Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Tennis: Bertens beats Vekic to win St. Petersburg title

Second seed Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands beat Croatia's Donna Vekic 7-6(2) 6-4 to win the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Sunday and claim her eighth WTA singles title. Bertens, the world number eight, was slow out of the blocks, and found herself trailing 5-2 in the first set before staging a remarkable turnaround. NHL roundup: Lightning hang on to beat Rangers

Steven Stamkos scored his 28th goal of the season in the second period to match his total from last season, and it turned out to be the game-winner as the Tampa Bay Lightning held on for a 3-2 victory over the host New York Rangers on Saturday night. Tampa Bay jumped on top 3-0 at 8:33 of the second period on Stamkos' fourth goal of the season against the Rangers. Stamkos received a cross-ice pass from defenseman Victor Hedman and lifted a wrist shot from the middle of the right faceoff circle off Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist's left shoulder. Rams pool report: McVay likes team's balanced approach

Following three days of practice at the Atlanta Falcons' training facility in Flowery Branch, the Los Angeles Rams began to put the final touches on their week of planning and spent some time enjoying the moment with friends and family. Saturday around 1 p.m. ET, after meetings and a walkthrough held at their hotel in Buckhead, the Rams slipped on their blue throwback jerseys and yellow pants for a team photo inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium. NBA roundup: Harden scores 43 in Rockets' win

James Harden recorded his 19th 40-point game this season, and the Houston Rockets snapped a two-game slide with a 125-98 win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday at Salt Lake City. Harden stuffed the stat sheet with 43 points, 12 rebounds, six steals, five assists and four blocks. He finished 15 of 15 at the free-throw line and essentially carried the Rockets to their second win in four meetings with Utah this season while extending his streak of consecutive 30-point games to 26. Golf: Johnson holds off Li to win Saudi International

World number three Dustin Johnson won the inaugural Saudi International by two strokes on Sunday, holding off China's Li Haotong to claim his sixth European Tour title. Johnson and Li entered the final day's play tied on 16-under at the top of the leaderboard, and the American struck five birdies along with two bogeys to sign for a 67 in his final round and end the week on 19 under par. Alpine skiing: Shiffrin set to shine as Vonn and Svindal bow out

U.S. ski great Lindsey Vonn will try to throw her hurting body down a slope one last time before heading into retirement while Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal is also ready to bow out at the Alpine world championships starting in Sweden on Tuesday. The farewells from two giants of the sport, their long careers garlanded with success and scarred by injuries, are high on a list of compelling storylines playing out over the next two-weeks in Are. When it comes to the Patriots not everyone loves a winner

There is a saying that "everyone loves a winner" but not when it comes to the New England Patriots. A good part of the United States, or at least many of those not living within a Tom Brady Hail Mary of a New England state border, will be backing the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday's Super Bowl when they take on a Patriots team that will be playing in a third consecutive National Football League (NFL) title game and the fourth in five years. Patriots pool report: Belichick not a fan of Super Bowl pace

For a few minutes Saturday morning, Bill Belichick's top concern was opening a bag of macadamia nuts for his 2-year-old granddaughter, Blakely. The Patriots coach has spent the past two weeks preparing for Super Bowl LIII, which included stashing some snack packs in his pants pocket in case of a hungry toddler. Blakely, the daughter of Belichick's son, Steve, was born in October 2016, so this will be her third Super Bowl before she turns 3. Bolt lights up Super Bowl with sizzling sprint

Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt might have caught the eye of a few NFL coaches when he stepped off the street and equaled the combine record for a 40-yard dash on Saturday, running in 4.22 seconds at a Super Bowl fan experience event. Wearing sweatpants and sneakers, the 100 and 200 meters world record holder showed he still has speed to burn when he matched the time set by Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver John Ross at the 2017 NFL combine, where potential draft picks are put through a number of drills such as sprinting, lifting weights and how high they can jump. Report: Lakers' vets, Walton get heated after loss

Some Los Angeles Lakers players had a heated verbal exchange with coach Luke Walton after Saturday night's loss to the Golden State Warriors, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. Charania reported that some Lakers veterans, though only Michael Beasley is named, "had an emotionally charged verbal exchange" with Walton after he began speaking about playing unselfishly during his postgame address to the team.

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