened a major with a triple bogey for the first time in
15 years. He added back-to-back double bogeys on the back nine and staggered to
a 78.Spieth shot 80, his highest first-round score in a major.Jason Dufner
opened with a 70, and even those at 1-over 71 felt as though they put in a hard
day’s work, a group that included Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson.GRAND RAPIDS,
Mich. (AP) – Kelly Shon played her last six holes in 6 under for an 8-under 64
and a share of the lead with So Yeon Ryu in the Meijer LPGA Classic.Shon had a
7-under 29 on her final nine, the front nine at Blythefield Country Club. The
former Princeton star played the five par-5 holes in 5 under with an eagle on
No. 8.The sixth-ranked Ryu birdied four of the par 5s in a bogey-free round.Anna
Nordqvist, Su Oh and Celine Herbin shot 66. Sophia Popov, Caroline Masson and
Lee-Anne Pace were at 67, and Lexi Thompson, the 2015 winner, had a 68. Ariya
Jutanugarn, making her first start since winning the U.S. Women’s Open, matched
defending champion Brooke Henderson, Michelle Wie and Lydia Ko at 69. Annie
Park, the ShopRite LPGA Classic winner last week in New Jersey, had a 76.SPORTS
BETTINGOCEANPORT
Tom Kuhnhackl Jersey , N.J. (AP) – New Jersey’s governor bet that the New Jersey Devils will win the Stanley Cup, while basketball legend Julius
Erving bet that Philadelphia’s football team will repeat as champions, placing
the wagers the day betting on professional sports became legal in the state.The
action took place at Monmouth Park, a racetrack in Oceanport near the Jersey
shore, and at the Borgata, Atlantic City’s first casino to jump into the sports
betting market since New Jersey won a Supreme Court case a month ago clearing
the way for all 50 states to offer it should they choose.New Jersey fought for
eight years against a federal law that had limited sports betting to four states
– Nevada, Delaware, Montana and Oregon.BASEBALLPHILADELPHIA (AP) – Vince
Velasquez took a no-hitter two outs into the seventh inning, Rhys Hoskins and
Nick Williams hit solo homers and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado
Rockies 9-3.Trevor Story lined Velasquez’s 105th pitch to left for an RBI
double, ending Velasquez’s bid for the fourth no-hitter in the majors this
season. Velasquez retired 20 of the first 21 batters and got a standing ovation
as he walked off the mound after the hit.The Phillies won a series for the first
time since taking two of three from Atlanta on May 21-23. They’re 7-12 since.NEW
YORK (AP) – Gleyber Torres hit another three-run homer and Domingo German struck
out a career-high 10 for his first major league win as the New York Yankees
edged the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in the opener of a four-game series.Aaron Hicks
also homered off Blake Snell as New York beat the blossoming left-hander for the
second time this season and ended his four-game winning streak.German gave up a
home run to Matt Duffy on the first pitch of the game but quickly recovered to
strike out the next three batters. Making his seventh start in place of injured
Jordan Montgomery, the rookie right-hander allowed three runs, five hits and two
walks in his 19th career appearance.Chad Green and Dellin Betances set up
Aroldis Chapman for his 19th save in 20 attempts.NFLENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) –
Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. has been arrested on charges of rape and
other sex crimes on the day he was to appear in court on an unrelated burglary
charge.The San Diego Union-Tribune reports sheriff’s deputies arrested Winslow
at his home in the San Diego suburb of Encinitas.The 34-year-old Winslow was
charged with two counts of rape, two counts of kidnapping with intent to commit
rape and single counts of forcible sodomy, oral copulation and indecent
exposure. He’s free after posting $50,000 bail.Winslow was due to appear in
court after being charged with burglary following an incident last month at a
mobile home park. He now faces arraignment Friday.HOCKEYTORONTO (AP) – Andreas
Johnsson had two goals and an assist to help the Toronto Marlies win the
American Hockey League’s Calder Cup, 6-1 over the Texas Stars in Game 7.Mason
Marchment also scored twice, Carl Grundstrom and Ben Smith added goals, and
Garret Sparks made 29 saves for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ top farm club.The
Marlies led the AHL with 112 points during the regular season and won 10
straight playoff games before being pushed to the distance by the Stars, Dallas’
top development team.The last Toronto AHL affiliate to win the Calder Cup was
the New Brunswick Hawks in 1982.BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – The Buffalo Sabres stocked
up on another Boston University product by acquiring defenseman Brandon Hickey
in a trade that sent forward Hudson Fasching to the Arizona Coyotes.Buffalo also
acquired minor-league forward Mike Sislo in the deal.Hickey joins three former
Boston University teammates on Buffalo’s roster
http://www.officialsharks.com/authentic-adidas-brent-burns-jersey , including star center Jack Eichel. Hickey was the Terriers’ captain in
completing his senior season, and finished his career with 21 goals and 54
points in 147 games.Arizona later acquired forward Adam Helewka from the San
Jose Sharks in exchange for defenseman Kyle Wood.The Sabres also signed prospect
goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to a three-year, entry level contract. Luukkonen is
from Finland and was Buffalo’s second-round pick in last year’s draft.COLLEGE
BASKETBALLNEW YORK (AP) – Simone Westbrook is going to be able to play college
basketball again after the NCAA granted her a rare seventh year of
eligibility.The former Florida player is believed to be one of the first in
women’s basketball to get a seventh year, according to the NCAA.It’s been a
long, drawn-out process for Westbrook, who hasn’t played since 2016 after
tearing a knee ligament in August that year. She was finally healthy enough to
play this past season, but the NCAA originally didn’t grant her a sixth year of
eligibility. Florida appealed in January, and the NCAA reconsidered its decision
and allowed her to play.The Florida graduate discussed with the new Gators
coaching staff, which came in before the 2017-18 season, that she was going to
transfer if granted another year of eligibility. By the time the appeal came
through, it was too late for her to transfer and play immediately.After the
season ended, the Gators put together another appeal to get the 5-foot-8 guard a
seventh year and it was finally approved. WASHINGTON (AP) Alex Ovechkin heard
the chants loud and clear.”We want 50! We want 50!”He didn’t need that extra
encouragement. Ovechkin scored twice to finish with an NHL-leading 49 goals and
played almost the final two minutes of the Washington Capitals‘ 5-3 victory over
the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night in each team’s regular-season finale
trying to reach 50 for the eighth time in his career.The Russian superstar will
have to settle for his seventh Maurice ”Rocket” Richard Trophy as the league’s
top goal-scorer and hopes his recent run continues in the playoffs, where the
Metropolitan Division-champion Capitals will open against the Columbus Blue
Jackets.”Effort was there, and you can see I’m ready for playoffs in pretty good
shape,” Ovechkin said after a playing 6:04 of the final 8:10. ”Still have a
pretty good chance at the end. It is what it is. Whatever. The most important
thing ahead of us, and second season right now starts in a couple
days.”Washington won 12 of its final 15 games, and Ovechkin strengthened his
Hart Trophy case with nine goals and six assists over that time. At 32, he’s the
oldest player to lead the NHL in goals since Phil Esposito in 1974-75.Ovechkin
became the 13th player and first since Mike Gartner in 1990-91 to score exactly
49 goals in a season. His teammates did their best trying to get him to 50, and
Ovechkin attempted 18 shots and got eight on net in pursuit of the milestone.”We
look for him a little bit more than usually, but I don’t know,” said center
Evgeny Kuznetsov
Chris Tierney Jersey , who assisted on Ovechkin’s 48th goal to reach 56 for the season. ”I don’t think he’s sad about he didn’t get 50, but 49 is still
a good number.”Losing in regulation sends New Jersey to the Atlantic bracket in
the Eastern Conference to face the division champion: either the Boston Bruins
or Tampa Bay Lightning. It’s the Bruins if they beat Florida on Sunday night,
and the Lightning if they don’t.”We like our matchup against anybody,” Devils
center Brian Boyle said. ”I think we match up well against anyone. We believe in
what we got going on here. We earned the right to be in. It’s been a good
season. The fun starts now.”The Devils didn’t go all-out to try to move up in
the standings, resting MVP front-runner Taylor Hall, first-line winger Kyle
Palmieri, top-six center Travis Zajac, No. 1 defenseman Sami Vatanen and
starting goaltender Keith Kinkaid with an eye toward the playoffs.
Trade-deadline pickup Patrick Maroon had a goal and two assists, and rookie Nico
Hischier and Miles Wood each scored for New Jersey.”There’s a reason that you
got here,” coach John Hynes said. ”You have to have a strong identity, which we
do. You have to be able to play to that.”The Capitals’ identity is coming into
focus as they go into the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season feeling
good about their game. Nicklas Backstrom, Michal Kempny and Andre Burakovsky
also scored against New Jersey, and Braden Holtby stopped 23 of the 26 shots in
his final chance to show he deserves to be Washington’s Game 1 starting
goaltender over Philipp Grubauer.Holtby is 14-2-2 with a 2.62 goals-against
average and .914 save percentage in his career against Columbus, which lost to
Nashville in its final game while resting stars Artemi Panarin, Seth Jones and
Zach Werenski and two-time Vezina Trophy-winning goalie Sergei
Bobrovsky.”They’re a good young team and they have a great goaltender, but for
me it doesn’t matter against who you play,” Kuznetsov said. ”It’s just like a
fun time. You prepare all year for this moments.”NOTES: The Capitals rested RW
T.J. Oshie, who has been dealing with a lower-body injury. C Jay Beagle missed
his third consecutive game with an upper-body injury. … With the primary assist
on Kempny’s goal, Capitals F Shane Gersich picked up his first NHL point in his
third game. … Ovechkin, Capitals D Dmitry Orlov and John Carlson and Hischier
played all 82 games this season.UP NEXTDevils: Open at the Bruins or Lightning
in their first playoff appearance since 2012.Capitals: Host the Blue Jackets to
start the first round.—
