Reuters Sports News Summary

Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Johnson clinches 20th title with runaway Mexico win

Dustin Johnson collected his 20th PGA Tour victory in style when he ran away with the WGC-Mexico Championship by five strokes on Sunday. Johnson carded a closing five-under-par 66 at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City to claim the World Golf Championships event for the second time in three years. Boeheim: Tragic death will weigh on him 'for the rest of my life'

Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said his involvement in an accident that left a man dead on Wednesday "will be with me for the rest of my life" after coaching in the Orange's loss to Duke on Saturday night. After Syracuse defeated Louisville on Wednesday, Boeheim was driving home from a restaurant on Interstate 690 when he struck and killed 51-year-old Jorge Jimenez. A passenger in a vehicle that was involved in its own accident, Jimenez had exited that car before he was struck. Athletics: Crouser overcomes illness to dominate shot put at U.S. meet

Olympic champion Ryan Crouser shook off a recent fever to dominate the men's shot put at the U.S. indoor championships in New York on Saturday. "I was struggling the last couple of weeks of high fever, sore throat and I almost called off the meet but I’m really happy," said the 2016 Rio Games gold medallist NBA notebook: Harden fined for ripping referee, out vs. Warriors

After Houston Rockets star guard James Harden was fined $25,000 on Saturday for publicly criticizing referee Scott Foster after a game earlier this week, he later was ruled out for his team's road tilt against the Warriors at Golden State. Head coach Mike D'Antoni told reporters before facing the Warriors that his All-Star guard would miss the game after being officially listed as questionable because of a cervical neck strain. James criticizes Lakers' 'sense of urgency'

LeBron James has acknowledged that he knew his young teammates would have a learning curve when he joined the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency last offseason. But after a 128-115 loss to the woeful New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night, James bemoaned his teammates' "sense of urgency." WTA roundup: Bencic stuns Kvitova for Dubai title

Unseeded Belinda Bencic rallied to beat No. 2 seed Petra Kvitova 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 in the final on Saturday, capping a thrilling run at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates. It's the third title for Bencic, who hails from Switzerland, and first since 2015. NBA roundup: Harden-less Rockets stun Warriors

Eric Gordon led five players in double figures with 25 points Saturday night as the Houston Rockets, playing without star James Harden, used superior depth to stun the Golden State Warriors 118-112 in Oakland, Calif. The win was the Rockets' third in three meetings with the two-time defending champions this season after Golden State won a seven-game showdown last May in the Western Conference Finals. Top 25 roundup: No. 14 Texas Tech routs No. 12 Kansas

Jarrett Culver scored 26 points Saturday as No. 14 Texas Tech glided to a 25-point halftime margin and crushed No. 12 Kansas 91-62 at Lubbock, Texas. The Red Raiders (22-5, 10-4) remained one game behind Kansas State in the Big 12 race after six players netted multiple 3-pointers as part of a 16-for-26 onslaught from deep. Tennis: Top seed Tsitsipas overcomes Kukushkin challenge to win Marseille Open

Top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas clinched his second ATP Tour singles title with a 7-5 7-6(5) victory over Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin at the Marseille Open on Sunday. Tsitsipas, who reached the Australian Open semi-finals last month, battled hard to clinch victory over the 31-year-old Kukushkin in a little under two hours. NHL roundup: Flyers get OT win at Stadium Series

Claude Giroux scored at 1:59 of overtime Saturday to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins in an NHL Stadium Series outdoor game before more than 69,000 fans at Lincoln Financial Field. Giroux got around Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz, who lost his stick, and his shot from the slot squirted through the pads of goaltender Matt Murray as the Flyers erased a two-goal deficit to end a two-game losing streak.

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