Duo seeks first in New Orleans
Fishburn-Blair hold lead in Zurich
Former BYU teammates Patrick Fishburn and Zach Blair shot a 12-under 60 in better-ballplay Saturday to take the third-round lead in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the PGA Tour’s only team event.
At23 under, Fishburn and Blair had a one-stroke lead over Luke List and Henrik Norlander, with the Irish duo of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry— tied for the lead after eachof the first two rounds — two strokes back.
Fishburn and Blair, both win lesson the PGA Tour, havebeen playing golf togethers ince their junior high schooldays in Ogden, Utah.
More golf
GraceKim stumbled to a 5over76 in the LPGA Tour’s JMEagle LA Championship, yetmaintained a share of the leadon a challenging day in LosAngeles. Kim is tied with fellowHannah Green, the defendingchampion, who shot 70.
•Three-time PGA Tour winnerBrendan Steele shot an8-under 64 to take a onestrokelead after two rounds of theLIV Tour’s Adelaide, Australia,tournament. Steele has notwon a tournament since 2017.Danny Lee was a stroke behindafter a 67.
Auto racing
TeamPenske managed to putsome distance between itselfand a week of embarrassmentas driver Scott McLaughlinwon the pole for Sunday’sIndyCar race in Birmingham,Ala., and teammateWill Power gave Penske asweep of the front row. This comesjust days after teammateJosef Newgarden was strippedof his season-opening winin St. Petersburg, Fla., andMcLaughlin lost his thirdplacefinish for manipulating thepush-to-pass system.
Thatsuccessful qualifying cameshortly after series and teamowner Roger Penske summonedhis fellow owners fora meeting. Three team ownerstold The Associated Pressthat the 87-year-old Penskeapologized to the group. Theowners spoke on conditionof anonymity because of thesensitive nature of sharing detailsof a private meeting.
•Kyle Busch turned a fast lapof 162.191 mph and won the polefor the NASCAR Cup seriesrace Sunday in Dover, Del.Busch earned his first poleof the season and No. 34 in hiscareer. That said, no driverhas won from the pole atDover since Jimmie Johnsonin 2010. Busch is joined by TeamPenske driver Ryan Blaneyon the front row for the400-mile race on the concrete-miletrack.
Horse racing
Fiercenesswas named the 5-2morning line favorite for theupcoming 150th Kentucky Derbyat Churchill Downs andwill look to make history Saturdayas the first entrant to winin 45 attempts from the No.17 post position. The Todd Pletcher-trainedcolt enters theDerby off a dominating 13 1/2-lengthwin in last month’s FloridaDerby.
Tennis
Bothtop seeds won at the MadridOpen. Jannik Sinner downedLorenzo Sonego 6-0, 63in the second round as he chaseshis fourth title of the year.Women’s No. 1 Iga Swiatekimproved to 26-4 with a 61,6-1 win against Sorana Cirstea.The Madrid Open is theonly European clay event atthe 500 level or above that Swiatekhas yet to win.
•The highlight match of the dayin Madrid involved Rafael Nadal,who likely is playing hisfinal tournament in Spain. Withcelebrities in the crowd includingSpanish King FelipeVI, Nadal defeated Alex deMinaur 7-6 (6), 6-3.
Hockey
HannahBrandt scored withthree seconds remaining inthe third period and Boston (7-4-9,32 points) kept its playoff hopesalive with a 2-1 victory againstMinnesota in ProfessionalWomen’s Hockey Leagueaction.
Soccer
Acrowd of 65,612 — a recordcrowd for a New EnglandRevolution game — turnedup at Gillette Stadium tosee Lionel Messi score twice asInter Miami downed the Revolution,4-1. ... In other MLShighlights. Christian Bentekescored his seventh andeighth goals of the year to helpWashington edge Seattle. OnlyMessi has more goals thanBenteke this season.