Briefly: Receiver Dez Bryant reportedly is injured in practice with Saints

November 10, 2018 at 3:31AM
All Japan's Yuki Yanagita, right, is celebrated by head coach Makoto Kaneko after hitting a walk-off two-run home-run off MLB All-Star closer Kirby Yates of the San Diego Padres to win Game 1 of their All-Stars Series baseball at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Japan's national team beat Major League's team 7-6. (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi)
HERO Worship: Yuki Yanagita, right, accepted congratulations after his walkoff home run gave Japan a 7-6 victory Friday over a team of MLB players in Tokyo in the first of a six-game exhibition series. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Dez Bryant's tenure with the Saints appears to have been short-lived.

Multiple reports indicated Friday that the newly acquired wide receiver tore an Achilles' tendon on the final play of Friday's practice.

The team's injury report listed Bryant as questionable for Sunday's game in Cincinnati with an ankle injury, but a source said the team is awaiting results of a doctor's examination of Bryant.

Bryant, 30, tweeted in vague terms Friday. "Things was just starting to heat up for me ... I won't question the man upstairs ... this is the ultimate test.. thank you everyone for the prayers."

Bryant signed with the Saints on Wednesday.

Golf

Kuchar leads

Matt Kuchar shot a 7-under 64 to build a two-shot lead over big-hitting rookie Cameron Champ in the PGA Tour's Mayakoba Golf Classic in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

Champ shot a 62, closing with a bogey.

Goydos leads on senior tour

• Paul Goydos birdied the par-5 18th for a 6-under 65 and a one-stroke lead in the PGA Tour Champions' season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Phoenix.

• Gaby Lopez included a hole-in-one in her 6-under 66 and held a one-stroke lead over Ariya Jutanugarn (71) in the Blue Bay LPGA in Hainan Island, China.

Auto racing

Harvick takes pole

Kevin Harvick, snared in a cheating controversy, won the pole for Sunday's Can-Am 500 in Avondale, Ariz., the final qualifying race for the Cup Series championship.

Harvick's winning car last week was found to have an illegal spoiler, and the punishment cost him his automatic berth into the final four.

Women's hockey

U.S. reaches final

The U.S. women's hockey team scored three goals in the first period, beating Sweden 5-1 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to cruise into the Four Nations Cup title game.

The United States will face the Canada-Finland winner in the final Saturday.

Around the horn

Men's tennis: An match pitting Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in Saudi Arabia has been called off because Nadal had ankle surgery.

Women's tennis: Petra Kvitova will skip opening singles for the Czech Republic's Fed Cup final against the United States because she is ill.

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