Taylor vaults into lead at Sony Open
HONOLULU — Nick Taylor fired an 8-under 62 to take the lead in the second round of the Sony Open on Friday at Waialae Country Club. Stewart Cink putted for birdie on all but one hole on his way to a 7-under 63 and was two strokes back in a five-golfer pack that included Webb Simpson, Chris Kirk, Russell Henley and Vaughn Taylor. Cink won the season-opener in the Safeway Open in September, his first victory since the 2009 British Open at Turnberry.
More golf: Angel Cabrera, the 2007 U.S. Open champion and 2009 Masters winner, was arrested in Brazil on charges of assault, theft, illegal intimidation and repeated disrespect to authorities in Argentina. Multiple women have accused Cabrera of abuse . ... Ralph Lauren Corp. is ending its sponsorship with Justin Thomas after he was heard muttering a homophobic slur to himself after missing a putt last week in Hawaii.. ... The World Golf Championship on Feb. 25-28 is moving this year from Mexico City to Bradenton, Fla., due to COVID-19.
College football: The Football Championship Subdivision season starts in just over a month. The teams, which didn’t play in the fall because of the pandemic and will play a spring season culminating with the NCAA playoffs in April and May.
Soccer: Lindsey Horan rejoined the U.S. women’s national team at training camp after missing two
months with COVID-19.
Autos: Marco Andretti will not run the full Indycar schedule this season. He is currently committed only to the Indy 500 . ... New NASCAR team Trackhouse Racing has brought Pitbull on as an ownership partner. The team debuts next month at the Daytona 500 . ... Dakar Rally racer Pierre Cherpin died four days after his crash during the seventh stage of the race. He was 52.
Sailing: Champ Sofia Bekatorou of Greece accused an unnamed official of sexually assaulting her in 1998 during preparations for the Sydney Games.