How did Indy go from 4-12 to the playoffs? A healthy QB, the right coach, character and a dream draft by GM Chris Ballard were the main ingredients.
Padraig Harrington has been chosen as captain of the Europe team for the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits.
Clock management, blown leads, bad luck. There are plenty of reasons for Reid’s playoff collapses, and Reid’s legacy hangs over these Chiefs.
The Sony Open in Hawaii offers the first Monday qualifier of the year. The four spots available in this week’s PGA TOUR event went to two players from the Aloha State and two players with conditional status, including one who already has a runner-up finish this season. Here’s a look at this week’s four qualifiers (Note: Monday’s score in parentheses): TALOR GOOCH (66) Age: 27 Hometown: Choctaw, Oklahoma Alma mater: Oklahoma State PGA TOUR starts: 31 Cuts made: 14 Best PGA TOUR finish: T13, 2018 Wells Fargo Championship Notes: Has conditional status this season after finishing 139th in last year’s FedExCup as a rookie. … Has made one cut in two starts this season, finishing T14 at the Sanderson Farms Championship. … Won the 2017 News Sentinel Open presented by Pilot on the Web.com Tour. … Was college teammates with PGA TOUR players Kevin Tway, Morgan Hoffmann, Peter Uihlein and Wyndham Clark. … Gooch’s father, Ron, spent five seasons in the Texas Rangers’ minor-league season. BRENT GRANT (66) Hometown: Honolulu Alma mater: BYU-Hawaii PGA TOUR starts: 1 Best finish: MC, 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii Notes: Made it to the final stage of Web.com Tour Q-School in December, finishing T118. … Shot 69-71 to miss the cut by three in the 2017 Sony Open. … Competed as an amateur at Waialae two years ago after winning a qualifier for members of the Governors Cup team, which is composed of the best amateurs in the state. … In 2014, Grant made headlines by qualifying for the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball by himself, shooting 63 on his own ball. … Former Hawaii State Amateur champion. COREY CONNERS (67) Hometown: Listowel, Ontario, Canada Alma mater: Kent State PGA TOUR starts: 43 Best finish: 2nd, 2018 Sanderson Farms Championship Notes: Runner-up to Cameron Champ at this season’s Sanderson Farms Championship but only has conditional status after finishing 130th in last season’s FedExCup. … 38th in the current FedExCup standings. … Also Monday qualified for this season’s Mayakoba Golf Classic (MC). … Runner-up in the 2014 U.S. Amateur after reaching the semifinals the previous year. JARED SAWADA (67) Hometown: Mililani, Hawaii Alma mater: Hawaii PGA TOUR starts: 2 Best finish: T69, 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii Notes: Making his third Sony Open start. … Missed the cut in 2014 and finished T69 two years ago after shooting 68-66 in the first two rounds. … Has played the past two seasons on the Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada, missing 13 of 16 cuts. THE RSM CLASSIC QUALIFIERS T54. Brendon Todd, 68-69-69-68 MC. Blake Morris, 72-69 MC. James Driscoll, 72-74 MC. Alex Kang, 73-75 THIS SEASON’S QUALIFIERS Qualified: 20 Made cut: 7 Best finish: T4, Aaron Baddeley (Safeway Open) Top-10s: 1 Top-25s: 2 Most times qualified: Corey Conners (2)
DeMar DeRozan had 26 points, nine assists and seven rebounds and Gregg Popovich continued his climb up the NBA’s career wins list as the visiting San Antonio Spurs defeated the Detroit Pistons 119-107 on Monday. Popovich earned the 1,221st victory of his career, tying him with Jerry Sloan for third
Clemson delivered the biggest hit yet to Nick Saban’s Alabama dynasty. Blame the Tide’s coach for the disastrous showing. After all, he did so himself.
A late-night phone call between Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram after coach Luke Walton publicly challenged the pair to play with more passion for the undermanned Lakers helped spark a come-from-behind road win over the Mavericks on Monday.
The Nuggets threw every defense at James Harden that they could think of, but the Rockets’ star broke Denver down with crafty passes and big shots.
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Padraig Harrington was chosen as captain of Europe’s team for the 2020 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits on Tuesday, and said he was putting his legacy on the line by taking the “daunting” role. “It’s not something I take on without a certain amount of trepidation,” Harrington, a three-time major champion, said when he was presented as captain at a media conference at the European Tour’s headquarters at Wentworth. The 47-year-old Irishman has served as vice-captain for the past three Ryder Cups, most recently under Thomas Bjorn last year when Europe regained the trophy outside Paris. Bjorn was on the five-person panel that selected his replacement. Harrington has been encouraged by what he said was the “unanimous” support of Europe’s players. “Their confidence in me is hopefully going to be well-placed,” Harrington said. Harrington played in six Ryder Cups and was on the winning team four times. He won The Open Championship in 2007 and ’08, and the U.S. PGA Championship in 2008 — a run of three titles in six majors. He said his status in the game would be damaged if Europe loses the trophy in Wisconsin. “It really came down to whether I wanted to … put what is a successful career on the line,” Harrington said. “Because you are putting it on the line when you become Ryder Cup captain. It is a different element to your career. “A successful captain is great. A losing captain, it’s his fault.” Harrington played Whistling Straits in PGA Championships there in 2004, ’10, and ’15. Europe has won nine of the last 12 Ryder Cups.
Veteran free-agent outfielder Jon Jay and the Chicago White Sox have agreed to a one-year, $4 million contract, a source confirmed.
