UNDATED (AP) β Depending how things turn out today there could be a new No. 1 team in the weekly Associated Press poll tomorrow. Mississippi State, the top team, has the week off which means the winner of the No. 5 Notre Dame at No. 2 Florida State game today could move up with an impressive showing. Rounding out top-five play, third-ranked Mississippi is home to Tennessee and fourth-ranked Baylor is at West Virginia.
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) β Qualifying is taking place today for tomorrow’s Sprint Cup race at Talladega. At the end of the race, the bottom four of the 12 remaining drivers in the Chase field will be cut. Among those in jeopardy are Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. who all likely need a win to make it into the next round.
LOS ANGELES (AP) β Don Mattingly is coming back to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers next season. Andrew Friedman was introduced as the Dodgers new president of baseball operations yesterday and quickly announced that Mattingly will return. “Donnie Baseball”, who led the team to the NL West title this past season, has two years left on a three-year contract.
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) β The third round of the LPGA event in South Korea is over and there is a two-way tie for the lead. South Korean duo Hee Kyung Bae and Kyu Jung Baek both shot a 4-under 68 in the round to take a one shot lead over several players, including World No. 2 Inbee Park, Suzann Pettersen (PEHT’-ur-suhn) and second round leader Karine Icher (kuh-REEN’ EE’-shur) of France.
LAS VEGAS (AP) β Andrew Putnam birdied two of the last three holes for a 6-under 65 yesterday and a share of the second-round lead with Russell Knox in the PGA’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. They start the third round today at 10-under-par, one shot in front of Andrew Svoboda and Tony Finau.
