Press Box: Sports Recap
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Clemson WR Ray-Ray McCloud is giving up his senior season to enter the NFL draft.
GOLF: Dustin Johnson powered his way to an 8-under 65 and an eight-shot victory in the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawaii. Johnson finished at 24-under 268 for his 17th career victory.
NFL: Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk shot down speculation that Mike Mularkey’s job is at risk, saying her coach is going nowhere after helping change the Titans’ culture and getting their first playoff victory in 14 years . ... The Packers are promoting director of player personnel
Brian Gutekunst to be the next GM, sources said. Gutekunst would replace Ted
Thompson, who is transitioning to a senior advisory role in the front office . ... The Bears interviewed Chiefs OC Matt
Nagy for their coaching job.
OLYMPICS: Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue pulled off an ice dancing upset to close the U.S. Figure Skating championships in San Jose, Calif. The team beat two-time defending champion sibling tandem Maia and Alex Shibutani with a score of 197.12, edging the Shibutanis’ 196.93. Madison Chock and Evan Bates were third at 196.60 . ... Two-time national figure skating champion Nathan Chen, veteran Adam Rippon and rising star
Vincent Zhou were selected to represent the United States at the Pyeongchang Olympics. U.S. Figure Skating chose 2016 U.S. champ Rippon, who came in fourth at the national championships Saturday, instead of second-place finisher Ross Miner. ... The husband-and-wife team of Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim were named to the Olympic pairs team . ... Joey Mantia’s fifth-place finish in the mass start at the U.S. speedskating trials in Milwaukee secured his spot in the event at the Olympics, where the reigning world champion will be a medal favorite. Brian Hansen won the mass start. Heather Bergsma and Mia Manganello secured the two U.S. berths in the mass start on the women’s side.
SOCCER: Arsenal’s FA Cup defense ended at the first hurdle with a shocking 4-2 loss at second-tier side Nottingham Forest as Arsene Wenger’s decision to rest stars backfired . ... Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez scored first-half goals in a 3-0 win over Levante, restoring Barcelona’s ninepoint lead in the Spanish league.
TENNIS: Nick Kyrgios won an ATP title on home soil in Australia for the first time with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Ryan Harrison at the Brisbane International.
WINTER SPORTS: Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin dominated a women’s World Cup slalom in Kranjska, Slovenia, for her 40th career win. The result put her even with Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden for the number of World Cup victories before turning 23 . ... Marcel Hirscher won a slalom in Adelboden, Switzerland, to extend the six-time defending overall champion’s lead in the standings . ... A Russian speedskater banned from the Olympics for doping won gold at the European championships in Kolomna, Russia. Olga Fatkulina took Russia to the women’s team sprint title in 1 minute, 26.71 seconds.