Day: February 20, 2017

Others need to improve game to keep pace with Johnson, says Day (Sports Betting News)Others need to improve game to keep pace with Johnson, says Day (Sports Betting News)

(Officialsportsbetting.com) – Top golfers needed to pick up their games to keep pace with Dustin Johnson, Australian Jason Day said on Sunday after losing top ranking to the long-hitting American. After 47 consecutive weeks at the top, Day ceded his position when Johnson won the Genesis Open in southern California on Sunday. “Whatever he’s doing, he just needs to keep doing it,” Day told reporters after finishing a distant equal 64th at Riviera.

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Golf: Johnson cruises to five-shot win and No. 1 ranking (Sports Betting News)Golf: Johnson cruises to five-shot win and No. 1 ranking (Sports Betting News)

February 19, 2017; Pacific Palisades, CA, USA;  Dustin Johnson reacts after making his putt on the eighteenth hole green to win thethe Genesis Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports

(Officialsportsbetting.com) – Dustin Johnson secured the world number one ranking in style when he smoked the field for a five-stroke victory at the Genesis Open in southern California on Sunday. With the victory, American Johnson jumps from third to first in the world rankings, supplanting Australian Jason Day, who finished tied for 64th. Despite two late bogeys, he finished at 17-under-par 267, with Thomas Pieters (63) of Belgium and American Scott Brown (67) a distant second on 12-under in the event formerly named the Los Angeles Open.

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Great expectations: Indians eye Series title after ’16 run (Sports Betting News)Great expectations: Indians eye Series title after ’16 run (Sports Betting News)

As rain showers move through the area, Cleveland Indians pitchers Perci Garner, left, Shawn Morimando, second from left, TIm Cooney, second from right, and Adam Plutko, right, run through their exercises at the Indians baseball spring training facility, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Above the small cactuses and flowering plants dotting the concrete-blocked plaza outside the doorway to Cleveland’s training complex is a new sign that serves as both a reminder and motivator. The Indians have some unfinished business. One swing away from beating the Chicago Cubs in an epic World Series last year, the Indians, who pumped up their payroll to nearly $130 million by winning baseball’s offseason with the surprise signing of free-agent slugger Edwin Encarnacion this winter, have their sights set on a return to the postseason – and this time winning it all.

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Clark: Comments “unprofessional” on Betances arbitration (Sports Betting News)Clark: Comments “unprofessional” on Betances arbitration (Sports Betting News)

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2016, file photo, New York Yankees relief pitcher Dellin Betances delivers to a Kansas City Royals batter during the 13th inning of a baseball game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Betances and the Yankees have argued the years final salary arbitration case, the first for the team in nearly a decade. Eligible for arbitration for the first time, Betances asked for $5 million. The Yankees argued during Fridays, Feb. 17, 2017, hearing he should be paid $3 million.(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

On Saturday, New York Yankees President Randy Levine said Betances’ representatives had ”over-the-top demands based on very little sense of reality” seeking a $5 million salary for 2017. The Yankees won Friday’s hearing and are set to pay Betances $3 million for this season. ”There was a lot said,” Clark, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, said Sunday during his annual visit to the Cactus League in spring training.

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Clark: Comments “unprofessional” on Betances arbitration (Sports Betting News)Clark: Comments “unprofessional” on Betances arbitration (Sports Betting News)

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2016, file photo, New York Yankees relief pitcher Dellin Betances delivers to a Kansas City Royals batter during the 13th inning of a baseball game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Betances and the Yankees have argued the years final salary arbitration case, the first for the team in nearly a decade. Eligible for arbitration for the first time, Betances asked for $5 million. The Yankees argued during Fridays, Feb. 17, 2017, hearing he should be paid $3 million.(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

On Saturday, New York Yankees President Randy Levine said Betances’ representatives had ”over-the-top demands based on very little sense of reality” seeking a $5 million salary for 2017. The Yankees won Friday’s hearing and are set to pay Betances $3 million for this season. ”There was a lot said,” Clark, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, said Sunday during his annual visit to the Cactus League in spring training.

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Elliott nips Earnhardt to win 2nd straight Daytona 500 pole (Sports Betting News)Elliott nips Earnhardt to win 2nd straight Daytona 500 pole (Sports Betting News)

Dale Earnhardt Jr., left, and Chase Elliott display their front row trophies after qualifying for the top two positions in the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

It’s impossible to tell the history of NASCAR without mentioning Elliott and Earnhardt. As the series shifts into a new era, those distinguished names are out front again and will give the start of the Daytona 500 a throwback feel. Chase Elliott and Dale Earnhardt Jr. – teammates and sons of Hall of Fame drivers – will start 1-2 and should give a sagging series a sorely needed boost this week headed into its marquee event.

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