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Former Michigan State star Keith Appling, 25, was sentenced to a year in jail in Detroit for carrying a concealed weapon and resisting police during a traffic stop last August.

Scott Zeron will try to become the first person since Hall of Famer John Campbell in 1987-88 to drive consecutive winners in the Hambletonian. Zeron got Marion Marauder to the winner’s circle last year and is looking to get International Moni there today in the $1 million race at the Meadowlands. International Moni, undefeated in three starts this year, is the 5-2 favorite in the first elimination. Devious Man is the 5-2 favorite in the second elimination. The top five horses in the eliminations, which drew 19 entries, qualify for the final.

Wisconsin’s Tony Granato will coach the U.S. men’s hockey team at the 2018 Olympics, the first Winter Games without NHL players since 1994. Granato was an assistant under Dan Bylsma at the 2014 Olympics. The former NHL forward coached the Avalanche for three seasons and has been an assistant with Colorado, Pittsburgh and Detroit.

Although Australia wrapped up the inaugural Tournament of Nations title before the U.S. women stepped on the field, Megan Rapinoe scored in the 12th minute Thursday night in Carson, Calif., as the Americans defeated Japan 3-0 to finish second in the fourteam round robin event.

■ Goalkeeper Briana Scurry and contributor Dr. Joe Machnik were elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Scurry was selected on the player ballot, Machnik on the builder ballot.

Harness racing: Olympics: Soccer:

The sun finally came out, and Jimmy Walker saw a glimpse of what he hopes are brighter days ahead.

In a year marked by coping with Lyme disease and bouts of fatigue, Walker endured rain delays of nearly five hours Friday and posted a 5-under 65 for a two-shot lead going into the weekend at the Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

The timing couldn’t be better for Walker, who goes to Quail Hollow next week to defend his title in the PGA Championship.

“It hadn’t been a lot of fun this year,” Walker said. “But it’s nice to see some putts go in and make some solid swings … just the stuff I haven’t been doing.”

He was at 7-under 133, two shots ahead of first-round

Three WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — years ago AJ Allmendinger didn’t want the second Sunday in August to end, so he lingered in victory lane at Watkins Glen International to soak in the atmosphere with his crew.

The victory on the road course stamped Allmendinger as a threat to win every time NASCAR’s Cup series visits the two twisting layouts on the schedule.

With the playoffs looming, he’s 27th in points and needs a victory to qualify for the postseason as the series stops at The Glen, his best shot left to produce that needed result. leader Thomas Pieters of Belgium, who had a 70.

Walker didn’t have a lot going last year until he finished well in the Canadian Open, and then went wireto-wire at Baltusrol the next week to win the PGA Championship. So maybe there’s another spark he can find at Firestone Country Club.

“There’s still a lot of golf on a hard course, but I know it’s there,” he said.

He also has a slew of players not far behind him in this World Golf Championship. Rory McIlroy had a steady round of 69 and was three shots back, along with Zach Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama, who each shot 67.

The large group at 3-under 137 included Jordan Spieth, going after his third straight victory. Spieth missed a short par putt on the 15th and was slipping behind when he faced an awkward lie from the edge of a bunker. Stumbling out of the sand backward, he nearly holed the shot and made birdie, and

If there’s any added pressure, he doesn’t feel it.

“No pressure, man. Honestly,” said Allmendinger, who drives the No. 47 Chevrolet for JTG Daugherty Racing. “I think the outside world tries to put pressure on it. All we can do is go out there and give it our best effort. The racetrack will always be special, obviously, being my first win, reliving those memories,” said Allmendinger, an expert road racer from his days in openwheel racing.

“But when it comes to pressure, it’s in every week. We’ll see how it plays out.”

That victory in 2014 came in Allmendinger’s 213rd Cup start, and he did it by winning then he stuffed his approach to 3 feet for birdie on the 18th hole to salvage a 70.

Jason Day, winless in nearly 15 months, also got back into the picture despite some mild back pain. He opened with three straight birdies and shot 30 on the front nine, though two bogeys on the back nine slowed him and he shot 66. He was at 137.

“The front side definitely felt like 2015, 2016,” Day said, alluding to his best stretch of golf when he rose to No. 1 in the world. “I was just pouring in everything. I know that it’s still in there.”

Women’s British Open:

I.K. Kim emerged from the cold and wet with a 4-under 68 to build a two-shot lead at St. Andrews, Scotland.

A two-time winner on the LPGA Tour over the past two months, Kim dropped only one shot in some of the worst conditions at Kingsbarns Links and reached the halfway point at 11-under 133. She was two shots clear of Lexi Thompson and Georgia a 2-lap duel at the end with Marcos Ambrose, who had emerged as the driver to beat at Watkins Glen.

Ambrose had been dominant in NASCAR’s top two series at The Glen, winning two straight Cup races and four straight events in the second-tier series.

Sunday’s I Love New York 355 at The Glen is the second straight Cup race with a condensed schedule. Teams won’t practice until today and qualifying is Sunday, three hours before the race.

“With the condensed practices, to unload well (is key),” Allmendinger said. “You don’t have that time to really work on your car. Each practice is 55 minutes long, and if Hall of England.

Kim displayed a remarkable fortitude in weather that veered erratically toward the end of the day between bright sunshine and torrential downpours. The 29-yearold from South Korea atoned for her lone bogey with three birdies and an eagle on the 538-yard 11th hole.

Thompson’s round of 68 included five straight birdies, while first-round leader Michelle Wie had only one birdie in a 76 that left her seven off the pace.

Two-time tournament winner Kenny Perry shot a 7-under 65 at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn., for a share of the lead with Mike Goodes after the first round. Perry, who won in Minnesota in 2014 and 2015, opened his round with six consecutive birdies.

Scott Verplank, Marco Dawson, Gene Sauers and Jay Haas shot 6 under, while Steve Flesch, Colin Montgomerie and Brandt Jobe were among those at 67.

Champions:

you don’t unload very well, it’s one of those things that you kind of get behind real quick. The last couple of weeks we haven’t unloaded great and then it’s hard to try and catch up because the time just goes quick.”

As for that pressure Sunday, NASCAR Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace figures it’ll be ramped-up for Allmendinger.

“AJ Allmendinger, he’s coming up here thinking, ‘Man, you know what, I can run good everywhere else, but I can win here and I’ve got to get it done here,’ ” Wallace said. “‘I’ve got to win this race because it’s the only shot I’ve got to win all year long.’ ”

Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon would like to see more night games at Wrigley and day baseball limited to Saturdays and Sundays.

“This constantly having to rush to the ballpark and not having the normal method during the course of the day, it does matter because then you go on the road, it’s entirely different,” he said.

The Cubs didn’t add lights to Wrigley until 1988. They are allowed to play 43 night games and would like to get that number up to 54.

Maddon dismissed the idea that the Cubs have an advantage over a visiting team that mostly plays at night.

“I think 107 years indicates it wasn’t such a good idea,” he said.

The Cubs won the World Series last fall for the first time since 1908.

■ Shortstop Addison Russell was placed on the 10-day disabled list because of a strained right foot. The Cubs recalled left-hander Rob Zastryzny from Triple-A.

Max Scherzer and Gio Gonzalez will miss their scheduled starts this weekend against the Cubs. Manager Dusty Baker decided to give Scherzer an extra day of rest rather than have him pitch Sunday after he exited Tuesday’s game with neck spasms. Gonzalez won’t pitch today with his wife expecting to give birth to their second child within the next few days.

Left-hander Boone Logan will likely miss the rest of the season with a torn back muscle. Logan, who is 1-0 with a 4.71 ERA, says he will not have surgery.

Left-hander Enny Romero (forearm) was put on the 10-day DL.

Right-hander Michael Fulmer (elbow) was placed on the 10-day DL.

Right-hander Chris Stratton will be called up from Triple-A and will take right-hander Matt Cain’s turn in the rotation, manager Bruce Bochy said. Cain will move to the bullpen.

Baltimore turned its second triple play of the season in the second inning Thursday against Detroit. With runners on first and second, James McCann hit a grounder to third baseman Manny Machado, who stepped on third and whipped a throw to second baseman Jonathan Schoop. The relay to Chris Davis beat McCann, a catcher.

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