NHL suspends Boston Bruins' Shawn Thornton for 15 games The NHL suspended Boston Bruins forward Shawn Thornton for 15 games without pay for punching and injuring unsuspecting Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik in a Dec. 7 game. Orpik hasn't played since. "It says volumes about getting that kind of play out of the game," Penguins Coach Dan Bylsma said Saturday after the sanction was announced. I think it's a pretty strong message. The suspension will cost Thornton $84,615. He served three games of the ban before the length of the suspension was determined. The Edmonton Oilers traded goalie Jason LaBarbera to the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations. The NHL suspended Toronto Maple Leafs forward David Clarkson for two games without pay for an illegal check to St. Louis forward Vladimir Sobotka's head in a Dec. 12 game. GOLF: South African player wins Mandela title Dawie van der Walt of South Africa shot a four-under 66 to win the Nelson Mandela Championship at Durban, South Africa. Van der Walt finished with a three-round total of 15-under 195 in the rain-shortened event. It was his second European Tour victory. Matt Kuchar and Harris English took a four-stroke lead in the Franklin Templeton Shootout at Naples, Fla., playing the back nine in nine-under 27 in the better-ball round for a 12-under 60. Kuchar and English were 20 under at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort's Tiburon course. The team event ends Sunday with a scramble. Retief Goosen and Fredrik Jacobson were second after a 61. Stewart Cink and son Connor birdied three of the last five holes for an 11-under 61 and a one-stroke lead in the Father-Son Challenge at Orlando, Fla. Stewart Cink made an eight-foot birdie putt on the final hole at Grande Lakes in the scramble event. Steve and Sam Elkington were second. Jack and Gary Nicklaus shot 63 for third. The 73-year-old Jack Nicklaus made a 10-foot birdie putt at No. "I helped [on] a hole!" he said. Spain's Sergio Garcia opened a four-stroke lead in the Asian Tour's Thailand Championship at Chonburi as he birdied the final two holes for his second straight 65. Garcia is at 18-under 198. Steve Saunders took a three-stroke lead in the Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament at La Quinta, birdieing his final four holes on PGA West's TPC Stadium Course for a five-under 67. Saunders, from Fort Collins, Colo., had a 17-under 199 after 54 holes in the six-day, 108-hole event that will determine player priority rankings for the Web.com Tour season. BOXING: Juergen Braehmer wins light-heavyweight title Germany's Juergen Braehmer unanimously outpointed Marcus Oliveira at Neubrandenburg, Germany, to take the vacant WBA world light heavyweight title. The judges scored it 115-112, 117-110, 117-110 in favor of the 35-year-old Braehmer, a former WBO champion, who withstood a late barrage from the previously undefeated American in the last round to claim his second world title. Braehmer improved to 42-2 (31 KOs), and the 34-year-old Oliveira dropped to 25-1-1 (20 KOs).