GOLF
Cole Anderson of Camden earned conditional membership on the PGA Tour Americas circuit by finishing in a tie for 10th place at a qualifying tournament in Courtenay, British Columbia.
Anderson’s four-day total of 6-under 282 left him just outside the top nine, which is what he needed to receive exempt status for the North America portion of the schedule. Instead, he’ll be conditionally eligible for nine events in Canada and one in Minnesota over the next three months.
LPGA: Nelly Korda missed her second straight cut after winning six of seven events, rallying but falling a stroke short of advancing to weekend play in the Meijer LPGA Classic in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The top-ranked Korda followed an opening 4-over 76 in windy conditions Thursday with a 67 to get to 1 under at Blythefield Country Club, where she won in 2021 at a tournament-record 25 under.
Ally Ewing and Grace Kim shared the lead at 11-under 133. Eighty-one players at 2 under or better advanced.
BASEBALL
EASTERN LEAGUE: The Reading Fightin Phils scored eight runs in the third inning and cruised to a 13-5 win Friday night against the Portland Sea Dogs in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Sea Dogs starter Juan Daniel Encarnacion was knocked out in the third inning of his Double-A debut, allowing seven runs in 2 1/3 innings. Portland pitchers issued 10 walks and hit a batter.
Kristian Campbell hit his first two Double-A home runs for the Sea Dogs. Blaze Jordan was 0 for 5, ending his 19-game hitting streak.
FOOTBALL
NFL: Veteran safety Tony Jefferson has come out of retirement to sign with the Los Angeles Chargers, the team announced.
The 32-year-old Jefferson had a tryout during the Chargers’ minicamp, which concluded Thursday.
The Chargers will be the fifth team for Jefferson. He made the Arizona Cardinals’ roster as an undrafted free agent in 2013 and has also played for the Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants. He joined the Ravens’ front office last year as an intern as part of the NFL’s Nunn-Wooten Scouting Fellowship.
• Jayden Daniels signed his rookie contract with the Washington Commanders, the next step in becoming the team’s franchise quarterback.
The Heisman Trophy winner out of LSU was the second pick in the NFL draft. As a result, the contract is worth $37.75 million for four years with a $24.3 million signing bonus and a fifth-year team option for the 2028 season.
Coach Dan Quinn has not named Daniels as the Commanders’ starting QB, instead saying training camp will be an open competition with veteran Marcus Mariota. But Daniels figures to win that competition and become Washington’s eighth Week 1 starter at the position in as many seasons.
AUTO RACING
NASCAR CUP SERIES: Martin Truex Jr. announced he will retire from full-time racing at the end of the season, saying it was time to live by his own schedule after 19 years in NASCAR’s Cup Series.
“I mean, it’s as simple as just not having a crazy schedule where, you know, you’re 40 weekends at a race track,” Truex said at Iowa Speedway, where he will be making his 674th Cup start on Sunday. “Everyone in my family, who’s ever gotten married, I’ve missed their wedding. You know what I mean? … You don’t have a life. You’re married to racing, that’s all you do. Monday until Sunday, that’s all you do.”
Questions about possible retirement have followed Truex over the last couple years. The news broke on Thursday – “I don’t even know why I’m here,” Truex joked as he started his news conference – but Truex said he made the decision “a few weeks ago.”
SOCCER
U.S. MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM: Midfielder Timmy Tillman was cut from the United States roster for the Copa America, getting the team down to the 26-player limit for the tournament.
Tillman was in the U.S. training camp for the past two weeks but the 25-year-old didn’t play in a pair of warmup games, a 5-1 loss to Colombia last weekend and a 1-1 draw against Brazil on Wednesday. He will return to Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles FC.
U.S. Coach Gregg Berhalter kept forward Josh Sargent, who didn’t play in the two games as he recovers from an ankle injury.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Borussia Dortmund appointed former player Nuri Sahin as coach to replace Edin Terzić, who quit the club the day before.
The 35-year-old Sahin, who was previously Terzić’s assistant, signed a new three-year contract.
DANISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION: Players from Denmark’s men’s team refused a pay rise in what has been described as an “extraordinary step” to ensure they have equal working conditions with their female soccer counterparts.
The men’s team’s new agreement with the Danish Football Association comes into effect after the European Championship in Germany until 2028. It will see male and female internationals receive the same money for representing their national teams.
As part of the new deal, the male players accepted a 15% decrease in their insurance coverage to allow for an upgrade of that of the women’s players by 50%. The men also turned down the opportunity for a pay rise.
OLYMPICS
ESPORTS: The first Olympic Esports Games are set to be added soon to the IOC’s portfolio of events as it seeks to attract and retain young audiences.
The International Olympic Committee said it will ask members to approve a proposal to create a video game Olympics when they meet next month in Paris on the eve of the Summer Games.
The Olympic body said it was in “advanced discussions with a potential host” that should be announced soon after the July 23-24 meeting in Paris.
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