Day: August 29, 2017

PGA tour pros criticize 18th hole at Northern TrustPGA tour pros criticize 18th hole at Northern Trust

Dustin Johnson hit one of the most insanely impressive drives we’ll ever see on the first playoff Sunday at The Northern Trust. Seriously, a 341-yard bomb on an outlandish line right over a huge water hazard at Glen Oaks Club’s par-4 18th. We’re getting excited, let’s watch this again. This left Johnson just 94 yards to the hole … on a 467-yard par 4. From there, he would smooth a wedge to 4 feet and birdie the hole to defeat Jordan Spieth, who hit a brilliant 315-yard drive but came nowhere close to what Johnson produced off the tee. Spieth’s drive was 25 yards shorter and on a way more conservative angle, leaving him 182 yards to the hole. Apparently this struck a nerve with a few PGA Tour

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Lamar Odom: Lakers trade ‘basically ended my career’Lamar Odom: Lakers trade ‘basically ended my career’

The downward spiral that put Lamar Odom in a Nevada hospital on kidney dialysis in 2015 formed through the complicated tapestry of Odom’s personal history and life at that time. Many blamed his relationship with the Kardashians or his difficult and often tragic upbringing. But few individual events

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Gerald Green driving around Houston trying to help people affected by HarveyGerald Green driving around Houston trying to help people affected by Harvey

NBA forward and Houston native Gerald Green wants to lend a helping hand in the aftermath of Hurricane (now Tropical Storm) Harvey. Green posted an Instagram video Monday asking people to help him secure a boat so he could help people who are in danger because of massive flooding in the city and surrounding

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Cavaliers pull out of $140 million Quicken Loans Arena renovation projectCavaliers pull out of $140 million Quicken Loans Arena renovation project

The Cleveland Cavaliers will not be hosting the NBA All-Star Game anytime soon.  That is because the team announced on Monday that they have pulled out of a $140 million project that was set to upgrade Quicken Loans Arena. The facility, which is one of the oldest in the league, was set to undergo a transformation

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