Mad Max looks to put Brew Crew on iceMad Max looks to put Brew Crew on ice
Playoff baseball is here, with Max Scherzer and the Washington Nationals hosting the red-hot Milwaukee Brewers in the NL wild-card game.
Day: October 1, 2019
Party bust: Vendor charges $724 for two beersParty bust: Vendor charges $724 for two beers
A vendor at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium was arrested for charging a fan $724 for two beers.
Trail Blazers had to lock in premier backcourt, right?Trail Blazers had to lock in premier backcourt, right?
Grading the Portland Trail Blazers’ offseason.
Five young stars ready to take over OctoberFive young stars ready to take over October
Meet the new faces of playoff baseball. Here’s what makes them so special — and which postseason heroes of the past they most resemble.
Brawns warns Ferrari of ‘potentially explosive’ Vettel-Leclerc partnershipBrawns warns Ferrari of ‘potentially explosive’ Vettel-Leclerc partnership
Ferrari legend Ross Brawn has warned his former team it will need to carefully manage the dynamic between Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc to prevent an all-out civil war.
Titleist calling for feedback from the public with its new Experimental ‘EXP-01’ golf ballsTitleist calling for feedback from the public with its new Experimental ‘EXP-01’ golf balls
On October 1, Titleist is releasing new EXP-01 golf balls as part of its new Titleist EXP Project, which will allow retail consumers to try an all-new golf ball and provide their feedback directly to the company as part of its R&D (Research and Development) process. A one-time limited run of EXP-01 golf balls will be available in retail shops for $39.99 per dozen in the United States and Canada on October 1, and the golf balls will be sold on titleist.com “until supplies last,â€� according to the company. During its extensive research and development process, Titleist’s R&D team — comprised of more than 75 experts in various fields ranging from chemical engineers to aerodynamics physicists – develops different golf ball concepts in the hopes to improve golfers’ games in one way or the other. Some concepts get left on the cutting room floor, some make it to retail, and some prototypes make it out onto the PGA TOUR as Custom Performance Options. This new EXP-01 golf ball from Titleist is still in the early stages of the R&D process, according to the company, but Titleist is making the golf ball available to the public for feedback. “The EXP Project invites golfers into the early stages of our R&D process, and allows us to broadly test experimental materials, constructions and processes that could be integrated into any segment of our golf ball line,â€� said Michael Mahoney, Vice President of Titleist Golf Ball Marketing, in a press release. “EXP-01 is truly an exploratory product and there’s no better way to evaluate our progress than getting it into the hands of dedicated golfers.â€� As for the design itself, the multilayer EXP-01 golf balls, with 346 dimples, have prototype urethane covers that Titleist says enhances short game spin. They also have high-speed core constructions and a “specialized casing layerâ€� that’s designed for low spin on long game shots in order to produce “great distance and tight dispersion.â€� On the inside cover of the EXP-01 packaging, there’s a piece of paper that encourages consumers to provide feedback – both positive and negative — on the new golf ball through an online survey.
Sleeper Picks: Shriners Hospitals for Children OpenSleeper Picks: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
Chesson Hadley … If there’s a table on the PGA TOUR on which the 32-year-old is going to push all of his chips into its center, it’s in Vegas. Of course it is. Although he won the Puerto Rico Open in 2014, he’s earned more at the Shriners than at any other stop on the schedule. It’s the only tournament at which he’s recorded as many as three top 10s. That includes in each of the last two editions. He also has a streak of seven straight sub-70s on TPC Summerlin. And now he’s fresh off a T23 at Silverado where he scored par or better in every round and ranked highly in all ball-striking metrics. Nick Taylor … While not as impressive as Hadley’s résumé at TPC Summerlin, of all of the courses where the Canadian has made at least three appearances, this is the only site where he hasn’t missed a cut. And this is his sixth trip. His best finish is but a T25 in 2015, but his scoring average is a sporty 69.40. That kind of expectation defined his 2018-19 season during which he went 21-for-28 with four top 25s. He arrives having just polished off a front-loaded T10 at Silverado, his best individual performance in over 13 months. Denny McCarthy … Back already for another appearance on this page. He opened the season as a Sleeper for A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier and responded with a T31. He answered that with a T18 at the Sanderson Farms Championship before taking last week off. The 26-year-old paced the PGA TOUR last season in Strokes Gained: Putting. He’s seventh in the early going in 2019-20, but his ball-striking is measurably improved. It’s a small sample size to be certain, but no matter the data set, it’s always better than the alternative. Placed T15 at TPC Summerlin last year. Bronson Burgoon … Wait a sec. He arrived at the Safeway Open with a trio of top-six finishes and a pair of T19s in his previous six starts combined on two tours, and just now he’s appearing as a Sleeper? You betcha! He missed the cut at Silverado by two strokes, and he’s 0-for-2 at TPC Summerlin (2015, 2018), but if there’s one thing we’ve come to expect from him during his brief career, it’s that he possesses a propensity to pop with less notice than most of his peers. So, now that he’s been on a heater and fully exempt after meeting the terms of his medical extension at Greenbrier, he’s freer than ever before to get after it. Mark Hubbard … Others fresh off the Korn Ferry Tour Finals have made more noise early on, but he’s nipping on their heels. Currently 19th in the FedExCup standings with a T10 at Greenbrier and a T13 at Silverado. He’s connected for six top 25s in his last eight starts across two tours. His most important weapon has proven to be his putter, but he’s also well above average in splitting fairways. While his putting bails out poor approaches, when he hits greens in regulation, he goes for a high percentage of par breakers. Meanwhile, despite a seemingly deficient iron game, he led the KFT in par-3 scoring average in 2019. TPC Summerlin’s quartet of one-shotters is among the easiest set on the schedule, so the 30-year-old has all kinds of reasons to feels jolts of confidence in his fourth appearance in the tournament. NOTE: Sleeper is a relative term, so Rob uses unofficial criteria to determine who qualifies. Each of the following usually is determined to be ineligible for this weekly staple: Winners of the tournament on the current host course; winners in the same season; recent major champions; top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking; recent participants of team competitions.
Boyd says Bengals ‘got embarrassed’ by SteelersBoyd says Bengals ‘got embarrassed’ by Steelers
Bengals receiver Tyler Boyd was quick to state the obvious after Monday night’s 27-3 loss to Pittsburgh dropped Cincinnati to 0-4: “We got embarrassed. Straight like that.”
LeBron responds to SB 206 signing: Now it’s NCAA’s ‘turn to step up’LeBron responds to SB 206 signing: Now it’s NCAA’s ‘turn to step up’
California governor Gavin Newsom joined LeBron James to discuss the bill that would prohibit colleges in California from punishing athletes for collecting endorsements.
Expert picks for the 2019 MLB playoffsExpert picks for the 2019 MLB playoffs
Can the Dodgers win their first title since 1988? Or will the Astros, Yankees or Twins finish off 100-plus-win seasons with a World Series trophy? Our experts make their postseason picks.