NHL notebook: Lightning’s Stamkos needs surgery, out 6-8 weeks
Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos will undergo surgery Monday and miss approximately six to eight weeks, the team announced Saturday.
Golf: Fleetwood surges to third-round Honda Classic lead
Tommy Fleetwood moved tantalizingly close to a breakthrough PGA Tour victory when he survived a battle of attrition to take a one-shot lead over Brendan Steele after the third round at the Honda Classic in Florida on Saturday.
Tennis: Ruud goes for another title in South America
Norwegian Casper Ruud turned back Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas to qualify for his second final in a month at the Chile Open on Saturday.
Spring training roundup: Yankees’ Cole sharp in second outing
Gerrit Cole tossed 2 2/3 shutout innings in his second spring outing to help the New York Yankees record an 8-2 victory over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Saturday at Tampa, Fla.
MLS sees itself as world’s top league in 25 years
As Major League Soccer launched a milestone 25th season on Saturday, the mood was not one of reflection and cautious optimism but bold even outrageous predictions of a future empire.
Timeline of Major League Soccer’s 25 years
A time line of the 25-year history of Major League Soccer:
Who are you calling old? Ageless Abdi books ticket to fifth Olympics
It is often said that age is nothing but a number. For 43-year-old marathoner Abdi Abdirahman, it was little more than an afterthought at Saturday’s U.S. Olympic marathon trials.
Cycling: Wild wins eighth title, magnificent seven for Dygert
Dutchwoman Kirsten Wild claimed an eighth world title in an incident-packed madison race and American Chloe Dygert made it a magnificent seven as she shattered her own world record in the individual pursuit at the world track championships on Saturday….
Healthy Rupp repeats as U.S. Olympic marathon champion
Galen Rupp powered his way to his second consecutive U.S. Olympic marathon trials victory as the 2016 Rio Games bronze medalist showed he is fully recovered from 2018 Achilles surgery on Saturday.
Sabalenka topples Kvitova to claim Doha crown
Aryna Sabalenka claimed her sixth WTA title as she swept past two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-3 6-3 in the Qatar Open final on Saturday.
