Keegan Bradley, the last man into the BMW Championship field, shot a 6-under-par 66 to take the first-round lead Thursday at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colo.

Cooper Hastings provided four innings of scoreless relief as Boerne, Texas, held off Henderson, Nev., for a 5-2 victory on Wednesday afternoon to reach the United States final at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.

KEALAKEKUA — Konawaena girls volleyball picked up right where it left off in its second game of the season on Wednesday night in Ellison Onizuka Gymnasium.

HILO — Four newcomers and two returnees makeup the Hawai’i Hilo Women’s Cross Country roster entering the upcoming fall season under second-year head coach Alan Ryan.

Poland’s Katarzyna Niewiadoma won the Tour de France Femmes in dramatic fashion while suffering the worst pain she had ever experienced and now dreams of a day when men and women are treated equally in sports.

LOS ANGELES — Pete Carroll is coming home to USC.

No obstacle seems too large this year for Scottie Scheffler, the World No. 1 with six wins on the PGA Tour including the Masters, plus his gold medal at the Paris Olympics.

LOS ANGELES — Darrell Doucette didn’t play NCAA football.

NEW YORK — World number one Jannik Sinner failed two drug tests in March but has been cleared of wrongdoing by an independent tribunal, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said on Tuesday days before the Italian is set to play at the U.S. Open.

MINNEAPOLIS — Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores acknowledged he was stung by Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa calling him a “terrible person” in comments from an interview that aired Monday, but wished Tagovailoa well and said he used the QB’s comments as an occasion to reflect on his growth as a coach.

KEALAKEKUA — Konawaena girls volleyball opened its season with a warm welcome from the green-and-white faithful, as hundreds packed into Ellison Onizuka Gymnasium to watch the 2023 Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) Division II runner-ups take on Kohala.

KAPA‘AU — Hundreds gathered Saturday afternoon at Kohala High School to watch the Cowboys football team open its season against O‘ahu Division II opponent Kalaheo. The Mustangs’ well-balanced offensive attack overwhelmed Kohala, leaving the Big Island with a 40-6 win in the non-conference matchup.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Kyle Shanahan hates the NFL’s preseason. Four games, three games, two, he’s shown nothing but disdain for the exhibition schedule since he took over as the 49ers’ head coach.

MILWAUKEE — Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia was able to plug a leak in the seventh inning Thursday, escaping a two-on, no-outs jam to preserve a one-run lead, but the dam broke against right-hander Daniel Hudson, who gave up three runs in the eighth inning of a 6-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in American Family Field.