Day: August 10, 2019

NFL at 100: How college football became the pipeline to NFLNFL at 100: How college football became the pipeline to NFL

Jay Berwanger won the inaugural Heisman Trophy in 1935 for the University of Chicago and became the No. 1 player taken in the first NFL draft a few months later. More than five decades later, Oklahoma State Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders threatened to sue the NFL if it did not allow him to be drafted

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THE NORTHERN TRUST, Round 3: Leaderboard, tee times, TV timesTHE NORTHERN TRUST, Round 3: Leaderboard, tee times, TV times

The FedExCup Playoffs continue today with Round 3 of THE NORTHERN TRUST from Liberty National Golf Club. Here’s how to follow all the action. Round 3 leaderboard Round 3 tee times HOW TO FOLLOW TELEVISION: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 1-2:45 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). Sunday, 12-1:45 p.m. (GC), 2-6 p.m. (CBS). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 7:15 a.m.-6 p.m. (featured groups). Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. International subscribers (via GOLF.tv): Thursday-Friday, 11:15 to 22:00 GMT. Saturday, 13:00 to 22:00. Sunday, 13:00 to 22:30. RADIO: Thursday-Friday, noon-6 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com). FEATURED GROUPS Matthew Wolff, Scott Brown Tee time: 9:05 a.m. ET Brooks Koepka, Lucas Glover Tee time: 9:25 a.m. ET Rory McIlroy, Louis Oosthuizen Tee time: 1:15 p.m. ET Patrick Reed, Jon Rahm Tee time: 1:35 p.m. ET MUST READS McIlroy, Simpson have run-ins with Rules of Golf Watson headlines FedExCup eliminations Tiger withdraws from THE NORTHERN TRUST Spieth ‘really confident’ after second-round 64 Ancer, Pan eye FedExCup and Presidents Cup Rose starts strong in FedExCup defense Big stars shine in opening round Tiger starts slow with 75 FedExCup Playoffs primer, new format detailed Insider: New format at East Lake to bring drama One-liners on all 125 players Seven things to know about Liberty National CALL OF THE DAY

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Win probabilities: THE NORTHERN TRUSTWin probabilities: THE NORTHERN TRUST

2019 THE NORTHERN TRUST, End of Round 2. Top 10 win probabilities: Dustin Johnson (1, -12, 30.5%) Jon Rahm (T3, -10, 13.2%)  Rory McIlroy (T7, -9, 9.7%)  Jordan Spieth (2, -11, 7%)  Justin Rose (T7, -9, 6.3%)  Patrick Reed (T3, -10, 6.2%)  Abraham Ancer (T3, -10, 4.5%)  Louis Oosthuizen (T7, -9, 3.7%)  Troy Merritt (T3, -10, 2.8%)  Andrew Putnam (T7, -9, 2.7%) Top 5 FedExCup Win Probabilities: Rory McIlroy: 19.9% Dustin Johnson: 18.0% Brooks Koepka: 12.4% Jon Rahm: 10.4% Patrick Cantlay 5.8% NOTE: These reports are based off the live predictive model run by @DataGolf. The model provides live “Make Cut�, “Top 20�, “Top 5�, and “Win� probabilities every 5 minutes from the opening tee shot to the final putt of every PGA TOUR event. Briefly, the model takes account of the current form of each golfer as well as the difficulty of their remaining holes, and probabilities are calculated from 20K simulations. To follow live finish probabilities throughout the remainder of THE NORTHERN TRUST, or to see how each golfer’s probabilities have evolved from the start of the event to the current time, click here for the model’s home page.

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