May 23, 2013

Golf: McIlroy uses Tiger tactics with trimmed schedule

McIlroy of Northern Ireland hits his approach shot to the 11th green during second round play in the 2012 Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta

(Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy has taken a leaf out of Tiger Woods’ book by limiting his playing schedule this year in a bid to prolong his career. The popular 22-year-old Northern Irishman, the world number two and well established as one of the most exciting players in the game, plans to compete [...]

Kentucky Derby Buzz: Smith, Russell finally get big shot at Churchill Downs

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — LOUISVILLE – In all his years training horses, Hamilton Smith never branched out from his Maryland home base, where he handles dozens of horses at a time, mostly claimers. From time to time, he’d think about what it would be like to have a contender for the Kentucky Derby, but [...]

Golf: Hennie Otto holds on to win South African Open

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Hennie Otto of South Africa poses with the trophy after winning the South African Open Championship at Serengeti Golf Club on November 27, 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (November 26, 2011 – Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images Europe) JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Hennie Otto recorded a par on No. 18 for a one-stroke victory over Austria’s [...]

New CBA could bring with it an 18-game NFL regular season

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NFL owners want an expanded 18-game regular season by 2012. Commissioner Roger Goodell calls it a way to “present the best football” to fans. The NFL players union and its members, who have taken the hard knocks of a 16-game schedule since 1978, say replacing two preseason games with two played for keeps is not [...]

Tiger Woods apologizes for spitting in Dubai event

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VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Tiger Woods apologized after he was fined an undisclosed sum by the European Tour on Monday for spitting on the green during the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic. The tour said in a statement that tournament director Mike Stewart reviewed the matter and “feels there has been a [...]

Pats franchise Pro Bowler Mankins; NFL’s first tag of 2011

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FOXBORO, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots have placed the franchise tag on All-Pro offensive lineman Logan Mankins, who held out the first seven games of the 2010 season in a contract fight. Mankins was the first NFL player hit with the franchise tag. The move was first reported by ESPN.com. Mankins would earn [...]

LeBron Is Peerless, and Not Just in NBA

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(Comments are opinions – not fact – I would say Brady.) (FANHOUSE) – OK. So LeBron James occasionally has flashed signs this season of having flesh and blood like the rest of us. Just occasionally, though. There was Sunday in Boston, for instance, where LeBron wasn’t his clutch self down the stretch at the foul [...]

Rodgers, Packers top Steelers 31-25 to win Super Bowl XLV

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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Lombardi Trophy is going home. The Green Bay Packers are back at the top of the NFL mountain after surviving a furious comeback attempt by the Pittsburgh Steelers for a 31-25 victory in Super Bowl XLV before one of the largest crowds in NFL history — 103,219 —at Cowboys Stadium on [...]

Patriots’ Brady wins second MVP award

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DALLAS (AP) — Here’s a Brady Bunch for NFL fans: Tom Brady got all 50 votes for MVP. The New England Patriots quarterback on Sunday became the first unanimous choice for The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award since the AP began using a nationwide panel of media members who cover the league. He [...]

Michael Vick named comeback player of the year

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DALLAS (AP) — Michael Vick (FSY) took a most unusual path to The Associated Press 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year award he received Saturday night. In the 12-year history of the honor, no player has returned from jail to earn it. After missing two seasons serving a federal sentence for dogfighting, then spending [...]