Hoge leads at Kapalua in PGA Tour opener

SPORTS BRIEFING

Tom Hoge lines up a putt on the fifth green during the first round of The Sentry 2025 at Plantation Course at Kapalua Golf Club on Thursday in Kapalua, Hawaii. SARAH STIER — GETTY IMAGES

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Tom Hoge grew up in North Dakota and found the ideal vibe for Kapalua on Thursday, keeping expectations low and riding the momentum of good golf on his way to a 9-under 64 to take a one-shot lead at The Sentry in the PGA Tour season opener.

Hideki Matsuyama tried out a new putter — he saw someone else use it and figured it would work for him — and he had a birdie-eagle-birdie stretch on the back nine that carried him to a 65 and was one back along with beefed-up Will Zalatoris.

That was the theme for the first day of a new PGA Tour season with so much more at stake than previously. Most of the 60-man field is coming off a short winter’s nap with the holidays, looking to shake off some rust on a Plantation course with some of the widest, most generous fairways.

Xander Schauffele, the double major winner and highest-ranked player in the field, was among the few who showed up on the weekend at Kapalua. He twice had a fruitless search for his golf ball that led to bogey on the back nine that led to a 72.

College basketball

St. Thomas women go cold in Summit opener

Amber Scalia scored a team-high 23 points, but St. Thomas made only one field goal in the second quarter and dropped its Summit League opener, 76-69, to Kansas City on Thursday at Scheoencker Arena.

Jade Hill added 15 points and six assists for the Tommies, who were 1 for 11 from the field and scored only five points in the second quarter to fall behind 37-24 at intermission.

St. Thomas fell to 8-6 overall, 0-1 in conference play.

Barnstable, St. Thomas men beat North Dakota St.

Miles Barnstable scored 20 points as St. Thomas beat North Dakota State 89-85 on Thursday night.

Barnstable shot 6 for 11 (3 for 8 from 3-point range) and 5 of 7 from the free-throw line for the Tommies (11-5, 1-0 Summit League). Drake Dobbs scored 18 points while shooting 5 for 8 (4 for 5 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line. Kendall Blue shot 5 for 11 (4 for 7 from 3-point range) and 1 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 15 points.

Jacksen Moni led the way for the Bison (11-5, 0-1) with 25 points, four assists and two blocks. The loss broke the Bison’s eight-game winning streak.

NFL

Pro Bowl rosters include 9 Ravens, no Mahomes

Nine Baltimore Ravens, including two-time NFL MVP Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry, were selected for the Pro Bowl Games.

The Detroit Lions are next with seven players and the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles each have six players on the NFC roster.

Patrick Mahomes wasn’t selected to the AFC roster for the first time since becoming Kansas City’s starting quarterback in his second season.

Washington’s Jayden Daniels is just the fourth rookie quarterback since 1970 selected to the initial Pro Bowl roster. Raiders tight end Brock Bowers and Rams outside linebacker Jared Verse are the other rookies among 24 players chosen for the first time.

NBA

Antetokounmpo, James leading early AS voting

Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo is the early leader in fan balloting for the NBA All-Star Game, and LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers seems well on his way toward extending his record and getting picked for a 21st time.

The first update on All-Star voting for this season’s revised game was released Thursday, with Antetokounmpo the overall leader with about 1.7 million votes. Denver’s Nikola Jokic is second overall with about 1.4 million votes, which is tops among all Western Conference players.

BRIEFLY

Olympics >> Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She was 103. She won a total of 10 Olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, for Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games.

College football >> Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe and linebacker Jihaad Campbell are entering the NFL draft.

NBA >> Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey had surgery on his left leg, a day after breaking his fibula in a collision. The Pistons said Ivey will be reevaluated in four weeks.

NFL >> The New York Jets interviewed former Washington and Carolina coach Ron Rivera on Thursday, the first known head coaching candidate to meet with the team. ESPN analyst and former NFL safety Louis Riddick also interviewed with the team for their general manager vacancy.

— From news services