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Defending champion Rory McIlroy shot a 1-under 71 on Thursday, leaving him four shots behind clubhouse leader Robert Karlsson at the BMW PGA Championship after a mixed performance he blamed on mental fatigue. Playing for the fourth straight week, the top-ranked McIlroy failed to recapture the form that saw him surge to a record seven-shot victory at the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow last week. ”Physically I feel fine
NFL owners concluded an especially hectic spring meetings by setting up what figures to be a very busy summer and fall. Los Angeles was the main topic, along with deflated footballs, future Super Bowls, altered extra points and international games. ”We’re significantly farther than we have been on any relocation in the recent past,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday.
J.R. Smith knocked down a tough 3-pointer, then another. Yep, Smith was that hot. While LeBron James led Cleveland with 31 points, it was Smith who ignited the Cavaliers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.
The Tampa Bay Lightning were relentless, answering every challenge from the New York Rangers before taking control of the Eastern Conference finals on Nikita Kucherov’s overtime goal. The 21-year-old Russian, part of the high-scoring Triplets line that is leading Tampa Bay’s playoff run, also gave the Lightning a win in double overtime at Montreal in the second round. Linemate Ondrej Palat had two goals and an assist, and Tyler Johnson
Seoul (AFP) – Ryan Fox of New Zealand was part of a four-way tie at the top of the leaderboard Thursday after the first round of the SK Telecom Open in Incheon, South Korea.
By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) – British fans, starved of top-notch golf for seven months, turned out in their droves for the BMW PGA Championship first round on Thursday and the main attraction was world number one Rory McIlroy. The Florida-based Northern Irishman, back on home soil for the first time since October, was less than satisfied with an opening one-under-par 71 and showed his displeasure with the
– Porsche doesn’t make yoga pants. At least not yet. What it does make is the Macan, an Audi Q5–based crossover that slots into the lineup below the larger Cayenne. But judging by the reactions of women of a certain age to Porsche’s smallest ute, the Macan might just be the vehicular equivalent of wearing tight black pants in a hot room. READ MORE ›› –
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– Having stated to us that it doesn’t give two Flyin’ Miatas about compromising driving enjoyment to expand the 2016 MX-5 Miata‘s appeal—our first drive experience proved that the sports car is as focused as ever—Mazda has finally laid out how it plans to market its newest roadster to the masses. (Well, besides keeping the two-seater’s price low.) Dubbed “Driving Matters,” Mazda’s new ad campaign kicks off with the “A Driver’s Life” spot for the 2016
-Reversing with a trailer is a skill that ranks right up there with operating a manual transmission: Most people have never tried it, plenty of folks who have are awful at it, and those who have mastered it can elicit a sense of awe from onlookers and companions. And just as driving a stick-shift Dodge Viper differs greatly from piloting a manual Honda Fit, no two vehicle-and-trailer rigs are the
