Spieth says wrist is feeling good enough to play `nasty'
Jordan Spieth finished nine holes of practice at Oak Hill on Wednesday and said his left wrist felt good enough to play in the PGA Championship, and good enough that he's won't rule out his chances of a career Grand Slam.
That's a big leap from a week ago, when he wasn't sure he could make it to New York.
“I wouldn't play if I didn't think I was in good enough shape to play,” he said after playing the front nine with Justin Thomas and Tom Kim. “I just don't have the reps I'd like to have going into a major. But I'm happy I'm able to play because I surely didn't think that a week ago.”
Spieth missed the cut at the Wells Fargo Championship and then withdrew from his hometown AT&T Byron Nelson in the Dallas area because of a wrist injury that required rest.
He did not say how he injured his wrist, calling it random, but that it was on the ulnar side. His left wrist is taped, with kinesiology tape running from the wrist to the elbow.
The timing is not good for the 29-year-old Spieth, and not just because it's a major. The PGA Championship is the only major keeping him from becoming the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam.
Tiger Woods was the last player with the career slam in 2000.
Soccer MAN CITY BEATS REAL MADRID 4-0 TO ADVANCE TO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL >>
Bernardo Silva scored twice as Manchester City advanced to the Champions League final with a 4-0 win against Real Madrid.
City will play Inter Milan in Istanbul on June 10 when Pep Guardiola will get the chance to win European soccer's elite competition for the third time as a coach.
Bernardo scored in the 23rd and 37th minutes at Etihad Stadium, with Eder Militao's own goal in the 76th and a stoppagetime strike from substitute Julian Alvarez sealing a 5-1 aggregate win.
City is aiming to lift the Champions League for the first time in its history and has advanced to the final for the second time in three seasons.
Hockey US BEATS AUSTRIA 4-1 FOR 4TH STRAIGHT WIN AT ICE HOCKEY WORLDS >>
The United States maintained a perfect record at the ice hockey world championship by beating Austria 4-1 for a fourth straight victory in the group stage.
Lane Hutson and Nick Perbix contributed a goal and an assist each while Rocco Grimaldi and Carter Mazur also scored for the Americans, who moved four points clear atop Group A. Denmark is second with a game in hand, while Austria stayed on one point in seventh.
Nick Bonino skated around the goal to feed the unmarked Grimaldi, who opened the scoring with a shot high into the net 7:16 minutes into the middle period at Nokia Arena.
Captain Thomas Raffl equalized for the Austrians 10 minutes later but Mazur restored the U.S.' lead after just 57 seconds, netting from the slot.
WNBA HAMMON DENIES BULLYING PLAYER OVER PREGNANCY >>
Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon denied that former Aces player Dearica Hamby was bullied on her team for being pregnant, saying any ill feelings between the two came from Hamby being traded.
Hammon, one of the league's marquee figures, said at a news conference she did nothing to warrant discipline from the WNBA, which suspended her for two games without pay Tuesday after a monthslong investigation into Hamby's allegations.
Hammon said she once asked Hamby about her pregnancy, but didn't get into the specifics of what she said.
“I guess you'd have to ask for (the league's) interpretation,” Hammon said. “But, yeah, that from my understanding was my misstep, if you will.”
Tennis
RUNE BEATS DJOKOVIC AGAIN TO REACH ITALIAN OPEN SEMIFINALS >> Twenty-yearold
Danish player Holger Rune recorded his second victory over Novak Djokovic in little more than six months, beating the 22time Grand Slam champion 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to reach the Italian Open semifinals.
Djokovic recently returned after three weeks off because of a lingering issue with his surgically repaired right elbow. He's preparing for the French Open, which starts in 11 days.
College football
EA SPORTS COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME TO PAY PLAYERS FOR LIKENESS IF THEY OPT IN >> College football players will benefit financially from the use of their likenesses when EA Sports brings back its college football game for the first time since 2013.
The gaming company says it wants “to bring an EA SPORTS college football experience back to our fans,” and will allow student-athletes to opt in or opt out of having their likeness included. Those that opt in will receive compensation.
The company confirmed that players who decide to opt out of EA Sports College Football will be replaced by generic avatars. It declined to discuss financial terms of the deal, such as whether more popular players will be compensated differently than less-known ones or whether their popularity will be tracked, and said its goal is to have all Division I FBS programs represented.