Briefly: Jon Rahm shoots a 62, leads Farmers Insurance Open

Jon Rahm drew some of the attention away from Tiger Woods' 2019 debut, opening with an eagle and shooting a 10-under 62 for a one-stroke lead in the PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego.

Rahm played the North course at Torrey Pines, the easier of the two used in the tournament. Justin Rose also played the North and was a stroke behind Rahm.

"You play the South on the first day, you're trying to survive," Rahm said. "On the North, you've got to start under par to keep up. I kept the pedal down."

Woods was on the tougher course, where he won his last major, the 2008 U.S. Open. He made three birdies on the back nine for a 70, which he thought could have been lower but found acceptable given that it was his first competition in nearly two months.

"Shooting a couple under par on the South course is not so bad, but now I'm forced to have to shoot a low one tomorrow just like most of the field did over there today," Wood said.

Charles Howell III and Brandon Nagy had the lowest scores on the South at 66.

Lindsey Vonn decided to skip the weekend's World Cup races to give her ailing knees a chance to recover.

It appears Vonn has targeted the world championships in Are, Sweden, which open Feb. 5, for her return.

Seattle General Manager Jerry Dipoto strongly denied allegations from the team's former high performance director that he and others with the team disparaged Latino players.

Lorena Martin said on social media that members of the Mariners' front office had called Latino players "lazy, dumb and stupid."

"I'm not a sexist, nor am I a racist," Dipoto said. "The accusations are untrue."

• Free-agent outfielder AJ Pollock and the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed on a $55 million, four-year contract.

The NFL said the number of concussions from games and practices dropped from 281 in 2017 to 214 in 2018.

"It's a significant decrease ... but we're more interested in why that decrease happened, as opposed to what the number is," said Jeff Miller, NFL executive vice president of health and safety.

• Green Bay hired Baltimore front office veteran Milt Hendrickson to be director of football operations.

• Kansas City hired Steve Spagnuolo to be its defensive coordinator, replacing Bob Sutton after his unit's dismal performance against New England in the AFC title game.

Figure skating: Defending champion Bradie Tennell held the lead after the women's short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, and 13-year-old Alysa Liu stood second.

College hockey: Michigan scored three goals in 52 seconds in the middle of the second period to beat visiting Penn State 5-1 in a Big Ten men's game. Michigan tied the Gophers for second place in the conference.

Drag racing: Courtney Force, the winningest female Funny Car driver in NHRA history, is retiring to spend more time with husband Graham Rahal, an IndyCar driver.