Jason Dufner birdies way to Wells Fargo lead

Jason Dufner chipped in for birdie to start his day and holed a 40-foot birdie toward the end for an 8-under 63 that gave him a one-shot lead Friday in the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, N.C.

It matched his career-low score on the PGA Tour, which he last shot at Oak Hill in 2013 on his way to winning the PGA Championship.

Max Homa also had a 63 with birdies on his last two holes, while Joel Dahmen had a 66. They were one back.

Rory McIlroy, playing the other side of Quail Hollow, was stride for stride with Dufner until he finished double bogey-bogey and had to settle for a 70.

That left him five shots out of the lead, but still very much in the mix going into the weekend.

... So Yeon Ryu shot a 2-under 70 afternoon at difficult Lake Merced to take a one-stroke lead over follow South Korea's Sei Young Kim and American Ryann O'Toole in the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship.

... Ken Tanigawa birdied the first three holes for a share of the lead with Tim Petrovic when first-round play in the PGA Tour Champions' Insperity Invitational was suspended because of lightning and heavy rain.

The 25-year-old Williams had 16 catches for 143 yards and a touchdown in 13 games with Baltimore last season, his fourth with the Ravens.

He has 63 receptions for 497 yards and three touchdowns in 42 career games, including 21 starts.

Arizona signed former Chase Elliott followed his first win of the season with a pole at Dover, topping the speed chart on a blistering day at the track with a record 165.960 mph.

Elliott won last week at Talladega and kept the good times rolling Friday when he led a 1-2 start for Hendrick Motorsports. William Byron will start arts second for Sunday's Cup race.

Kyle Larson, Joey Logano and fellow Hendrick driver Alex Bowman round out the top five.

Sinclair Broadcasting Group is buying Fox's regional sports networks for $9.6 billion, including FSN. The 21 networks include exclusive local rights to 42 professional teams, including 14 Major League Baseball teams, 16 NBA teams and 12 NHL teams.

College basketball: Purdue added graduate transfer Jahaad Proctor. The 6-3 shooting guard averaged 19.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists for High Point last season.

Tennis: Cristian Garin stunned two-time defending champion Alexander Zverev 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the Munich Open.