Two share lead at Torrey Pines

SAN DIEGO — Patrick Reed was involved in another rules controversy Saturday in the Farmers Insurance Open, but he also had a share of a two-stroke lead with Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz entering the final round of the PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines Golf Course. On the par-4 10th hole of the South Course, Reed hit a 190-yard shot out of a bunker, and a TV replay showed the ball bounced once before settling into the rough. Believing the ball didn’t bounce, Reed picked it up to see if it was embedded before a rules official arrived. Reed told the official that no one in his group, as well as a nearby volunteer, saw it bounce. Reed was awarded a free drop and saved par. He bogeyed four of the next holes before closing with a birdie for a 2-under 70, and Reed was at 10-under 206 with Ortiz (66). The 30-year-old Reed is an eight-time PGA Tour winner and the 2018 Masters champion, while the 29-year-old Ortiz won the Houston Open in November for his first PGA Tour victory. Five golfers were tied for third, with Americans Sam Burns (70) and Lanto Griffin (72) joined by second-round leader Viktor Hovland (73) of Norway, second-ranked Jon Rahm (72) of Spain and Australia’s Adam Scott (72). Baylor School graduate Luke List (72) was tied for 39th at 1 under. In December 2019 in Tiger Woods’ Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, Reed was penalized two strokes for appearing to deliberately improve his lie in a bunker. PGA Tour rules official Ken Tackett said Reed on Saturday “did all the things we ask to do of a player. It’s obviously difficult, and you get to second-guessing when you see video — soft conditions, there’s a lot of variables out there.”

FOOTBALL

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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — T.J. Yates is returning to the Atlanta Falcons as a coach. Yates, a 33-year-old Atlanta-area native who spent the 2014 season backing up current Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, was announced Saturday as the passing game specialist for new head coach Arthur Smith. The Falcons also hired Lanier Goethie as a defensive assistant and Nick Perry as assistant defensive backs coach. Yates was on staff with the Houston Texans the past two seasons, as an offensive assistant in 2019 and as assistant quarterbacks coach in 2020, when Deshaun Watson earned his third Pro Bowl selection. Yates’ seven seasons as an NFL quarterback included three stints with the Texans — he led the franchise to its first playoff victory as a rookie in 2011 — and time with with the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins in addition to the Falcons. Atlanta’s other two new assistants come from the college ranks: Goethie coached linebackers at Duke the past three seasons, and Perry spent the past four seasons as a graduate assistant and analyst at Alabama.

HOCKEY

› TAMPA, Fla. — Cal Foote, Victor Hedman, Tyler Johnson and Steven Stamkos scored in the second period in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predatorson on Saturday night. Brayden Point had two assists to help Tampa Bay end a five-period goal drought with the big second, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves. Viktor Arivdsson, Ryan Ellis and Mathieu Olivier had power-play goals for the Predators, who lost in regulation to Tampa Bay for the first time since Dec. 29, 2013, a span of 13 games. Pekke Rinne made 29 saves, losing to the Lightning in regulation for the first time in his career. The teams will meet again Monday night in Tampa. Nashville assistant coach Todd Richards returned to Amalie Arena on Saturday for the first time since helping the Lightning to the 2020 Stanley Cup. Richards spent five seasons as an associate coach with the Lightning before joining the Predators in the offseason.

BASKETBALL

› ATLANTA — Moses Wright scored 23 points as Georgia Tech rebounded from back-to-back losses by beating No. 16 Florida State 76-65 on Saturday, ending the Seminoles’ winning streak at five games. RaiQuan Gray’s 19 points led Florida State (10-3, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), which had no other scorer in double figures and couldn’t overcome Wright and the Yellow Jackets’ backcourt duo of Jose Alvarado (21 points) and Michael Devoe (19). Wright also had eight rebounds, six steals and a block, Alvarado had six assists and five steals and Devoe had eight rebounds and four assists. The Jackets (8-5, 4-3) never trailed after closing the first half with an 11-1 run for a 33-26 lead at the break.