In brief: Brooks Koepka holds one-shot lead at St. Jude Classic
Golf: Brooks Koepka is tuning up quite nicely for the U.S. Open at the event he added at the deadline.
Koepka, who had a share of the lead after the first round, shot a 3-under 67 Friday to lead the St. Jude Classic by a stroke after 36 holes in Memphis, Tennessee. He turned in a four birdie-one bogey round for a 9-under 131.
Fellow American Austin Cook (64) was at 132.
Steve Alker briefly had the lead at 10 under with two holes to play only to finish bogey-double bogey. He had a 68-133 total.
Chris Smith (67), Russell Knox of Scotland (64) and Greg Owen (70) were among seven tied at 134. Ryan Palmer (71) shared the first-round lead with Koepka and Owen and was tied with four at 134.
Spokane native Alex Prugh shot a 74 to make the cut by one shot at 140.
• Kim grabs lead: Sei Young Kim of South Korea eagled the 15th hole for a 5-under 68 to take a one-shot lead after the second round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Harrison, New York, the second major of the season.
Kim overtook Hall of Famer Karrie Webb, who birdied the 18th for a 71. Two-time defending champion Inbee Park (68) joined Webb a stroke back.
The 22-year-old Kim, a two-time winner this season on the LPGA Tour, shot bogey-free golf to finish at 8-under 138 at the Westchester Country Club.
Suzann Pettersen rallied with seven birdies for the best round of the day at 66 and tied Canadian teenager Brooke Henderson (73) at 6 under.
• Langer pulls away: Bernhard Langer shot his second consecutive 6-under-par 65 to extend his lead to four shots halfway through the Senior Players Championship in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Langer sank a 40-foot birdie putt on 16 in a round in which he hit 17 greens in regulation at Belmont Country Club. He’s seeking to become the first repeat winner of the major event since Arnold Palmer in 1984-85.
Russ Cochran also shot 65 and sat alone in second place.
Steve Pate set a course-record with a bogey-free 63 that left him in a three-way tie for third and six shots back, with Lee Janzen and Jesper Parnevik.
Leslie set to receive dual recognition
WNBA: This year is proving doubly rewarding for Lisa Leslie.
The three-time WNBA most valuable player and four-time Olympic gold medalist will enter the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame today. Three months later, the former Southern California and Los Angeles Sparks star will enter the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
This year’s induction class for the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame also includes former Houston Comets and Brazilian national team star Janeth Arcain, former Louisiana Tech and Oklahoma State coach Kurt Budke, former Duke and Texas coach Gail Goestenkors, former Georgia star Janet Harris and former Oregon high school coach Brad Smith.
• Johnson stays in Tulsa: A week after Brittney Griner filed for an annulment of their marriage, fellow WNBA All-Star Glory Johnson says she is staying in Tulsa to be with her teammates as she goes through with her pregnancy.
Griner made her filing last week, a day after Johnson announced she’s pregnant and a month after they were married.
Griner, the 6-foot-8 Phoenix Mercury star, married Johnson on May 9, three weeks after they were arrested on domestic violence charges for a fight at their home in suburban Phoenix. Both players were suspended seven games after their arrests and Griner agreed to undergo 26 weeks of domestic violence counseling as part of a plea agreement.
Kahne in front at Michigan qualifying
Auto racing: Kasey Kahne has won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole in nearly 32 months, topping qualifying at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, with a lap of 201.992 mph.
It’s the 27th pole of his career, but the first for the 35-year-old driver since October 2012 at Kansas.
Points leader Kevin Harvick was second.
Kahne is eighth in the standings but has yet to win this season. Kahne is the ninth different pole winner in the last nine races at Michigan – a streak that began after he won the pole in August 2010. His lone win at Michigan came in 2006.
Kahne fell well short of the track qualifying record of 206.558 mph, set by Jeff Gordon last August.
• Montoya sets pace: Juan Pablo Montoya posted the fastest time in practice Friday at the IndyCar race in Toronto.
Montoya, the IndyCar points leader, had a one-lap time of 1 minute, 0.643 seconds in the morning session over the 1.755-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street circuit.
Penske teammate Simon Pagenaud was second in 1:00.7922.
Josef Newgarden was third at 1:00.8363, followed by Luca Filippi (1:00.8500) and Sebastien Bourdais (1:00.8620).
• Ford rejoins Le Mans: Ford will return to Le Mans next year with Chip Ganassi Racing driving the automaker’s new GT car.
The return will come on the 50th anniversary of Ford GT cars placing first, second and third in the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The new GT car will run the full 2016 schedules of the FIA World Endurance Championship, and will continue to compete in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. Ford will debut the GT at the Rolex 24 in Daytona next January.
Nadal edges Tomic in Mercedes Cup
Miscellany: Top-seeded Rafael Nadal overcame stiff resistance from Bernard Tomic to reach the semifinals of tennis’ Mercedes Cup with a 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 victory in Stuttgart, Germany.
Nadal will next play fourth-seeded Gael Monfils, who beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.
The tournament is a grass-court tune-up for Wimbledon and Nadal said he was pleased with his game. After needing 2 hours, 40 minutes to beat Marcos Baghdatis on Thursday, Nadal was stretched again a day later, staying on court for 2 hours, 20 minutes.
• Nibali leads Dauphine: Vincenzo Nibali signaled his return to form by claiming the overall lead at cycling’s Criterium du Dauphine following a rain-soaked mountain stage in Villard-de-Lans, France.
Nibali, who won the Tour de France last year, launched a late attack from a group of breakaway riders but was beaten by former world champion Rui Costa for the stage win at the ski resort of Villard-de-Lans in the French Alps.
With less than a month to go before the Tour de France, Nibali – who has not won a race this season – seems to be peaking at the right time. The Italian is now leading Rui Costa by 29 seconds in the provisional standings, with Alejandro Valverde in third place, one second back.