HOCKEY
Reid Stefanson scored a power-play goal at 1:45 of overtime as the Maine Mariners rallied for a 4-3 win over the Worcester Railers Sunday at Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn in their final preseason game.
The Mariners, who open the regular season Friday night at Trois-Rivieres, trailed 3-0 with less than nine minutes left in regulation.
Tim Doherty, an offseason acquisition from Wheeling who played at UMaine, scored back-to-back goals at 11:24 and 12:32 to get the Mariners within one.
At 14:23, Pat Shea’s bad angle shot snuck between the post and Railers netminder Henrik Tikkanen, tying the game up. Maine scored three goals in a span of 2:59.
Francois Brassard and Josh Boyko split the goaltending for Maine. Boyko entered the game with less than six minutes to play in the second period and stopped all 17 shots to earn the victory. Brassard stopped 12 of 15 shots.
GOLF
PGA: Keegan Bradley won the Zozo Championship in Inzai City, Japan, with a 2-under 68 to finish one shot ahead Rickie Fowler and Andrew Putnam for his first PGA Tour win in just over four years.
Bradley finished with a 15-under total of 265 at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club on the outskirts of Tokyo. He bogeyed two of the last five holes, but dropped a 20-foot birdie putt on the 17th to give him a two-shot lead going into the 18th.
Bradley’s last PGA Tour victory was in 2018 at the BMW Championship. It’s the fifth title overall for the winner of the 2011 PGA Championship.
EUROPEAN TOUR: Adrian Otaegui shot a 3-under 68 to win the Andalucia Masters by six shots in Sotogrande, Spain.
Sweden’s Joakim Lagergren (68) was second.
LIV: Brooks Koepka holed a birdie putt on the third playoff hole to beat American compatriot Peter Uihlein and win the LIV Golf Invitational-Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, claiming his first victory on the breakaway tour.
Koepka and Uihlein both birdied the final hole in regulation to finish at 12 under, one stroke ahead of Joaquin Niemann (65) and Sergio Garcia (68).
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: Fred Couples broke his age by three shots with the lowest round of his PGA Tour Champions career, a 12-under 60 that sent him to a six-shot victory in the SAS Championship at Cary, North Carolina, for his first title in more than five years.
Couples was two shots behind after four holes when the 63-year-old went on a run that amazed even him. He ran off five straight birdies, made a key par on the 10th hole and then finished with seven straight birdies.
Couples won for the first time since the American Family Insurance Championship in 2017.
Steven Alker closed with a 64 to finish second and extend his lead in the Charles Schwab Cup standings going into the postseason.
COLLEGES
WOMEN’S SOCCER: Kira Kutzinski made seven saves as Maine (7-2-5, 3-0-4 America East) extended its unbeaten streak to six games with a scoreless draw against Binghamton (7-5-3, 4-1-1) in Orono.
MEN’S SOCCER: Edwin Bonilla’s unassisted goal in the first half lifted Southern Maine (4-4-6) to a 1-0 win over Maine Maritime (5-8-1) in Gorham.
USM keeper Hayes Estrella made four saves.
FIELD HOCKEY:Â Babson (12-3) got goals from Kelsey Low and Andrea Marguerite in a 2-1 win over the University of New England (8-8) in Babson Park, Massachusetts.
The Nor’easters averted a shutout when Madi Robito scored with eight seconds remaining.
FOOTBALL: Tennessee moved to No. 3 in The Associated Press poll behind No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Ohio State after knocking off Alabama.
Alabama dropped three places to No. 6, swapping places with the Vols after losing to them 52-49 on a field goal as time expired Saturday.
Georgia remained No. 1 and received 31 first-place votes. Ohio State had 17 first-place votes.
The Vols received 15 first-place votes and have their best ranking since starting the 2005 season at No. 3.
BASKETBALL
NBA: Milwaukee Bucks guard Pat Connaughton is expected to miss the first few weeks of the season because of a strained right calf.
Connaughton had missed the Bucks’ final two preseason games with calf soreness. The Bucks said Connaughton underwent an MRI on Friday that revealed the strain, and he will be out for approximately three weeks.
The Bucks also are expected to open the season without three-time All-Star forward Khris Middleton and veteran free-agent signee Joe Ingles. Middleton underwent surgery on his left wrist this summer and is hoping to return early this season. Ingles is recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament and isn’t expected to make his Bucks debut until December or January.
• The Memphis Grizzlies signed forward/center Brandon Clarke to a multiyear contract extension.
Clarke just finished his third season with the Grizzlies, averaging 10.4 points in 64 games, all but one off the bench. He shot 64.4% from the field in about 20 minutes per game.
Clarke is the Grizzlies’ career leader in field-goal percentage at 61.3% and helped them win 56 games and their first division title last season by sparking a bench unit that led the NBA in rebounds and blocks.
The 6-foot-7 Clarke played at Gonzaga before being drafted 21st overall in 2019 by Oklahoma City, which dealt his rights to the Grizzlies.
SOCCER
ENGLAND: Arsenal extended its Premier League lead to four points with a 1-0 win over Leeds, aided by a missed penalty and another penalty that was overturned on replay review.
• Mohamed Salah ended Manchester City’s unbeaten start to the season with a second-half goal that secured a 1-0 win for Liverpool.
• Mason Mount scored both goals and Kepa Arrizabalaga produced two stunning first-half saves as Chelsea won at home against Aston Villa, 2-0.
GERMANY: Janik Haberer scored twice as surprising Berlin Union consolidated its Bundesliga lead with a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund.
• Serge Gnabry, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Leroy Sane, Sadio Mane and Marcel Sabitzer scored as Bayern Munich ended Freiburg’s 11-game unbeaten streak across all competitions with a 5-0 rout and replaced the visitors in second place.
SPAIN: Karim Benzema and Federico Valverde scored first-half goals, and Rodrygo added another in second-half stoppage time as Real Madrid moved atop the Spanish league standings with a 3-1 win over Barcelona.
MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: Brad Stuver stopped two tries in penalty time, a third one sailed high over the crossbar, and host Austin advanced past Real Salt Lake 3-1 on penalties after a 2-2 draw.
Austin, the second seed in the Western Conference, was victorious in its first playoff appearance and advanced to face either No. 3 Dallas or No. 6 Minnesota in the conference semifinals. Dallas and Minnesota play on Monday.
• Ismael Kone scored the go-ahead goal, Djordje Mihailovic converted a penalty kick late in second-half stoppage time and Montreal defeated visiting Orlando 2-0.
Montreal, the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference, advances to the conference semifinals against either NYCFC or Miami. No. 3 NYCFC and No. 6 Miami play on Monday.
TENNIS
FIRENZE OPEN: Top-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada won his second ATP Tour title, beating American J.J. Wolf, 6-4, 6-4, in Florence, Italy.
Wolf was playing in his first ATP final.
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