Reuters Sports News Summary
Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. $5.2 million guarantee kicks in for Seahawks' Chancellor
Seattle Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor hasn't played an NFL game since November 2017, but he got a big win Friday. Chancellor saw $5.2 million of his $10 million salary for 2019 become guaranteed, according to multiple media reports. He missed all of the just-concluded season due to a neck injury that has been described as career-ending, but he has yet to announce his retirement officially. Alpine skiing: Jansrud beats Svindal to downhill gold
Kjetil Jansrud led a Norwegian one-two to win gold in a weather-hit men's downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships on Saturday, edging out team mate Aksel Lund Svindal by the narrowest of margins. Jansrud, 33, made light of the falling snow and poor visibility to win by 0.02 seconds and claim a first world title, having won the Olympic Super-G gold at Sochi in 2014. Golf: Mickelson, Spieth among leaders at soggy Pebble Beach
Phil Mickelson's seven birdies more than made up for three bogeys as the veteran American finished atop the leaderboard with four other players at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in Northern California on Friday. Weather conditions deteriorated throughout the day as rain and wind set in and play was suspended before a handful of players could finish their rounds, which had begun an hour earlier than scheduled to avoid the worst of the storm. Golf: Ormsby to take two-shot lead to Vic Open final day
Wade Ormsby will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Vic Open after holding his nerve in testing conditions in Barwon Heads to card a two-under-par 70 in his third round on Saturday. The Australian recovered from an early double-bogey to move to 15-under for the tournament, two shots ahead of compatriot Matthew Stieger, who scorched the course with a seven-under 65, and Englishman Callum Shinkwin. NFL notebook: Dolphins add ex-Colts, Lions coach Caldwell
New Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores has filled out much of his coaching staff, which includes former NFL head coach Jim Caldwell. Flores announced his staff hires on Friday, and Caldwell will serve as assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach. Caldwell had a 62-50 record as a head coach with Indianapolis (2009-11) and Detroit (2014-17). He took the Colts to the Super Bowl in his first season. Tennis: Herbert beats Berdych to set up Montpellier final with Tsonga
French seventh seed Pierre-Hugues Herbert downed Czech Tomas Berdych 6-2 7-5 to set up an all-French final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier on Saturday. Herbert breezed through the opening set but Berdych offered more resistance in the second, only for the former world number four to crack at a key moment. NBA notebook: Celtics, Irving have 'engagement,' Ainge says
Celtics president Danny Ainge is confident All-Star guard Kyrie Irving will put a ring on his relationship with Boston this summer, saying the team and Irving have an "engagement." "The way I viewed the situation is that I think a lot of people, because of Kyrie's announcement at the beginning of the year, thought that it was a marriage," Ainge said on Boston radio, referring to Irving's public proclamation last fall that he'd stay with the Celtics instead of pursuing free agency. MLB notebook: Indians' Lindor (calf) out two months
Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor will be sidelined seven to nine weeks after sustaining a right calf strain, the team announced Friday. The Indians said Lindor recently hurt the calf while preparing for spring training in Orlando, Fla. An evaluation on Wednesday at the Cleveland Clinic confirmed there was a moderate strain. Report: NBA stepped in to make sure Pelicans play Davis
While Anthony Davis' playing status for the New Orleans Pelicans' Saturday road game against the Memphis Grizzlies is uncertain, the fact that the team is playing him at all might be due to the NBA's intervention. The league office reached out to the Pelicans on Friday to inform the team Davis would be expected to play, per the rule against teams resting healthy players, according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst. Wild top Devils, stop losing streak
Zach Parise scored the tiebreaking power-play goal against his former team early in the second period and the visiting Minnesota Wild stopped a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils Saturday afternoon. Parise scored his second career goal in nine games against New Jersey since joining the Wild as a free agent in July 2012. He scored his 22nd goal of the season 4:34 into the second period when he tipped a slap shot by defenseman Ryan Suter from the right point into the net.
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