DeAndre Jordan leaped up and tapped it in – an instant too early. The San Antonio Spurs got the biggest bounce in a game full of them, and the champs landed on the brink of the second round. Tim Duncan scored 21 points before Jordan was called for basket interference with 4.3 seconds left, and the Spurs hung on for a 111-107 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in Game
Tiger Woods has added the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia to his summer schedule. The tournament announced Wednesday that Woods has committed to the PGA Tour event at The Greenbrier resort starting July 2. Jack Nicklaus said earlier this month that Woods told him he would be at the Memorial, which is June 4-7. On his website and Twitter feed, Woods said he’s also playing in the U.S. Open at
Former National Basketball Association player Javaris Crittenton pleaded guilty on Wednesday in the 2011 shooting death of an Atlanta woman and was sentenced to 23 years in prison. Crittenton, 27, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a weapon and aggravated assault with a firearm. The former point guard, who played two seasons in the NBA after being drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2007, also received 17 years of
An astonishingly consistent game that relies more on pinpoint accuracy than power has been the key to Lydia Ko’s remarkable rise to the top of the women’s world rankings, says the European number one. She just hits it dead straight every time and holes a few putts,” fellow LPGA player Charley Hull told Reuters recently at Turnberry, site of the July. She’s very mature for her age.” Ko, who turned
By Andrew Both April 29 (Reuters) – An astonishingly consistent game that relies more on pinpoint accuracy than power has been the key to Lydia Ko’s remarkable rise to the top of the women’s world rankings, says the European number one. She just hits it dead straight every time and holes a few putts,” fellow LPGA player Charley Hull told Reuters recently at Turnberry, site of the Jul. 30-Aug. 2
Masters champion Jordan Spieth says he would welcome a long-term rivalry with Rory McIlroy but insists that he has still got some way to go to match the world number one. The 21-year-old American, who captured his first major title at Augusta National earlier this month, is seeded second behind McIlroy at this week’s WGC-Matchplay Championship in San Francisco. Asked if he considered himself as being in the same bracket
The Houston Rockets, led by James Harden’s 28 points, punched their NBA playoffs second-round ticket on Tuesday with a 103-94 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Harden, a contender for the NBA’s regular-season Most Valuable Player award, delivered a key three-pointer and a steal down the stretch as the Rockets made it out of the first round for the first time since 2009 with a 4-1 win over Dallas in the
– Fresh after last week’s recall of nearly 400,000 late-model Fords for faulty door latches, the Blue Oval is recalling another 554,314 cars in the U.S. for a variety of problems with fuel pumps, heat shields, steering gear, and parking lamps. – – The biggest of the four new recalls affects the 2013-2015 Fusion, Lincoln MKZ, and 2015 Edge for bolts on the steering gear motor that can rust out,
– When Volvo announced it was producing another run of its sporty S60 and V60 Polestar models to meet unexpected demand, it also mentioned that there were plans in the works to spread goodness from its racing partner Polestar to other models. Just a few months later, Volvo has confirmed exactly what we wanted to hear: That it’s rolling out a slew of tuning kits for models equipped with the automaker’s next-generation Drive-E
– It’s a Chevy Spark like you’ve never seen: An airy, swivel-seat lounge space that belongs parked inside Amsterdam’s funky Schiphol airport, instead of outside on the rental lot. Euro travelers napping on beanbags, all aboard the Clemson Deep Orange 5. – – America’s only automotive engineering graduate program, the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research, is back with its fifth concept. After building an open-air BMW X3 and
