All 32 NFL teams are on the field Saturday and we are covering it live. Tom Brady and Tampa Bay start their quest to win back-to-back titles.
The Vikings Pro Bowler and Florida State record holder is now a college graduate.
Practices heated up Friday as teams took another step closer to live contact.
Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera issued a warning to his team after two more players were placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Saturday.
Marcus Maye became the latest safety to express frustration over a contract issue with the New York Jets and made it clear that he wants to play “wherever I’m welcome.”
After a week off for the men’s Olympic golf competition, the PGA TOUR schedule resumes with the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Olympian Justin Thomas will look to defend his title from 2020 while 2019 winner, Brooks Koepka, is coming into the week with four top-6 finishes in his last five TOUR events. FIELD NOTES: World No.1 Jon Rahm will not be in the field after testing positive for COVID-19 and withdrawing from the Olympic competition… FedExCup leader and recent Open Championship winner Collin Morikawa will look to add another WGC to his trophy case. He won the WGC-Workday Championship earlier this year… There will be 66 players competing in Memphis including 48 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings… There are two spots open for a golfer who wins the gold medal at the Olympics (if not already in the field) and if they move inside the top-50 in the OWGR when the next edition of the ranking is released on Aug. 2… Fifteen countries will be represented… The only other golfer inside the top 50 in the world who is not teeing it up in Memphis is Christiaan Bezuidenhout. FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 550 FedExCup points COURSE: TPC Southwind, par 70, 7,233 yards. The long-time PGA TOUR host club was elevated to WGC status for 2019. Designed by Ron Prichard (with TOUR players Fuzzy Zoeller and Hubert Green as consultants) the most recent update came in 2004 under the eye of TOUR winner Loren Roberts. The course is a solid test with nearly 100 bunkers and 10 water hazards and undulating zoysia fairways. STORYLINES: With some of golf’s top names, including the defending champion Justin Thomas, competing in the Olympics, one thing to keep an eye on will be the fatigue factor of those who played in Tokyo and then traveled back to the United States… This is the final WGC event of the season. The previous winners included Collin Morikawa (WGC-Workday) and Billy Horschel (WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play)… Previous success at TPC Southwind has already been an indicator of comfort at the WGC contested at the same course. Daniel Berger, a two-time winner of the FedEx St. Jude Classic finished T2 last year, while Dustin Johnson (a two-time FedEx St. Jude Classic winner and six-time WGC winner) finished T12… Nine of the top-10 golfers in the FedExCup standings are teeing it up in Memphis, with the notable exception being Rahm. Bryson DeChambeau, who also tested positive for COVID-19 and withdrew from the Olympic competition, is back in action. 72-HOLE RECORD: 264, Brooks Koepka (2019) 18-HOLE RECORD: 61, Tom Lewis (third round, 2020) LAST TIME: Justin Thomas won by three shots – the same margin of victory as Brooks Koepka the year prior – over a foursome of golfers including Koepka himself, Daniel Berger, Tom Lewis, and Phil Mickelson who finished tied for second. Thomas fired a final-round 65 that included two birdies in his final four holes en route to winning his third PGA TOUR title of the season. This marked Thomas’ 13th career TOUR title and he became the third-youngest to ever reach that mark – the others being Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Lewis’ T2 was his best-career TOUR result and came thanks to shooting a 9-under 61 on Saturday, which matched the course record at TPC Southwind. HOW TO FOLLOW (All times ET) TELEVISION: Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m.-5 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday 12 p.m.-2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2 p.m.-6 p.m. (CBS). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday 7:45 a.m.-6:30 p.m. (Featured Groups). Saturday-Sunday, 7:45 a.m.-3 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes). RADIO: Thursday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com).
The PGA TOUR’s only Modified Stableford event will once again be contested as an alternate to the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Richy Werenski, who won his maiden TOUR title at the Barracuda in 2020, will return to try to defend. FIELD NOTES: Three Olympians – Mito Pereira, Rafa Campos, and Thomas Pieters – will make the trek from Tokyo to Tahoe… After the Barracuda Championship there is just one more week left in the PGA TOUR’s Regular Season as the FedExCup playoffs begin at THE NORTHERN TRUST on Aug. 19. Golfers ranked 124th (Nate Lashley) and 126th (Patrick Rodgers) are both in the field in Tahoe, while many near the 125-spot will look to gain valuable points this week… John Daly will play his third non-major PGA TOUR event this season this week in Tahoe. He missed the cut at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Barbasol Championship (and the PGA Championship)… The Sponsor Exemption list is chalk full of college superstars including John Pak (winner of the Nicklaus Award, the Haskins Award, and the Ben Hogan Award), and Davis Thompson (former No.1-ranked amateur). FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 300 FedExCup points STORYLINES: Can Troy Merritt finally do it? Merritt held the 54-hole lead in 2019 but was clipped in the final round by Collin Morikawa and finished second. In 2020 Merritt was again in the mix but fell to Werenski and finished runner-up again… The last five winners in Tahoe have been first-time TOUR winners… The Modified Stableford scoring format used features eight points for a double eagle, five points for an eagle, and two points for a birdie… Fans will be welcomed back for the 23rd annual Barracuda Championship. COURSE: Tahoe Mt. Club (Old Greenwood), par 71, 7,425 yards. The Blue Course at Montreux G&CC, a Jack Nicklaus design, was replaced by another Nicklaus design (Old Greenwood) for 2020 and the TOUR returns to the Tahoe Mt. Club for 2021. Set on 600 acres, golfers are required to navigate rolling hills, large greens, and numerous bunkers at Old Greenwood, which opened in 2004. There are three driveable par 4s with the course being set at over 6,000 feet above sea level. 72-HOLE RECORD: +49, Geoff Ogilvy (2014). 18-HOLE RECORD: +22, Kyle Reifers (4th round, 2015), Chad Campbell (3rd round, 2018). LAST TIME: Richy Werenski ended last year’s Barracuda Championship in dramatic fashion, holing a pitch from the fairway on the 16th hole Sunday for a five-point eagle and added a birdie on the 72nd hole for a one-point victory over Troy Merritt. Merritt failed to convert a 54-hole lead in Tahoe for the second year in a row. He had 10-straight birdie attempts on Sunday to close out his round but couldn’t get one of them to fall. Fabian Gomez and Matthias Schwab (playing on a Sponsor Exemption) finished tied for third while Robert Streb and Scott Stallings rounded out the top five. Aaron Wise had the round of the tournament in the final round, a 19-point effort, en route to finishing 8th. HOW TO FOLLOW (All times ET) TELEVISION: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. (Golf Channel).
James Kaprielian’s shoulder injury doesn’t appear to be serious.
A week ago the United States men’s basketball team was rag-tagged and jet-lagged. It’s in a much better place after Saturday’s win as it gears up for the knockout round.
Kansas State hosted a team picnic and barbecue on Wednesday where they hosted a handful of prospects. One of the commits on hand was Tobi Osunsanmi, their linebacker addition from Wichita East High School. Osunsanmi committed to the Wildcats on June 20 during an unofficial visit.
