Munoz in the lead, woodS with worSt Score at Sherwood Kang, Song share lead in LPGA Drive On Championship. NHL cancels 2021 Minnesota Winter Classic, All- Star Weekend.
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. » The scorecards of Sebastian Munoz and Tiger Woods were unusual for different reasons Thursday in the Zozo Championship at Sherwood. That was only good news for one of them.
Munoz twice holed out for eagle from a combined distance of 219 yards. He also had eight birdies. Throw in a wild tee shot for double bogey, three bogeys and only five pars and it added up to an 8- under 64 and a one- shot lead.
“Not a normal round,” Munoz said. That especially was the case for Woods. For the first time in his 1,277 rounds on the PGA Tour as a pro, he made bogey or worse on three par 5s in a single round. That led to a 4- over 76 — by two shots his worst score in 49 rounds at Sherwood Country Club — that left him 12 shots out of the lead and in no mood to talk.
GREENSBORO, GA. » Danielle Kang leads the Race to CME Globe and, at No. 5 in the world, is the top- ranked player in the LPGA Drive On ChampionshipLake Reynolds Oconee. Kang shot a 7- under 65 for a share of the firstround lead with Jennifer Song. The event is the second tournament added to the schedule because of the COVID- 19 pandemic that shut down women’s golf for five months.
The NHL on Thursday canceled the Winter Classic scheduled for Jan. 1 at Target Field in Minneapolis and All- Star Weekend that was set for late January in Sunrise, Fla. It said those moves don’t change the league and players’ target date to begin on or around Jan. 1 in the hopes of each team playing a full 82- game season.
No guarantee of being able to host fans led to the cancellation of the two signature events. The league hopes to bring them back to those cities in future years.
Stars re- sign Gurianov to $ 5.1M, 2- year contract.
FRISCO, TEXAS » The Dallas Stars re- signed Denis Gurianov to a $ 5.1 million, two- year contract Thursday that counts as $ 2.55 million each season through 2021
22. The 23- year- old Russian right winger ranked second on the team with nine postseason goals and scored two game- winners during the Stars’ Stanley Cup Final run.
Ex- 49er Dana Stubblefield sentenced to 15 years to life.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. » Former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Thursday for raping a developmentally disabled woman who prosecutors said he lured to his home with the promise of a babysitting job. A jury in July found Stubblefield, 49, guilty of raping the woman with the threat of a gun. He was also convicted of forcible oral copulation and false imprisonment.
Slam Dunk: Jordan picks 23 for car number of new NASCAR team.
CHARLOTTE, N. C. » Picking the car number for Michael Jordan’s new NASCAR team was a slam dunk: Bubba Wallace will drive the No. 23 car when the team makes its debut next season. Jordan named his team 23XI Racing — that’s pronounced twentythree eleven — in honor of both his retired uniform number with the Chicago Bulls and the car number of his partner and three- time Daytona 500 champion Denny Hamlin.
DA: Belmont racetrack worker caused horse’s painful death.
ELMONT, N. Y. » A backstretch worker at New York’s Belmont Park caused the death of a $ 200,000 racehorse by releasing the filly onto blacktop where she fell and broke her leg, prosecutors said Thursday. Ramzan Antooa, 38, released the 2- year- old filly named Pasta from her stall on July 30 in retaliation for being fired, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said. Antooa was arraigned Thursday on charges including grand larceny, burglary and criminal mischief.