BOXING

Leon Spinks, who won an Olympic gold medal and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight, has died. He was 67.

Spinks, who lived his later years in Las Vegas, died Friday night, according to a release from a public relations firm. He had been battling prostate and other cancers.

A lovable heavyweight with a drinking problem, Spinks beat Ali by decision in a 12-round fight in 1978 to win the title. He was unranked at the time, and picked as an opponent because Ali was looking for an easy fight.

He got anything but that, with an unorthodox Spinks swarming over Ali throughout the fight on his way to a stunning win by split decision. The two met seven months later at the Superdome in New Orleans, with Ali taking the decision before a record indoor boxing crowd of 72,000 and a national television audience estimated at 90 million people.

Spinks fought for the title only once after that, when he was stopped in the third round in 1981 by Larry Holmes. He continued fighting on and off into the mid-1990s, finishing with a record of 26-17-3.

BOBSLEDDING

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Kaillie Humphries became the first four-time world champion in women’s bobsled, teaming with Lolo Jones to win the title on a snowy day in Altenberg, Germany.

Humphries and Jones finished their four runs over two days in 3 minutes, 48.26 seconds, beating Germany’s Kim Kalicki and Ann-Christin Strack by .35 seconds.

Humphries also won world championships in 2012, 2013 and 2020, along with Olympic golds in 2010 and 2014. The Olympic titles and first two world crowns came while she was racing for Canada. She was released from that national team, began sliding for USA Bobsled in 2019 and is awaiting a citizenship decision that will determine whether she can be part of the 2022 U.S. Olympic team.

Jones is now a world champion in two sports. She won the 60-meter hurdles as the 2008 and 2010 indoor track world championships.

GOLF

PGA: A day after saying he needed to be patient about results, Jordan Spieth matched his career best with a 10-under 61 for a share of the third-round lead with Xander Schauffele in the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Winless since the 2017 British Open, Spieth is trying recapture the form that carried him to 11 PGA Tour victories – three of them majors – in his first five seasons on the tour.

Schauffele, coming off a second-place tie last week, shot a 65 to match Spieth at 18-under 196.

EUROPEAN TOUR: Top-ranked Dustin Johnson birdied the last two holes to shoot 4-under 66 in his third round and take a two-stroke lead at the Saudi International as he looks to win the European Tour event for the second time in three years.

Johnson, who won by two strokes in 2019 and finished second behind Graeme McDowell in 2020, was 13 under overall.

Victor Perez of France was Johnson’s nearest rival after shooting a 66. Soren Kjeldsen (65), Tony Finau (67), Andy Sullivan (68) and Tyrrell Hatton (66) were three shots behind Johnson.

BASEBALL

MLB: The Texas Rangers traded shortstop Elvis Andrus to the Oakland Athletics in a five-player deal that includes designated hitter Khris Davis going from Oakland to Texas.

The Rangers also sent catcher Aramis Garcia and $13.5 million to the A’s for Davis, catcher Jonah Heim and right-hander Dane Acker.

• Shortstop Carlos Correa and the Houston Astros settled their arbitration case, reaching a deal on a one-year contract for $11.7 million.

Correa had asked for $12.5 million and the Astros had offered $9.75 million.

SOCCER

ENGLAND: Dominic Calvert-Lewin equalized in the fifth minute of stoppage time as Everton earned a 3-3 draw at Manchester United, which squandered a chance to move level on points with first-place Manchester City.

United is two points behind City, which has two games in hand – the first coming on Sunday at Liverpool.

SKIING

MEN’S WORLD CUP: Vincent Kriechmayr extended his lead in the season’s super-G standings by winning the last race before the world championships, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Kriechmayr edged Matthias Mayer by 0.17 seconds for an Austrian 1-2 finish.