It’s not too often the key shot of a tournament is struck with a pitching wedge from 30 yards, but that was the shot that propelled Nasa Hataoka to victory at the TOTO Japan Classic. Though most will point to Hataoka’s magnificent shot from a fairway bunker to within a few feet on the 14th […]
Read MoreAn anatomy of Michael Irvin's 'First Take' meltdown
If you're shouting loud enough to make headlines on First Take—ESPN's premium shouting flagship for the better part of the last decade—then you really have to be going for it. We're talking gasket-blowing, larynx-spraining, howl-at-the-moon level stuff, which is precisely what Cowboys-receiver-turned-future-Fox-Sports-"personality" Michael Irvin delivered on Monday morning when he hopped on Stephen A. Smith's […]
Read MoreCameron Champ on cracking drivers, managing expectations, and where he'll put that rooster trophy
Even diehard golf fans can have trouble getting excited about the fall portion of the wraparound PGA Tour season, but what an autumn it’s been so far. Brooks Koepka and Justin Rose have traded the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking, Bryson DeChambeau and Xander Schauffele have added to their trophy cases, plus, […]
Read MoreFormer NCAA champ DQ'd from LPGA Q-Series over rules breach reportedly involving her mother (UPDATE: Caddie disputes story)
Beyond who claimed medalist honors (South Korea's Jeongeun Lee) and how many amateurs successfully earned their tour cards (eight), a different sort of drama played out on Saturday during LPGA Q-Series at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. Doris Chen, the 2014 NCAA individual champion at USC and the 2010 U.S. Girls’ Junior champion, was disqualified […]
Read MoreEd Orgeron and closed captioning are a match made in comedy heaven
Remember Farmer Fran, the wild-eyed, overall-clad assistant coach from The Waterboy who babbled on in a cajun accent so thick no one ever had any idea what he was saying? Well, little known fact, but current LSU ball coach Ed Orgeron is based on that character, making up for his lack of coherence with an […]
Read MoreThe worst bad beats of the weekend starring Texas, a team we should all stop betting on
Click:图和图谱有什么区别 While he's in just his second year as head coach at Texas, Tom Herman has already developed quite the reputation in the gambling community. As an underdog, Herman's Longhorns are scary good. In the two games they were getting points in this season (TCU and Oklahoma), Texas won both outright. Being the favorite has […]
Read MoreBryson DeChambeau won despite "ripping part of hand off" at a hockey game by…blowing the air horn too hard
Bryson DeChambeau is a man of science. But an act of the golf gods nearly kept him from winning over the weekend. DeChambeau captured his fourth event in 2018 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open with a 66 on Sunday, good enough for a one-shot victory over Patrick Cantlay. A performance impressive in itself, […]
Read MoreWatch Bryson DeChambeau give the most Bryson DeChambeau quote ever after his latest win
OK, so maybe that headline is overselling it just a bit. After all, when it comes to Bryson DeChambeau quotes, it will be tough to ever top this one he gave after winning the Dell Technologies Championship in September. RELATED: The 11 most unusual things about Bryson DeChambeau “How much better can I get? Oh, […]
Read MoreHow'd Your Team Do, Twitter Edition: Brady beats Rodgers, leading to insufferable debating
Whatever happened on Sunday Night Football between the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers was going to have absolutely zero effect on any "greatest of all time" discussion between Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. In the grand scheme, it was just a fun week 9 matchup between an AFC and a NFC team that […]
Read MoreSign of the times: Tiger Woods vaults past Jordan Spieth in world ranking
Tiger Woods didn’t hit a shot last week in Las Vegas but still climbed to No. 13 in the Official World Golf Ranking, one spot ahead of Jordan Spieth. That’s the nature of the system. Woods, who won for the first time in five years this year and tallied six other top-10 finishes, had reached […]
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