U.S. Open umpire says he is doing OK

The chair umpire who penalized Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final has spoken publicly for the first time since the match, saying he is “fine.”

Carlos Ramos, who is from Portugal, spoke to Portuguese newspaper Tribuna Expresso this week.

“I’m fine, given the circumstances,” Ramos said, according to the newspaper. “It’s a delicate situation, but umpiring ‘a la carte’ doesn’t exist. Don’t worry about me.”

The newspaper said Ramos received hundreds of messages of support from family, colleagues, players and former players.

Brayden Camrud and Derek Patter were back on the ice for the Humboldt Broncos in the Canadian team’s first game since 10 teammates and six other people were killed in a bus crash.

Camrud and Patter are the only survivors back with the junior hockey team. In a game televised commercial-free in Canada and the United States, the Broncos lost 2-1 to the Nipawin Hawks, the team they were traveling to face the night of the April crash with a tractor-trailer.

Michael Clark opened the scoring for the Broncos early in the second period during a five-on-three power play, with Camrud earning an assist. Nipawin’s Cole Beamin and Jeremy Bisson scored in a 3:29 span late in the period. The teams will meet again Friday night in Nipawin.

Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson has been suspended without pay for the entire preseason and first 27 games of the regular season for domestic abuse. Commissioner Gary Bettman handed down the suspension after an investigation and a hearing with Watson last week. Watson pleaded no contest in July to a charge of domestic assault stemming from an incident in June . ... St. Louis Blues goaltender Jake Allen is expected to miss the first week or more of training camp because of back spasms . ... The Columbus Blue Jackets have given coach John Tortorella a two-year contract extension.