Irving banned 4 games again
Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman David Irving has been suspended four games for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy, the second straight year the pass rusher is facing a ban to start the season.
The punishment announced yesterday will not keep Irving from participating in training camp starting next month in California. The 24-year-old Irving’s four-game suspension to start last season was for violating league policy on performance enhancers.
Irving was away from the Cowboys most of the offseason tending to personal issues before showing up for the mandatory three-day minicamp that ended Thursday. A former girlfriend accused Irving of domestic abuse before recanting in April in a case that didn’t lead to charges.
After last season’s suspension, Irving had seven sacks in eight games before sustaining a concussion that kept him out the remaining four games. He has 111⁄2 sacks in 35 games over three seasons for Dallas. The first game he is eligible is Oct. 7 at Houston . . . .
Cleveland Browns offensive lineman Donald Stephenson has been suspended two games without pay by the NFL for violating its substance-abuse policy.
The suspension cleared up speculation about the tackle’s whereabouts after Stephenson was absent from Cleveland’s minicamp this week.
Stephenson signed as a free agent with the Browns in March . . . .
Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. has been jailed without bail after pleading not guilty to multiple counts of kidnapping, rape and other charges . . . .
Former star San Francisco 49ers tackle Keith Fahnhorst has died at 66.
He won two Super Bowls in his 14 seasons with the franchise and was an All-Pro in 1984.
Ryu soars at Meijer LPGA
So Yeon Ryu birdied all five par-5 holes in a 5-under 67 to take the second-round lead in the Meijer LPGA Classic in Grand Rapids, Mich.
The sixth-ranked South Korean star played her final nine holes — the front nine at Blythefield Country Club — in 5-under 31 to top the leaderboard at 13-under 131. She rallied after making three bogeys in a five-hole stretch on her first nine.
Sandra Gal and Sakura Yokomine each shot 64 to reach 12-under. Caroline Masson (66) was 11-under, and Lee-Anne Pace (67), Anna Nordqvist (68) and Su Oh (68) followed at 10-under. …
Roger Federer defeated Guido Pella 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the Stuttgart (Germany) Open semifinals. Despite the 75thranked Argentine producing one of his best matches on grass, Federer was hardly troubled.
With Federer serving for the match, Pella forced two break points for some late drama. But Federer answered with four points in a row to set up a meeting with the fourth-seeded Nick Kyrgios ....
Johanna Konta reached her first semifinals since Wimbledon last year after beating Dalila Jakupovic of Slovenia 6-4, 6-2 at the Nottingham (England) Open . . . .
Florida pitcher Brady Singer was awarded the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball’s player of the year.
Singer carries a 12-1 record and 2.30 ERA into the College World Series. The native of Eustis, Florida, was the No. 18 overall pick in the Major League Baseball draft by the Kansas City Royals.
Sens suspend asst. GM
The Ottawa Senators suspended Randy Lee, the assistant general manager facing a harassment charge from an incident during the NHL’s pre-draft scouting combine.
Lee is charged with seconddegree harassment after allegedly making lewd comments and rubbing the shoulders of a 19-year-old male hotel shuttle driver in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 30. He pleaded not guilty and is due in court on July 6 . . . .
The Arizona Coyotes traded forward Max Domi to the Montreal Canadiens for Alex Galchenyuk in an exchange of young, talented players.
The 23-year-old Domi scored 18 goals and had 34 assists as a rookie in 2015-16, but his production has dipped the past two seasons.
Galchenyuk, 24, had 19 goals and 32 assists last season . . . .
Sonia Scurfield, the former Calgary Flames owner and only Canadian woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup, has died. She was 89.