Sabbatini grabs lead at Memorial
Golf: Rory Sabbatini played his best golf in the worst weather Friday and was leading the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio.
Tiger Woods was lurking.
Sabbatini played bogey-free over his final 12 holes and had a 3-under-par 69 in cool, blustery conditions at Muirfield Village to take a one-shot lead over a group that includes Woods.
Woods shot a 69 and was tied for second with Spencer Levin and Scott Stalling.
Rory McIlroy missed the cut for a third straight tourney.
• Goodes out in front: Mike Goodes shot a 7-under 64 to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Champion Tour’s Principal Charity Classic in West Des Moines, Iowa.
Former Pullman resident Kirk Triplett opened with a 67.
• Two tied for lead: Stacy Lewis and Mika Miyazato are tied for the lead at 65 after the opening round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Galloway Township, N.J.
Wendy Ward of Edwall, Wash., shot a 79.
Kent State wins 21-inning marathon
College baseball: Alex Miklos hit a go-ahead RBI triple in the 21st inning as Kent State outlasted Kentucky 7-6 in Gary, Ind., in the second- longest game in NCAA tournament history.
Texas beat Boston College 3-2 in 25 innings on May 30, 2009.
• Louisville wins scorcher: Justin Amlung allowed one earned run in six innings and Louisville beat the 107-degree heat in Tucson, Ariz., and a powerful New Mexico State team 3-2 in an opener.
• Stony Brook shocks Miami: Maxx Tissenbaum had three hits and drove in three runs, and Willie Carmona hit a three-run homer to power Stony Brook to a 10-2 victory over Miami in Coral Gables, Fla.
It’s the first time since 1978, a span of 21 games, that Miami has lost a regional opener in which it was host.
• Fullerton victorious: Ivory Thomas drove in three runs and scored twice to spark Cal State Fullerton to a 9-5 victory over Indiana State in first-round action in Eugene, Ore.
The Titans are playing in their 21st straight NCAA tournament.
• Pepperdine wins opener: Jon Moscot allowed two runs in his second straight complete game, and Matt Gelalich drove in three runs as Pepperdine beat Michigan State 6-2 in an opener in Stanford, Calif.
• Beavers eke out victory: Jace Fry allowed one run through five innings and Oregon State’s bullpen pitched a shutout the rest of the way as the Beavers opened with a 2-1 victory over Belmont in Baton Rouge, La.
Federer struggles to French Open win
Tennis: Again far from his best, Roger Federer still managed to win at the French Open in Paris.
Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka, the top-ranked man and woman, both won.
Federer was pushed to four sets for the second straight match, this time beating Nicolas Mahut of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the third round.
Filmmaker sounds off on Williams’ speech
NFL: Documentary filmmaker Sean Pamphlion says in a long website post that Drew Brees, Scott Fujita and the NFL Players Association knew about his recording of a vicious motivational speech by ex-Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams before it was released.
Pamphlion says the players sought to influence when the recording was made public.
Pamphilon was working on a film with ALS-afflicted former Saint Steve Gleason when he recorded Williams the night before a Saints playoff game at San Francisco last January. The coach could be heard urging players to target an opponent with a history of concussions.
Gleason has said he opposed releasing the speech because he did not want to violate the trust of the Saints.
Pamphilon released the audio during the NFL’s investigation of the Saints’ bounty system.
• Agency rejects Rams’ proposal: The agency that operates the Edward Jones Dome rejected an improvement plan for the 17-year-old stadium proposed by the St. Louis Rams.
Mayweather begins jail sentence
Miscellany: Floyd Mayweather Jr. surrendered in a Las Vegas courtroom to begin a three-month jail sentence for attacking his ex-girlfriend in September 2010 while two of their children watched.
• Bruins’ Thomas considers sabbatical: Goalie Tim Thomas has told the Boston Bruins that he is thinking about sitting out next season – apparently for family reasons, general manager Peter Chiarelli said.
• Phelps wins, loses: Michael Phelps split two races – losing the 100-meter freestyle before winning the 100 butterfly – in Austin, Texas, in his final meet before the U.S. Olympic trials.
• Top-ranked Cal loses: National player of the year Keilani Ricketts (35-7) struck out 16 in a two-hitter and Oklahoma beat top-seeded California 3-0 in the winners’ bracket at the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City.
In a late game, Alabama beat defending champion Arizona State 2-1.