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No longer Dana White’s dream, UFC’s Fight Island is realVideo
The imagery evoked by Dana White’s crazy idea was undeniably intoxicating: an octagon perched amid swaying palm trees on a white sand beach, waves lapping at the canvas while mixed martial arts fighters traded blows in the tropical sun. A few months later, the project that came to be known...
Collin Morikawa back from missed cut with strong debut at MuirfieldVideo
DUBLIN, Ohio — Collin Morikawa didn’t get rattled by his first missed cut as a pro or his first time playing Muirfield Village. Morikawa finally had a forced weekend off two weeks ago after 22 consecutive cuts to start his PGA Tour career, three short of the standard set by...
Former Penn-Trafford baseball standout Josh Spiegel transferring from Oklahoma State
Josh Spiegel is leaving Oklahoma State after two seasons for a new school closer to home. The 2018 Penn-Trafford graduate has a couple of locations in mind but said he’s awaiting word from the schools’ admissions departments. “I haven’t made my mind up yet,” said Spiegel, who is a catcher....
Still testing positive, Dylan Frittelli among 3 golfers back to workVideo
DUBLIN, Ohio — Dylan Frittelli says it was hard not to feel like an outcast Thursday at the Workday Charity Open in a group of three players who tested positive for the coronavirus and keep doing so. But at least he was playing. “It was fun to get out there,”...
It’s Fauci by a length; horse wins 1st race at KeenelandVideo
A horse named for Dr. Anthony Fauci won his first race at Keeneland on Thursday. The 2-year-old colt won by 1 length as the heavy favorite against 11 rivals in the $70,000 race. Fauci ran 5 1/2 furlongs on turf in 58.65 seconds under jockey Tyler Gaffalione and paid $4.20...
Tiger Woods to return next week at Muirfield VillageVideo
DUBLIN, Ohio — The PGA Tour returned five weeks ago with some of its strongest fields. Now it gets its biggest star. Tiger Woods announced Thursday on Twitter he will play next week at the Memorial, a tournament he has won a record five times, as he goes after his...
Yale’s Zane Dudek, other WPIAL grads react to Ivy League canceling fall sports
Zane Dudek has spent the past several months preparing for his final football season at Yale, ready to challenge for a third Ivy League title alongside his teammates. The former Armstrong running back who set a then-WPIAL single-season record with 2,955 yards in 2016 won’t get that chance this fall...
PGA Tour players who tested positive for covid-19 grouped at Workday Charity OpenVideo
Three players who have tested positive for the coronavirus but are no longer symptomatic will play together at the Workday Charity Open, the PGA Tour announced Wednesday in the latest revision of its covid-19 policies. Nick Watney, the first tour player to test positive, will play alongside Dylan Frittelli and...
Ivy League suspends fall sports because of coronavirus pandemicVideo
The Ivy League on Wednesday became the first Division I conference to suspend all fall sports, including football, because of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving open the possibility of moving some seasons to the spring if the outbreak is better controlled by then. “We simply do not believe we can create...
Stanford drops 11 sports to cut costs during pandemicVideo
Stanford announced Wednesday that it is dropping 11 sports amid financial difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The school will discontinue men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men’s rowing, co-ed and women’s sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men’s volleyball and wrestling after the 2020-21 academic year. Stanford also is...
Ryder Cup postponed until 2021; Presidents Cup pushed backVideo
Seth Waugh knows how a Ryder Cup is supposed to look and how it should sound. In his first week as CEO at the PGA of America, Waugh was in the 72-foot high grandstand behind the first tee at Le Golf National outside Paris. Flags were waving. Fans were singing....
Jimmie Johnson cleared to race after 2 negative coronavirus tests
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has twice tested negative for the coronavirus and has been cleared to race Sunday at Kentucky Speedway. Johnson missed the first race of his Cup career when he tested positive last Friday. He was tested after his wife received a positive result....
Mike Bianchi: If NBA, MLS bubbles burst in Orlando, you can forget football seasonVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — We are counting on you, NBA. We are counting on you, MLS. We are counting on you to keep your fragile, delicate Disney bubbles from bursting. We are counting on you to accomplish the nearly impossible task of showing that, yes, team sports can be safely played...
Wizards’ Bradley Beal, Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie to miss rest of NBA seasonVideo
WASHINGTON — Wizards leading scorer Bradley Beal and Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie won’t take part in the restart of the NBA season, two significant absences in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Beal is out because of a right rotator cuff injury, and Dinwiddie announced he is still testing positive for...
IIHF head Fasel encouraged NHL’s new CBA opens possibility of NHL players in Olympics
International Ice Hockey Federation chief Rene Fasel is encouraged after learning the NHL’s pending labor deal opens the possibility of the world’s best players returning to the Olympics. Aside from the uncertainty raised by the coronavirus pandemic, Fasel told the Associated Press he doesn’t foresee any major stumbling blocks that...
Nuggets promote former Penn State standout Calvin Booth to GMVideo
DENVER — The Denver Nuggets promoted former Penn State standout Calvin Booth to general manager. Booth, 44, is in his third season with the Nuggets after being hired as assistant GM in 2017. He succeeds Arturas Karnisovas, who left Denver in April to become the Chicago Bulls’ top decision-maker. Tim...
Dream owner Kelly Loeffler objects to WNBA’s social justice plansVideo
NEW YORK — Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler is not in favor of the WNBA’s social justice plans and has sent a letter to commissioner Cathy Engelbert objecting to the league’s initiatives to honor the Black Lives Matter movement. Loeffler, who is also a Republican U.S. senator running for re-election...
On the Fringe: DeChambeau’s power approach working; who’s next?Video
He reduced the golf course to a pitch-and-putt with power that got everyone’s attention. That was John Daly at Crooked Stick in 1991 when he followed his caddie’s instructions — “Kill it!” — on his way to winning the PGA Championship. It was Tiger Woods at Augusta National in 1997,...
NASCAR In the Pits: Jimmie Johnson losing his farewell tour, finding his voiceVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson stood alone on the track at Pocono Raceway, empty grandstands in front of him, a ghost town of a garage behind him. He was posing for photos to commemorate his final start at the Pennsylvania track but seemed to be the only one at the...
Sports jumps on PPP loan bandwagon, but big leagues take a pass
Rapper Ice Cube, Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and longtime boxing promoter Bob Arum led a cavalcade of sports leagues, federations, businesses and teams that navigated a federal loan program designed to help small firms cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Data released Monday showed hundreds of...
PGA Tour, Memorial tournament scrap plans to admit limited number of fansVideo
The PGA Tour and the Memorial scrapped state-approved plans to have limited spectators next week because of what it described as rapidly changing dynamics of the covid-19 pandemic. The Memorial, hosted by Jack Nicklaus on his Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, was in line to be the first...
Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Bubba Wallace over noose incident, Confederate flag ban
WASHINGTON — NASCAR’s layered relationship with President Trump took a sharp turn Monday when Trump blasted the series for banning the Confederate flag and wrongly accused the sport’s only full-time Black driver of perpetrating “a hoax” when a crew member found a noose in the team garage stall. Trump suggested...
Kevin Harvick outlasts Denny Hamlin to win NASCAR Brickyard 400Video
INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Harvick turned up the heat on Denny Hamlin late in the Brickyard 400. And on a cooling track, Hamlin’s worn tires simply gave out. With the sun setting Sunday over Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Hamlin seven laps from victory, he went careening into the first turn wall,...
DeChambeau earns 3-shot win at PGA Tour’s Rocket Mortgage ClassicVideo
DETROIT — Bryson DeChambeau got the result he was looking for from transforming his body. With jaw-dropping drives and some clutch putts, DeChambeau won the Rocket Mortgage Classic by three strokes Sunday for his first victory of the season and sixth overall. DeChambeau shot 7-under-par 65 at Detroit Golf Club,...
Paula Creamer reflects on U.S. Open victory at Oakmont 10 years later, looks aheadVideo
In February 2010, a little over a month into his tenure as LPGA Tour commissioner, Mike Whan faced his first crisis. Whan was in Thailand attending his first event as commissioner and was in the corporate sponsor’s office when Paula Creamer came in with her father. She tearfully withdrew from...
