American skier Breezy Johnson won gold in the women’s downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships on Saturday.

Johnson finished 0.15 seconds ahead of silver medalist Mirjam Puchner of Austria. Czech skier Ester Ledecka came 0.21 behind in third to take bronze.

It’s Johnson first medal from a major event and came two months after she returned from a 14-month ban for three violations of anti-doping rules.

Vonn places 15th in downhill race >> Lindsey Vonn finished 15th in the downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships, 1.96 seconds behind American teammate Breezy Johnson.

The 40-year-old Vonn recently returned to competition with a new titanium knee after nearly six years of retirement.

Golf

Detry takes 5-shot lead >> Thomas Detry shot a 6-under 65 to take a five-shot lead into the final round of the Phoenix Open as he chases his first PGA Tour victory.

Detry had a two-shot lead to start the round after a 64 on Friday and kept rolling with four birdies over his first five holes in ideal conditions at TPC Scottsdale.

The two-time Belgian Olympian made a 19-foot par putt on the par-4 18th to finish at 18-under 195 on the Stadium Course.

Pro football

Longtime player and coach Jauron dies at 74 >> Longtime NFL player and coach Dick Jauron, who led the Chicago Bears to the playoffs and was voted AP coach of the year in 2001, has died. He was 74.

Jauron was a two-sport star at Yale in the early 1970s, and he was drafted by both the Detroit Lions in the NFL draft and the St. Louis Cardinals in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. He ultimately made football his lifelong pursuit, beginning with five seasons as a defensive back in Detroit and three more with Cincinnati before his retirement in 1980.

Men’s basketball

Izzo ties record for Big Ten wins >> Michigan State coach Tom Izzo tied Bob Knight’s Big Ten record for wins, leading the ninth-ranked Spartans to a comeback 86-74 victory over Oregon.

Perhaps fittingly, Izzo matched the mark with conference win No. 353 on the day of the program’s annual reunion of former players and celebration of the 2000 national championship team.

Pro basketball

Simmons waived by Nets, to sign with Clippers >> Ben Simmons was waived by the Brooklyn Nets after the team agreed to a buyout with the last remaining link to a failed era of building around All-Stars.

Simmons is making $40 million this season and would be a free agent afterward. ESPN reported that he intends to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers for the rest of this season.