Press Box: Sports Recap
AUTO RACING: Martin Truex Jr. won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Ariz.
FIGURE SKATING: A coach who once trained Olympic champion Tara Lipinski was suspended pending an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct first made against him nearly 20 years ago.
Richard Callaghan was accused of sexual misconduct in April 1999 by one of his former students. The student told the New York Times that Callaghan had engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with him beginning when he was 15. Callaghan, 72, denied the allegations.
GOLF: Tiger Woods put on a show before thousands of fans at the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla. Corey Conners settled for a quiet afternoon and the lead. Woods had four birdies and kept a clean card at Innisbrook until his last hole. He still shot a 3-under 68 and was two shots out of the lead going into the weekend. Conners made three quick birdies but had a double bogey on No. 4, his 13th hole of the round. He still shot a 69 for his first 36-hole lead. Paul Casey, Brandt Snedeker, Ryan Palmer and Kelly Kraft joined Woods two shots out of the lead . ...
Tom Pernice Jr. shot a bogey-free 7-under 64 for a three-shot lead in the PGA Tour Champions Toshiba Classic in Newport Beach, Calif.
NFL: A person familiar with the trade said the Browns sent QB DeShone Kizer to the Packers for CB Damarious Randall. Earlier, the Browns agreed to acquire QB Tyrod Taylor from the Bills and Pro Bowl WR Jarvis Landry from the Dolphins . ... The Seahawks are releasing Richard
Sherman, cutting ties with the star cornerback after seven seasons. Sherman will be 30 going into next season and coming off an Achilles tendon injury that cost him half of the 2017 season . ... WR
Mike Evans and the Buccaneers agreed to a five-year, $82.5 million contract extension that makes him the second-highest paid receiver in the NFL. The deal confirmed Friday includes $55 million guaranteed and also makes Evans the highest-paid player with the Buccaneers with an average annual salary of $16.5 million . ... Pro Bowl long snapper Jake
McQuaide agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Rams . ... The 49ers will not pick up the contract option on pass rusher Elvis Dumervil . ... The Eagles agreed to trade WR Torrey Smith to the Panthers for CB Daryl Worley. ... The Titans told backup QB Matt Cassel, safety
Da’Norris Searcy and WR Eric Weems that they will be released . ... The Buccaneers re-signed backup QB Ryan Fitzpatrick.
SKIING: Mikaela Shiffrin all but secured her second straight overall World Cup title in the opening run of a giant slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany. The Olympic champion from the United States posted the fourth-fastest time, trailing first-run leader Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway by 0.60 seconds. Shiffrin will lock up the title if she finishes sixth or better.
TENNIS: Serena Williams began her latest comeback with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Zarina Diyas in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open late Thursday night in Indian Wells, Calif.