DENVER (AP) β The Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw will try again for his 100th career victory when he gets the start against Colorado tonight. The reigning NL MVP and Cy Young Award winner has just one win in his last six starts.
ATLANTA (AP) β Attorneys for No. 1 NFL pick Jameis (JAY’-mihs) Winston say in a federal court filing that the former Florida State University quarterback did not rape the woman who is suing him and that she is motivated by greed. Winston filed a counterclaim yesterday against Erica Kinsman in Orlando.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) β Kevin Na and Jerry Kelly head into today’s third round of The Players Championship with a two-shot lead in a tightly bunched field. Forty-one golfers start the day within six shots of the lead, including top-ranked Rory McIlroy, who is four back.
PRAGUE (AP) β Edmonton’s Jordan Eberle scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and Canada went on to beat France 4-3 to clinch a quarterfinal spot at the ice hockey world championship. Defending champ Russia pounded Belarus 7-0 to pull into a first-place tie with the United States in Group B.
GRANOLLERS, Spain (AP) β Nico Rosberg has won his first pole position of the season, topping qualifying at the Spanish Grand Prix. Rosberg prevented his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton from claiming his fifth consecutive pole.
