Canada tops U.S. women in pre-olympic hockey
HARTFORD, Conn. — Sarah Fillier scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 3:58 left, and Canada beat the U.S. 3-2 in Game 2 of the rivals’ nine-game pre-olympic series.
College basketball: Drew Timme
of Gonzaga was the lone unanimous selection on The AP preseason All-america team. He was joined by Illinois big man Kofi Cockburn, UCLA guard Johnny Juzang, Villanova point guard Collin Gillespie and Indiana forward Trayce Jackson-davis.
College football: Texas Tech fired coach Matt Wells two days after the Red Raiders couldn’t hold a two-touchdown halftime lead in a loss at home to Kansas State . ... North Carolina State starting linebacker Isaiah Moore and starting left guard Chandler Zavala have suffered seasonending injuries . ... A Pac-12 spokesman did not respond after UCLA coach Chip Kelly claimed Bruins kicker Nicholas Barrmira’s
35-yard field goal that was ruled wide left in the second quarter appeared to have gone through the uprights after he watched replays of the kick. Oregon won 34-31.
Horse racing: As a condition of being allowed to run his horses in the Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 5-6, trainer Bob Baffert has agreed to unprecedented screening, observation and testing, including security officers with body cams and abandoning usual withdrawal times for legal medications. The move comes in the wake of five medication violations in a year’s time, including Medina Spirit, the conditional winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby and scheduled to run in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, testing positive for betamethasone after running in the Derby.
Tennis: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia and U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev of Russia headline the rosters announced for the Davis Cup Finals that begin next month. ... Andy Murray earned his first win against a top-10 opponent in 14 months by defeating 10thranked Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 in the opening round of the Erste Bank Open.
Soccer: Retiring Carli Lloyd will play her final game for the U.S. on Tuesday against South Korea.
— Wire reports