Snedeker retains lead at Wyndham
Brandt Snedeker followed his first-round 59 with a 67 to take a two-stroke lead into the weekend at the Wyndham Championship.
A day after becoming the 10th player in PGA Tour history to break 60, Snedeker moved to 14under 126 halfway through the last event before the playoffs.
D.A. Points shot a 64 to reach 12 under — one stroke ahead of C.T. Pan, who also had a 64.
Doug Gar wood birdied the final three holes for an eightunder 64 and the first-round lead in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open . ... Sung Hyun Park shot a nine-under 63 for a share of the lead with Lizette Salas at the Indy Women in Tech Championship . ... UCLA sophomore Devon Bling of Ridgecrest advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach.
Ohio State announced that the investigation into football coach Urban Meyer will wrap up Sunday, and a report will be shared with trustees in an executive meeting next week.
Regents at the University of New Mexico voted for a second time to cut men’s soccer and other teams, citing financial challenges and failures by the school to meet federal gender equity mandates under Title IX. The unanimous vote followed hours of public testimony and emotional pleas to preserve the soccer team along with men’s and women’s skiing, beach volleyball and women’s diving, the latter of which was taken off the table before the final vote after questions were raised regarding the savings that would be realized by eliminating the team.
Kyle Larson capitalized on Kyle Busch’s exit to win the Xfinity Series race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, hours after he earned the pole for the Cup Series race Saturday night . ... Antron Brown led top fuel qualifying in the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd (Minn.) International Raceway. Robert Hight led in funny car.
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles put on a show during the opening night of the U.S. gymnastics championships, taking a commanding lead over world champion Morgan Hurd.
Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne is out for about three months with a knee injury . ... The Fox broadcast of Sunday’s MLS match between D.C. and New England will feature an all-female crew for the first time.