National Sports

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — NFL Hall of Famer John Elway won't be charged after his business partner Jeffrey Sperbeck was fatally injured falling out of his golf cart at a Southern California golf resort community last April, authorities said.

LE MONT-DORE, France (AP) — British rider Simon Yates won the first mountainous stage of the Tour de France on Monday and Irish rider Ben Healy was consoled by taking the yellow jersey.

LONDON (AP) — England took a slow-burning Lord's test from India on Monday and it didn't matter to the winner that it fluked it in the end. India was chasing 193 to win and turned the fifth and final day from imminent defeat to victory in sight.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Florida Panthers are set to raise their second consecutive Stanley Cup banner before beginning the NHL season against the Chicago Blackhawks. The back-to-back champions play at 5 p.m. EDT on Oct.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have signed forward Morgan Barron to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$1.85 million, the club announced Monday.

CALGARY — Shelby Boisjoli-Meged will go down in the history books as the inaugural winner of the breakaway roping competition at the Calgary Stampede rodeo. Boisjoli-Meged was one of three Albertans who won championship titles on Showdown Sunday.

EDMONTON — The B.C. Lions looked like a team in complete control on Sunday.

ATLANTA — The Toronto Blue Jays selected shortstop JoJo Parker eighth overall in the first round of Major League Baseball's draft on Sunday. The 6-foot-2 Parker, 18, attended Purvis High School in Mississippi.

ARLINGTON — The team from the Land of the Smiles went home disappointed after dropping a tough match to Canada in the women's Volleyball Nations League tournament on Sunday.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Washington Nationals selected Oklahoma high school shortstop Eli Willits on Sunday night with the No. 1 pick in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft in a selection seen by some as a surprise.