Steele overcomes errors to lead at Honda Classic

Brendan Steele made a couple of big mistakes down the stretch, and still was more than good enough to grab the lead at the midpoint of The Honda Classic.

Steele shot a 3-under 67 on Friday and a shot clear of J.T. Poston (69), Lee Westwood (69) and Luke Donald (66) after the second round at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

The cut was 3 over, and most of the biggest names in the field aren’t sticking around. Among them: Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose and defending champion Keith Mitchell.

■ Tiger Woods is taking a third straight week off after deciding not to play at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. Woods is an eight-time winner of the tournament.

Baseball: Johnny Antonelli, a five-time All-Star and a key pitcher on the Giants’ World Series-winning team in 1954 has died at 89 in Rochester, New York . ... Phillies OF Andrew McCutchen will not be ready for Opening Day, manager Joe Girardi said. ESPN reported that the Phillies are instead eyeing an April return for McCutchen, 33, who is recovering from a torn ACL suffered last June.

College football: Players ejected for targeting will be allowed to remain in the bench area and replay reviews will be limited to two minutes if proposals by the NCAA football rules committee are passed.

Football: The Cardinals will play a regular-season game in Mexico City this year against an opponent to be named, the league announced.

Soccer: Portugal’s Andre Silva scored twice to help Eintracht Frankfurt reach the final 16 of the Europa League after a 2-2 draw with Salzburg in a storm-postponed game.

Tennis: Novak Djokovic of Serbia saved three consecutive match points to beat France’s Gael Monfils 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-1, and will meet Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the Dubai Champions final . ... The Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova beat No. 1-ranked Ashleigh Barty will play for her second Qatar Open title. Kvitova won 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 and will face Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the final.