http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/sports/wayne-gretzky-returns-to-oilers.html 2016-10-13 06:12:10 Wayne Gretzky Returns to Oilers Gretzky, who led Edmonton to four Stanley Cups, will become a partner and a vice chairman of the franchise. === Wayne Gretzky returned to Edmonton, the franchise he led to four Stanley Cups, for a new leadership role: partner and vice chairman. Gretzky, the N.H.L. career scoring leader, has not held a job in a league front office since he was a part owner, coach and head of hockey operations with the Phoenix Coyotes. He left the team in 2009. AROUND THE N.H.L. Tom Brady Brady, the Patriots quarterback, was asked Wednesday at the end of his weekly news conference about how he would respond if his children heard Trump’s version of “locker-room talk.” Brady smiled and said, “Thank you, guys, have a good day.” Then he walked away. Trump made headlines recently after a 2005 video surfaced in which he was recorded making crude comments about women. He has since apologized for the comments, referring to it as “locker-room talk.” Last year, a hat bearing the “Make America Great Again” slogan used by the Trump campaign was spotted in Brady’s locker. Brady joked about Trump’s possibly putting a putting green on the White House lawn and said that he thought it “would be great” if Trump won the election, though he later backed off that comment. NEWTON BACK AT PRACTICE EX-BAYLOR COACH VISITS BROWNS Nick Kyrgios floated in slow first serves, was admonished by the chair umpire and argued with a fan before being booed off the court in a loss at the Shanghai Masters. Kyrgios lost, 6-3, 6-1, to the German qualifier Mischa Zverev. During the first set, he tapped a soft serve over the net and started walking to his chair before Zverev hit his return, drawing a rebuke from the umpire Ali Nili. When a fan yelled to Kyrgios that he should respect the game, he responded, “You want to come here and play?” Andy Murray, Milos Raonic and the The fourth-seeded Nadal, who missed part of the season with a wrist injury and has struggled in recent tournaments, was considering ending his season early to focus on preparations for the Australian Open in January. RAIN IN HONG KONG Emiliano Grillo of Argentina was named the PGA Tour’s rookie of the year. Grillo received his award in Napa, Calif., at the Safeway Open, where he is the defending champion. He finished 11th in the FedEx Cup standings.