FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — Mission Brief, the filly trotter who finished second in the 2015 Hambletonian, has been retired.
FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — Mission Brief, the filly trotter who finished second in the 2015 Hambletonian, has been retired.
The PGA Tour moves across the country this week from Southern California to southeast Florida and The Honda Classic, which begins play Thursday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The 144 golfers who tee it up will play for a combined purse of $6.4 million, with $1.152 million going to the player who best survives the daunting par-70, 7,140-yard Champion course at the PGA National Resort & Spa. The track is famous for the Bear Trap, holes 15-17 of the Jack Nicklaus-designed course that gives even the world’s best players fits and keeps them up at night.
The PGA Tour moves across the country this week from Southern California to southeast Florida and The Honda Classic, which begins play Thursday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The 144 golfers who tee it up will play for a combined purse of $6.4 million, with $1.152 million going to the player who best survives the daunting par-70, 7,140-yard Champion course at the PGA National Resort & Spa. The track is famous for the Bear Trap, holes 15-17 of the Jack Nicklaus-designed course that gives even the world’s best players fits and keeps them up at night.
Upon further review, hoisting a championship trophy is exactly how Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants to end his career. NASCAR’s most popular driver caused a stir on ”The Dan Patrick Show” when he claimed he would immediately retire if he wins the title this year. The statement followed him to media day for the Daytona 500, and there was no question about it.
Chris Paul has been cleared by doctors and could be back in the Los Angeles Clippers’ lineup on Thursday at Golden State. Coach Doc Rivers said Wednesday that Paul ”looked great” in practice a day earlier and the only remaining hurdle is how comfortable he feels after another practice. ”Overall, he was pretty aggressive,” Rivers said of Paul’s first practice in 4 + weeks on Tuesday, ”but it was clear as practice went on he got more and more aggressive.
Chris Paul has been cleared by doctors and could be back in the Los Angeles Clippers’ lineup on Thursday at Golden State. Coach Doc Rivers said Wednesday that Paul ”looked great” in practice a day earlier and the only remaining hurdle is how comfortable he feels after another practice. ”Overall, he was pretty aggressive,” Rivers said of Paul’s first practice in 4 + weeks on Tuesday, ”but it was clear as practice went on he got more and more aggressive.
Justin Thomas is walking a little taller this year at the Honda Classic. Thomas also has three victories, the most of anyone on the PGA Tour this season, and he set the tour’s 72-hole scoring record at the Sony Open that includes a 59. ”You look at people like DJ and Rory, I think it’s so cool watching them go walk around the golf course because they just look so unbeatable, and they have such great strides and such confidence just when they walk,” Thomas said.
DeMarcus Cousins says his prayers have been answered, although not necessarily in the way he expected. The New Orleans Pelicans’ newest All-Star maintained on Wednesday that he liked Sacramento and initially wasn’t happy about being traded Sunday night, but added he’d become frustrated waiting through six-plus losing seasons for the Kings to add more elite players. Cousins is the one who wound up being sent away, but to a team where he joins fellow 6-foot-11 All-Star Anthony Davis.
Ed Garvey, the lawyer who led the National Football League Players Association through strikes in 1974 and 1982, has died at age 76. The Capital Times reported that Garvey died Wednesday at a nursing home in Verona after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. Garvey was the players’ union counsel and executive director from 1971-83.
