After 12 years with the Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade needed a reminder of how much the franchise valued him. Wade accepted a $20 million, one-year deal on Thursday to stay with the Heat next season, ending his latest foray into free agency and wrapping up a weeks-long saga that had him seriously wondering about leaving for the first time. A pair of conversations, first with Heat CEO Nick Arison and
For a change, Tiger Woods got off to a good start. Woods rebounded from a dismal U.S. Open with a 4-under-par 66 in Thursday’s opening round of The Greenbrier Classic, four shots behind leader Scott Langley. Helped by a morning rain that softened the Old White TPC course in West Virginia, Woods posted his lowest score of the season and matched his best in relation to par.
Graeme McDowell’s hopes of pulling off a rare hat-trick of title wins at the French Open bit the dust at Le Golf National on Friday. In an uncustomarily scrappy round, on one of his favourite courses, McDowell had three bogeys and two double-bogeys.
(Reuters) – Jose Fernandez made a triumphant return after more than a year out with injury when he hit a solo home run and pitched a winning game for the Miami Marlins on Thursday. “I was kind of joking around today, saying, ‘I’m going to try to hit it out’,” Fernandez told reporters.
