LEISHMAN POSTS 10 BIRDIES TO LEAD BMW
ILL.» Marc Leishman left LAKE FOREST, his clubs in the garage during his week break from the FedEx Cup playoffs and it didn’t make a difference. He had 10 birdies in his opening round of 9-under 62 and built a twoshot lead in the BMW Championship.
Leishman finished third two weeks ago at the TPC Boston and moved to No. 7 in the FedEx Cup. His goal is to get into the top five going into the final event at the Tour Championship.
Jason Day, playing for the first time using a high school friend as his caddie, was 7 under for his last 11 holes and shot 64. Jamie Lovemark and Charley Hoffman also opened at 64.
Jordan Spieth, a runner-up in the last two FedEx Cup playoff events to take over the No. 1 spot in the standings, turned a wild tee shot into a birdie on the opening hole, added a 30-foot birdie from off the green at No. 5 and settled down the rest of the way for a bogey-free 65. Phil Mickelson shot 66.
• Rain and strong winds forced play to be scrapped at the final women’s golf major of the season, which will start afresh on Friday as a 54hole event. LPGA Tour Commissioner Michael Whan said what the little play was achieved at the Evian Championship in Evian-Les-Bains, France, is wiped from the record.
• Judith Kyrinis won the first all-Canadian final in USGA history, beating Terrill Samuel 4 and 3 in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur at Waverley Country Club in Portland, Ore.
Newly named MVP Fowles leads Lynx.
MINNEAPOLIS» Newly crowned MVP Sylvia Fowles scored 25 points to lead the Minnesota Lynx to a 93-83 victory over the Washington Mystics in Game 2 of the WNBA semifinals.
Fowles made 12-of-16 shots and the Lynx shot 51 percent from the floor to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series. Maya Moore had 22 points and five assists, and Rebekkah Brunson added 11 points and 10 rebounds in a back-and-forth game at the University of Minnesota’s Williams Arena.
Elena Delle Donne and Kristi Toliver each scored 25 points for the Mystics. Washington led by two with five minutes to go but was outscored 20-8 the rest of the way.
The league announced the MVP award before the game. Fowles received 35-of-40 first-place votes from a media panel.
Fowles averaged 18.9 points, 10.4 rebounds and 2.0 blocks to lead the Lynx to a 27-7 record and the top seed in the playoffs. She also shot 65.5 percent from the field, leading the WNBA in shooting percentage for the fifth time in her career.
New York’s Tina Charles finished second in the voting. Los Angeles Sparks star Candace Parker was third.
Bruins sign Pastrnak to six-year deal.
The Boston Bruins are hoping to build off last season when they reached the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in three seasons. They took a step in the right direction by signing forward David Pastrnak to a six-year contract worth $40 million.
The team had been negotiating with the restricted free agent over the summer. Pastrnak had career highs with 34 goals, 70 points and a plus-11 last season.
• Winnipeg Jets forward Bryan Little agreed to a six-year contract extension, with an average annual value of 5.29 million, starting next season. The 29-year-old Little had 21 goals and 26 assists in 59 games for the Jets last season. He has 184 goals and 248 assists in 672 career NHL games, all with the Thrashers/Jets franchise.
• The Minnesota Wild agreed to terms with restricted free-agent left wing Marcus Foligno on a four-year, $11.5 million contract. Foligno will make $2 million this season, $3 million in 2018-19, $3.5 million in 2019-20 and $3 million in 2020-21 for an average annual value of $2.875 million.
• Noel Picard, the former St. Louis Blues defenseman pictured in the famous shot of Boston star Bobby Orr flying through the air after scoring a Stanley Cup-winning goal, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 78.