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Report: Department of Justice inquiring about antitrust in PGA-LIV disputeVideo

The dispute between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series now has the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice, according to the Wall Street Journal, and the PGA Tour said Monday it was confident it would prevail. “This was not unexpected,” the tour said in a statement....
Gary Moeller, former Michigan and Lions coach, dies at 81

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Gary Moeller, who succeeded Bo Schembechler as Michigan’s coach and later led the Detroit Lions as interim coach, died Monday. He was 81. The University of Michigan announced his death, and no cause was provided. Moeller was promoted from offensive coordinator to lead the Wolverines’ program...
Luke DeCock: Where does ACC go from here? Here are 5 options

Remember when deciding whether to move the conference office out of Greensboro was the trickiest question ACC commissioner Jim Phillips had to answer? Seems like a long time ago that was the ACC’s hot-button issue … in part because that decision has been marinating for a year. It’s small potatoes...
Analysis: Unvaccinated Djokovic’s pursuit of Nadal on hold

WIMBLEDON, England — Fresh off a seventh Wimbledon championship, which gave him his 21st Grand Slam title — one ahead of Roger Federer, one behind Rafael Nadal — Novak Djokovic is headed off to vacation. What’s unclear is exactly how long a break he will take. And when he will...
Georgian Chase Elliott claims 1st Atlanta NASCAR win

HAMPTON, Ga. — Chase Elliott got by Corey LaJoie with just under two laps to go and crossed the finish line under yellow after a block sent LaJoie crashing into the wall Sunday, giving the Georgia-born driver his first victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Elliott pulled back around in front...
Xander Schauffele wins Scottish Open, 4th victory in last year

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Xander Schauffele keeps making up for lost time. Winless for more than two years, Schauffele picked up his fourth win in the last 12 months Sunday when he overcame a rough patch in the middle of his round with two key birdies and a par save...
Jerry Kelly wins Senior Players for 2nd time in 3 years

AKRON, Ohio — Jerry Kelly won the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship for the second time in three years Sunday, breaking away with two late birdies to beat defending champion Steve Stricker by two strokes. Kelly closed with a 2-under-par 68, taking the outright lead with a 15-foot birdie putt from...
Novak Djokovic beats Nick Kyrgios for 7th Wimbledon title

WIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic waited. He waited for Nick Kyrgios to lose focus and lose his way. Waited to find the proper read on his foe’s big serves. Waited until his own level rose to the occasion. Djokovic is not bothered by a deficit — in a game, a...
Chase Elliott hopes for breakthrough at hometown track in AtlantaVideo

HAMPTON, Ga. — Chase Elliott has accomplished so much in his young racing career. A NASCAR championship. Most popular driver awards. Fifteen Cup victories at all types of tracks. But one thing is missing. A home win. The 26-year-old Dawsonville native returns to Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday still looking...
Some of Tiger’s best moments at St. Andrews came when few were watchingVideo

The greatest feat of Tiger Woods at St. Andrews was never captured on television. There was nothing extraordinary about his victory in the 2005 British Open. It was the second claret jug Woods won on the Old Course, cementing an affection so deep for St. Andrews that he was never...
Two-time British Open champion Greg Norman unwanted guest at St AndrewsVideo

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Greg Norman once talked about playing in the British Open next week. Now he doesn’t even get to attend the dinner at St. Andrews for past champions. Norman, who won the Open at Turnberry in 1986 and at Royal St. George’s in 1993, would have been...
Xander Schauffele has 2-shot Scottish lead, seeks 2nd straight winVideo

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Xander Schauffele played all the right bounces and made all the key putts until the final two holes Saturday in the Scottish Open and then felt as though he had to settle for a two-shot lead. Right when he was starting to pull away from the...
Novak Djokovic vs. Nick Kyrgios in Wimbledon final: 21st Slam or 1st?

WIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios used to not get along at all. Now the two men who will meet in the Wimbledon final on Sunday have developed a bit of a “bromance,” as the 40th-ranked Kyrgios put it. “Everyone knows there was no love lost for a...
Wout Van Aert wins 8th stage of Tour, Tadej Pogačar extends lead

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Belgian rider Wout van Aert won the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Saturday in Switzerland and two-time defending champion Tadej Pogačar slightly increased his overall lead. Van Aert, who won the fourth stage and wore the yellow jersey for three days, edged Michael Matthews...
Elena Rybakina wins Wimbledon women’s final for 1st Slam

WIMBLEDON, England — Too nervous to wave, Elena Rybakina stepped into the Centre Court sunshine before the Wimbledon final Saturday and kept a firm double-grip on the black-and-red straps of the racket bag slung over her shoulders. No wave. Not much of a look around. Her play early on betrayed...
Luke DeCock: As Big Ten, SEC consolidate their power, the ACC finds itself under existential threat

RALEIGH, N.C. — When Oklahoma and Texas announced their intention to jump to the SEC last summer, it felt like distant thunder on the horizon in ACC country. Concerning, maybe even menacing, but not imminently threatening. But when the Big Ten poached UCLA and Southern Cal from the Pac-12 last...

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