3-way tie at top of Valspar Championship leaderboard

Charles Howell III played bogey-free and picked up two key birdies in a 4-under-par 67 that gave him a share of the lead with Keegan Bradley and Ken Duke in the Valspar Championship at Palm Harbor, Fla., on Thursday.

Liverpool outclassed Manchester United but relied on two defensive blunders to win 2-0 in a high-profile all-English match in the Europa League last 16, with only David de Gea’s brilliant saves sparing the visitors a heavier first-leg beating.

College football: LSU head coach Les Miles granted quarterback Anthony Jennings’ release to transfer to another school.

Jennings went 9-4 as LSU’s starter, mostly as a sophomore in 2014, when he led the Tigers’ offense during an Outback Bowl victory over Iowa.

Bill Wade, a No. 1 overall draft pick who played 13 seasons in the NFL and helped the Chicago Bears win the 1963 title, died at 85 of natural causes in Nashville.