LEMONT, Ill. -- Mark Wilson and Justin Rose are tied for the lead going into the weekend at the BMW Championship.
Wilson ran off four consecutive birdies around the turn and wound up with a 5-under 66. Rose had a wild finish, making an eagle on the 15th hole to reclaim a share of the lead and finishing with a 68.
They were at 11-under 131 and had a two-shot lead over Webb Simpson, the leader in the FedEx Cup who has won two of his last three tournaments.
John Senden of Australia had a 66, three shots behind. No one else was within five of the leaders.
More golf: David Peoples has shot a 6-under 66 and is tied atop an American-dominated leaderboard with Michael Allen and Mark Calcavecchia after the first round of the Songdo IBD Championship in South Korea. The trio share a one-stroke lead over Mark O'Meara who finished at 5-under 67 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea. ... Lexi Thompson shot a 4-under 68 to take the lead after two rounds of the Navistar LPGA Classic. The 16-year-old is at 10-under 134, two shots ahead of Stacy Lewis and Becky Morgan. Meena Lee, who came within one shot of tying the course record with an 8-under 64, is third at 7-under 137. ... Continental Europe picked up 31/2 out of five points in fourball matches to reduce Britain and Ireland's lead to one point in the Vivendi Seve Trophy. Britain and Ireland led 4-1 after Thursday's fourballs, but Continental Europe won three matches and halved one to cut the margin to 51/2 to 41/2 heading into the weekend.
NBA: Ron Artest's bid to become Mr. World Peace was delayed, but not denied. A Los Angeles court commissioner granted the Lakers forward's request to change his name to Metta World Peace, three weeks after the bid was blocked because Artest had unpaid traffic tickets. Court spokeswoman Patricia Kelly said Artest's new last name will be World Peace. His publicist, Courtney Barnes, said the player chose Metta because it is a Buddhist word that means loving and kindness toward all.
WNBA: The WNBA has selected Minnesota forward Maya Moore its rookie of the year and Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve its coach of the year. The league announced the results of media voting for the awards. Moore and Reeve helped the Lynx to a dominating regular season. Moore averaged 13.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists. Reeve helped guide the team to its first playoff appearance in seven years after the team went 13-21 last season.
Track: Usain Bolt ran the season's fastest time of 9.76 seconds in the 100 meters at the Van Damme Memorial and was still upstaged by Jamaican training partner Yohan Blake, who powered his way to the second fastest 200 in history. Blake took Bolt's advice and ran a contained curve before blasting for the line in 19.26 seconds, just 0.07 seconds off Bolt's world record. "I think all the tutoring just stopped," Bolt said, knowing he had probably discovered his toughest challenger at the London Olympics. In the women's 100, world champion Carmelita Jeter of the U.S. underlined her domination. Veronica Campbell-Brown had a fast start, but Jeter came back and beat her in 10.78 -- 0.07 seconds ahead of her Jamaican rival.
Tennis: Four days after losing a grueling U.S. Open final to Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal dropped only four games in helping Spain to a 2-0 start against France in the Davis Cup semifinals. Nadal routed Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-0, 6-, and David Ferrer cruised past Gilles Simon 6-1, 6-4, 6-1 to put Spain ahead 2-0 in the best-of-five series. Defending champion Serbia, playing without Djokovic, trailed Argentina 2-0 in Belgrade in the other semifinal. Djokovic has an ailing back and was a late withdrawal from opening singles. His replacement, Viktor Troicki, lost to David Nalbandian 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Janko Tipsarevic was beaten by Juan Martin del Potro 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.
Auto racing: Austin Dillon has earned his second Trucks Series win of the season by holding off Kevin Harvick at Chicagoland Speedway. Dillon took the lead during the final round of pit stops. He pulled out to a sizable advantage and was never challenged, Harvick finished second and KHI driver Nelson Piquet Jr. was third.
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