Day: January 11, 2017

World Series champion Cubs to visit White House on Monday (Sports Betting News)World Series champion Cubs to visit White House on Monday (Sports Betting News)

FILE - In a Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 file photo, Chicago Cubs' Anthony Rizzo holds up the World Series final out ball during a rally in Grant Park honoring the World Series baseball champions, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

The World Series champion Chicago Cubs have accepted President Barack Obama’s invitation and will visit the White House on Monday. The president invited the Cubs shortly after they beat the Cleveland Indians to end a title drought that dated to 1908.

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Arnold Palmer’s first signature course up for sale (Sports Betting News)Arnold Palmer’s first signature course up for sale (Sports Betting News)

Arnold Palmer’s first signature golf course is up for sale. Indian Lake Golf Club, an 18-hole course located about an hour southeast of the golfing great’s hometown of Latrobe, is looking for new ownership. Palmer, who won seven major titles before becoming a prominent golf course designer among other successful business ventures, died last September at age 87.

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Carl Edwards makes pure and private decision to leave NASCAR (Sports Betting News)Carl Edwards makes pure and private decision to leave NASCAR (Sports Betting News)

Carl Edwards pauses as he speaks to the media during a news conference at Joe Gibbs Racing in Huntersville, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Edwards announced he was stepping away from racing. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Carl Edwards listed reason after reason for stepping away from full-time NASCAR competition this season, less than two months removed from nearly winning his first Cup title. Edwards, one of NASCAR’s top stars and driver for a top organization, really seemed at peace with a personal decision he made right before Christmas. Edwards had one year remaining on his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing, and he came 10 laps away from winning his first Cup title two months ago.

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Carl Edwards makes pure and private decision to leave NASCAR (Sports Betting News)Carl Edwards makes pure and private decision to leave NASCAR (Sports Betting News)

Carl Edwards pauses as he speaks to the media during a news conference at Joe Gibbs Racing in Huntersville, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Edwards announced he was stepping away from racing. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Carl Edwards listed reason after reason for stepping away from full-time NASCAR competition this season, less than two months removed from nearly winning his first Cup title. Edwards, one of NASCAR’s top stars and driver for a top organization, really seemed at peace with a personal decision he made right before Christmas. Edwards had one year remaining on his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing, and he came 10 laps away from winning his first Cup title two months ago.

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Decorated field ready for Sony Open in Hawaii (Sports Betting News)Decorated field ready for Sony Open in Hawaii (Sports Betting News)

The PGA Tour remains in America’s 50th state this week but moves from Maui to Oahu for the Sony Open, the second and final leg of its annual Hawaii swing. The 144-player field that will test the 7,044-yard, par-70 course at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu on Thursday features nine of the top 10 golfers in the current FedExCup standings. Heading that list is Thomas, who with his win at the SBS Tournament of Champions last week at Kapulua, became the fastest player to multiple wins in a season since the wraparound schedule made its debut in 2013-14.

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