Oilers swap Lucic to Flames, get Neal
The Edmonton Oilers traded former Bruins winger Milan Lucic and a conditional third-round pick to the Calgary Flames yesterday for forward James Neal.
Lucic had six goals and 14 assists in 79 games last season for the Oilers. The left winger is heading into the fourth season of a a sevenyear, $42 million contract.
Neal signed a five-year, $28 million deal with Calgary last summer but had just seven goals and 12 assists in 63 games . ...
The New York Rangers agreed to terms with restricted free agent defenseman Jacob Trouba, who they acquired in a trade from Winnipeg.
The deal reached with Trouba, 25, is for seven years and $56 million, with an $8 million salary cap hit for the upcoming season.
Algeria wins title
Algeria won the African Cup of Nations, beating Senegal, 1-0, in the final in Cairo, with a deflected goal in the opening seconds by striker Baghdad Bounedjah.
Bounedjah’s shot on Algeria’s first attack deflected off Senegal defender Salif Sane and looped over goalkeeper Alfred Gomis at Cairo International Stadium.
The goal was timed at 79 seconds — the fastest in an African Cup final for at least 39 years — and delivered Algeria just a second African title and first since 1990.
Herman up by 1
Jim Herman shot his second 7-under 65 in as many days to take the secondround lead in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship in Nicholasville, Ky.
President Trump’s regular golf partner while working as an assistant professional at Trump National Bedminster in New Jersey, Herman had a 1-stroke lead over Bill Haas at rain-softened Keene Trace. Haas followed his opening 65 with a 66 ....
Cydney Clanton and Jasmine Suwannapura shot a 7-under 63 in alternate-shot play to open a 5-stroke lead in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, the LPGA Tour’s first-year team event, in Midland, Mich.
Alaphilippe rolls
Inspired by his yellow jersey, Julian Alaphilippe held off defending champion Geraint Thomas to win the only individual time trial stage of this Tour de France, a shock victory to raise French hopes that he could go all the way in yellow to Paris next week.
Cheered on by boisterous crowds hammering on roadside barriers, Alaphilippe sprang a surprise in his margin of victory on the tricky, hilly, turn-filled loop south of Pau, with spectacular views of the Pyrenees.
Kings hire Harding
The Sacramento Kings hired former WNBA player Lindsey Harding as an assistant and player development coach on Luke Walton’s staff . ...
Free agent guard Justin Holiday agreed to a one-year contract worth $4.8 million with the Indiana Pacers. Holiday played for Chicago and Memphis last season . ...
A report examining the U.S. Olympic system urges a move away from the “money for medals” funding system and a reconfigured board of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee that would give more power to athletes.
Marylou Whitney, a successful thoroughbred breeder and owner whose family helped keep Saratoga Race Course open in the 1970s, has died. She was 93.