MANZIEL THROWS FOUR INTERCEPTIONS IN CFL DEBUT
MONTREAL» Johnny Manziel threw an interception — and made a tackle — on his second play in the Canadian Football League. It didn’t get much better after that, with four of his six first-half series ending in interceptions.
Seeing regular-season action for first time since December 2015 with the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, Manziel fizzled in a hurry in the Montreal Alouettes’ 50-11 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night.
After completing a pass for a 5-yard loss on his first play, Manziel threw an interception on the second — with the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner bringing down linebacker Larry Dean.
Judge who heard Nassar case won’t disqualify herself.
A Michigan judge who held an extraordinary hearing before sentencing sports doctor Larry Nassar to prison for sexually assaulting female athletes refused to disqualify herself from the case Friday if higher courts send it back to fix any errors.
Ingham County Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said some of her courtroom comments about Nassar last January were “perhaps inartful.” But she denied any bias while handling the biggest sexual-assault scandal in sports history.
She sentenced Nassar to at least 40 years in prison after listening to more than 150 victims describe the impact on their lives.
Bogey-free Pornanong leads Women’s British Open.
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Pornanong Phatlum of Thailand is standing out at the Women’s British Open for more than just her pink golf ball.
The 97th-ranked player has yet to drop a shot in two straight rounds of 5-under 67 that will give her a onestroke lead heading into the weekend at the year’s fourth major.
While first-round leader Minjee Lee and Mamiko Higa encountered problems down the stretch at a rainy Royal Lytham to give up two-shot leads on Friday, Pornanong played a steady hand and put her pink ball in all the right places — explicitly, out of the many bunkers that define the course.
Louisville receiver Jaylen Smith has emergency appendectomy.
KY.» Louisville says top LOUISVILLE, returning receiver Jaylen Smith “is doing well” after undergoing an emergency appendectomy. The 6foot-4, 223-pound senior had the procedure hours before the Cardinals began fall practice. Cardinals head trainer Matt Summers says Smith is expected to make a full recovery.
Travel woes force cancellation of Aces-Mystics game.
The game between the Las Vegas Aces and Washington Mystics on Friday night was canceled about 1 ½ hours before the scheduled tip-off in Washington.
Las Vegas had an adventure getting to Washington with travel woes causing the team to arrive in D.C. at 3 p.m. They were scheduled to take off from Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon, but their flight was delayed more than eight hours before being canceled.
Stars sign restricted free agent Gemel Smith.
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Dallas Stars have re-signed restricted free agent center Gemel Smith to a $720,000, one-year contract, the team announced Friday.
Smith has played in parts of the last two NHL seasons with the Stars. He was their fourth-round draft pick in 2012. The 24-year-old Smith had six goals and five assists in 46 games last season. His six goals came on 42 shots.
Suns re-sign point guard Canaan.
The Phoenix Suns have re-signed point guard Isaiah Canaan.
Canaan, entering his sixth NBA season, signed with Phoenix last Dec. 13 and appeared in 19 games before breaking his left ankle Jan. 31 against Dallas, requiring season-ending surgery.