Clanton, Suwannapura win LPGA Tour team event
MIDLAND, Mich. – Cydney Clanton and Jasmine Suwannapura ran away with the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on Saturday, shooting an 11under 59 in best-ball play for a six-stroke victory.
Clanton and Suwannapura took a five-shot lead into the final round after shooting an alternateshot 63 on Friday at Midland Country Club in the LPGA Tour’s first-year team event.
Suwannapura won her second tour title, and Clanton her first. They finished at 27-under 253.
Clanton earned spots the next two weeks in the Evian Championship and Women’s British Open.
Jin Young Ko and Minjee Lee closed with a 58 to finish second. Sisters Ariya Jutanugarn and Moriya Jutanugarn tied for third with Na Yeon Choi and Jenny Shin at 20 under. They each shot 61.
Ex-denver coach Shanahan takes in Broncos practice
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Mike Shanahan attended a Denver Broncos practice for the first time since he was fired as coach on New Year’s Eve 2008.
Shanahan was a guest Saturday of new head coach Vic Fangio. He also is friends with new offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello, who worked for Shanahan’s son, Kyle, in San Francisco.
Mike Shanahan spent 14 seasons in charge of the Broncos, guiding them to two Super Bowl titles in the late 1990s with John Elway at quarterback. His 146 wins, including the playoffs, are the most in club history.
Shanahan attended the dedication of the Pat Bowlen Field House a couple of years ago and was on hand when the Broncos honored their first Super Bowl-winning team during a game in 2015. But this marked his first visit to the main football facilities and practice in 11 years.
After leaving the Broncos, Shanahan coached the Washington Redskins from 2010-13.
Rays put opener Stanek on IL, send Mckay to Triple-a
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Rays have placed opener Ryne Stanek on the 10-day injured list with a sore right hip and optioned twoway player Brendan Mckay to Triple-a Durham in a series of moves to help a taxed bullpen.
Reliever Chaz Roe, out since July 9 with a right flexor strain, was reinstated from the 10-day IL on Saturday and right-hander Hunter Wood was recalled from Durham.
Stanek has made 27 of his 41 appearances as an opener this season
Mckay lasted just 3 1/3 innings in his fourth start Friday night in a 9-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox, allowing six runs – five earned – and nine hits as his ERA doubled from 1.69 to 3.72. He had given up three runs over 16 innings in the first three outings.
Tampa Bay has dropped behind Cleveland and Oakland for the two AL wild-card spots. The Rays held an eight-game lead over the third-place team in the wild-card race at the start of play June 11 but lost for the 20th time in 35 games Friday.
Ex-rays prospect moves from kangaroo court to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – Having experienced the culture of kangaroo court, Matt Rice is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The former Tampa Bay outfield prospect was among the clerks hired by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for the 2019-20 term.
Now 30, Rice was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, and went to Science Hill High in Science Hill, Kentucky.
He was selected by the New York Yankees with the 1,525th and final pick on the 50th round of the 2010 amateur draft but did not sign. He stayed at Western Kentucky, where he became a summa cum laude graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering.
Taken a year later on the ninth round by the Rays with the 300th pick, Rice agreed to a minor league contract with a $25,000 signing bonus.
He hit .286 with three homers and 21 RBIS in 54 games in 2011 for Hudson Valley of the short-season Class A New York-penn League, then batted .301 with four homers and 33 RBIS in 74 games the following season for Bowling Green of the Class A Midwest League.
Baseball teams are famous for their kangaroo courts, where senior players dispense fines for offenses against clubhouse culture.
Rice left baseball, graduated from law school at the University of California. He clerked for Judge Sandra Ikuta at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals during 2016-17, then became an associate at the firm of Williams & Connolly in Washington.
China wins men’s 10-meter platform title
GWANGJU, South Korea – Yang Jian won the men’s 10-meter platform title at the world championships on Saturday as China took another diving gold.
Yang Jian totaled 598.65 points to finish ahead of teammate Yang Hao, who had 585.75 on Saturday night in Gwangju.
Aleksandr Bondar of Russia took bronze with 541.05.
Oleksii Sereda, a 13-year-old from Ukraine, finished fourth.
Yang Jian climbed out of the water after his last dive and kissed edge of the pool.
Two-time world champion Thomas Daley of Britain finished seventh.
After winning gold in the first 11 events, the lone event China didn’t win at the championships was the mixed 3-meter synchronized springboard, with the Chinese scratching earlier Saturday.
Matthew Carter and Maddison Keeney of Australia won with 304.86.