Sports in brief

Published 12:00 am Monday, November 28, 2016

FOOTBALL

Redblacks win Grey Cup in OT — Henry Burris threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Ernest Jackson in overtime, and the Ottawa Redblacks won the Grey Cup on Sunday night, upsetting the Calgary Stampeders 39-33 in Toronto. The third-year Redblacks won their first Canadian Football League title and gave Ottawa its 10th championship. The Rough Riders won the last of their seven titles in 1976, and the Senators won in 1925 and 1926. The Redblacks lost to Edmonton last year in the title game. Burris won the game MVP award for the second time, completing 35 of 46 passes for 461 yards and three touchdowns. The former Temple star also ran for two scores after injuring a knee in warmups. Burris also was the Grey Cup MVP with the Stampeders in 2008 and was Jeff Garcia’s backup with the 1998 champion Stampeders.

GOLF

Denmark wins World Cup — Denmark fought off a three-pronged attack to win golf’s World Cup at Kingston Heath on Sunday in Melbourne, Australia. Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen held their nerve after a four-shot overnight lead was threatened. The pair combined in the best-ball format for a closing 6-under 66 to finish on 20-under 268, four shots clear of France (63), China (65) and the United States (66) in a three-way tie for second.

SKIING

Shiffrin wins 6th straight slalom — Mikaela Shiffrin won her sixth straight World Cup slalom Sunday after building a healthy lead in the first run at Killington in Vermont. The overall World Cup leader finished in a combined 1 minute, 27.95 seconds. Slovakia’s Veronika Velez Zuzulova was 0.73 seconds behind, and Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener was third in 1:28.81. Shiffrin also won the first slalom of the World Cup season in Finland. Shiffrin attended Burke Mountain Academy in northern Vermont and was the clear crowd favorite. This weekend’s World Cup races are the first for Killington and the first in 38 years in Vermont.

SOCCER

Sounders reach MLS Cup final — Jordan Morris scored in the 56th minute and the Seattle Sounders advanced to their first MLS Cup, beating the Colorado Rapids 1-0 on Sunday in the second leg of the Western Conference final in Commerce City, Colorado. The Sounders will play Toronto or Montreal on Dec. 10 for the league title. A win there will cap an improbable turnaround for Seattle, which started the year 6-12-2 under coach Sigi Schmid but went 8-2-1 after Brian Schmetzer was named interim head coach to get in the playoffs. Morris, who was named the MLS Rookie of the Year on Nov. 10 after scoring 12 goals, said his stomach was hurting Friday and Saturday but started to feel better Sunday morning when he woke up. He was good enough to deliver a clutch goal. “He’s not only strong physically, he’s also strong mentally,” said Schmetzer, who had the interim tag removed Nov. 2. “He wasn’t feeling his best, and there were times in the first half he didn’t look like the Jordan we all know and love. But in the one moment that it really counted, he was mentally strong enough to score the goal we needed to push us through.”

TENNIS

Argentina rally for 1st Davis Cup — Argentina won its first Davis Cup title Sunday when Federico Delbonis swept past Ivo Karlovic in straight sets to complete a stunning 3-2 comeback win over host Croatia in Zagreb. Delbonis beat Karlovic 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the final match. This was the first Davis Cup title for Argentina in the fifth final it has played since 1981. Croatia won in 2005. Going into the reverse singles Sunday, the Croats were leading 2-1 in the best-of-five-series after winning the doubles Saturday. Juan Martin Del Potro then rallied from two sets down to beat Marin Cilic 6-7 (4), 2-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 as Argentina drew level at 2-2. With the victory, Argentina became only the third team to come back from 2-1 down in the final since the World Group Davis Cup format was introduced in 1981.

VOLLEYBALL

Ducks dancing to Michigan — The Oregon Ducks qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the sixth straight season, earning an at-large berth to open against Miami (Ohio) at 2:30 p.m. Pacific time Thursday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Oregon (20-9) finished fourth in the Pac-12 to reach the tournament for the 14th time in program history. The Redhawks (24-6) earned an at-large bid out of the Mid-American Conference after losing to Northern Illinois in the league championship match. The winner will face either No. 12 seed and host Michigan (22-10) or American (27-7) at 4:30 p.m. PST Friday.

— From staff and wire reports

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