Carmelo Anthony ready to adjust for the RocketsCarmelo Anthony ready to adjust for the Rockets
Carmelo Anthony discusses what didn’t work in Oklahoma City, his fit in Houston and working with Mike D’Antoni again.
Day: October 17, 2018
Since Anthony Davis decided to ‘be Westbrook’ the Pelicans are on a new levelSince Anthony Davis decided to ‘be Westbrook’ the Pelicans are on a new level
Davis promises to dominate every night in a season that could shape the Pelicans for years to come.
Wide Receiver Shuffle Up: Thielen and Brown share top lineWide Receiver Shuffle Up: Thielen and Brown share top line
Antonio Brown has some company at the top of the wide-receiver board.
Bills to start Anderson over INT-prone PetermanBills to start Anderson over INT-prone Peterman
Derek Anderson, who signed last week with the Bills, will take over as the starting QB against the Colts after Josh Allen was diagnosed with an elbow sprain.
Supporting cancer community ‘near and dear’ to Hudson SwaffordSupporting cancer community ‘near and dear’ to Hudson Swafford
Hudson Swafford remembers when it really hit home. He was 12 years old. Maybe 13. But he distinctly remembers his father giving  his mother Jean a pendant with the number 10 spelled out in diamonds.  “And I was like, well, what’s that for?â€� Swafford recalls. His parents told him that the pendant symbolized Jean’s 10-year anniversary of being free from breast cancer. “And I was like, oh, that’s, that’s amazing,â€� Swafford says. “I mean, it was incredible. So that was big for me because I kind of understood.â€� Swafford knew what cancer was. Friends of his parents had died from the disease. But since he was just 2 years old when his mother was diagnosed, he didn’t remember the worst of times. Jean Swafford underwent radiation and chemotherapy. Her son says she lost her hair and it grew back even curlier than before. Fortunately, though, the cancer was caught early and she’s closing in on 30 years of survival. “I can’t really remember what diagnosis she had — but she also had melanoma when she was coming out of college,â€� Swafford says. “So she actually beat cancer twice, which is pretty incredible. “It’s definitely something, I’ll always be very grateful for. And she was kind of the one that pushed me to do anything that I wanted to do.â€� Like play golf. And Swafford is one of many men on TOUR with women in their lives who have had breast cancer. Wives, mothers, sisters, friends — all have battled the disease, and October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Swafford and his wife Katherine, who is president of the PGA TOUR Wives Association, support charities that help fund breast cancer research, as well as the cancer community as a whole. Katherine is on the Victory Board of the American Cancer Society in their home of St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, and is working on the organization’s 50th anniversary gala for next year. “It’s near and dear to our family,â€� Swafford explains. When he was a toddler, Swafford says, he made his mother’s life “even more miserable.â€� Of course, he didn’t know what she was going through and he was a kid. He wanted to play. “I would get out and run away from her and make her chase me around,â€� he remembers. “(I was) always wanting to throw the ball or just be outside and be active. I didn’t know why at the time, well, what was going on or know why she didn’t want to play. … “Later on life, obviously, it was explained to me and I could comprehend it. It’s definitely kind of eye-opening that she fought through it and, and it really hadn’t slowed her down, you know?â€� While the 31-year-old didn’t want to make his mother “relive those kind of miserable days,â€� Swafford says that once he got older he talked with her about her battle. “She was great about it. She’s a pretty happy-go-lucky person; (she) talks too much anyway,â€� he says, chuckling. “But no, she was great.  Told me all about her chemo, which she had to go through and how she was throwing up, trying to chase me around. “I’m just running out of energy and (she) just needed somebody to help her. It was tough at the time. But she said I was just kind of the one that kind of pushed her, helped push her through things.â€� So at the same time, having an active 2-year-old like Hudson may have helped Jean Swafford fight the disease.   “She always just said I was kind of her energy and would keep her moving,â€� Swafford says. And thirty years later, the 2017 CareerBuilder Challenge champion is still giving his mother plenty of support. Â
Bills to start Anderson at QB; Allen has sprainBills to start Anderson at QB; Allen has sprain
Derek Anderson, who signed last week with the Bills, will take over as the starting QB against the Colts after Josh Allen was diagnosed with an elbow sprain.
Peyton on new season of ‘Detail’ with KobePeyton on new season of ‘Detail’ with Kobe
Peyton Manning joins Kobe Bryant’s show “Detail” with episodes that break down the NFL.
Inside the Field: THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGESInside the Field: THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES
Check out the current field for this season’s THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES. HOW THEY QUALIFIED Five Players from the KPGA Doyeob Mun Tae Hee Lee Sanghyun Park Hyungjoon Lee Dong Seop Maeng Two Players from the Asian Tour Shubhankar Sharma Minchel Choi Three Korean players from the Official World Golf Ranking Sungjae Im Sung Kang Hyun-woo Ryu Sponsor’s Exemptions – Members not otherwise exempt Jason Dufner Ernie Els Kyoung-Hoon Lee Joaquin Niemann Rod Pampling Sponsors Exemptions – Unrestricted Graeme McDowell Charl Schwartzel Danny Willett Top 60 Available on Prior Season’s FedExCup Points list Billy Horschel Justin Thomas Brooks Koepka Cameron Smith Hideki Matsuyama Xander Schauffele Jason Day Paul Casey Gary Woodland Kyle Stanley Kevin Na Marc Leishman Patton Kizzire Emiliano Grillo Andrew Putnam Chez Reavie Cheng Tsung Pan Adam Hadwin Austin Cook Pat Perez Brandt Snedeker Rafa Cabrera Bello Byeong Hun An Alex Noren Chesson Hadley Beau Hossler Brian Harman Ryan Armour Ian Poulter Adam Scott Jason Kokrak Charles Howell III Tyrrell Hatton Si Woo Kim Brendan Steele Brian Gay Abraham Ancer Brice Garnett J.J. Spaun Ryan Palmer Peter Uihlein Ted Potter, Jr. Keith Mitchell Scott Piercy Louis Oosthuizen Ryan Moore Whee Kim Stewart Cink Nick Watney Jimmy Walker Charley Hoffman Joel Dahmen Michael Kim J.B. Holmes Kevin Chappell James Hahn Jamie Lovemark Brian Stuard Kevin Tway Branden Grace
NHL Hot Seat Index: Checking in on all 31 coachesNHL Hot Seat Index: Checking in on all 31 coaches
After two weeks of the 2018-19 season, we slot each bench boss into one of seven groups based on their chances of being fired.
QBE Shootout player commitments announcedQBE Shootout player commitments announced
NAPLES, Florida – Tournament host Greg Norman announced 22 players currently committed to compete in the 2018 QBE Shootout. The tournament will be held December 5-9 and will celebrate its 30-year anniversary as the PGA TOUR returns to Tiburón Golf Club at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort for the 18th year. Twelve of the top 50 players in the world will comprise this year’s field which includes a third consecutive appearance by Lexi Thompson, the highest ranked American player on the LPGA, as well as defending champions Sean O’Hair and Steve Stricker, a three-time winner in just seven starts on the PGA TOUR Champions this season. The field includes eight players who combined to win 13 times during the last PGA TOUR season. That group is led by Bubba Watson and Bryson DeChambeau who both won three times this year and Patton Kizzire who won twice. Other current champions in the field are Billy Horschel, Andrew Landry, Pat Perez, Brandt Snedeker and Gary Woodland. In addition to O’Hair and Stricker, past QBE Shootout champions returning this year are Davis Love III and Snedeker. Six players will compete for the first time in the $3.4 million event—Emiliano Grillo, Kevin Na, Luke List, Kizzire, Landry and Harold Varner III. Kevin Chappell, Tony Finau, Kevin Kisner, Kyle Stanley, Charley Hoffman and Graeme McDowell, who have a combined 11 career TOUR victories, are among the 19 players returning to the QBE Shootout. Two players in the field are past FedExCup champions. Snedeker won the season-long competition in 2012 and Horschel in 2014. Representatives from this year’s U.S. Ryder Cup team include DeChambeau, Finau and Watson as players along with Love III and Stricker as vice-captains. McDowell served as a vice-captain for the European team. Friday’s first round will be broadcast live by Golf Channel from 1:30-4:30 p.m. On the weekend, the final two rounds will be live on Golf Channel from 1:00-2:00 p.m. and on NBC from 2:00-4:00 p.m. “As we prepare to celebrate our 30th anniversary, I can’t help but get excited about the field we have assembled,â€� tournament host Greg Norman said. “When I started the QBE Shootout 30 years ago, I did it to create something different for my fellow professionals. Today, it is incredibly rewarding to see so many of the game’s best join me in Naples each December. This collection of world class players will offer QBE, our corporate partners, Southwest Florida fans and an international television audience the ultimate hospitality and viewing experience.â€� “As the title sponsor for the QBE Shootout, we are thrilled that, once again, some of the most prominent names in golf have committed to this year’s tournament,” said Russ Johnston, Chief Executive Officer of QBE North America. “The QBE Shootout is much more for us than a week of memorable golf and great sportsmanship. We strive to raise as much money as we can through the tournament for charity and are proud to be able to give back to our community in that way. I am excited about the 2018 event, which will be even bigger and better than ever!â€� The two players to complete the 24-player field and the 12 two-person teams will be finalized in early November. The criteria for players qualifying for the 24-person field was adjusted in 2017 to accurately reflect today’s PGA TOUR standards. The Shootout’s field is comprised of its defending champions playing as a team, the top 12 committed professionals from the final 2018 FedExCup standings and 10 special exemptions; a minimum of four which come from the top 40 on the PGA TOUR career money list. The QBE Shootout will once again feature a scramble format during the first round, a modified alternate shot format on Saturday and a final-round four-ball on Sunday.