FOOTBALL
Gamecocks' Samuel done
Injured South Carolina receiver Deebo Samuel won't be coming back this fall. Gamecocks Coach Will Muschamp said Samuel sprained his foot while rehabbing his broken leg. Muschamp said any possible return for the junior was finished with this setback. Samuel remains the Gamecocks leader with six touchdowns despite not playing since breaking a bone in his leg against Kentucky on Sept. 16. Samuel had hoped that he could come back to the team later in the season. Muschamp said the latest injury made that impossible, "so we'll move forward."
ACC: Clemson laptop OK
A laptop issue from Saturday's Clemson-North Carolina State game is a non-issue. Atlantic Coast Conference spokesman Kevin Best said Sunday league officials conferred with Clemson and is "satisfied with their explanation" for why a laptop was on the sideline during the fourth-ranked Tigers' Saturday victory at then-No. 20 North Carolina State. Afterward, Wolfpack Coach Dave Doeren said he had been shown a photo of the laptop. Doeren said he'd "like that to be investigated" because "I was told it's illegal to have technology on the sideline." Clemson spokesman Tim Bourret said it was used by a student working with social media. Coach Dabo Swinney added: "It wasn't anybody from football, I can tell you that." NCAA rules prohibit computer use "for any coaching purposes" during games on the sideline.
Altercation investigated
Police are investigating a videotaped altercation where an apparently intoxicated University of Miami football fan slapped an officer, who then punched her in the head. Miami-Dade Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said in an email Sunday that the department is "gathering all of the details to gain a clear understanding of what occurred" during the altercation at Hard Rock Stadium during Miami's victory Saturday over Virginia Tech. He released no specific information, including the names of the officer and woman and whether she was arrested.
GOLF
Feng repeats in Japan
Defending champion Shanshan Feng of China fired a 4-under 68 on Sunday to win the LPGA Tour's Japan Classic by two strokes. Feng recovered from two bogeys on the first three holes with six birdies to finish at 19-under 197, two shots ahead of Japan's Ai Suzuki, who also shot a 68. Feng became the first golfer on the LPGA Tour to defend a title in 2017 and claimed her second victory of the year, having captured the LPGA Volvik Championship in May. Stacy Lewis (Arkansas Razorbacks) finished tied for 15th and won $18,256.
Cantlay wins in playoff
Patrick Cantlay won the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Sunday in a playoff for the first victory in a PGA Tour career mostly derailed by a severe back injury. Cantlay, 25, hit from behind a tree and got up-and-down for par from off the back of the 18th green to beat Alex Cejka and Whee Kim on the second extra hole. Cantlay bogeyed the final two holes of regulation for a 5-under 67 to get in at 9-under 275 at windy TPC Summerlin. Cantlay earned $1,224,000, a two-year PGA Tour exemption and a spot in the Masters. Patton Kizzire (64), J.T. Poston (66) and Chesson Hadley (68) finished a stroke out of the playoff. Hadley bogeyed the 18th in the second-to-last group. Austin Cook (Jonesboro, Arkansas Razorbacks) tied for 20th at 3 under and won $61,483. Ethan Tracy (Razorbacks) was a stroke behind that and won $35,284. David Lingmerth (Razorbacks) earned $15,028 for his tie for 57th finish (2 over).
Late birdie lifts Rose
Justin Rose made a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the Turkish Airlines Open by a shot on Sunday for his second consecutive title on the European Tour, moving him closer to fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood in the Race to Dubai standings. Rose shot a 6-under 65 in the final round to finish on 18 under par 266 overall, securing victory a week after taking the WGC-HSBC Champions title in Shanghai. Nicolas Colsaerts had the chance to take Rose to a playoff but rolled his birdie putt on the 18th just left of the hole, moments after Rose had holed from 2 feet further out. Colsaerts had birdied Nos. 15, 16 and 17. Colsaerts (66) and Dylan Frittelli (64), who chipped in three times in four holes during his round, were tied for second. Padraig Harrington needed to eagle the last to force a playoff, but made par and had to settle for fourth place on 16 under.
BASEBALL
Dodgers decline Ethier
The Los Angeles Dodgers bid farewell to outfielder Andre Ethier on Sunday, declining his 2018 option and casting the longest-tenured member of their roster into free agency. Ethier, 35, receives a $2.5-million buyout. The Dodgers would have owed him $17.5 million next season had they picked up his option. Ethier played in a record 51 postseason games for the Dodgers. In what probably was his final at-bat for the team, he delivered a pinch-hit single that drove in the Dodgers' lone run in Game 7 of the World Series. Ethier made two All-Star teams and batted .285 with 162 home runs. His 303 doubles rank second to Willie Davis in the franchise's Los Angeles history.
Cueto staying with SF
Right-handed pitcher Johnny Cueto will be staying with the San Francisco Giants. Cueto had the option to opt out of his contract that runs through 2021. The team said Sunday the pitcher had decided to remain with the Giants. Cueto, 31, was hampered by injuries this season, going 8-8 with a 4.52 ERA in 25 starts. Manager Bruce Bochy and General Manager Bobby Evans both had been optimistic that Cueto would stick around. Cueto had the choice to leave after the second year of his $130 million, six-year contract he signed before the 2016 season.
TENNIS
Sock tops in Paris
Jack Sock beat Filip Krajinovic 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 Sunday to win the Paris Masters and qualify for the season-ending ATP Finals. It was the 16th-seeded American's third title of the year, fourth overall and first at a Masters. It sends him through to the finals in London for the first time. He will break into the top 10, climbing to ninth. He sealed victory on his first match point when Krajinovic, a Serbian qualifier ranked No. 77, sent a backhand long. Sock fell onto his back with his hands on his face, then jumped into the seating area to celebrate with his team. He is the first American winner here since Andre Agassi in 1999; and first American winner of a Masters tournament since Andy Roddick at Miami in 2010.
MARATHON
Flanagan ends Keitany’s three-year run in NYC
NEW YORK — Shalane Flanagan dethroned Mary Keitany on Sunday and became the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon since 1977, potentially ending her decorated career with her first major marathon victory.
Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya won the men’s race, holding off countryman Wilson Kipsang by three seconds for his first major victory.
Keitany had won three consecutive New York marathons, but Flanagan pulled away from the Kenyan great with about 3 miles to go. Flanagan finished in 2 hours, 26 minutes, 53 seconds, about a minute faster than Keitany.
The American cried and yelled as she approached the finish line all alone.
“It’s indescribable,” Flanagan, 36, said. “It’s a moment I’m trying to soak up and savor.”
The last American woman to win New York was Miki Gorman, who took consecutive titles in 1976-77.
Flanagan finished second in New York for her first marathon in 2010 but hadn’t run this race since. This was her first marathon since finishing sixth at the Rio Games due to a fracture in her lower back. The injury kept her out of the Boston Marathon in the spring but set her up to train hard for New York with an eye on Keitany.
Flanagan had called Keitany “the alpha racer” and said she was ready to “suffer dearly” while keeping pace with the unpredictable Kenyan.
Flanagan, Keitany and Ethiopia’s Mamitu Daska were step-and-step until the 24th mile. Keitany never made a move, though, and Flanagan hit the jets to pull away, keeping a stern face until getting emotional near the finish in Central Park.
On the podium, Flanagan put her hands over face and began to cry again when she was announced the winner. She turned to hug Keitany before accepting her medal.
“This is the moment I’ve dreamed off since I was a little girl,” Flanagan said.
Flanagan had said she may retire if she won New York. She didn’t immediately make an announcement regarding her future.
Sports on 11/06/2017