‘Grumpier’ Rodgers lashes out at young WRs‘Grumpier’ Rodgers lashes out at young WRs
A frustrated Aaron Rodgers took aim at the Packers’ young receivers for what he called a “piss poor” effort level during Tuesday’s scout-team session.
Day: August 7, 2018
Fantasy Insider: Fantasy golf advice for PGA ChampionshipFantasy Insider: Fantasy golf advice for PGA Championship
Before I get to some exciting news, ShotLink is activated for the PGA Championship. It’s the only major that uses it. As a result, the array of fantasy scoring is in play for PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO. Given the default value on distance off the tee and what is shaping up to be a soggy Bellerive Country Club, consider tilting the balance toward length more than you would usually. After you’ve cemented your lineup for the season’s final major, be sure to keep an eye on the introduction of a new fantasy game at PGATOUR.COM. If you believe that you have a solid handle on PGA TOUR Fantasy presented by SERVPRO, your confidence is poised to be rewarded in the Perfect Lineup Challenge. The new, stand-alone contest will be announced this week. It will consist only of the events of the FedExCup Playoffs. Your objective will be to own the top-four fantasy scorers in all four tournaments. If you succeed, you’ll win $1 million. That’s $1,000,000.00. Seriously. The game will use the same fantasy scoring with which you’re familiar in PGA TOUR Fantasy presented by SERVPRO, but there will not be a limit on the number of starts per golfer. Stay tuned for more details and other prizing. PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO My roster for the PGA Championship (in alphabetical order): Patrick Cantlay Tony Finau Dustin Johnson Brooks Koepka Rory McIlroy Justin Thomas You’ll find my starters in Expert Picks. Others to consider for each category (in alphabetical order): Scoring: Jason Day; Tommy Fleetwood; Rickie Fowler; Marc Leishman; Phil Mickelson; Alex Noren; Jon Rahm; Patrick Reed; Justin Rose; Tiger Woods Driving: Keegan Bradley; Paul Casey; Jason Day; Tommy Fleetwood; Rickie Fowler; Francesco Molinari; Justin Rose; Adam Scott; Kyle Stanley Approach: Keegan Bradley; Rickie Fowler; Zach Johnson; Matt Kuchar; Louis Oosthuizen; Ian Poulter; Jordan Spieth; Henrik Stenson; Tiger Woods Short: Paul Casey; Jason Day; Tyrrell Hatton; Matt Kuchar; Phil Mickelson; Alex Noren; Justin Rose; Webb Simpson; Tiger Woods Returning to Competition Justin Rose … Back spasms thwarted an appearance in last week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, and he didn’t “need” to exacerbate the malady. Consider him green-lit in all formats at Bellerive. Adam Hadwin … Sat out last week’s finale at Firestone due to a sore hip. No better than T35 at Carnoustie in his last eight starts. Currently 67th in the FedExCup standings and has already acknowledged (on Twitter) that he won’t be lacing it up at Sedgefield next week. Troy Merritt … Hasn’t missed competition but still could be a tee-time decision after having surgery to remove a blood clot in his left arm since winning the Barbasol Championship. Notable WDs Graham DeLaet … On July 24, he announced plans to have microdiscectomy surgery on his L4-L5 disc. The 36-year-old is expecting to miss as much as one year of competition. While he hasn’t competed since October, 2018 hasn’t been a total loss as he was inducted into Boise State University’s Athletics Hall of Fame in April. Lee Westwood … Shortly after gaining entry via the Official World Golf Ranking, he withdrew with an undisclosed injury. It’s just the second time (2010) since he made his PGA Championship debut in 1997 that he’s missed the major. The Englishman turned 45 in April. Bernd Wiesberger … The 32-year-old Austrian would have cracked the field via the OWGR, but he remains sidelined with a wrist injury. He’s been out for three months. Power Rankings Recap – World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational Power Ranking Golfer Result 1 Dustin Johnson T3 2 Rory McIlroy T6 3 Justin Rose DNP 4 Francesco Molinari T39 5 Tiger Woods T31 6 Rickie Fowler T17 7 Paul Casey T31 8 Tommy Fleetwood T14 9 Jon Rahm T17 10 Zach Johnson T17 11 Jordan Spieth T60 12 Jason Day T10 13 Xander Schauffele 68th 14 Hideki Matsuyama T39 15 Brooks Koepka 5th 16 Justin Thomas Win 17 Thorbjørn Olesen T3 18 Tony Finau T10 19 Bubba Watson T31 20 Adam Scott T57 Wild Card Patrick Reed T28 Sleepers Recap – World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational Golfer Result Austin Cook T53 Russell Knox T48 Andrew Landry T57 Brendan Steele T60 Ryuko Tokimatsu T39 Power Rankings Recap – Barracuda Championship Power Ranking Golfer Result 1 Martin Laird T15 2 Joel Dahmen T54 3 Kevin Streelman MC 4 Ryan Palmer T26 5 Andrew Putnam Win 6 Richy Werenski MC 7 Robert Garrigus MC 8 Kevin Tway T23 9 Shane Lowry T15 10 Sam Saunders T Birthdays among active golfers on the PGA TOUR August 7 … Andrew Landry (31) August 8 … Webb Simpson (33) August 9 … Brett Wetterich (45) August 10 … Jonathan Randolph (30) August 11 … Morgan Hoffmann (29) August 12 … none August 13 … Tommy Gainey (43)
PGA Championship 2018: Why doesn’t golf consider Brooks Koepka a star?PGA Championship 2018: Why doesn’t golf consider Brooks Koepka a star?
ST. LOUIS—It’s fortunate Brooks Koepka is the size of South Dakota. Because the chip on his shoulder is…well, less of a chip and more of a boulder.
“I can think of plenty of people along the way telling me I’ll be nothing, working at McDonald&apos
Jordan Spieth hopes he’s not under the radar for long at PGA ChampionshipJordan Spieth hopes he’s not under the radar for long at PGA Championship
ST. LOUIS – Some players like being under the proverbial radar. Jordan Spieth doesn’t mind it. But come Sunday afternoon, Spieth hopes to be the brightest blip on the screen. While Spieth knows the 2017-18 season on the PGA TOUR has not been his best, the 25-year-old has still been a factor in two of the three majors. Spieth was third at the Masters, almost producing the best Sunday comeback in Augusta National history. He held a share of the 54-hole lead at the recent Open Championship only to fade to a ninth-place finish. But at the end of the day, almost winning is not winning. With 10 PGA TOUR wins in the three seasons prior to this one, trophies are now expected from him. Winning this week would be an incredible way to break the recent slump that has seen him drop from world No. 2 at the start of 2018, to his current position of eighth. Because if he claims the Wanamaker Trophy, Spieth enters notable company as just the sixth man to achieve the career grand slam behind Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. “This tournament will always be circled until I’m able to hopefully win it someday … which will ultimately achieve a life-long goal for me,â€� Spieth said. “So certainly, emphasis in my head on it, but nothing overpowering, nothing that takes over once I start on the first tee, just more going into the week.â€� This is just Spieth’s second chance to complete the slam after last year’s whirlwind where he claimed the Claret Jug and turned up to Quail Hollow as hot property. He admits to being more anxious then because he was in form and going to a course he felt he could contend. But this year the focus is on the likes of four-time winner Woods, world No. 1 Dustin Johnson and defending FedExCup and PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas. “I like to come in in form,â€� Spieth said when asked if he’d prefer his current spot of under the radar or being the brightest spot on it. “I feel somewhat under the radar this year. I’ve kind of felt that way a lot this year, I don’t mind it. “But at the same time, after one round it changes. So ideally, going into Sunday you’re a bright spot.â€� Statistically the problem for Spieth has been putting. He ranks 165th in Strokes Gained: Putting after being inside the top 10 on TOUR in two of the last four seasons and inside the top 40 in all four seasons. But at Carnoustie he lamented “two bad swingsâ€� that took him out of the tournament when he bogeyed the fifth and doubled the sixth hole. 
 He’s seen the good and the bad with majors, winning three and of course letting a few slip. He points out Jack Nicklaus had multiple near misses to go with his 18 wins, which makes the losses easier to accept. “Each week, if I don’t have a chance to win on Sunday, I’m disappointed waking up. But I understand this year’s been kind of a building year for me, and I’ve been working back towards the level that I like to be at,â€� he said. “If I look back, I try and focus on four tournaments a year, I have a huge emphasis on them, and two of them I’ve had a chance to win on Sunday this year. So if I’m looking at it from that standpoint, it’s kind of mission accomplished with one to go.â€� “But obviously, getting in the winner’s circle when it’s been over a year is something that I obviously would like to do. “I don’t feel any added pressure from it, I won’t, but if it happens or doesn’t happen through the rest of this calendar year, I’m working in the right direction, I’m doing the right things, and again if you get yourself in position enough, the bounces will go your way.â€�
Davis Love III to reach 100 majors played at PGA ChampionshipDavis Love III to reach 100 majors played at PGA Championship
ST. LOUIS – A gallon of gas was 89 cents, Crocodile Dundee was a hit at the box office, and Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. A lot of things happened in 1986, so you get a pass if you missed Davis Love III finishing T47 at his first major, the PGA Championship at Inverness Club. No one could have known it was the start of a historic run; he will play in his 100th major this week at the PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club. Only 14 players have ever hit the century mark. “Another reminder that you’re getting older and you played for a long, long time,â€� said Love, 54, who will also be making his 757th PGA TOUR start this week. “But I’ve been blessed to play this long. When you think about it, if you played all four of them for 25 years, that’s pretty incredible, and I spread it out over a little bit longer than that.

“But I’m excited to be in another one,â€� added Love, who finished T10 in his U.S. Senior Open debut this summer. “I’ve been working hard this summer to get ready to play again after another injury, but to get ready to play in the only major I knew I was in this year and compete. And then obviously next week’s been a great week for me (at the Wyndham Championship) on TOUR, so I’m looking forward to this week and next week and getting back out there and competing.â€� Most majors played all-time Love is a 21-time TOUR champion whose career high point came with his two victories at THE PLAYERS Championship and 1997 victory at the PGA Championship. Recent years have seen him take on a leadership role with the U.S. Ryder Cup, and try to fight through injuries to play as much as possible. Left ankle surgery. Right foot surgery. Left hip surgery. Neck surgery. Some of these have been a product of age, some bad luck (he stepped in a hole while playing golf in 2007), and some because he refuses to give up snowboarding. But he can still mix it up with the kids, especially when he’s healthy. “I would like to compete in some more majors,â€� said Love, who finished T33 at the ’92 PGA at Bellerive, won by Nick Price. “I don’t want to just play. If I feel like I’m just showing up to catch Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, I wouldn’t do that. But if I feel like I can compete and have some fun and not get in the way, I would love to keep competing and break that record.â€� He has a long way to go, as Nicklaus, with 164 major starts, tops the list. Sam Snead was the oldest to win on TOUR; he was 52 years, 10 months, 8 days old when he captured the 1965 Greater Greensboro Open. In pursuit of that record, Love is also aiming for another one: Mark Brooks has the most TOUR starts with 802, which is only 46 ahead of Love. “That’s the guy I’m gunning for,â€� Love said. “I would like to try to hang in there long enough to get over 800 PGA TOUR starts and pass Jay Haas (799 starts) and Mark Brooks.â€�
Browns rookie Callaway cited for pot possessionBrowns rookie Callaway cited for pot possession
Browns rookie receiver Antonio Callaway, who had a troubled past at the University of Florida, was cited by police for marijuana possession on Sunday.
Aaron Rodgers says LeBron James ignoring Donald Trump is ‘absolutely beautiful’Aaron Rodgers says LeBron James ignoring Donald Trump is ‘absolutely beautiful’
In response to President Donald Trump’s attack on LeBron James, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers publicly supported James.
Rodgers has LeBron’s back against TrumpRodgers has LeBron’s back against Trump
Packers star Aaron Rodgers said it was “absolutely beautiful” for LeBron James to ignore President Trump’s tweet insulting his intelligence.
Arenas: Trash talk in card game led to gunsArenas: Trash talk in card game led to guns
Gilbert Arenas says trash talking during a card game, not a debt, led to his gun confrontation with teammate Javaris Crittenton.
Browns insider explains why Baker Mayfield has no chance to win starting jobBrowns insider explains why Baker Mayfield has no chance to win starting job
The Browns drafted a new face of the franchise with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2018 draft – but fans could be waiting for a while before Baker Mayfield takes the field in the regular season. The Browns acquired Tyrod Taylor from Buffalo in a March trade, and coach Hue Jackson is standing behind Taylor as the Browns’ starter for the foreseeable future. Via Browns Wire: “The better for the long-term is obvious, it’s Baker. But we signed Tyrod for a reason too, to come in and be our starter.� According to Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, Mayfield has been put in a position in practice where he has no chance of winning the starting job over Taylor. “They’re setting it up so that he really can’t