Warriors’ Curry to serve as analyst for Ryder Cup
Warriors guard Stephen Curry, who has played two events on the PGA Tour’s lower level Korn Ferry Tour, will be among the analysts for NBC’s and the Golf Channel’s coverage of the Ryder Cup in Wisconsin this week.
Curry’s work as an analyst is part of a partnership between Comcast NBCUniversal and Curry’s Unanimous Media.
“While Stephen is a worldclass athlete, his brand and mission transcends the basketball court,” Jimmy Horowitz, vice chairman of NBCUniversal Business Affairs and Operations, said in a release. “We aspire to work with creators who want their impact to reach broadly across our content ecosystem, which makes our partnership with ... Unanimous Media an ideal fit.”
⏩ Patrick Cantlay, who won the FedEx Cup on Sept. 5, won the Jack Nicklaus Award as the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year.
“The fact that it’s voted on by my fellow PGA Tour players, I think that means a lot to me,” Cantlay said. “It wasn’t something that I necessarily thought was on the radar middle of the year, but then I closed really well and played a lot of really nice golf toward the end.”
It presumably was a tight race over Jon Rahm, the No. 1 player in the world who won the PGA Tour money title and the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average. The PGA Tour, however, does not reveal the
final vote or even how many players voted.
Soccer: Retired Brazilian forward Pele was moved out of intensive care in a Sao Paulo hospital Tuesday as he continues to recover from surgery to remove a tumor from his colon.
Pele, 80, was in good clinical condition and will remain “from now on recovering in his room” at Albert Einstein Hospital, the facility said in a statement.
Pele said he is ready “to play 90 minutes, plus extra time” after leaving intensive care.
Pele won the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cups, and remains Brazil’s all-time leading scorer with 77 goals in 92 matches.
⏩ Thomas Muller scored a goal and Robert Lewandowski added two more to help Bayern Munich deal host Barcelona its first loss of the post-Lionel Messi era in a 3-0 victory at Camp Nou in their Champions League opener.
⏩ Romelu Lukaku scored in his Champions League debut for Chelsea in a 1-0 victory over visiting Zenit St. Petersburg.
⏩ Cristiano Ronaldo’s early goal could not save Manchester United from another Champions League loss in Switzerland, as Man U. fell 2-1 to Young Boys in Bern.
⏩ In other Champions League games, Juventus claimed its first win of the post-Ronaldo era by beating host Malmo 3-0, Salzburg missed two spot kicks in a 1-1 draw with Sevilla in Seville, Spain, French champion Lille was held to a 0-0 draw by visiting Wolfsburg, and host Villarreal — in its first Champions League match since 2011 — played to a 2-2 draw with Atalanta.
⏩ In MLS play, Christian Makoun scored on a penalty kick in the 95th minute and Inter Miami beat host Toronto FC 1-0 for the first three-game winning streak in club history . ... Darlington Nagbe and Miguel Berry scored 14 minutes apart late in the second half as the host Columbus Crew beat the New York Red Bulls 2-1 . ... Jader Obrian scored two goals to help FC Dallas tie host New York City FC 3-3.
WNBA: Tiffany Hayes scored 31 points, Courtney Williams
had 15 points and 11 rebounds and the Atlanta Dream beat the visiting Indiana Fever 85-78.
NBA: Forward Aaron Gordon agreed to a four-year, $92 million extension with the Denver Nuggets, the Athletic reported. He was eligible to become a free agent after the coming season.
Gordon, a Mitty High alum, averaged 12.4 points and 5.7 rebounds in 50 games with Orlando and Denver last season. He was acquired by the Nuggets on March 25 in a fiveplayer deal that sent Gary Harris to the Magic.
Gordon, 25, has averaged 12.7 points and 6.3 rebounds over seven NBA seasons.
⏩ The Indiana Pacers have lost backup point guard Edmond Sumner indefinitely with a torn left Achilles tendon.
Obituary: Gene Littles, a former head coach of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets and Denver Nuggets, has died. He was 78.
A release from High Point University, Littles’ alma mater, said he died Sept. 9.
Littles, a point guard who played in the ABA from 1969 to 1975, was 44-111 as an NBA coach.