By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tom Brady’s appeal of his four-game National Football League suspension for participating in a scheme to deflate footballs during last season’s playoffs began on Tuesday at NFL headquarters on swanky Park Avenue. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who approved the suspension, is the arbiter of the appeal by the New England Patriots quarterback. A league-hired investigator has found that Brady had been aware of
Michael Jordan’s Charlotte Hornets have been selected to host the National Basketball Association’s 2017 All-Star Game, the league said on Tuesday. Top players representing the NBA’s Eastern and Western Conferences will tip off at Time Warner Cable Arena on Feb. 19, capping a weekend that includes the popular slam dunk contest and other events. The North Carolina-based Hornets, owned by six-times NBA champion and Basketball Hall of Famer Jordan, previously
Michael Jordan’s Charlotte Hornets have been selected to host the National Basketball Association’s 2017 All-Star Game, the league said on Tuesday. Top players representing the NBA’s Eastern and Western Conferences will tip off at Time Warner Cable Arena on Feb. 19, capping a weekend that includes the popular slam dunk contest and other events. The North Carolina-based Hornets, owned by six-times NBA champion and Basketball Hall of Famer Jordan, previously
This year’s Australian PGA Championship will be co-sanctioned by the European Tour and boast the richest purse in the 120-year history of the tournament, the PGA of Australia said on Tuesday. The tournament, which will take place at the Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast from Dec. 3-6, will offer a total of A$1.75 million ($1.35 million) in prize money. The winner will receive a cheque for A$315,000 and
This year’s Australian PGA Championship will be co-sanctioned by the European Tour and boast the richest purse in the 120-year history of the tournament, the PGA of Australia said on Tuesday. The tournament, which will take place at the Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast from Dec. 3-6, will offer a total of A$1.75 million ($1.35 million) in prize money. The winner will receive a cheque for A$315,000 and
Former Major League outfielder and baseball broadcast analyst Darryl Hamilton was fatally shot at a suburban Houston home where his estranged girlfriend was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said on Monday. The bodies of Hamilton, 50, and Monica Jordan, 44, were found on Sunday and then taken to a medical examiner. The couple’s 14-month-old infant was found unharmed at the home in Pearland owned by Jordan
Former Major League outfielder and baseball broadcast analyst Darryl Hamilton was fatally shot at a suburban Houston home where his estranged girlfriend was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said on Monday. The bodies of Hamilton, 50, and Monica Jordan, 44, were found on Sunday and then taken to a medical examiner. The couple’s 14-month-old infant was found unharmed at the home in Pearland owned by Jordan
By Mark Lamport-Stokes UNIVERSITY PLACE, Washington (Reuters) – The unexpected ecstasy of Jordan Spieth’s one-shot win at the U.S. Open resulted from the agony of Dustin Johnson’s missed putt from four feet, yet another example of a bitter major finish. From the three-footer Doug Sanders missed at the 1970 British Open to Kim In-kyung’s horseshoe out of the cup from a foot at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco, golf’s elite events
