The Philadelphia Eagles have a loaded offensive roster thanks to Howie Roseman and a wide receiver group that is gaining a lot of attention as the Birds march towards the start of training camp. With the addition of DeSean Jackson and JJ Arcega-White to the roster — coupled with the maturation of Dallas
John Wroblewski wasn’t entirely sure what he was getting into in 1997 as a member of the inaugural group of players selected to participate in USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program. Some 22 years later, Wroblewski coached the Under-18 team and played a key role in helping produce a
Kawhi Leonard has gone from defending the opponent’s best player and largely staying out of the way of the Spurs’ Big Three to being the focal point of Toronto’s offense. “It’s a lot more fun when you’re getting plays called for you,” he said.
DUBLIN, Ohio – For Martin Kaymer it has been almost five years. Adam Scott has gone past the three-year mark. Jordan Spieth is coming up on two years. Those three are no strangers to winning on the PGA TOUR’s biggest stages. But all three have waited longer than they would like since last hoisting a trophy. Through 54 holes, one of them appears to have the best chance of winning the prestigious the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide. RELATED: Watch Tiger on PGA TOUR LIVE on Sunday | Leaderboard | Tee times | Tiger stalls after double bogey Joining them in the top five on the leaderboard at Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village Golf Club is Hideki Matsuyama and Patrick Cantlay. Matsuyama’s drought is at 22 months. And Cantlay is now around 19 months. Sunday will be a shootout to see who wants to end the drought more. Kaymer is the conductor at this point. Rounds of 67-68-66 put the German at 15 under and two shots in front. He has nine European Tour wins. He’s won the PGA Championship (2010) before. He won THE PLAYERS Championship and U.S. Open in the same year. But that was in 2014. He hasn’t won since. “Once you lead a golf tournament, it’s so much about how much can you handle yourself,â€� Kaymer said. “And obviously if somebody takes a run at you, it is what it is. But the game plan doesn’t really change. For me it’s pure enjoyment the way I play right now. I don’t have many weaknesses that I see at the moment. “But under the circumstances, it can change. Obviously handling certain nerves and pressure and stuff like that, who knows how you will react. And that is the beauty of golf; that you can’t really prepare yourself for those special situations.â€� Kaymer leads the field in Strokes Gained: Putting having missed just one putt inside 15-feet all week. He will look to continue the form Sunday. “I just really (need to) embrace the challenge tomorrow, try to keep working on the progress,â€� he said. “If it happens to win, fantastic; if not, I will learn a lot, which will help me, especially with the busy summer that’s coming up for me.â€� Next in line is Scott. The Australian’s 71-66-66 effort has him at 13-under, alone in second place. He’s also a former THE PLAYERS champion (2004) and the 2013 Masters champion. In total he has 13 PGA TOUR wins (and another unofficial one) plus a further 13 International wins. Scott won back-to-back weeks in early 2016 on the TOUR but not since. He leads the field this week in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green and Approach-the-Green. “I’m just going to play as good as I can tomorrow. I like where it’s all at. I feel like the last few times I’ve been in with a chance, going back to the PGA Championship last year, I felt comfortable. So I’m not worried. I feel like this is the spot I’m meant to be,â€� Scott said. “And since then, I’ve seen lots of good golf, and I feel like my game is at a level that, if I put it all together properly and control myself out there, I can win.â€� Spieth (66-70-69), Matsuyama (71-70-64) and Cantlay (68-69-68) all sit at 11 under, four back. No one else is closer than six shots to the lead. Spieth, a former FedExCup champion with three majors to his name among 11 PGA TOUR wins also has won two Australian Opens. But he hasn’t won since the 2017 Open Championship. Three weeks ago he had gone 10 months without a top-10 finish but has since been amongst the best players two weeks in a row. “All in all I’m pleased with the progress that’s been made. If I look back three weeks from the Byron Nelson to now, it’s night and day, in my opinion, about how I feel about my game and how it’s actually producing,â€� Spieth said. “So I’m pleased with that. I’m just trying to make a little bit more progress for tomorrow.â€� Matsuyama has five PGA TOUR wins including two World Golf Championships and a win here at Muirfield Village (2014). There are also eight Japan Tour wins on his resume. Cantlay won his only PGA TOUR title at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open back in early November 2017. “All of them, if you take Jordan, if you take Adam, or Matsuyama…, they have won huge tournaments. They’re good enough to win any week,â€� Kaymer said. “And it’s the same for me. It’s just a matter of how much can you handle Saturday and Sunday. And you need a little bit of luck here and there as well. “So I think we can all play good golf, and it’s quite nice for tomorrow because no one is really holding back.â€� At the end of it all, Nicklaus will be waiting for his customary winner’s handshake. As a 73-time TOUR winner who won at least once in his first 17 seasons, he isn’t super familiar with the feeling of ending droughts. But he’ll have an idea when he sees the champion’s face.
The 11-year-old fan battling HLH has inspired the St. Louis defenseman and his teammates in their Stanley Cup playoff march.
Auburn reinstated assistant basketball coach Ira Bowman, who had been on administrative leave amid an investigation into his potential role in an alleged bribery scheme at his former employer, Penn. The Tigers went on to the Final Four. “After a thorough review of all available facts and information
We go through every hole, with a caddie who has spent most of his life at Pebble Beach, to offer the tips, warnings and strategies it’ll take to win this U.S. Open.
DUBLIN, Ohio – Tiger Woods had the crowds at Muirfield Village in early rapture as the five-time Memorial Tournament Presented by Nationwide champion cashed in four birdies in his opening seven holes. They were hoping for an epic run. It started with a hole out from a bunker on the first. An approach to tap-in range on the third. Birdies on both of the par-5s. And then, just as it had a day earlier, a double bogey stole away all the momentum. Woods was within three shots of the lead when his tee shot on the par-4 10th found a fairway bunker. After his next shot, he was still in there. “I clipped the lip and up against my footprint …,â€� Woods said in disdain afterward. His third was a chip out, and after getting it on the surface a two-putt left him with a double bogey six. The 81-time PGA TOUR winners’ luck had run out. And his good shots the rest of the way went largely unrewarded. He settled for a two-under 70 that left him at four under for the week and well out of contention for a sixth title at Muirfield Village. Woods had a similar run going on Friday before a double bogey on the 15th hole. Related: Watch PGA TOUR LIVE | Kaymer ditches distractions, tied for the lead | Rose blooms on Friday with 63 | Get to know K.H. Lee | Scott comes a long way in a year | Down a rib, Merritt makes his move “I’d never seen a round that lipped out more shots than today. Six lip-outs or seven lip-outs today. It was unreal,â€� Woods said. “That was the highest round I could possibly have shot today. I had it going, I was playing well. The wind was a little bit tricky, but I was hitting it flush enough where I was getting through the wind. As I said, I got nothing out of the round today.â€� With a record tying 82nd TOUR win beyond him Woods is looking for momentum on Sunday as he prepares for the upcoming  U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Woods won the 2000 U.S. Open at the venue and has also claimed the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am there the same year. “I’m so far back, and there’s too many guys I’m not going to win the golf tournament,â€� he admitted. “But hopefully I go out and play a positive round of golf tomorrow and get something out of my round like I haven’t done the first three days and get some positive momentum going into the [U.S.] Open.â€�
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Matt Lloyd hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning, Cole Barr and Drew Ashley each added solo homers and Indiana avoided elimination from the NCAA Louisville Regional with a 9-5 victory over Illinois-Chicago on Saturday. A day after striking out 18 times in an 8-7 loss to Illinois
The Phillies are in discussions with the Mariners concerning a deal for veteran Jay Bruce, who has 14 home runs and 28 RBIs this season, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
