American Britcher earns medal in luge

Summer Britcher and USA Luge got a bronze medal in a World Cup team relay in Koenigssee, Germany, for her second medal from a week- end when snow wreaked havoc on many sliders. Germany won the team relay gold, followed by Austria with the silver.

■ Kaapo Kakko beat goalie Cayden Primeau on a back- hander off a rebound with 1:26 left to give Finland its fifth world junior hockey title, 3-2 over the United States on Saturday night in Vancouver, British Columbia.

College football: University at Buffalo quarterback Tyree Jackson is forgoing his senior season by declaring himself eligible for the NFL draft.

Tennis: Kei Nishikori won his first ATP title since Memphis in 2016 with a dominating final set to beat Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in the Brisbane (Australia) International final, while Karolina Pliskova won her second Brisbane title by beating Lesia Tsurenko 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

■ Julia Goerges defended her singles title at the WTA Tour’s ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, by ending the surprising run of Canadian qualifier Bianca Andreescu, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Basketball: American player Mike James says he was racially profiled by Italian police who pointed guns at him and two friends after being stopped on the street — but a spokesman for Milan’s Carabinieri paramilitary police said profiling had no role in the “routine check.”