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Stewart Cink, Charlie Wi share first-round lead at U.S. Senior Open
Stewart Cink walks across the eighth green during the first round of the U.S. Senior Open at Scioto Country Club in Columbus on July 2, 2026. Stewart Cink put himself in contention to win a third straight major, as he shares the lead after the first round of the U.S. Senior Open Championship on Thursday in Upper Arlington, Ohio.
Cink and co-leader Charlie Wi of South Korea each shot 3-under-par 67 at Scioto Country Club to sit atop a tightly bunched leaderboard. Wi got a boost from a five-birdie streak, while Cink shot 5-under 30 on the back nine after carding two bogeys among his first nine holes.
George McNeill, England’s Simon Griffiths and Sweden’s Freddie Jacobson are a stroke back as 15 players broke par.
Defending champion Padraig Harrington of Ireland is among 10 golfers tied for sixth at 1-under 69.
The others are Ben Crane, Tommy Gainey, Paul Stankowski, Wales’ Jamie Donaldson, Australia’s Richard Green and Greg Chalmers, Germany’s Alex Cejka, Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen and Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez.
Cink opened with a bogey at the par-4 first hole and had another blemish with a bogey at No. 5 to make the turn at 2 over. He heated up on the back nine, with birdies at Nos. 10, 13, 14, 16 and 18 for a 30 and a 67 total.
“I don’t think I found anything,” Cink said of any adjustments when making the turn. “I just decided to start trusting what I’d already been in possession of. I’ve been off for a little while, and I started like I’ve been off for a little while. Middle of the fairway on 1, and I inexplicably lost my trust in the downswing and flared it out to the right in the bunker.
“I had to prove it to myself again that I could play decent golf a certain way. The back nine was really nice. I actually could have shot quite a bit lower on the back nine. I missed three very reasonably like inside — right around 10 feet or less birdie putts.”
Cink leads the Charles Schwab Cup standings after earning four wins in nine events. He captured the first two majors of the year, the Senior PGA Championship in April and the Regions Tradition in May. He also won the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in January and the Hoag Classic in March.
Wi, whose best result this year is a tie for third at the Insperity Invitational in May, has three top-10 finishes in 2026 as he pursues his first win on tour. He is 31st in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
“I hit the ball pretty solid today, made a couple of putts,” Wi said. “It was a hot day. I just made sure that I stayed in the ballgame, meaning like mentally, because you could easily lose it out there. Yeah, overall it was just a solid day in the first round.”
Starting his round on the back nine, Wi carded birdies at par-4 holes Nos. 10 and 13 before a bogey at No. 18. He also bogeyed No. 1 before stringing together five consecutive birdies at Nos. 3-7 to get to 5 under.
“Today I was like, wait, did I just run off four in a row? On the fifth one I was thinking about it, come on, get it out of your brain, and I was able to make it,” said Wi, who had a five-birdie streak at the Regions Tradition.
However, disaster struck at No. 8. Wi had to take a penalty and drop on his third shot at the 496-yard par-4, which ranked the hardest hole of the round. Wi got to the green on his fourth shot and finished with a double bogey.
–Field Level Media
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Nationals' Cade Cavalli, Red Sox's Willson Contreras suspended 7 games for fracas
Jun 30, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras (40) gets into an altercation in the fourth inning against the Washington Nationals at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Jaiden Tripi-Imagn Images Major League Baseball suspended Washington Nationals starting pitcher Cade Cavalli and Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras seven games apiece on Thursday for their roles in a benches-clearing incident on Tuesday in Boston.
MLB also suspended Nationals right-hander Miles Mikolas for five games and Red Sox outfielder Nate Eaton for three for their actions during the incident at Fenway Park.
The four players each were fined an undisclosed amount as part of the discipline.
The suspensions are scheduled to begin Friday, when the Red Sox visit the Los Angeles Angels, and the Nationals host the Pittsburgh Pirates. The players can appeal the discipline, which will be held in abeyance until the process is complete.
Cavalli, 27, apologized Wednesday for his comment toward Contreras that ignited a benches-clearing fracas in the fourth inning of Washington’s 8-1 win. After the right-hander struck out Contreras, Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said he heard Cavalli yell, “Sit down, boy,” although the pitcher told reporters, “I don’t know. I just lose my head in it. I’m competitive. I just told him to sit down.”
Contreras, 34, had to be restrained as both benches emptied. He later tossed his batting helmet toward Cavalli during the melee and was ejected. Eaton and Mikolas, neither of whom was playing in the game, and Tracy also were tossed out by crew chief and second base umpire Vic Carapazza.
Contreras said after the game Tuesday that he didn’t know if there were any racial overtones to Cavalli calling him “boy.”
“I’m Venezuelan. I don’t know if he’s racist or not,” Contreras said. “I’ll let MLB handle that.”
On Wednesday, Cavalli said he did not mean to use the term in a disparaging way.
“I’m extremely torn up about the way that things were perceived,” Cavalli said. “Obviously, there was no ill intention behind that.”
Cavalli, however, said he understands the racist meaning behind the word he used, even if it wasn’t his intention.
“There’s a history behind that word, and that’s just something that as a competitor, like in football or basketball, playing wiffle ball with my brother, you don’t understand it,” Cavalli said. “And then it gets perceived in a way that was not my intention, and then you learn from that. It’ll never happen again.”
Cavalli, who stayed in the game and earned the victory, is 5-4 with a 3.69 ERA in 90 1/3 innings over 18 starts.
Contreras is batting .283 with 18 home runs and 53 RBIs in 83 games.
Eaton, 29, is batting .174 (4-for-23) with one homer and five RBIs in 11 games.
Mikolas, 37, is 2-7 with a 5.44 ERA, 17 walks and 47 strikeouts in 84 1/3 innings over 18 games (seven starts) in his first season with Washington.
–Field Level Media
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Canadiens sign G Jakub Dobes to 3-year, $16.07M extension
May 29, 2026; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes (75) walks to the ice for warmups before game five of the Eastern Conference Final of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center. Mandatory Credit: James Guillory-Imagn Images The Montreal Canadiens’ Jakub Dobes, who led all rookie goaltenders with 29 wins this past season, signed a three-year, $16.07 million contract extension on Thursday.
Dobes, 25, who could have become a restricted free agent after this coming season, now is signed through the 2029-30 campaign. The new terms have an average annual value of $5.357 million beginning in 2027-28. He signed a two-year, $1.93 million contract in July 2025.
Dobes went 29-10-4 with a 2.78 goals-against average and a .901 save percentage in 43 games (42 starts) this season. He also went 9-10 with a 2.66 GAA and a .908 save percentage in the playoffs as the Canadiens advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.
He made the NHL All-Rookie Team for 2025-26.
For his career, Dobes is 36-14-7 with a 2.77 GAA and a .904 save percentage in 59 regular-season games (57 starts) over two seasons.
Montreal selected Dobes in the fifth round of the 2020 NHL Draft.
–Field Level Media
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Lucas Glover, Zac Blair share early lead at John Deere Classic
Jul 2, 2026; Silvis, Illinois, USA; Lucas Glover lines up his putt on the 18th hole during the first round of the John Deere Classic golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images Lucas Glover and Zac Blair share the first-round lead at the John Deere Classic after posting bogey-free, 8-under 63s on Thursday in Silvis, Ill.
Zach Johnson, Lee Hodges and German Stephan Jaeger are one stroke behind the co-leaders after one trip around TPC Deere Run. Davis Riley used a hole-in-one and an eagle on consecutive holes to shoot a 6-under 65, where he’s tied with Ben Kohles and Patrick Fishburn.
Glover, 46, birdied seven of his first 11 holes before cooling down the rest of the way. The 2009 U.S. Open champion won the John Deere in 2021 and has collected three of his six PGA Tour titles in this decade.
Blair, meanwhile, is searching for his first PGA Tour victory. The 35-year-old started his day on the back nine, then went birdie-eagle at Nos. 1-2 for a boost. He led the field in strokes gained on approach.
Johnson’s eagle-birdie finish pushed him near the top of the leaderboard and all but ensured he will make the cut at the John Deere for an incredible 18th year in a row. The native of nearby Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has played the event every year since 2002 and skipped the U.S. Senior Open this week to keep that streak going.
Riley stood at 2 under for his round before sinking the first hole-in-one of his PGA Tour career at the par-3, 150-yard 16th hole. His shot landed just behind the pin and slowly spun back to the cup. He followed that up with an 18 1/2-foot eagle putt at the par-5 17th.
Defending champion Brian Campbell and two-time John Deere winner Jordan Spieth opened with 1-under 70s.
–Field Level Media
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Nationals' Cade Cavalli, Red Sox's Willson Contreras suspended 7 games for fracas
