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LOS ANGELES — Eight-time major champion Tom Watson wants answers on the PGA Tour’s new business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, asking in a letter this week to Commissioner Jay Monahan if the deal was the only way to solve the tour’s financial hardship. That was one of several questions posed by Watson [...]
More than 10,000 fans filled the Hershey Bears' home arena on the night of June 13 to watch the oldest American Hockey League franchise take on the newest, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, in the Calder Cup Finals. It was the third consecutive game in the AHL championship series to be sold out and pushed total [...]
LAS VEGAS — Massive cheers rather than the usual boos rained down on Gary Bettman last Tuesday night because nothing could keep Vegas Golden Knights fans from enjoying what the NHL commissioner was about to do. He first presented the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoff MVP to Jonathan Marchessault and then moments later handed the [...]
CINCINNATI — The question isn't if Joe Burrow will be among the NFL's highest-paid players. The question is when. The 2022 Pro Bowler and 2021 AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year is in negotiations with the Cincinnati Bengals on a long-term contract extension. After the Bengals ended their first practice of mandatory minicamp this [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Former UCLA softball star Megan Faraimo was one of 12 players with the option of choosing between two professional leagues after being drafted by both. Faraimo chose Athletes Unlimited over Women's Professional Fastpitch. She knew some of the players from the Team USA program that were with Athletes Unlimited and she liked [...]
LOS ANGELES — The toughest test in golf takes on several meanings for this U.S. Open. Tough usually starts with the golf course, and the North course at Los Angeles Country Club figures to be every bit of that, even if it's a mystery to most. It has never hosted anything of national significance except [...]
PITTSBURGH — There are very few things that make Scott Bonnett panic. Spending the last 15 years making sure the Pittsburgh Pirates have whatever they need whenever they need it has taught the longtime equipment manager the importance of being prepared for anything. Well, almost anything. Bonnett found himself in the dugout in Seattle late [...]
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics’ search for a new home drew Nevada lawmakers into a special legislative session last week to weigh whether the state should cover $380 million of the $1.5 billion stadium planned for the Las Vegas Strip. Representatives from the A’s and tourism officials, mirroring many of the talking [...]
BEREA — The uncertainty shrouding Deshaun Watson has lifted along with the intense scrutiny about his personal life. There's a tightness and velocity to his passes these days, and a noticeable change in his demeanor — on and off the field. There's an ease about him. Nearly one year removed from his NFL suspension, Cleveland's [...]
From the tiny village of Drummond, New Brunswick, Ron Turcotte rose to the top of horse racing, riding Secretariat to a sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 1973. Their triumphs ended a 25-year Triple Crown drought. Now 81, Turcotte is the last surviving member of Secretariat's team as he marks the 50th [...]