Pressel grabs first-round LPGA lead

Pressel grabs first-round LPGA lead

American Morgan Pressel fired a five-under par 66 to seize a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Shoprite LPGA Classic. “I didn’t honestly know where it was,” Pressel said. One stroke off the pace entering Saturday’s second round of the 54-hole event were Canada’s Alena Sharp, Taiwan’s Min Lee, Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist and American Ryann O’Toole.

Hamilton laps up Texas homecoming with double blast

(Reuters) – Josh Hamilton has returned to Texas with a bang, hitting two home runs in his second game in front of the Arlington crowd as he led the Rangers to a 7-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday. One night earlier, Hamilton went 2-for-4 in his first game back in Arlington as a Texas Ranger since 2012. Receiving welcoming ovations from a partisan crowd, Hamilton blasted a

Hamilton laps up Texas homecoming with double blast

(Reuters) – Josh Hamilton has returned to Texas with a bang, hitting two home runs in his second game in front of the Arlington crowd as he led the Rangers to a 7-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday. One night earlier, Hamilton went 2-for-4 in his first game back in Arlington as a Texas Ranger since 2012. Receiving welcoming ovations from a partisan crowd, Hamilton blasted a

Rookie Curran in tie for lead at weather-hit Byron Nelson

(Reuters) – PGA Tour rookie Jon Curran capitalized on a fast start and some pinpoint iron shots to surge into a three-way tie for the lead in the weather-disrupted second round of the AT&T Byron Nelson in Irving, Texas on Friday. While Masters champion Jordan Spieth also charged into contention after struggling on the greens in his opening round, Curran set the early pace by firing a six-under-par 63 at

Rookie Curran in tie for lead at weather-hit Byron Nelson

(Reuters) – PGA Tour rookie Jon Curran capitalized on a fast start and some pinpoint iron shots to surge into a three-way tie for the lead in the weather-disrupted second round of the AT&T Byron Nelson in Irving, Texas on Friday. While Masters champion Jordan Spieth also charged into contention after struggling on the greens in his opening round, Curran set the early pace by firing a six-under-par 63 at

2015 Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost Sedan Tested: Three’s (Not Enough) Company

-We spend an awful lot of our energy analyzing and quantifying speed. Entire stories are centered around straight-line acceleration, the effects of different tires on 707-hp muscle cars at the drag strip (okay, one 707-hp muscle car), and even prodding rental cars to their top speeds—in reverse. We interrupt that programming to present a test of something decidedly not all that fast: the three-cylinder 2015 Ford Focus EcoBoost sedan. READ

2015 Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost Sedan Tested: Three’s (Not Enough) Company

-We spend an awful lot of our energy analyzing and quantifying speed. Entire stories are centered around straight-line acceleration, the effects of different tires on 707-hp muscle cars at the drag strip (okay, one 707-hp muscle car), and even prodding rental cars to their top speeds—in reverse. We interrupt that programming to present a test of something decidedly not all that fast: the three-cylinder 2015 Ford Focus EcoBoost sedan. READ

No Stranger Ranger: The Wildest Ford Pickup on eBay Right Now

– The Ford Ranger is one of the most mass-produced pickups ever, and so it may surprise many to know that there’s actually a version of the little truck that was made in very, very limited numbers: the Ford SkyRanger, and one of them is on eBay right now. – These trucks started life as 4.0-liter, four-wheel-drive, extended-cab Rangers that were transformed into weird convertible/targa minitrucks by ASC (American Sunroof