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McDavid magic has kept the Stanley Cup Final going; Game 6 will be his next trick

EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid was surrounded by greatness. His hair still wet from practice, he sat in Studio 99, the restaurant in the Edmonton Oilers’ home arena named for Wayne Gretzky and full of memorabilia commemorating the legendary career of the “Great One.” To his right was a jersey Gretzky wore during his first NHL season and on the wall to his left quotes from No. 99, who captained Edmonton to the Stanley Cup four times. If McDavid keeps this up, the Oilers are going to have to make room for a Studio 97. The heir apparent to Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Sidney ...

Woods’ son, Charlie, qualifies for his first USGA event

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Charlie Woods earned his way into his first USGA championship on Wednesday when the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods had the leading score among qualifiers for the U.S. Junior Amateur next month at Oakland Hills. Charlie Woods recovered from a bogey-double bogey start at Eagle Trace Golf Club to finish with a 1-under 71 to be medalist from his qualifier, one of four players to qualify from the site. “I didn’t play great my first two holes, but I played really good for the last 16. I just told myself not to make any more bogeys or doubles and I took ...

Tom Kim shoots 62 to lead Travelers, with world No. 1 Scheffler 3 shots behind

CROMWELL, Conn. — Scottie Scheffler and Tom Kim gorged themselves on pizza to get their shared birthday celebration out of the way before turning their focus to golf this week. When they tee it up on the big day, they’ll be fighting for the lead at the Travelers Championship. Kim shot an 8-under-par 62 on Thursday in the first round at the TPC River Highlands, good for a two-stroke lead in the final limited field, no-cut signature event on this year’s PGA Tour schedule. Scheffler, the world’s No. 1 player, was tied for sixth, three shots back. Kim will turn 22 on Friday, ...

Cameras watch our public spaces, and that’s OK

I have before me a “traffic summons” from my city’s police department. It features three pictures, two of the back of my car and a close-up of the license plate. “Please take notice,” it reads, “that the vehicle described and pictured herein was detected and recorded by an automated school zone speed monitoring system as exceeding the lawful speed limit.” It added, in my words, send us $50, and we will forget about the whole thing. The citation is not considered a “moving violation,” and therefore it will not affect your insurance rate. Cameras are everywhere. ...

McIlroy’s time off ‘exactly what he should be doing,’ tour commissioner says

CROMWELL, Conn. — No hard feelings, Rory. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said he understands why Rory McIlroy withdrew from the Travelers Championship — the final signature event on the calendar — to recover from a late-Sunday meltdown at the U.S. Open. “Sometimes you just need to focus on what you need,” Monahan said on Wednesday, a day before the tournament at TPC River Highlands outside of Hartford. “And that’s what he’s doing and that’s exactly what he should be doing because that’s what he thinks is the right path.” McIlroy twice had a one-shot lead at ...

A remedy: Ban sanctuary laws

Your kids aren’t safe even in broad daylight. An Ecuadoran migrant held a boy and a girl, both 13, at knifepoint in a park near their Queens school last week, molesting the girl and robbing them of their cellphones. There is a remedy. In November, voters everywhere, including New York City, will get to choose between the Democratic Party’s open border policy and Republican former President Donald Trump’s promise to crack down on illegal immigration and deport millions who are here illegally. But New York City voters deserve to have an additional choice in November -- between ...