SUNDAY SPORTS
PGA — Martin Kaymer wasn’t as impressive as he was in the first two rounds of the U.S. Open, but he still enjoys a sizeable lead through 54 holes at Pinehurst.
Kaymer bogeyed three of his first six holes en route to a 2-over 72 that leaves him 8-under for the tournament and five shots ahead of Ricky Fowler and Erik Compton. Kaymer was coming off the greatest two-round score in U.S. Open history, a 10-under 130.
Kaymer had just one bogey before carding five on Saturday. He also had an eagle on the par-5 fifth hole and closed his round with a birdie.
Fowler and Compton are 3-under, one shot ahead of Henrik Stenson and Dustin Johnson. Fowler and Compton began the day 10 strokes back before each fired a 3-under 67.
Brandt Snedeker is seven strokes strokes back following a 72.
Brendon Todd had a nightmarish third round. He entered play alone in second before carding a 79 that included eight bogeys and a double-bogey.
Also at the Open, a man driving NBC Sports analyst Roger Maltbie’s golf cart was taken into custody Saturday. A state trooper said Tommy Lineberry ignored instructions to stay put, then hit the officer with the cart.
Maltbie was walking with the final group of Martin Kaymer and Brendon Todd. Lineberry’s job is to drive Maltbie to get in position for the next shots. The trooper was holding traffic behind a walkway when Lineberry ignored the order and kept driving.
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MLB: The Blue Jays are holding their breath right now. Knuckleballer R-A Dickey left a 3-2 loss to Baltimore in the seventh inning with right groin tightness. He allowed three runs, two earned, and six hits. Toronto meanwhile is reeling with six losses in its last eight games.
The Pirates are righting the ship. Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer as Pittsburgh beat Miami 8-6 to get back to .500. Elsewhere in baseball, St. Louis defeated Washington 4-1, Milwaukee downed Cincinnati 4-2 and the L-A Angels needed 13 innings to solve Atlanta 11-6.
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WORLD CUP: Costa Rica provided the first major upset of the World Cup, coming from behind to upend Uruguay 3-1. Costa Rica scored all of its goals in the second half to earn a critical win in the tough Group D.
Italy picked up a big 2-1 win over England as Mario Balotelli scored the tiebreaking goal with a second-half header in the 50th minute. Claudio Marchisio opened the scoring for the Italians in the 35th minute, and Daniel Sturridge tied it two minutes later.
Colombia started its first World Cup campaign in 16 years beating Greece 3-0. Colombia took the lead in the fifth minute and didn’t look back.
Ivory Coast scored twice in two minutes for a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Japan.
The start of play for the U.S. is still two days away as the Americans will face Ghana on Monday.
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NHL: The Montreal Canadiens have signed head coach Michel Therrien (TEHR’-ee-ehn) to a four-year contract extension. The move comes just two weeks after they were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs in the Eastern Conference finals.
Therrien has coached the Canadiens to the playoffs twice in each of his first two seasons.
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UFC: Demetrious (Mighty Mouse) Johnson defeated Ali (Puncher) Bagautinov by unanimous decision at UFC 174 on Saturday night to retain his flyweight title.
Johnson put on a clinical display of speed against the challenger, who scored a couple of takedowns but was never really a threat at Rogers Arena.
The bout marked the first time the flyweight division has headlined a UFC pay-per view card and was scored 50-45 by all three judges.
In the co-main event, Canadian welterweight Rory (Ares) MacDonald defeated Tyron (The Chosen One) Woodley in an impressive unanimous decision in the most exciting bout of the night.
Johnson almost connected with a spinning kick with under a minute to go in the fifth and final round but Bagautinov was able to avoid the blow to send the bout to the scorecards.
The five-foot-three Johnson (20-2-1, 8-1-1) won the UFC’s inaugural flyweight title back in 2012 and has now successfully defended the 125-pound belt four times.
(With files from the Canadian Press)
