Sports in brief

Published 12:00 am Monday, July 16, 2018

Hockey

Former NHL goalie drowns — Retired NHL goaltender Ray Emery, who helped the Ottawa Senators reach the final in 2007 and won the Stanley Cup as a backup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2013, drowned in his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario. He was 35. Hamilton Police said Emery was identified as the victim of a swimming accident in the harbor Sunday morning. Staff sergeant Paul Evans said police received a call just after 6 a.m. that an adult swimmer did not surface and that the Niagara Police assisted in the recovery effort. Emery’s body was recovered just before 3 p.m. Sunday. Nicknamed “Razor” for his aggressive style, Emery played parts of 11 seasons with the Senators, Philadelphia Flyers, Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks from 2003 to 2015.

GOLF

Romo wins celebrity tourney — Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo rallied from four points back Sunday to win his first American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe. Romo, who retired after the 2016 NFL season and is now an NFL analyst, had 27 points on the day to beat three-time defending champion and former big league pitcher Mark Mulder and San Jose Sharks captain Joe Pavelski, the leader after the first two rounds. The tournament uses a modified Stableford scoring system that rewards points for eagles (six), birdies (three) and pars (one) and deducts points (two) for double bogeys or worse. Bogeys are worth zero points.

BASEBALL

Rain threatens All-Star Game — The last time baseball’s All-Star Game was played in Washington, D.C., in 1969, torrential rains caused a postponement, with the game eventually played at a soggy and humid RFK Stadium the following afternoon. Since then, Major League Baseball has enjoyed a near-perfect record of avoiding weather-related issues, save for a 68-minute rain delay in 1990 at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, keeping alive its record of having never had its midseason showcase canceled. But with rain in the forecast for Tuesday night, when the 89th All-Star Game is scheduled to be played at Nationals Park, league officials have begun discussing contingency plans in the event the game must be delayed or postponed. Pat Courtney, baseball’s chief communications officer, said the league would be in close contact with both Fox Sports, its broadcast partner, and the MLB Players Association over any weather-related decisions.

U.S. beats World in Futures Game — New York Mets prospect Peter Alonso hit a two-run home run as the United States beat the World 10-6 in a homer-filled All-Star Futures Game on Sunday at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. Alonso’s seventh-inning home run came off Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Adonis Medina, whose wild pitch on a strikeout allowed the go-ahead run to score. Medina is one of the prospects whose name has been mentioned in trade talks involving Baltimore Orioles shortstop Manny Machado.

— From wire reports

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