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British Open notes: Streak continues for Harris English
Harris English has seen the peaks and valleys of golf, going from being a two-time winner to falling out of the top 300 in the world and returning to being a two-time winner this year. Through it all, he could count on four days at the majors. English had made...
Strict rules in Tokyo make this the No Fun Games for OlympiansVideo
Sydney McLaughlin turns 22 three days after the final of the 400-meter hurdles, in which she might win Olympic gold and could even lower her world record. Her big birthday plans? “Try and find a cupcake and then blow out the candles by myself,” McLaughlin said. Welcome to the no-fun...
Wonderful weather in England leads to exceptionally low scores at British OpenVideo
Despite its reputation, Royal St. George’s has a history of giving up low scores. Henry Cotton set the major championship record with a 65 in 1934 when the British Open was held on the undulating links in England. Greg Norman became the first player to win the claret jug with...
Louis Oosthuizen sets 36-hole British Open record, stellar cast behind himVideo
SANDWICH, England — Louis Oosthuizen set a 36-hole record at the British Open and is halfway to ending that run of near misses at the majors. Now all he has to do is hold off a cast of major champions on the weekend at Royal St. George’s. On a day...
Western Pa. hockey players selected in NAHL entry draft
Saxen Robertson made his mark this past hockey season for the South Kent Selects Academy 16U team in South Kent, Conn. The Cranberry native scored 21 goals and added 21 assists over 36 games, adding to an already stacked on-ice portfolio. Robertson, 17, a defenseman, hopes to continue making his...
Plenty at stake for NBC as covid Olympics opening looms
NEW YORK — If all goes well for NBC Universal over the next several weeks, Americans will be buzzing about the Olympic performances of Simone Biles, Gabby Thomas, Kevin Durant or some unexpected star. The year-delayed Tokyo Olympics officially opens with NBC’s telecast of the opening ceremony on July 23...
Kevin Love out; U.S. basketball team now to replace 2 players
Kevin Love has withdrawn from the Olympics because of a right calf injury, forcing the U.S. basketball team to replace two players on its roster. Love’s agent, Jeff Schwartz, confirmed the Cleveland Cavalier forward’s withdrawal Friday. It was first reported by ESPN. Love’s withdrawal comes a day after the Americans...
Marathon man Mohoric posts 2nd Tour de France stage win
LIBOURNE, France — Matej Mohoric posted a second Tour de France stage win after surging solo from a breakaway group with a darting attack on Friday. Mohoric, who rides for the Bahrain Victorious team, made his move with 16 miles left and produced a tremendous individual effort after spending the...
U.S.-Australia basketball game canceled because of protocols
LAS VEGAS — The United States’ men’s basketball exhibition game against Australia scheduled for Friday night in Las Vegas has been canceled because of health and safety protocols. USA Basketball cited “an abundance of caution” in making the decision Thursday night. The U.S. women’s game against Australia will be played...
NASCAR driver Austin Cindric takes over Roger Penske’s iconic No. 2 next seasonVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The long breakup between Roger Penske and Brad Keselowski was finalized Thursday when Austin Cindric was named driver of the flagship No. 2, replacing the driver who won Team Penske its first Cup championship. Keselowski had a prolonged contract negotiation a year ago that netted him only...
Wizards’ Bradley Beal out of Olympics for health and safety reasonsVideo
On a U.S. basketball team filled with stars, nobody scored more than Bradley Beal during the season. At the top of his NBA game, he was finally set to take on the international one. The coronavirus has wrecked his Olympic dreams. Beal will miss the Olympics after being placed into...
Texas coach Steve Sarkisian: No magic trick to make Longhorns contenders againVideo
ARLINGTON — Texas fans want more than top 10 rankings and bowl victories. They would like to win some Big 12 titles and be in contention for national championships. While the Longhorns still are the last Big 12 team to win a national title, that was long ago — the...
NCAA’s Mark Emmert: It is time to decentralize college sports
NCAA President Mark Emmert said Thursday the time is right to consider a decentralized and deregulated version of college sports, shifting power to conferences and campuses and reconsidering how schools are aligned. Emmert said the recent Supreme Court ruling against the NCAA along with the lifting of restrictions on athletes...
Bryson DeChambeau apologizes after blaming driver for struggles at British OpenVideo
Bryson DeChambeau fought the wind blowing in from the English Channel and the thick thatches of rough at Royal St. George’s. And then he fought with his clubmaker. After shooting a 1-over-par 71 in the first round of the British Open on Thursday, the 2020 U.S. Open champion blamed his...
Team USA gymnasts will wear leotards by Pa. company — one features 7,600 Swarovski crystals
A Pennsylvania company has made sportswear for U.S. Olympic athletes before. But this is the first time that GK Elite of Reading will be outfitting American Olympic gymnasts. “Although GK has been the manufacturer of previous Olympic Games garments, this will mark the first time that GK Elite’s branding will...
Louis Oosthuizen, Jordan Spieth lead way as normalcy returns to British Open
SANDWICH, England — Jordan Spieth rolled in putts like it was 2017. Louis Oosthuizen put those runner-up finishes in the last two majors out of mind and soared to the top of the leaderboard. They gave the British Open a familiar feel Thursday. Normalcy returned to the wind-swept links at...
2 runners dropped from Kenya Olympic team over doping tests
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya was forced to drop two runners from its Olympic team just over a week before the Tokyo Games because they haven’t taken the required number of out-of-competition doping tests, an official said on Thursday. That has given 1,500-meter world champion Timothy Cheruiyot a last-minute place on...
Britain women’s soccer team will take a knee at Olympics
The British women’s soccer team plan to take a knee before kickoff at the Tokyo Olympics. The players have been performing the anti-racism stance with their separate teams over the last year and the IOC relaxed its rules this month to allow Olympic athletes to make gestures of protest in...
Khris Middleton sends Bucks past Suns to tie NBA Finals
MILWAUKEE — Khris Middleton’s big finish has the NBA Finals all even. Middleton scored 40 points, including 10 straight for the Milwaukee Bucks down the stretch to send them past the Phoenix Suns, 109-103 on Wednesday night in Game 4. Middleton’s hot hand and a big block from Giannis Antetokounmpo...
This date in sports history: July 15Video
1912 — Jim Thorpe wins the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics, and, in the closing ceremony, Sweden’s King Gustav proclaims Thorpe the world’s greatest athlete. 1922 — Gene Sarazen shoots a final-round 68 to beat Bobby Jones and John Black for the U.S. Open golf championship. 1923 — Amateur Bobby...
Dustin Johnson’s short memory comes in handy at Royal St. George’s
One of Dustin Johnson’s best traits is a short memory, and given some of the misfortune he’s had in the majors, he needs it. So don’t expect him to return to Royal St. George’s for the British Open this week and remember too much beyond being a runner-up to Darren...
Judge nullifies horse trainer Bob Baffert’s N.Y. suspensionVideo
NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Wednesday nullified the suspension of horse trainer Bob Baffert, finding that the New York Racing Association acted unconstitutionally by failing to let him adequately respond to claims made against him after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test....
Never left out again: Big 12 coaches like 12-team playoff
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Big 12 certainly would benefit from an expanded College Football Playoff and likely never would be left out again. Under the proposed 12-team format that would be at least a couple of seasons away, six-time defending Big 12 champion Oklahoma would have been in the playoff...
British Open is back, along with the quirks of links golf
SANDWICH, England — Danny Willett shrugged his shoulders, grabbed his tee and returned to his caddie beside the fourth tee at Royal St. George’s. He’d just hit what he thought was the ideal drive during his final practice round at the British Open, only for one of the bumps on...
Watchdog: FBI greatly mishandled Larry Nassar case
WASHINGTON — The FBI made numerous serious errors in investigating allegations against former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar and didn’t treat the case with the “utmost seriousness,” the Justice Department’s inspector general said Wednesday. The FBI acknowledged conduct that was “inexcusable and a discredit” to America’s premier law...
