Spieth has already amazed the golf and sporting world by winning two majors and coming so close to the third step of the elusive Grand Slam at the British Open. He is the favorite to win his third major of the season in next month’s PGA Championship, and if so will become the No.1-ranked golfer in the world. Spieth always gives credit to Ellie for his inspiration, win or lose....
Cameras caught the golfer’s exchange with Greller after Spieth missed the fairway on his tee shot and the ball rolled off a cliff on the par-4 eighth hole. He then overshot the green on his approach. “I hit two perfect shots and they both ended up in the wrong location,” said Spieth. “Two perfect shots there, Michael. You got me one in the water and one over the green.”...
‘‘I think it’s a bit soon,’’ Spieth said, via Golf.com. ‘‘For Rory (McIlroy), it’s different because it’s been consistent for years now. Jason (Day) and I, we’ve played solid golf the last few years. In order to create an era, you almost need a decade of years like this. Sure, we have the potential to do it. But this was the first year of it. But unless we keep our heads down ....
The former New York catcher played for the team his whole career from 1995-2011. In his book, he reveals how difficult the last year was with the team. Posada was demoted from catcher to designated hitter for his final season, and says that move “hurt” him. MORE: What Chris Rock got wrong about blacks in baseball | A-Rod looks good, Yankees look bad | A-Rod’s act of kindness “I’ll put this as plainly as a I can....
He was only three fights removed from getting blasted out in the seventh round by Gervonta Davis in January 2017 to lose his IBF super featherweight title. Pedraza followed up the first loss of his career by defeating unknown fighters Jose Luis Rodríguez and Antonio Moran. There was also the fact he was fighting in Beltran’s backyard in Glendale, Ariz. None of that mattered to Pedraza. He knocked down Beltran in the 11th round and won by unanimous decision to capture the WBO lightweight title....
Under the old system, Reyes would have been back on the field already, not about to pay back three months’ worth of salary that he accrued while on paid administrative leave. His punishment would have been zero games, not 51. MORE: MLB’s best players getting paid by other teams It does seem incongruous on the surface to see Royals prospect Raul Mondesi get a 50-game suspension for taking the wrong kind of cold medicine, while Reyes gets only one additional game for allegedly grabbing his wife by the throat and shoving her against a sliding glass door....
After suffering defeats to league leaders Club Brugge and Sint-Truiden in their last two league outings, Akpala got De Kustboys to a positive start with his first goal of the season after benefitting from an assist from strike partner, Musona. On the stroke of halftime, the Zimbabwe international got on the scoresheet as the visitors went into the break two goals up against Peter Maes’ side. Cameroon’s Sebastien Siani - who partnered South Africa international Andile Jali in midfield - assisted Siebe Van der Heyden for a late third to seal the victory over the Tricolores....
The 50-year-old was taken into custody on April 6 by officers serving in the Juvenile Division, Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The task force received information Gatt had been “engaged in online sexually explicit communication with a minor across state lines,” LAPD said. “He was subsequently arrested by detectives for an outstanding felony warrant for California Penal Code 288.3(a)—Contact with a Minor for Sexual Offense,” read a statement on the law enforcement agency’s website....
In the closing seconds of the Bills’ loss on Sunday, quarterback Josh Allen had a chance to forge a miraculous comeback — instead, the quarterback was dealt a tough injury blow. After a strip sack bent Allen’s arm backwards, the quarterback was seen clutching at his right arm, and he would dirt the next pass he threw before uncorking a 70-yard prayer on his last attempt of the game....
According to Browns safety Donte Whitner, Gordon had some weight gain, and struggled with not being able to play football. MORE: NFL fan misery index | Browns won’t screw up draft this time “I do know Josh. I understand he’s a young guy,” Whitner said via Ohio.com. “He’s made a few mistakes in his career, and when you hit rock bottom the way he did, there’s nowhere else to go but up....
The beleaguered 28-year-old wideout on Monday received an indefinite suspension from the NFL for violating the league’s PED and substance abuse policies. MORE: A timeline of Josh Gordon’s troubles This marks Gordon’s fifth suspension from the NFL and his second indefinite suspension. His last suspension, also indefinite and without pay, came in 2018 for violating the same substance-abuse policy. Gordon was reinstated from that susspension in August. Gordon took the field with the Patriots for six games in 2019 before being placed on injured reserve and subsequently waived....
Posting on social media, Hawley said large corporations could afford to pay their workers $15 per hour by 2025, but suggested small businesses would not be able to sustain the same rise in their wage bill. “The biggest corporations in America can afford to pay their workers $15 an hour,” Hawley tweeted on Tuesday. “Raise the minimum wage for big business, not small business.” Newsweek has contacted Senator Hawley’s office for further comment on his position....
Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri said last week that he was placing a hold on Biden’s nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas, the former deputy secretary of the DHS during former President Barack Obama’s administration. The Biden administration had previously hoped Mayorkas would be confirmed before Biden’s inauguration on January 20, according to Politico. Hawley cited questions regarding Mayorkas’ position on enforcing the border between the U.S. and Mexico as a reason behind the hold....
After Las Vegas missed a field goal on its first possession of overtime against the Seahawks, Jacobs put the game away, rushing for an 86-yard house call in overtime to cap off a 33-carry, 229-rushing yard performance during which he scored two times in the Raiders’ 40-34 win to move to 4-7. The 24-year-old running back has become a force for Las Vegas in 2022 as he’s already up to 1,159 yards and nine rushing touchdowns on 216 carries....
On Thursday, President Biden issued a mandate making it a requirement for all federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing their jobs. The change will also make it a requirement for all federal contractors and their employees to have had a vaccine. The change is set to impact up to 100 million Americans. The news has been greeted with anger from several Republican leaders with South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem describing it as “unconstitutional” while Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie rejected the idea as “medical tyranny....
“I told him, ‘Tennessee and Georgia are No. 1 and No. 2 and I want to go to the game and stand right next to you,’” Dobbs told Sporting News. “We’re going to the game. It will be a lot of fun.” Chubb and Dobbs are both Georgia natives, but they are sure to get different receptions at Sanford Stadium when they arrive for the matchup of SEC East unbeaten teams....
That’s what Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, told iFL TV last week. “Our original offer (to Wilder) was based on a September fight. Obviously (on Wednesday) you got Canelo-Golovkin announced and it’s only 10 or 11 weeks to Sept. 15,” Hearn said Thursday. POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS: Joshua on SN’s list A Joshua-Wilder fight around the same time as Canelo-GGG “doesn’t work for U.S. TV, doesn’t work in a build-up sense, either,” Hearn said, “so we’re looking now, if we do Wilder, more like October or November....
Members of the Sun Prairie Police Department were called to a home on January 12 and spoke with the intended victim and three journalists, one of whom told the officials that while investigating a murder-for-hire site on the dark web they found “information showing someone wanted to kill” the victim, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Madison. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Wisconsin, the person later identified as Kelly Harper, 37, allegedly used the murder-for-hire site from October 19 to December 10 to employ someone to kill a man....
That makes the Milwaukee Bucks’ miraculous fourth-quarter comeback win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday all that much more important. MORE: Watch NBA games live with Sling TV (3-day free trial) The Heat were in the driver’s seat, leading by 14 points on the road with just over six minutes to play in the final frame. They even led by four points – with the ball – with just 34 seconds on the clock after Bam Adebayo knocked down a clutch midrange pull-up and Giannis Antetokounmpo missed a layup....
In a 20-page ruling, U.S. District Judge David Bunning said St. Elizabeth Healthcare can mandate its more than 10,000 employees in Northern Kentucky to be vaccinated in response to the pandemic. The health care system is the largest employer in the region and is requiring all of its employees to have at least one dose of the vaccine by October 1st. “Actual liberty for all of us cannot exist where individual liberties override potential injury done to others,” Bunning said in the ruling, while adding that the vaccine mandate is “substantially less restrictive” than the one in 1905, reported the Cincinnati Enquirer....
