SONOMA, Calif. – Carl Edwards won the pole for Sunday’s road course race at Sonoma Raceway.
Edwards ran a lap at 95.777 mph around the 10-turn, 1.99-mile track in Saturday’s qualifying session to put his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the top starting spot.
AJ Allmendinger qualified second with a lap at 95.676 mph in his JTG Daugherty Chevrolet.
Martin Truex Jr. qualified third in a Toyota for Furniture Row Racing, while Kurt Busch was fourth for Stewart-Haas Racing. Kyle Larson completed the top five, as Chevy drivers took three of the top five spots.
Twenty-three-year-old Dylan Lupton made it in the field and will make his first Sprint Cup start on Sunday.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Tarvaris Jackson was arrested in central Florida after authorities say he pulled a gun on his wife.
An Osceola County Sheriff’s Office arrest report said the 33-year-old Jackson had been visiting family in Kissimmee when the incident occurred early Friday. Jackson’s wife told the deputy that Jackson had returned to their rental home drunk and began yelling at her, eventually pulling the gun and threatening to kill her. Jackson said they had been arguing but denied pointing a gun at her.
Jackson was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and bonded out of jail later Friday. Jail records didn’t list an attorney.
Jackson, who was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 2006 and played for them until 2010, first went to Seahawks as the starting quarterback in 2011. He later spent three years there as a backup. He is currently a free agent.
NEW YORK – First baseman Mark Teixeira was activated from the 15-day disabled list and is in the New York Yankees’ lineup against the Minnesota Twins.
Teixeira batted sixth Saturdya, his first major league game since June 3. The switch-hitter had been sidelined with torn cartilage in his right knee.
To open a spot on the roster, New York designated first baseman Ike Davis for assignment. Davis was signed June 13 and went 3-for-14 (.214) with an RBI for the Yankees.
New York Manager Joe Girardi said the team chose to keep Rob Refsnyder over Davis in part because Refsnyder can play other positions besides first base.
The 36-year-old Teixeira went 1-for-9 in three rehab games with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The three-time All-Star was struggling at the plate before he got hurt, batting .180 with three homers and 12 RBI.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Royals reinstated left fielder Alex Gordon from the disabled list before their game Saturday against the Houston Astros.
The three-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glove winner fractured his right wrist in a May 22 collision with third baseman Mike Moustakas while chasing a foul ball at Chicago. Moustakas suffered a season-ending torn right anterior cruciate ligament.
Gordon, who signed a $72 million, four-year contract in January after filing for free agency, hit. 211 with four home runs and 10 RBI in 42 games before the injury.
In six rehab games, Gordon hit .364 with a .481 on-base percentage, .545 slugging percentage, one home run and five RBIs with Triple-A Omaha and Double-A Northwest Arkansas.
The Royals optioned rookie outfielder Brett Eibner, who hit .297 with one home run and seven RBIs in 11 games, to Omaha to make roster space for Gordon.
BETHESDA, Md. – Naval Academy graduate Billy Hurley III shot a 4-under 67 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead over Ernie Els into the final round of the Quicken Loans National.
Hurley had four birdies in the bogey-free round at Congressional to reach 15 under.
Els holed out for eagle on the par4 12th with the shot of the week and finished with a 65.
Jon Rahm, who held the lead after one round and shared it with Hurley after two, struggled. Playing his first event as a professional, the 21-year-old former Arizona State star from Spain had four bogeys in a 70 that left him three strokes behind Hurley.
Hurley, who grew up in Leesburg, Va., has been able to take advantage of favorable conditions at Congressional this week for Tiger Woods’s annual tournament.
BETHESDA, Md. – The PGA Tour said the Greenbrier Classic scheduled for next month has been canceled because of the devastating flooding in West Virginia.
The tournament had been scheduled for July 7-10. Tour officials say the Old White TPC at the Greenbrier Resort, the host course, suffered extensive damage from the flooding and “is beyond reasonable repair to conduct the tournament.”
PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said officials were heartbroken by the devastation in West Virginia. He said canceling the Greenbrier was the most prudent course of action.
The Greenbrier Classic began in 2010. The PGA Tour is committed to holding the event through 2021.
MADISON, Wis. – Jean-Francois Remesy had two eagles and finished with an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take the second-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ inaugural American Family Insurance Championship.
The last alternate to get into the field after losing a playoff in a Monday qualifier, the 52-year-old Frenchman holed out for eagle from the fairway on the par-4 first and also eagled the par-5 11th. He had four birdies in the bogey-free round to reach 13-under 131 at University Ridge.
Gene Sauers and Bart Bryant were a stroke back. Sauers, tied for the first-round lead with Estaban Toledo after a 63, shot a 69. Sauers is in contention two weeks after withdrawing from the Constellation Senior Players Championship because of a bulging disk.
Bryant birdied the final hole for a 66.
Large crowds again followed the players in the event that hometown PGA Tour player Steve Stricker helped launch and hosts. He turns 50 in February and will be eligible to play next year.
PULHEIM, Germany – Heavy rain washed out the third round of the BMW International Open on Saturday.
None of the leaders got on the Golf Club Gut Laerchenhof course before play was halted at noon.
Henrik Stenson, Raphael Jacquelin and Kiradech Aphibarnrat are at 11 under and will play 36 holes on Sunday.
Thorbjoern Olesen is one shot back.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Forward Trevor Lewis agreed to a four-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Kings.
The club announced the deal Saturday.
Lewis has been a key player on the Kings’ depth lines for the past six seasons, playing a defensive game during Los Angeles’ run to Stanley Cup championships in 2012 and 2014. He scored two goals in the Kings’ Cup-clinching victory over New Jersey in 2012.
The 29-year-old Lewis had eight goals and eight assists for the Kings last season. The Salt Lake City native has never had more than 25 points in an NHL season, but he has 23 points in 75 playoff games.
Lewis was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets acquired defenseman Scott Harrington and a conditional pick in the 2017 draft from the Toronto Maple Leafs for left wing Kerby Rychel.
Harrington, 23, has played 25 NHL games for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Maple Leafs and registered one assist. Toronto acquired him from Pittsburgh a year ago in the trade that sent Phil Kessel to the eventual Stanley Cup champions.
Columbus General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen said the team was excited to add a defenseman with NHL experience who previously was the captain of the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights.
The 21-year-old Rychel had two goals and seven assists in 32 games last season for Columbus. In 37 career games, the 2013 first-round pick has two goals and 10 assists.
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The NHL is reviewing whether to penalize the Vancouver Canucks for tampering after General Manager Jim Benning expressed interest in acquiring players under contract, including Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said on Saturday that he expects a decision to be made within days after receiving complaints from numerous teams. Daly said the severity of punishment will be based on how “damaging” the comments might have been.
The potential discipline would range from a fine or Vancouver losing a draft pick.
Benning told a Vancouver radio station on Thursday that he intends to contact Stamkos’s agent. Stamkos is in the final year of his contract and eligible to become an unrestricted free agent on Friday.
Benning also revealed the Canucks have contacted Montreal about acquiring star defenseman P.K. Subban.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Jamaican sprinter Kemar Bailey-Cole said he has been infected with the Zika virus but will participate in his country’s Olympic trials next week.
The Jamaican Gleaner reported Saturday that the 24-year-old track star said he has rashes and eye pain but is not afflicted by the muscle pain often associated with the virus, which he caught in Jamaica.
Bailey-Cole won a gold medal in the 100-meter relay at the London Olympics in 2012.
His case comes amid rising concern among athletes over a surge in Zika infections in Brazil, where Rio de Janeiro will host the Olympics in August. Irish golfer Rory McIlroy, U.S. cyclist Tejay van Garderen and British long jumper Greg Rutherford have dropped out of the games citing Zika worries.
EASTBOURNE, England – Dominika Cibulkova won her second title of the year when she defeated Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-3, Saturday in the Eastbourne International final.
The match was closely contested throughout, with neither player gaining an early advantage as six of the first eight games went against serve.
Cibulkova, who was playing in her fourth final of the year after winning Katowice and finishing as runner-up in Acapulco and Madrid, eventually broke serve for a fourth time to take the opening set.
But although she broke again to lead 3-1 in the second, the 12th-seeded Slovak had to fight off two break points in the next game and another four at 4-2.
“It was extremely tough match today. With the conditions and with the wind it was really, really, really tough to play and focus,” Cibulkova said after winning her sixth career title.