Martin keeps rolling with 67
A day after shooting a course-record 62 at TPC Louisiana, Ben Martin shot 67 for a three-shot lead over Andrew Svoboda in the Zurich Classic at Avondale, La. Martin’s total of 15-under-par 129 is a 36-hole record at the course.
Stacy Lewis took the second-round lead in the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic in Daly City, Calif., shooting her second straight three-under 69 for a one-stroke lead over Lydia Ko and Karine Icher.
Michael Phelps’ comeback meet was cut short when he failed to advance to the 50-meter freestyle final in Mesa, Ariz. The 18-time Olympic gold medalist was 42nd overall in his first competition since retiring after the 2012 London Olympics.
Rookie Kyle Larson will start in the top spot in the NASCAR race at Richmond, Va., tonight after a thunderstorm washed out qualifying. The field was set based on the fastest laps run in the first practice. In the Nationwide race that was delayed nearly 31⁄ 2 hours by rain at Richmond, Kevin Harvick pulled away on a restart with 47 laps to go to win.
The Carolina Panthers exercised the fifth-year option on quarterback Cam Newton’s contract.
Top-ranked Rafael Nadal’s 41-match winning streak at the Barcelona Open ended with a 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 loss to Nicolas Almagro in the quarterfinals. Nadal hadn’t lost in Barcelona since 2003, when he was 15.
Two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova beat top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4, 6-3, in the Porsche Grand Prix at Stuttgart, Germany.
Freshman guards Andrew and Aaron Harrison announced they will return to a Kentucky team coming off an NCAA title-game appearance. The twins join 7-footers Willie Cauley- Stein and Dakari Johnson and forwards Marcus Lee and Alex Poythress in returning. Forward Julius Randle and guard James Young are turning pro.
Michigan sophomore Mitch McGary, facing a one-year ban after testing positive for marijuana, will make himself available for the NBA draft.
Connecticut junior forward DeAndre Daniels will make himself available for the NBA draft, and guard Ryan Boatright will return to the national champions next season, the school said.