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Reachable par-4 is highlight on Ryder Cup course built for drama
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — Rory McIlroy’s chances of winning the Italian Open a year ago at the Marco Simone course that will host this week’s Ryder Cup vanished when his tee shot on the reachable par-4 16th splashed into the pond right of the green. That came two days after...
Frustrated Fighting Irish lament miscues that led to late loss against BuckeyesVideo
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The anguish was evident all over coach Marcus Freeman’s face Saturday night. Notre Dame needed one stop to beat No. 6 Ohio State for the first time since 1936, and yet it couldn’t finish the job. Instead, a series of miscues over the final, frantic minutes...
AP Top 25: Colorado falls out of rankings after 1st loss and Ohio State moves up to No. 4
Colorado and Deion Sanders fell out of The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday after a resounding loss in one of the weekend’s showcase games, and the teams toward the top of the rankings were shuffled and tightened. A season-high six teams received first-place votes, the most since the...
Bo Nix, No. 10 Oregon slam brakes on Coach Prime’s ‘Cinderella story’ with a 42-6 rout of ColoradoVideo
EUGENE, Ore. — Bo Nix threw three touchdown passes, and No. 10 Oregon emphatically slammed the brakes on Coach Prime’s “Cinderella story,” routing No. 19 Colorado, 42-6, on Saturday. The Ducks (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) were up 35-0 at the half half after coach Dan Lanning sent them into the matchup...
Reddick now in NASCAR’s playoff mix at Texas after missing cut last year and then winning thereVideo
Tyler Reddick this time made it into the Round of 12 that starts in Texas, where last year he won a tumultuous and tiring race right after just missing the cut in NASCAR’s playoffs. With a win at Kansas after opening these Cup Series playoffs with a runner-up finish at...
Column: Coach Prime dominates the college football world. What might come next?Video
Deion Sanders hobbles to get around these days, but his ability to command an audience is even more potent than it was during his speedier playing days. Just three games into his first head coaching job in college football’s top division, the guy who went from Prime Time to Coach...
Kapalua to host PGA Tour opener 5 months after deadly wildfires on Maui
The PGA Tour is returning to Maui to start the new season with the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua, five months after deadly wildfires destroyed nearby Lahaina and claimed at least 97 lives. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan had said last month he hoped the tournament could be a...
Next on the Tee: Chip Beck recalls Ryder Cup memories
Top golf instructors Tom Patri and Tim Cusick, plus four-time PGA Tour winner Chip Beck and Uneekor’s VP of Marketing, Greg Sabella, are this week’s guests on the Next on the Tee podcast with Chris Mascaro. Patri, from Naples (Fla.) Golf Schools, discusses the Ryder Cup and if Justin Thomas...
Bill Plaschke: Shame on USC for banning a reporter in a futile attempt to control media
LOS ANGELES — There is apparently a new class being offered at USC’s esteemed Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. It is being taught by football coach Lincoln Riley and new athletic director Jennifer Cohen. It is a case study of how to stifle free speech by controlling the media...
Big Ten riding rugged defenses in early going, with Michigan, Ohio State among bestVideo
Read the names of the players in the Football Hall of Fame, and there is a who’s who of Big Ten Conference defensive players — Dick Butkus, Rod Woodson, Ray Nitschke, Alex Karras, Herb Adderley, Charles Woodson and others. The NFL ranks are loaded with guys who played recently in...
Colorado coach Deion Sanders condemns death threats against Colorado State player
BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders stood up for Henry Blackburn on Tuesday after the Colorado State safety received death threats for a late hit that sent Colorado’s two-way star Travis Hunter to the hospital with a lacerated liver. “That’s absurd for people to be threatened,” the Colorado coach said at...
Oklahoma, Cincinnati face off in an unusual and temporary Big 12 matchup as league play ramps upVideo
Oklahoma vs. Cincinnati sounds like a dream bowl matchup: the blue-blood Sooners against one of the most consistent Group of Five powers. Not anymore. After realignment, it’s a league game but just for one year. Oklahoma, on its way to the SEC next year, visits Big 12 newcomer Cincinnati on...
Transfers are fueling some of college football’s biggest success stories as teams embrace the portalVideo
Clemson, the reigning ACC champion, has one player on its depth chart who arrived in Death Valley via the transfer portal: the backup quarterback. No. 4 Florida State is trying to reclaim the ACC crown from the Tigers and has used the portal to supercharge a rebuild under coach Mike...
Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker says ‘other motives’ behind his firing for alleged misconductVideo
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Suspended Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker said Tuesday that he is “disappointed — but not surprised” that the school intends to fire him for misconduct involving activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy and suggested “other motives are at play” in the school’s decision. The university...
Column: Duane Bock thought he would have the summer off. Now the caddie is going to the Ryder CupVideo
Duane Bock finally gets a chance to caddie in the Ryder Cup, and to have told him that at the start of the year would have meant only one thing. “That Kevin Kisner had a great year,” Bock said Monday as he unpacked from a quick trip to Europe to...
Colorado State coach says safety Henry Blackburn received death threats for hit on Travis HunterVideo
DENVER — Colorado State coach Jay Norvell said Monday that senior safety Henry Blackburn has been receiving death threats since his late hit that hospitalized Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter. Blackburn drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty Saturday night for the blow he delivered to Hunter’s midsection on a deep pass...
Phil Mickelson says he’s done gambling and is on the road to being ‘the person I want to be’Video
Phil Mickelson won’t be betting on football this year — much less the Ryder Cup — saying in a lengthy social media post Monday that he previously crossed the line from moderation into addiction, and “it wasn’t any fun.” “The money wasn’t ever the issue since our financial security has...
Column: Spire is a key player in NASCAR’s charter game. A new revenue model should reward all teamsVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nobody wanted a charter in 2018, when Barney Visser wanted to sell the most valuable current franchise in NASCAR. Visser had won the 2017 Cup Series title with Furniture Row Racing and Martin Truex Jr. A heart attack followed by bypass surgery kept Visser from the final...
Michigan State tells football coach Mel Tucker it will fire him for misconduct with rape survivor
Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller told suspended football coach Mel Tucker Monday that he will be fired without compensation for misconduct involving activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy. “The notice provides Tucker with seven calendar days to respond and present reasons to me and the interim president as to...
Denny Hamlin doubles down in declaration this is his year
Denny Hamlin didn’t chill Sunday with his bravado that this is the year he finally will win a NASCAR championship. The day after his win at Bristol Motor Speedway hurdled Hamlin and his No. 11 team into the second round of NASCAR’s playoffs, Hamlin still was pumping his chest. “It’s...
No. 13 Alabama is out of the AP top 10 for 1st time since 2015
No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 of the Associated Press college football poll for the first time in eight years, and Georgia remained No. 1 on Sunday. Georgia received 57 first-place votes in the AP Top 25. Michigan held at No. 2 with two first-place votes. No....
Colorado 2-way star Travis Hunter taken to hospital during game after late hit vs. CSUVideo
BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado rallied for the win over Colorado State on Saturday night but lost two-way star Travis Hunter when he was taken to a hospital for an evaluation during the third quarter at Folsom Field. The school didn’t immediately announce the reason Hunter was ruled...
Denny Hamlin wins at Bristol; champ Joey Logano eliminated from playoffs
Denny Hamlin won NASCAR’s playoff race at Bristol Motor Speedway, and two former champions were eliminated Saturday night. Joey Logano became the first reigning champion eliminated in the first round when he crashed early in the third stage and finished 34th. He was watching as a spectator as former teammate...
Browns WR Amari Cooper leaves practice with groin injury, questionable for Steelers on Monday night
Cleveland Browns No. 1 wide receiver Amari Cooper injured his groin late in Saturday’s practice and is questionable for Monday night’s game at Pittsburgh. Coach Kevin Stefanski didn’t have much information on Cooper, who underwent surgery to repair a core muscle injury during the offseason. Cooper was on the field...
Martin Truex Jr. staring down elimination from NASCAR playoffs after winning regular season title
A shell-shocked Martin Truex Jr. has slumped into Bristol Motor Speedway fighting for his season. Truex won the regular-season title, but two bad races to open NASCAR’s playoffs has him on the brink of elimination headed into Saturday night’s race at Bristol, Tenn. The bottom four drivers in the 16-driver...
