Day: May 18, 2017

Golf's silly rules forced an NCAA golfer to go diving for his ball in a pondGolf's silly rules forced an NCAA golfer to go diving for his ball in a pond

Jacksonville University golfer David Wicks had a choice to make on Wednesday at an NCAA regional in Baton Rouge. Either he could strip down to his underwear and jump into a pond to find his ball, or he could take a two-stroke penalty. An NCAA championship berth was on the line, so you can guess which path Wicks took. The unplanned dip was all because of what Dolphins Coach Mike Blackburn called “a stroke of bad luck,” which is underselling it. The Golf Channel’s Ryan Lavner has the tale of woe: On the fourth hole at LSU’s University Club, his 13th of the day, senior David Wicks marked his 3-footer for par and waited for the other two players in his group to finish out. He crouched on a steep

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’87 Oilers, ’77 Habs among greatest NHL teams of all time’87 Oilers, ’77 Habs among greatest NHL teams of all time

The “Great One� thinks the 1986-87 Edmonton Oilers are the greatest team he played on, but there’s no shortage of debate over whether that’s the best team of all-time. Four of Wayne Gretzky’s 1980s Oilers dynasty teams are among the 20 “Greatest NHL teams� as voted by fans during the league’s 100th anniversary. Also among the top 20 are three teams from the Montreal Canadiens’ 1970s run and three from the New York Islanders’ 1980s stretch when each dynasty captured four Stanley Cup titles in a row before passing the torch to Edmonton.

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