Predators recall Grimaldi
The Nashville Predators recalled forward Rocco Grimaldi from the Milwaukee Admirals Thursday.
Grimaldi is tied for fourth in the AHL in points. The 25-year-old has four goals and seven assists in eight games. He scored the game-winner in overtime for the Admirals in the season opener on Oct. 6 at Texas.
Grimaldi, a 5-foot-6 forward, has played 245 AHL games and 37 NHL games. He has five goals and five assists in his NHL career.
GOLF
Patrick Reed returned from his post-Ryder Cup break with a bogey-free round in windy conditions for an 8-under 64 and a two-shot lead Thursday in the HSBC Champions in Shanghai.
Tony Finau and Xander Schauffele were two shots behind at 66, giving this World Golf Championship a distinctive American flavor.
PGA Tour: Cameron Champ shot a 7-under 65 to take the first-round lead in the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss.
Cameron Tringale was a stroke back, and Rory Sabbatini, D.J. Trahan, Andres Romero, Chad Ramey and Robert Streb followed at 67. There were still 12 players on the course when play was suspended because of darkness. Seth Reeves was at 5 under through 16 holes.
LPGA Tour: Jodi Ewart Shadoff shot a 7-under 65 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Taiwan Championship.
Shadoff, seeking her first career victory, made seven birdies in a bogey-free round at the Ta Shee Golf and Country Club to finish ahead Haeji Kang and Nelly Korda (both 67).
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Navy and Notre Dame will play their annual rivalry game in Dublin, Ireland, to open the 2020 season.
The schools, along with Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, announced the 94th meeting for Aug. 29, 2020. The game is the first of five American college football games at Aviva Stadium.
The Fighting Irish and Midshipmen previously played in Dublin in 1996 and 2012.
HOCKEY
Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson’s 20game suspension for an illegal check to an opponent’s head in a preseason game has been upheld by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.
Wilson’s fourth ban in less than 13 months is costing him nearly a quarter of the 82-game regular season – only five NHL players have been suspended longer for on-ice play – and $1.26 million in salary.
Wilson was ejected for the hit on St. Louis Blues center Oskar Sundqvist in the second period of the teams’ exhibition game on Sept. 30.
TENNIS
Karolina Pliskova won the first set to eliminate Petra Kvitova, and then won the second set to advance to the semifinals at the WTA Finals in Singapore.
Pliskova, who advanced from her group for the second straight year, beat Kvitova, 6-3, 6-4, to improve her record to 2-1 at the season-ending tournament.
In the other group match, Elina Svitolina stayed unbeaten and advanced to the semifinals by beating defending champion Caroline Wozniacki, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3.
Swiss Indoors: Roger Federer made it 17 wins in a row at his hometown tournament when he defeated Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany, 6-3, 7-5, to march into the quarterfinals.
The top-seeded Swiss, who was born in Basel, had his serve broken in the third game, but he fought back well by winning five consecutive games to reach the final for the 14th time.