City of Light won the $9 million Pegasus World Cup dirt race on Saturday, running away from Breeders’ Cup Classic champion Accelerate in the final race before retirement for both horses. Accelerate wound up third.
SAN DIEGO — Justin Rose had three big mistakes and still kept a three-shot lead Saturday with a 3-under 69 at the Farmers Insurance Open. Rose had six birdies and an eagle on another pristine day along the Pacific, and he stretched his lead to six shots at one point along the back nine of the South course. But he made his second double bogey of the round on No. 14, and then went for the green on the par-5 18th from the first cut of rough and went into the water to close with a bogey. That dropped his lead to three shots over Adam Scott (65). Rose tied the 54-hole tournament record at 18-under 198. Tiger Woods could only manage a 71 and was 13 shots back.
The biggest stars from across the NHL take the ice for the four-team, three-on-three tournament for league-wide bragging rights.
Forward Taj Gibson has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for aggressively pursuing and directing an obscene gesture toward an official in the third quarter of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 106-102 loss to the Utah Jazz on Friday.
Bulls rookie Chandler Hutchison has a fractured toe and will be re-evaluated after the All-Star break, the team announced. A banged-up Zach LaVine and Lauri Markkanen also sat out Saturday’s practice.
The representative for Bucks center Thon Maker has told management that he’d prefer the franchise to find a trade partner that would provide a larger role for the former lottery pick, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
After an issue with his steering wheel was corrected, Alex Zanardi’s second stint at the Rolex 24 at Daytona began without incident. The issue hindered the team’s BMW during his first stint, costing the team valuable time.
Electrical issues with his specially prepared steering wheel plagued Alex Zanardi at the start of his first stint at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. If the issues aren’t corrected, he’ll be sidelined the remainder of the event.
Alex Zanardi’s first stint in the Rolex 24 at Daytona was momentarily delayed Saturday when his specially designed steering wheel wouldn’t snap into place.
The Detroit Tigers are young, inexpensive and unlikely to be much of a threat in the AL Central. For at least a couple more years, general manager Al Avila doesn’t plan to jolt the roster with any big-money free agents. ”I can see the light at the end of the tunnel,” Avila told
