Sabres end housley’s disappointing tenure
BUFFALO — The Buffalo Sabres have fired coach Phil Housley following two underperforming seasons, and after the team extended its franchiseworst playoff drought to an eighth consecutive year. More NHL: The Panthers fired coach Bob Boughner after two seasons. Sources say the team has talked with Joel Quenneville, who won three Stanley Cups as coach of the Blackhawks, about their vacancy. golf: Jin young ko won the LPGA Tour’s ANA Inspiration in Rancho Mirage, Calif., for her first major title and second victory in three weeks. Ko closed with a 2-under 70 for a three-stroke victory over Mi hyang Lee .... corey conners shot a 6-under 66 to finish at 20-under 268 and win the PGA Tour’s Valero Texas Open by two shots over charley hoffman. auto racing: Takuma sato of Japan won the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama for his fourth career Indycar victory. college basketball: Oregon guard sabrina ionescu is returning for her senior season . ... eric Musselman, son of ex-patroons coach Bill Musselman, the new men’s basketball coach at Arkansas, leaving Nevada after four seasons . ... Minnesota men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino agreed to a two-year contract extension, coming off his first NCAA Tournament win in six seasons with the Gophers . ... Virginia Tech hired former Wofford men’s basketball coach Mike young to replace Buzz williams, now at Texas A&M. soccer: carli Lloyd scored twice and Lindsey horan, sam Mewis, alex Morgan and Jessica Mcdonald scored one goal each as the U.S. beat Belgium 6-0 in an international friendly . ... In MLS, gianluca Busio scored for the second consecutive game to help Sporting Kansas City to a 1-1 tie with FC Cincinnati.
Tennis: Madison keys beat former world No. 1 caroline wozniacki 7-6 (5), 6-3 to win the Volvo Car Open in Charleston, S.C . ... In semifinals in Monterrey, Mexico, 2-seed garbine Muguruza beat Magdalena Rybarikova 6-2, 6-3 and Victoria azarenka beat top seed angelique kerber 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.