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With Luck hurting, Hasselbeck ill, Colts re-sign quarterback (Yahoo Sports)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Colts re-signed quarterback Josh Johnson on Wednesday as Andrew Luck recovers from an injured right shoulder.
LSU-South Carolina game moved to Louisiana due to flooding (Yahoo Sports)
South Carolina is moving its home game against LSU to Baton Rouge because of massive flooding around the university. The time for Saturday’s game at LSU has not been announced. South Carolina officials wanted to keep the game in Columbia, but said Wednesday that law enforcement who would direct traffic and keep Williams-Brice Stadium safe were needed elsewhere in the area to help clean up from the massive flooding.
Keuchel sharp, Astros beat Yankees 3-0 in AL wild-card game (Yahoo Sports)
Pitching on three days’ rest for the first time in his career, Keuchel baffled New York for six innings of three-hit ball. Colby Rasmus and Carlos Gomez homered, and the Astros beat the Yankees 3-0 Tuesday night in the American League wild-card game.
NFL approves more international games, some outside England (Yahoo Sports)
NFL owners approved more international games through 2025 on Wednesday, including ones in places other than England. An agreement to stage games in the United Kingdom through 2016 not only was extended, but other nations will be considered for international games. The league will announce the 2016 international games this fall.
FanDuel bans employees from all daily fantasy play for money (Yahoo Sports)
Daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel said Wednesday it will permanently ban all employees from playing any daily fantasy sports for money and begin an internal probe following reports a DraftKings employee may have had access to unfairly valuable data before winning $350,000 in a FanDuel contest. It is also creating an advisory board led by Michael Garcia, a lawyer who led the investigation into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup
Presidents Cup opens with Korean bang and a Bush
Marching bands and traditional Korean drums greeted the US and International teams at a colourful 11th Presidents Cup opening ceremony in Incheon on Wednesday night. Appropriately, given the name of the event, South Korean President Park Geun-Hye and former US President George W. Bush gave speeches after the players were treated to a perfectly choreographed ceremonial display for the first Presidents Cup to be held in Asia. After the unveiling
Spieth, Johnson paired for Presidents Cup foursomes
By Peter Rutherford INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – Danny Lee and Marc Leishman received the golfing equivalent of a ‘hospital pass’ on Wednesday after the International duo were served up to America’s world number one Jordan Spieth and big-hitting Dustin Johnson for the Presidents Cup foursomes. Thursday’s opening foursomes, where players hit alternate shots with the same ball, also sees the Internationals’ 2013 pairing of Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama
Spieth fired up to bust out with big-hitting DJ
World number one Jordan Spieth said Wednesday he was excited at the prospect of starting his Presidents Cup campaign for the US in the foursomes alongside big-hitting Dustin Johnson. The pair will play against the International team’s trans-Tasman pair of Aussie Marc Leishman and Kiwi Danny Lee in the anchor game of Thursday’s opening five matches where one ball is played by both players who hit alternate shots. US captain
Elementary for US as Holmes and Watson lead Presidents Cup defence
Bubba Watson and J.B. Holmes will lead the US defence of the Presidents Cup against Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama when the 11th edition begins on Thursday for the first time on Asian soil. Four months ago Spieth watched from the clubhouse as big-hitting Dustin Johnson three-putted the final green to hand him the US Open.