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This date in sports history: June 27
1903 — Willie Anderson captures the U.S. Open with a two-stroke victory over David Brown in a playoff. 1914 — Jack Johnson wins a 20-round referee’s decision over Frank Moran at the Velodrome d’Hiver in Paris. 1924 — Walter Hagen wins his second British Open. Hagen finishes with a 301...
Nelly Korda, Lizette Salas pull away, share lead in Women's PGA 
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Lizette Salas spent much of her time Saturday looking at Nelly Korda ahead of her in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. In the fairway, not on the leaderboard. Korda blasted a drive on the opening hole at Atlanta Athletic Club and hit 9-iron to 4 feet....
Alex Bowman zips past Kyle Larson, wins at Pocono
LONG POND — Alex Bowman made it six straight wins for Hendrick Motorsports when teammate Kyle Larson’s Chevrolet blew a tire on the final lap, and he took the checkered flag Saturday at Pocono Raceway for his third Cup win of the season. Larson had won three straight Cup races...
Alaphilippe wins crash-marred 1st stage of Tour de France 
LANDERNEAU, France — World champion Julian Alaphilippe won the crash-marred opening stage of the Tour de France to snatch the race leader’s yellow jersey on Saturday. The Frenchman surged ahead of the main pack in the final steep climb leading to the finish in Landerneau, crossing the line with an...
NCAA declares NC State out of CWS because of covid-19 issues
OMAHA, Neb. — Vanderbilt will advance to the College World Series finals after North Carolina State was forced to drop out because of covid-19 protocols, the NCAA announced early Saturday. NC State had only 13 players available during its 3-1 loss to the Commodores on Friday. The teams were scheduled...
Vegas' offensive shortfalls create questions for offseason
LAS VEGAS — Another season that began with expectations of winning a Stanley Cup concluded with a bitter taste for the Vegas Golden Knights. The surprising Montreal Canadiens, who finished the regular season 18th in the NHL with 59 points, won the best-of-seven series 4-2 to advance to the Stanley...
Bubba Watson overcomes snapped driver on Day 2 at PGA Tour's Travelers Championship 
CROMWELL, Conn. — We pause now to fondly remember Bubba Watson’s neon pink driver, which broke apart mid-swing on the second tee in the Travelers Championship on Friday. And, if the three-time Travelers winner is going to have luck like this over the weekend, please spare a thought for the...
Pocono set for first CBD-sponsored NASCAR race
LONG POND — Let’s nip this in the bud: No, Pocono never considered asking for 95 more miles added to the length of Saturday’s NASCAR Cup race so the first CBD-sponsored event could be called the Pocono Organics 420. On the farm and the track, the Pocono Organics CBD 325...
Hashimoto: 'No spectators' still possible for Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO — A “no-spectator games” remains an option for the Tokyo Olympics, which open officially in just four weeks, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Friday. The admission by Seiko Hashimoto comes only four days after she announced on Monday that up to 10,000 local fans would...
2019 champion Simona Halep out of Wimbledon with calf injury
WIMBLEDON, England — Simona Halep did not get the chance to defend her 2019 Wimbledon title a year ago because the tournament was canceled due to the pandemic. Now an injury will prevent her from competing when play begins at the All England Club next week. Halep announced shortly before...
Satoshi Kodaira, Kramer Hicko each shoot 63 to share Travelers lead 
CROMWELL, Conn. — Satoshi Kodaira and Kramer Hickok each shot a PGA Tour career-best 7-under-par 63 to share the first-round lead Thursday in the Travelers Championship. Talor Gooch was a stroke behind Hickok after the morning rounds. Kodaira took the lead at 8-under in the afternoon after making the turn...
Rick Carlisle takes over Pacers for 2nd time after leaving Mavericks 
INDIANAPOLIS — When Kevin Pritchard hired a new coach in October, he took a calculated risk. This time, the Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations went for the known commodity. Pritchard hired longtime Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle on Thursday, reuniting the 61-year-old with the team that helped relaunch his...
Wimbledon 2021: Grand Slam tennis returns to England's grass
Roger Federer recalls feeling “just shocked, more than anything.” Chris Evert found the news “devastating.” The tennis world was shaken when the All England Club announced April 1, 2020, that Wimbledon would be canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic — the first time since World War II it was called...
2021 Tour de France preview: Tadej Pogacar vs. Primoz Roglic rematch
Not so long ago, Tadej Pogacar was a just a promising outsider still learning the ropes of cycling’s biggest race. His rise to become the second-youngest winner of the Tour de France in September last year has changed everything: The 22-year-old returns to the three-week event as the odds-on favorite...
This Date in Sports History: June 24
1910 — James Braid wins his fifth British Open with a four-stroke victory over Sandy Herd. 1911 — John McDermott becomes the first American-born winner of the U.S. Open when he beats Michael Brady and George Simpson in a playoff. McDermott finishes two strokes better than Brady and five strokes...
Chase Koepka, Brooks' brother, gets delayed spot in PGA Tour's stop in Hartford 
Chase Koepka is getting his chance to play in the Travelers Championship — a year late. The brother of four-time major champion Brooks Koepka earned his way into the tournament last year in the Monday qualifier, but he wound up withdrawing after playing a practice round alongside someone who tested...
Hempfield grads, lifelong friends chase Olympic dreams together
They were neighbors in the Heather Ridge plan of Hempfield Township with adjacent backyards. They grew up together and competed together for the Hempfield track team. They were state and national track champions. They were NCAA Division I All-Americans. Now they are trying to make the United States Olympic team...
NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon to leave Fox booth for daily role at Hendrick Motorsports 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeff Gordon will leave the Fox Sports booth to take a daily role at Hendrick Motorsports as vice chairman and the second-ranking team official to majority owner Rick Hendrick. Wednesday’s announcement positions the four-time champion and Hall of Famer to one day succeed the 71-year-old Hendrick at...
NCAA could seek once-radical solutions after high court loss
Embedded in Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s scathing rebuke of the NCAA and its rules were a few suggestions on how college sports can be reformed to avoid being sued into oblivion. “Legislation would be one option,” Kavanaugh wrote in a concurrence to the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling against the...
Tokyo shapes up to be No-Fun Olympics with many rules, tests
TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics, already delayed by the pandemic, are not looking like much fun: Not for athletes. Not for fans. And not for the Japanese public. They are caught between concerns about the coronavirus at a time when few are vaccinated on one side and politicians who hope...
Until golf's Olympic return, Bryson DeChambeau didn't dare dream it
Bryson DeChambeau grew up watching the Olympics and wishing that someday he would be able to take part. As a golfer, he knew that was a bit of a stretch. Although the sport was a part of the Olympic program early in the 20th Century, it was dropped from 1904...
This Date in Sports History: June 23
1917 — In baseball’s greatest relief effort, Ernie Shore of the Boston Red Sox retires 26 batters for a 4-0 victory over Washington. Shore relieves Babe Ruth with nobody out and a man on first, who was cut down stealing. 1917 — Molla Bjurstedt wins the women’s U.S. Lawn Tennis...
Pistons win lottery, receive No. 1 pick in 2021 NBA Draft
The Detroit Pistons did a lot of losing this season, finishing with the second-worst record in the NBA and the franchise’s worst record in nearly 30 years. It paid off. The Pistons won the NBA Draft lottery Tuesday night, grabbing the No. 1 pick in the July 29 event and...
Golf notes: KPMG provides LPGA Tour with fuller range of statistics
Along with raising the profile of one of the LPGA Tour’s oldest majors, KPMG this week is launching a program that has been sorely lacking in women’s golf. “KPMG Performance Insights” essentially gives the LPGA Tour a wide array of data and statistics that will give players a better understanding...
Doug Ferguson: Torrey Pines deserves another Open for men and women 
SAN DIEGO — Torrey Pines has staged two U.S. Opens, and it would be hard to find any flaws. The public course along the Pacific bluffs gave us Tiger Woods going 91 holes over five days on one good leg to win his third U.S. Open, and Jon Rahm returning...


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