By CHARLES ODUM ATLANTA (AP) — Jordan Clarkson sank five 3-pointers while scoring 23 points and the Utah Jazz protected the NBA’s best record with a runaway 112-91 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night. Bojan Bogdanovic had 21 points and Donovan Mitchell added 18 for Utah (17-5). Atlanta point guard Trae Young was…… read more »
By STEVE DOUGLAS Bryson DeChambeau has been pushing the limits of golf with his quest for increased distance off the tee. So the game’s “mad scientist” is flattered that rule-makers are proposing changes to regulations in an effort to control how far big hitters like him can launch a golf ball. “I think I might…… read more »
By DOUG FERGUSON The violation was so egregious that Rickie Fowler, glancing at the replay on television, quickly raised his eyebrows and said: “Whoa! What was THAT?” It was Patrick Reed. This was just over a year ago in the Bahamas, the day Reed infamously used the back of his wedge to scoop away sand…… read more »
By TIM REYNOLDS Road trips in the NBA these days are somewhere between dreadful and boring. Favorite restaurants are off limits. Hanging out with friends or old teammates is difficult or impossible. Leaving the hotels for anything other than games and practices is pretty much a no-no, all in the interest of safety during the…… read more »
By PATRICK WHITTLE PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Super Bowl is going to look different this year for three friends who’ve attended every installment of the big game. But Don Crisman, Tom Henschel and Gregory Eaton have tickets in hand and say they will be there, as they have every year since the first AFL-NFL…… read more »
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Patrick Reed was involved in another rules controversy Saturday in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. He also had a share of the lead with Carlos Ortiz. On the par-4 10th, Reed hit a 190-yard shot out of a bunker with a TV replay showing the ball bounced once before…… read more »
By JOHN ZENOR MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Mac Jones’ last game was for a national championship. The next game he plays is for his NFL draft stock, provided the Alabama quarterback’s gimpy left ankle is good to go. Jones headlines a group of quarterbacks from high-profile programs at Saturday’s Senior Bowl, 19 days after the…… read more »
By JOHN ZENOR MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Former Wake Forest quarterback Jamie Newman hasn’t played in a game in about 400 days since first switching schools and then opting out of the 2020 season. Newman is hardly alone among the players trying to shake off the rust after long layoffs leading up to Saturday’s Senior…… read more »
By BERNIE WILSON SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rory McIlroy is playing the Farmers Insurance Open for just the third time, looking for his first tour victory since 2019 while getting a feel for the course that will host the U.S. Open in June. With seven-time winner Tiger Woods missing one of his favorite tournaments due…… read more »
By JAKE SEINER NEW YORK (AP) — The baseball Hall of Fame won’t have any new players in the class of 2021 after voters decided no one had the merits — on the field or off — for enshrinement in Cooperstown. Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were the closest in voting by members…… read more »
