Seattle
Playing before a boisterous and almost completely partisan home crowd in the soccer-mad Pacific Northwest, the U.S. won a knockout game against a nation outside its region for only the second time and will play Argentina or Venezuela on Tuesday in Houston.
American midfielder Jermaine Jones and Ecuador winger Antonio Valencia were both ejected early in the second half. Jones will be suspended for the semifinal along with U.S. midfielder Alejandro Bedoya and Bobby Wood, who both got their second yellow cards of the tournament.
Dempsey’s 52nd international goal, five behind Landon Donovan’s American record, put the U.S. ahead in the 22nd minute and Zardes guided Dempsey’s cross into the net in the 65th for a 2-0 lead.
Michael Arroyo scored for Ecuador in the 74th minute and Enner Valencia missed a pair of great chances moment later on a pair of headers.
Belmont, Mich.
The 21-year-old Thompson played the front nine — her final nine at Blythefield — in 6 under. After parring the first nine holes, she holed out from 71 yards with a lob wedge for eagle on the par-5 first and birdied Nos. 3-5 and 8 — playing the three front-nine par 5s in 4 under.
She was tied for the lead with 52-year-old Laura Davies, Sei Young Kim, Carlota Ciganda and Paula Reto. U.S. Women’s Open champion In Gee Chun was at 66 along with So Yeon Ryu, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Jaclyn Jansen, Alena Sharp, Amelia Lewis and Q Baek.
Henderson, coming off a playoff victory Sunday over the top-ranked Ko in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship outside Seattle, matched Ko with a 67.
Boston
State Attorney General Maura Healey has subpoenaed documents from the defunct Boston Grand Prix and the national IndyCar organization. Healey wants to know where millions of dollars in ticket sales and sponsor fees went.
The race was scheduled to be held Labor Day weekend, but organizers cancelled it in April. The race ran into public opposition and a wavering commitment from local leaders.
Grand Prix and IndyCar officials met at Healey’s office Wednesday. Healey says she will sue unless Grnad Prix organizers disclose by June 27 how they will refund ticketholders.
Foxborough, Mass.
The former North Carolina State quarterback was the last pick to sign with the team. Terms were not disclosed.
Brissett would be elevated to Jimmy Garoppolo’s backup if Tom Brady’s four-game “Deflategate” suspension is upheld — and if the Patriots don’t bring in any other quarterbacks. The case is working its way through the federal courts.
Patriots tight rnd Rob Gronkowski will be the face of Crashletes, introducing popular viral videos of sports bloopers.
Crashletes debuts at 7 p.m. on July 5 on Nickelodeon. New episodes will air at 7 p.m. on weekdays.
Gronkowski and co-hosts Stevie Nelson and Brandon Broady will provide in-depth analysis of viral sports bloopers, blunders and absurdities.
Crashletes will feature guest appearances from Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Bryan Braman, racecar driver Karsyn Elledge, skateboarder Jagger Eaton, Detroit Lions running back Stevan Ridley, professional snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington and the Gronkowski family.
Austin, Texas
In a motion filed Thursday as part of the lawsuit, Briles said he wants new attorneys separate from the school, and his personal attorney said Baylor was using the coach as a scapegoat for its failings in handling allegations of sexual assault.
“The conclusion is inescapable that the motive of Baylor and the Board of Regents was to use its head football coach and the Baylor athletic department as a camouflage to disguise and distract from its own institutional failure to comply” with federal civil rights protections, Briles, lawyer Ernest Cannon, wrote to Baylor’s attorneys in the latest development in a scandal that has gripped the world’s largest Baptist university for months.