Funk leads at Senior British Open
Golf: Fred Funk shot a 5-under-par 65 for a three-shot lead at the Senior British Open on Friday in Sunningdale, England.
He is a tournament-record 11 under through two rounds and leads Tom Watson by seven shots.
Funk has gone 36 holes without a bogey and his round, capped by a 174-yard 8-iron at the last hole for an eagle 2, gave him an 11-under 129, a 36-hole record total for the event.
He has a three-stroke lead over Sam Torrance, who also shot 65 and 2006 winner Loren Roberts another two shots back at 134.
Watson, trying to follow up his British Open runner-up finish last Sunday with a fourth Senior British Open title, shot 69 to share sixth place.
Senior PGA champion Michael Allen shot a 65 and was tied for fourth with Tom Kite (68).
•Three tied for lead at Evian Masters: Ai Miyazato of Japan shot a 6-under 66 to share the second-round lead at the Evian Masters and Michelle Wie was eight shots back after a 70 at Evian-Les-Baines, France.
Miyazato shares the lead at 9-under 135 with joint first-round leader Na Yeon Choi of South Korea (68) and Becky Brewerton of Wales, who bogeyed the 16th and 17th to shoot 68.
Wendy Ward of Edwall, Wash., was tied for 14th after shooting a 71.
•Kelly leads at Canadian Open: Jerry Kelly shot a 7-under 65 in the completion of the first round and was 11 under overall with three holes to play in the second to top the leaderboard in the rain-delayed Canadian Open at Oakville, Ontario.
Camilo Villegas, Tim Herron, Martin Laird and Nathan Green were a stroke back.
•USGA finals set: Medalists Jordan Spieth of Dallas and Amy Anderson of Oxbow, N.D., scored semifinal victories to advance to the finals of the boys and girls USGA Junior Amateur championships in Bedminster, N.J. Spieth, 15, will play Jay Hwang, 16, of San Diego in the boys final, while Anderson will play Kimberly Kim, 17, of Hilo, Hawaii, for the girls crown.
Eagles decide on coordinator
Football: Sean McDermott has replaced Jim Johnson as the Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator, two days before the team opens training camp.
The 68-year-old Johnson took an indefinite leave of absence in May to continue treatment for a cancerous tumor on his spine. It’s uncertain whether he’ll return to the team in any capacity.
McDermott, 35, will be introduced at a news conference this afternoon. He ran the defense in Johnson’s absence after serving as secondary coach last year.
•Vikings still wait on Favre’s decision: The Minnesota Vikings are still waiting for word on quarterback Brett Favre’s potential comeback, with training camp starting in less than a week.
Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, was asked if a decision was coming Friday. Cook answered with a single word text-message to The Associated Press: “Nope.”
•Dolphins sign pick: Rookie cornerback Sean Smith has signed a $3.166 million, four-year contract with the Miami Dolphins, said his agent, David Canter.
Smith was a second-round draft pick out of Utah and the 61st selection overall in April.
Nike to return tapes of dunk over James
Miscellany: Nike says it is returning videotapes it confiscated of NBA star LeBron James getting dunked on at a recent basketball camp.
Nike said it is giving back tapes to two accredited journalists who filmed Xavier’s Jordan Crawford dunking over James during a recent pickup game at a skills academy run by James at the University of Akron. The sports apparel giant said only one of the tapes captured the infamous dunk, an Internet sensation.
Nike said it took the tapes based on its media guidelines that no pickup games be filmed.
•Ward to the Hurricanes: Aaron Ward is headed back to the Carolina Hurricanes, where he won a Stanley Cup and where he will team with Scott Walker, who “sucker punched” him during the 2009 playoffs.
Ward is scheduled to make $2.5 million next season, the last of his contract.
•Reinsdorf’s group submits bid: A group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf submitted a bid by Friday’s deadline to buy the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes, and an offer by a second bidder was promised.
Reinsdorf’s offer to buy the team for about $148 million was expected. Another group of investors headed by Canadian-born businessman Daryl Jones submitted a letter of intent to submit by Aug. 5, the date set for sale of the team.
Both offers would keep the team in Glendale.
•Bodysuits banned by FINA: Swimming’s governing body banned record-setting bodysuits, a major step in limiting technology in the pool.
FINA has come under criticism for its failure to regulate the rapid advances in swimsuit technology that has led to 108 world records last year and nearly 30 this year.
•Hornaday wins fourth straight: Ron Hornaday Jr., held off a late challenge from Mike Skinner to win the AAA Insurance 200 at Clermont, Ind., making him the first driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series to win four consecutive races.