There was no escaping Jordan Spieth even before he arrived Monday at St. Andrews to resume his pursuit of the Grand Slam. Spieth is only the fourth player since 1960, the year Arnold Palmer proposed the concept of the modern Grand Slam in golf, to win the first two majors of the year. Tiger Woods was in good position in 2002 until he was blown away by the wind and
Picked to start the All-Star Game for the National League, Zack Greinke wasn’t sure he wanted his wife to make the trek from Los Angeles to Great American Ball Park. Informed Sunday by AL manager Ned Yost that Keuchel was starting, Houston manager A.J. Hinch opted not to tell the first-time All-Star. Keuchel found out from MLB Senior Vice President Phyllis Merhige when he arrived at the team’s hotel on
Picked to start the All-Star Game for the National League, Zack Greinke wasn’t sure he wanted his wife to make the trek from Los Angeles to Great American Ball Park. Informed Sunday by AL manager Ned Yost that Keuchel was starting, Houston manager A.J. Hinch opted not to tell the first-time All-Star. Keuchel found out from MLB Senior Vice President Phyllis Merhige when he arrived at the team’s hotel on
By Tony Jimenez ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) – British Opens throw up a variety of weather conditions, sometimes all in the same day, and Rickie Fowler believes the key to being successful on a links course is to have fun and embrace the elements. The young American goes into this week’s major championship as one of the hottest players in world golf, having won the prestigious Players Championship in May
By Tony Jimenez ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) – British Opens throw up a variety of weather conditions, sometimes all in the same day, and Rickie Fowler believes the key to being successful on a links course is to have fun and embrace the elements. The young American goes into this week’s major championship as one of the hottest players in world golf, having won the prestigious Players Championship in May
By Tony Jimenez ST ANDREWS, Scotland, July 14 (Reuters) – British Opens throw up a variety of weather conditions, sometimes all in the same day, and Rickie Fowler believes the key to being successful on a links course is to have fun and embrace the elements. The young American goes into this week’s major championship as one of the hottest players in world golf, having won the prestigious Players Championship
Trainer Bill Farrell is praying for rain to allow star mare Ramone to return to action at the Curragh on Sunday.
A federal judge ordered the NCAA to pay nearly $46 million in attorneys’ fees and costs to lawyers for student-athletes including former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon in their class-action antitrust lawsuit against the organization. The decision late Monday night by U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins came nearly a year after U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken in Oakland, California said the NCAA violated antitrust law by barring athletes from sharing
A federal judge ordered the NCAA to pay nearly $46 million in attorneys’ fees and costs to lawyers for student-athletes including former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon in their class-action antitrust lawsuit against the organization. The decision late Monday night by U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins came nearly a year after U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken in Oakland, California said the NCAA violated antitrust law by barring athletes from sharing
Jordan Spieth continued his crash course on playing links golf at St Andrews on Tuesday, with two days left until the start of the 144th British Open. Spieth insists that at 21 he knows what he is doing, but he did admit to some fans of feeling “a little tired” after playing his second career round at St Andrews on Monday afternoon. Woods, twice a winner at St Andrews, in