Best word to describe Furniture Row Racing’s title hopes: ‘Focused’Best word to describe Furniture Row Racing’s title hopes: ‘Focused’
The key for the No. 78 team has been uncanny focus this season.
Day: October 29, 2017
Your midseason MVP? The brilliant and improbable Carson WentzYour midseason MVP? The brilliant and improbable Carson Wentz
Your midseason MVP? The brilliant and improbable Carson Wentz
Gameday: Speed on speed in the backcourt as Kings welcome WizardsGameday: Speed on speed in the backcourt as Kings welcome Wizards
All eyes will be in the backcourt as De’Aaron Fox gets ready to go at one of the best point guards in the league in John Wall…
Golf roundup: Justin Rose wins HSBC Champions tournament after Dustin Johnson’s collapseGolf roundup: Justin Rose wins HSBC Champions tournament after Dustin Johnson’s collapse
Justin Rose took advantage of a record-tying collapse by Dustin Johnson and rallied from eight shots behind to win the HSBC Champions in Shanghai. Johnson, the world’s No. 1 player going for his third World Golf Championships title of the year, lost a six-shot lead Sunday. That matched the PGA Tour record for largest blown lead in the final round, most recently by Sergio Garcia at Quail Hollow in 2005, and most famously by Greg Norman in the 1996 Masters. A one-man show turned into a four-man race, and Rose seized on the surprising opportunity in a wild, wind-blown final round. He shot 31 on the back nine, getting into the game with birdies on the 13th and 14th, saving par with a 10-foot putt
Jazz rookie steals show with dunk vs. LakersJazz rookie steals show with dunk vs. Lakers
Donovan Mitchell announced his presence with a huge jam in Utah’s victory over Los Angeles.
Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell steals show with highlight dunk in win vs. LakersJazz rookie Donovan Mitchell steals show with highlight dunk in win vs. Lakers
“That was kind of a teaching point, how one play at this level can change the entire game.”
Sanderson Farms Championship, fourth round: Leaderboard, tee times, TV scheduleSanderson Farms Championship, fourth round: Leaderboard, tee times, TV schedule
A 5-under 31 on the back nine pushed Ryan Armour’s lead to five at the end of Round 3. Chesson Hadley is alone in second, while Monday qualifier Scott Strohmeyer continues his surprising run in the group tied for third at 9 under. Fourth round tee times Fourth round leaderboard HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN Telecast: Golf Channel (2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET) Live Audio: PGA TOUR RADIO (1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET) NOTABLE PAIRINGS Billy Hurley III, Austin Cook, Jonathan Randolph 10:49 a.m. ET off 1st tee Vaughn Taylor, Brian Stuard, Brian Gay 11:00 a.m. ET off 1st tee Beau Hossler, Ben Silverman, Seamus Power 11:10 a.m. ET off 1st tee Ryan Armour, Chesson Hadley, Scott Strohmeyer 11:21 a.m. ET off 1st tee
Injuries are hindering Frank Ntilikina’s development with KnicksInjuries are hindering Frank Ntilikina’s development with Knicks
CLEVELAND — Given Frank Ntilikina’s already shaky injury history, Jeff Hornacek warned that starting the 19-year-old could be a detriment to his health — and perhaps even his development. “If he earns that starting spot, fine. But we have to keep an eye on him, with the little bumps and bruises
Five takeaways from the Lakers’ 96-81 loss to the Utah JazzFive takeaways from the Lakers’ 96-81 loss to the Utah Jazz
After three games in four nights the Lakers will finally get a break today. They finished this stretch 1-2 with a win over the Wizards and losses to the Raptors and Jazz. These were all winnable games for the Lakers. Against Toronto, they built a 17-point lead then gave it away with sloppy transition
Playing for second pays off for Justin RosePlaying for second pays off for Justin Rose
A victorious Justin Rose started Sunday at the World Golf Championships – HSBC Champions playing for second place. While he hadn’t given up at Sheshan International he was realistic… he trailed the world No. 1 golfer Dustin Johnson by eight shots and Johnson had a six-shot buffer on his nearest rival. Rose had been here before – chasing down a supremely talented and in form golfer – and always set himself mini challenges. This time he pitted himself in a fictional match play battle on the back nine when he made the turn still six back of the lead. “I played a game with myself where I said, okay, I’m 4-down to the golf course: Can I win my match. Or I was thinking: Can I tie my match. 13-under par was by goal, and I exceeded that in the end,â€� Rose said. Exceeded he did. Rose – who had three bogeys in his last four holes during a front-nine even-par 36 – found five birdies between 11 and 17 to shoot 5-under 31 and finish at 14 under for the tournament. Recently he was seven behind Marc Leishman with a round to go at the BMW Championship but just two behind second place. In January last year he was eight behind leader Justin Thomas at the Sony Open, but just one back of second. On both occasions, he played his mini games and targeted second place and succeeded. He knew to win he would need help from the leader so why not just focus on what he could control just in case it eventuated. Thomas and Leishman closed but this time Johnson spectacularly collapsed. And as such Rose was ready. Johnson, who had steadied after back-to-back bogeys to open his round in blustery and tough windy conditions, dropped shots on the 12th, 15th and 16th and the breakdown was complete after a 5-over 77. An incredible 10 shots worse than Rose. “It was the perfect type of weather conditions to make a comeback,â€� Rose said. “This is the type of day when you are playing with a lead, every hole seems difficult. Obviously, someone is still capable of playing a special round of golf. And my back nine was just amazing today.â€� And so Johnson, who was poised to hold three of the four WGC trophies at one time, instead gave up the biggest 54-hole lead in WGC history. The last time the best player in the world gave up a lead like that was the 1996 Masters where Greg Norman collapsed from six ahead to give nick Faldo a third green jacket. The eight-shot deficit was the equal third biggest comeback in PGA TOUR history behind only Paul Lawrie (10 shots 1999 Open Championship) and Stewart Cink (nine shots 2004 RBC Heritage). “It’s the kind of day you certainly don’t expect,â€� Rose said. “It’s the kind of day you hope for, dream for, but a lot of things need to go your way in order for a day like today to happen… especially going against a player like DJ.â€� The win is Rose’s eighth triumph on the PGA TOUR and second WGC title. Having tasted five runner-up finishes since his last TOUR win in 2015 at the Zurich Classic it was a sweet one. The 550 FedExCup points rocket him to third on the points list early in the season – last year’s HSBC Champions winner Hideki Matsuyama rode the win all the way to the top seed entering the Playoffs. Of course Rose broke up his win “droughtâ€� with an Olympic Gold medal in 2016 so he has won somewhere in the world in each calendar year since 2010. “Whenever you beat the top players in the world, that gives a tournament victory so much more meaning, and obviously with a leaderboard like we had today with Dustin, Brooks (Koepka), (Henrik) Stenson, I take a lot of pride in winning this tournament,â€� he said. “And winning in China, to travel, to take your game internationally I think is something that’s very important to do.â€� Winning is always important – but so it seems is playing for second.