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‘Huddle Up with Gus’: Mike Jarvis discusses his rise through high school, NCAA coaching
As a high school basketball player in Cambridge, Mass., Mike Jarvis stepped into Boston Garden, and he was hooked. Jarvis, a senior, and his Rindge Technical High School teammates won the championship in front of 13,000-plus fans. But a junior-college scout also had seen the tournament, and he got a...
Kevin Harvick edges Denny Hamlin at New Hampshire
LOUDON, N.H. — Kevin Harvick held off Denny Hamlin at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday for his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season. After the two made contact coming out of the final turn, Harvick finished 0.210 seconds ahead for his 46th series victory and first since...
Tommy Fleetwood fails to mount challenge in final round of British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The rain was verging on torrential, the putts weren’t dropping, and Tommy Fleetwood was looking thoroughly miserable on the most remote part of the soggy Dunluce Links. “Oh, Tommy,” he said, his shoulders slumping as his third shot from the middle of the fairway at the...
Shane Lowry wins British Open in celebrated return to Emerald Isle
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The outcome never was in doubt to about anyone but Shane Lowry. A year ago, he sat in the parking lot at Carnoustie and cried after missing the cut in the British Open for the fourth straight year. Even with a four-shot lead Sunday at Royal...
Backup plan for 5 NASCAR drivers at New Hampshire
LOUDON, N.H. — Alex Bowman will drive teammate Jimmie Johnson’s spare car Sunday after wrecking his backup in the final practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Bowman, one of five drivers already in backups for the Cup race, struck a wall coming out of a turn in Saturday’s practice. Bowman...
‘Most incredible day’ gives Shane Lowry 4-shot lead at British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The noise was unlike anything Shane Lowry ever heard on a golf course, no surprise at the first British Open in these parts in 68 years and an Irishman atop the leaderboard at Royal Portrush. Lowry didn’t get rattled Saturday. He only got better. Two straight...
Penn State, other Big Ten East powers face offensive uncertainty
CHICAGO — The two most important spots on a football team are the coach and the quarterback. Ohio State has questions at both. The Buckeyes aren’t the only powerhouse program with uncertainty in the Big Ten’s East Division. Michigan and Michigan State each have a new offensive coordinator, and Penn...
Shane Lowry, J.B. Holmes share British Open lead after 2nd round
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Everyone in the massive grandstand rose to cheer and celebrate a bold performance by Rory McIlroy, who longed for such support and affection on his walk toward his final hole at Royal Portrush in the British Open. Except this was Friday. And now McIlroy can only...
Column: Tiger Woods shows age by missing cut at British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — So now we know. Tiger Woods isn’t done, no matter what it looked like on his slog through the only two rounds he’ll play in this British Open. He’s also not in danger of being put in traction anytime soon, no matter how many times he...
Stage 10 winner Van Aert hits barrier, crashes out of Tour
PAU, France — Belgian rider Wout van Aert, a Tour de France rookie who won Stage 10, has been forced out of the race with a leg wound after he plowed into a roadside barrier and crashed in a right-hand curve close to the finish of the time trial in...
Big Ten’s Jim Delany says old mistakes to blame for college woes
CHICAGO — Outgoing Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany kicked off his final Big Ten football media days Thursday by saying he thinks some serious mistakes were made in the 1970s that still create problems today in college athletics. Delany, in his 31st and final year as commissioner, said the loss...
New coaches in ACC Coastal adds to division’s unpredictabilityVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi had a good idea what to expect over the past two seasons from every opponent in the ACC’s Coastal Division. Not this year. After two years with the same seven head coaches, nearly half of that group is gone with Georgia Tech, Miami...
Royal Portrush real star at Day 1 of British OpenVideo
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — An emotional opening shot by Darren Clarke. A shocking one by Rory McIlroy. Tiger Woods had his worst score to start a British Open. Brooks Koepka quickly got into contention again. Emiliano Grillo made a hole-in-one. David Duval made a 14. The Open returned to Royal...
David Duval’s dreary day at British Open ends with 91 ‘on the board’
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — David Duval lost a few golf balls on his own Thursday in the British Open. It’s one that was found that brought him the wrong kind of attention with a score of 14 on one hole and a 91 when he walked off Royal Portrush. “Just...
Tiger Woods not moving well in rough first round at British Open
Tiger Woods completed his worst-ever first round of the British Open on Thursday. This year’s Masters winner made six bogeys and a double bogey in carding 7-over 78, 12 shots behind leader fellow American J.B. Holmes at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. ? Not. His. Day.Tiger Woods makes bogey on...
Shane Lowry sets early target as Rory McIlroy hits 79 at British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Shane Lowry of Ireland didn’t have the level of expectations or the connection to Royal Portrush like Rory McIlroy. All he had was the lead Thursday at the British Open. Lowry found a renewed confidence on the eve of the final major of the year and...
Local boy Graeme McDowell hopes to fulfill dream of winning Open at Portrush
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Inside the entrance to Rathmore Golf Club, just past a sign offering umbrellas for sale on a rainy day, sits a replica of the U.S. Open trophy the club’s favorite son won at Pebble Beach in 2010. A large painting of Graeme McDowell hangs next to...
Rory McIlroy center of attention at British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — On the final day of practice for the final major of the year, Rory McIlroy ripped a shot out of the light rough and began walking toward the green when he stopped in the middle of the fairway for a quick interview with Sky Sports. That’s...
Former Auburn assistant basketball coach Chuck Person avoids prison
NEW YORK — Former Auburn University assistant basketball coach and NBA star Chuck Person’s lifelong generosity may have driven him to the poorhouse, but it saved him from the jailhouse Wednesday when a judge sentenced him in a bribery scandal that touched some of the biggest college basketball programs. U.S....
British Open preview: Possible challenge for Koepka; McIlroy’s homeland pressure; Tiger lays low
As is always the case when we get ready for a major golf championship, Brian Taylor of Real Golf Radio joins us on the Breakfast With Benz podcast. Brian comes on to speak with us about the British Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. Among the topics we outline:...
Georgia leads growing SEC pack chasing powerhouse Alabama
HOOVER, Ala. — Kirby Smart talks about the Georgia taking “that next step.” Quarterback Jake Fromm wants the Bulldogs “to get over the hump.” In the SEC, that step — or hump — is beating Alabama. Georgia has pushed the Crimson Tide to the brink in a SEC championship game...
Tiger Woods tries to get up to speed for year’s final major at British Open
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Tiger Woods was on the practice range when the gates at the British Open opened Tuesday, and before long, he was on the tee and ready to go. He just didn’t go for very long. Woods played a full round at Royal Portrush when he arrived...
First-year WVU coach, surging Texas big parts of new-look Big 12
ARLINGTON, Texas — Tom Herman knows Texas is probably a bit ahead of schedule after 10 wins in his second season that included making the Big 12 championship game and a Sugar Bowl victory. That doesn’t necessarily mean the Longhorns are back just yet. “We weren’t here to just have...
Tim Benz, Stan Savran discuss Wimbledon and possibly ‘greatest tennis match of all time’
Tennis doesn’t get a lot of run in the United States anymore. After what we saw at Wimbledon, you can see why fans of the sport say it deserves more attention. And I’m glad to see that there was a little pop to the coverage given how much of a...
Greg Cote: Wimbledon, Tiger, U.S. women … and cricket? Why 2019 is greatest sports year ever.
You know it when you are watching it, not just watching but feeling it. Sports has that power. Suddenly, what might have been an ordinary, forgettable competition blooms into something epic, something that will leave its mark on the history of that sport, and on your memory. Novak Djokovic outslugging...
