NFL
Florham Park, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson will undergo arthroscopic surgery on an injured right knee Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Wilson suffered a bone bruise and a torn meniscus during the Jets’ second offensive series Friday night in the preseason opener in Philadelphia.
A meniscus repair procedure performed by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neil Ellatrasch will determine how long Wilson will be sidelined. Wilson is now expected to be out for two to four weeks based on his initial testing, but could be out longer depending on how his knee is when ElAttrache is activated.
golf
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) — Will Zaratris has the most money and highest world rankings without a PGA Tour victory. He turned that Sunday around by winning his championship over FedEx St. Jude without making a birdie in the three-hole playoff.
Heartache from two playoff losses earlier this year (one at a major) turned to relief for the Zalatoris after a wild finish at TPC Southwinds. It ended when he took a penalty drop off the rocks surrounding the par-3 11th green and holed a seven-foot bogey putt to beat Cep Straka.
Zalatoris entered the world top 10 for the first time and placed first in the FedEx Cup, securing his chance to win $18 million in prize money in two weeks.
He held the clutch even as he was scrambling. The regulations said a 4-under 66 would be posted at 15-under 265 in a 10-foot par save on the 18th.
Straka, who has already won this year’s Honda Classic, narrowly missed a 20-foot birdie putt for 67 on the 18th.
BALIMENA, Northern Ireland (AP) — Sweden’s Maja Stark finished 10-under 63 on Sunday to win the ISPS Handa World Invitational. She won her 3rd time in her European tour of the Ladies this year.
The tournament is co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour, allowing former Oklahoma State University stars to compete on the LPGA Tour.
Stark finished 20-under 271, five shots behind the Arisen Corpus, who closed with 68.
BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland (AP) — Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson won the ISPS Handa World Invitational on Sunday by three strokes to clinch his second title of the rookie season on the European Tour.
Ferguson finished 1-under 69 to take a wire-to-wire victory at Gargolum Castle to add to his triumph at the Qatar Masters in March. He finished 12-under in the tournament.
Connor Syme and Borja Virto were tied for second place after round 68.
Snoqualmy, Wash. (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez won his third PGA Tour Champions title of the season in the Boeing Classic, finishing with a 5-under 67, two shots ahead of David Mackenzie.
Jimenez tied for first with Billy Andrade entering the round, birdied five of the first 12 holes and pared the final six. The 58-year-old Spanish star finished 15-under 201 at his club at Snoqualmie Ridge.
Mackenzie hit 66. Andrade, with 71, tied for third with Stephen Ames (69) at 11-under.
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — Robbie Shelton concludes the regular season of the Korn Ferry Tour by winning the Pinnacle Bank Championship.
Shelton posted a 6-under 65 to beat Ben Taylor, 68, by a shot. Shelton finished 17-under 267 for the club at Indian Creek for his second win of the season and fourth on tour.
The top 25 players in the regular season earned PGA Tour cards, with China’s Karl Yuan taking the top spot. Shelton was his second, followed by Paul Haley II, Zecheng Dou and Taylor his Montgomery.
UNIVERSITY PLACE, WASHINGTON (AP) — Saki Baba defeated Canada’s Monet Chun 11 and 9 to become the second Japanese winner of the U.S. Women’s Amateur.
Bubba, 17, won the last six holes and capped off the match with a birdie on the par-3 27th hole at Chambers Bay. Baba joins 1985 champion Michiko Hattori as the only Japanese winner.
auto racing
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Kevin Harvick took the lead from Joey Logano with 66 laps to go and held off Christopher Bell at Richmond Raceway on Sunday to claim his second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series title.
Harvick, who ended a drought of 65 races at Michigan last week, won his fourth 0.75-mile oval win at Richmond for the 60th time and first since 2013. .
Bell came in second, followed by Chris Buescher, Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott. Joey Logano, who led 221 of the 400 laps, dropped to sixth, followed by Martin Truex Jr. Ryan Blaney was 10th. Blaney and Truex are the top two drivers in points he hopes to make the 16-driver playoffs without a win.
women’s hockey
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team, whose 18 Olympic athletes are returning to action, took to the ice for the first time on Sunday without new coach John Wroblewski, who has tested positive for COVID-19. I prepared for the world championships.
According to USA Hockey spokeswoman Melissa Katz, Wroblewski tested positive on Saturday and will coach remotely while self-isolating for 10 days. They travel separately to join the Danish team, which kicks off a 10-nation tournament on March 25th, when the United States will face Japan.
swimming
ROME (AP) — Romanian David Popovici, 17, became the youngest swimmer to break the world swimming record in the men’s 100m freestyle on Saturday, breaking a mark set more than 13 years ago in the same pool. rice field.
Popovich touched in 46.86 seconds at the European Championships, beating the 46.91 seconds set by Brazil’s Cesar Cielo at the 2009 World Championships, also held at Rome’s historic Foro Italico.
Cielo set his record on July 30, 2009, at the last major international competition to allow rubberized suits. It dates him back to 1905 and has stood longer than any record in the history of the event.
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