Notre Dame’s Arike Ogunbowale is following her memorable NCAA Tournament performance by participating in an all-athlete version of “Dancing With The Stars.”
The NFL has suspended free agent quarterback Mark Sanchez for the first four games of next season for violating the league’s policy against performance-enhancing substances. Sanchez spent last season as Chicago’s third-string quarterback. The 31-year-old quarterback was the No. 5 overall pick
Off the bat, Starlin Castro’s fly ball to right field was going to be questionable to score one run. It ended up netting three, as the bases cleared on a throwing error.
Emergency 9 Here are nine tidbits from the second round of the 50th RBC Heritage that gamers can use tomorrow, this weekend or down the road. Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina plays to 7,099 yards (Par-71). PAIN OR GAIN These were the top five picked golfers in the PGA TOUR Fantasy One & Done presented by SERVPRO: The top three players will play the weekend but the last two will not. Donald’s Friday rally fell short by one shot while Casey’s never got started. The cut was 142 (E) as 76 pros and one amateur, Clemson’s Doc Redman (E), will play the entire weekend. People’s Choice: Matt Kuchar The 2014 champ had it to low as eight-under-par but a late double bogey knocked him back to T13. He matched yesterday’s bogey total (1) but was forced to grind out his round (70). After leading the field in SG: Tee to Green in Round 1 he was 93rd in Round 2. He’ll begin Saturday four shots behind leader Bryson DeChambeau who is 10-under. Halfway Leader DeChambeau’s first event as a professional was here in 2016 after collected the award for low amateur at the Masters. He promptly introduced himself to skeptical gamers as he collected T4 during windy, blustery conditions. Investors this week will happily be reminded that the weather isn’t going to get any better this weekend as the wind picks up and the chance for severe storms is prevalent. His numbers across the board suggests all parts of his game are firing and it’s time to get him off the bench and into the lineup. Morning Show Ian Poulter posted one of the two rounds of 64 in the late-early groups to jump 18 spots to T2. Poulter is the last winner on TOUR, non-major edition, and matched his second round score at the Golf Club of Houston that propelled him to his first title since 2012. His bogey-free round featured a perfect 5-for-5 scrambling and holing over 106 feet of putts. He’s never missed a weekend at this event in eight tries and should be one of the favorites entering the weekend. He has never had a problem wearing tartan! Afternoon Edition Moving up the List was Luke as his bogey-free 64 was one of the best of the early-late wave. After struggling with his short game Thursday he was perfect on Friday plus he started holing putts. This is the third year in a row he’s posted 68 or lower on Friday but just the second time he’s played the weekend. His worst finish in his last seven stroke play events is T26. He sits on eight-under and T4, moving up 30 spots. 3 Up Satoshi Kodaira, chosen by exactly one of you in the PGA TOUR Fantasy One & Done presented by SERVPRO set the low round of the week with 63. After opening with 73 he made four birdies on each side and didn’t drop a shot. This is his first round in the 60’s in six TOUR events in 2018. … Si Woo Kim continues to confound me yet make a case for season-long set-it-at-forget-it selection. I can’t figure out which weeks he’s going to fire and his 65 today WITH A TRIPLE BOGEY isn’t helping clear anything up. Oh, and he’s T2 heading into the weekend! … Speaking of confounding, Brandt Snedeker also posted 64 in the morning to move up 30 spots to T4. This is the same Snedeker who closed with 78 at Valspar in the final group, opened with 77 the next week at Bay Hill and MDF in Houston with 77 on Saturday. I’m not sold yet. 3 Down, but Not Out If you’re wondering how the scoring was on Friday, Dustin Johnson fired his second consecutive 69 and dropped six spots to T26. He’s only six shots behind and his investors will point out that he only made on bogey in Round 2. … Patrick Cantlay cracked the top 10 at No. 10 in the PGA TOUR Fantasy One & Done game presented by SERVPRO. His opening round 67 was followed by 72 and a drop of 27 spots to T33. He’s seven back and hardly out of it. … First round leader Rory Sabbatini ran the lead out to 10-under before playing the final eight holes of his round in three-over. His birdie on the last moved him to T4 and will make dinner taste much better. He made 121 feet of putts in Round 1 and 35 feet in Round 2. MC HOF: God Save the Queen Edition Paul Casey’s rebound weekend at Augusta came to a crashing halt after 75-71. The world’s No. 13 player’s streak of TWENTY NINE events with a pay check ends. … The No. 18 player in the OWGR ranking Tyrell Hatton hit 25 of 36 GIR but took 66 putts to get down. His 75-71 matched Casey’s. … No. 38 Ross Fisher rebounded from 77 to 67 but missed out by two shots. … Perennial Harbour Town All Star Luke Donald was one better than Fisher (76-67) and yet still one short of the line. He was a massive disappointment in every format. Study Hall Friday’s scoring average was 70.031 versus 71.742 in Round 1. With both waves playing one shot easier than Thursday, I’d suggest the set-up helped. With windier conditions on the weekend, we’ll see if they keep it easier … Si Woo Kim leads the field with 14 birdies after 36 holes. … Chris Couch WD before making the turn on Friday… Gamers riding a heat check on Marc Leishman after his first two rounds at Augusta will be disappointed to see him miss the weekend by a shot. … Emiliano Grillo’s streak of cuts made extends another weekend after his 66 Friday.
Dallas Stars coach Ken Hitchcock is retiring, ending a 22-year career as the third-winningest coach in NHL history. Hitchcock will become a consultant for the team he led to its only Stanley Cup championship in 1999. The 66-year-old Hitchcock returned to Dallas this season after 15 years away. The Stars
Shohei Ohtani is creeping his way up the batting order. The two-way Japanese superstar is batting seventh on Friday against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
Sergio Garcia ends a seven-year absence from the PGA TOUR venue he helped design, while Kevin Chappell makes his first career title defense as the TOUR heads back to Texas for the third of five stops this year. Beau Hossler, a former University of Texas standout who just missed a Masters berth in a Houston Open playoff, heads a solid list of players with Texas ties. That also includes Garcia – now an Austin resident – former PGA Championship winner Jimmy Walker and Jhonattan Vegas. FIELD NOTES: U.S. Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk returns to San Antonio for the first time since 2015, with two top-10 finishes in three visits to TPC San Antonio. … In all, the lineup features six of the top 30 in the current world rankings. … Joaquin Niemann, who held the No.1 amateur ranking for nearly a year, will make the VTO his professional debut. The Chilean teen already holds conditional Web.com Tour status…. The list of international invitees also features two-time major champion Martin Kaymer, India’s Shubhankar Sharma and England’s Chris Paisley. For Paisley, it’s his first start on U.S. soil since his college days at Tennessee. … Julian Suri, a Florida native who has spent the past two years on the European circuit, hopes to build on his top-10 finish in Houston earlier this month. FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 500 points. STORYLINES: Garcia tees it up for the first time since a disappointing title defense at the Masters, where a 13 at Augusta National’s feast-or-famine 15th produced a hole too big to climb out of. Garcia was a consultant on the host AT&T Oaks course, but hasn’t been back since its 2010 debut. … John Senden makes his second PGA TOUR start since taking a nearly yearlong break to deal with his son’s brain tumor. He was on track to make the cut at the RBC Heritage, until a bogey/bogey finish put him on the wrong side of the line. … Chappell now seeks to become the third man this century to win back-to-back in San Antonio. Justin Leonard did it in 2000-01, followed by Zach Johnson in 2008-09. COURSE: TPC San Antonio (AT&T Oaks), 7,435 yards, par 72. Winding through Texas Hill Country north of the city, the Oaks tends toward a minimalist look and feel – often employing native vegetation as a peril for wayward shots. Garcia served as a consultant in the 2010 Greg Norman design, which is widely considered to present a tougher challenge than its sibling Canyons layout built by Pete Dye. The Oaks’ most memorable moment may have come in 2011, when Kevin Na recorded a 16 at the par-4 ninth hole after struggling to free himself from rocks and underbrush. A year later, Na returned with a chainsaw for a good-natured publicity shoot. 72-HOLE RECORD: 254, Tommy Armour III (2003 at LaCantera). TPC San Antonio record: 274, Adam Scott (2010), Martin Laird (2013). 18-HOLE RECORD: 60, Bart Bryant (3rd round, 2004 at LaCantera), Zach Johnson (3rd round, 2009 at LaCantera). TPC San Antonio record: 63, Matt Every (1st round, 2012), Martin Laird (4th round, 2013). LAST YEAR: Chappell finally notched his long-awaited first PGA TOUR victory, ramming home an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole to hold off Brooks Koepka’s Sunday charge. Chappell began the final day with a one-stroke advantage, but found himself tied going to the 18th tee after Koepka birdied ahead to complete a 7-under-par 65. Two solid shots left the California native 89 yards from the pin, where he got the ball below the hole to set up the winning putt. Chappell’s triumph followed four runner-up finishes the previous season, including THE PLAYERS Championship and TOUR Championship. Tony Finau and Kevin Tway tied for third, three shots behind Chappell. HOW TO FOLLOW TELEVISION: Thursday-Friday, 3:30-6:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:45 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 8:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (featured groups), 3:30-6:30 p.m. (featured holes). RADIO: Thursday-Friday, 1-6:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com).
Mike Budenholzer is expected to meet with Suns management early next week, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Former NFL linebacker Aldon Smith will await his next court date at an inpatient substance abuse treatment center.
Miami Marlins CEO Derek Jeter says he will not attend next week’s series against the New York Yankees in the Bronx.
