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Neal Shipley grateful for unique exemption into Charles Schwab Challenge
Colonial Country Club has a special tradition regarding its annual PGA Tour stop, known these days as the Charles Schwab Challenge.,It's called the Champions' Choice: Past tournament champions select two players for a special invitation into the field each year. This week, the Champions' Choices wer...
Patrick Mahomes enters high school HOF, partners with Texas schools
Three-time Super Bowl winner Patrick Mahomes was among nine people enshrined in the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame on Saturday -- and he left a piece of himself in his home state.,Mahomes played at Whitehouse High School, near Tyler, Texas, and went on to Texas Tech before the Kansas City C...
Video challenge rules proposed to speed up NCAA women's games
The NCAA Women's Basketball Rules Committee has forwarded a recommendation that, if approved, would make women's basketball coaches the ones to initiate a challenge by video review under certain conditions.,The recommendation, made this week at a meeting in Indianapolis, now will be forwarded to the...
Twins acquire Kody Clemens from Phillies, put Luke Keaschall on IL
The Minnesota Twins acquired infielder Kody Clemens from the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday in exchange for cash considerations.,Clemens, who went 0-for-6 with one walk in seven games for the Phillies this season, was designated for assignment on Wednesday. He has been added to the Twins' 26-man ...
Reds manager asks veterans to pass on ABS challenges
Reds manager Terry Francona plans to opt out of elective participation in the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge trial during spring training, but is willing to let Cincinnati's minor-league players accustomed to the procedure use challenges. ,ABS affords pitchers, hitters and catchers an immediate obj...
Strike zone challenges debut in over half of '25 spring training games
A tap of the cap or helmet has new meaning in 2025 spring training games. ,In more than 55 percent of spring training games over the next six weeks, Major League Baseball is employing the Automated Ball-Strike System, granting each team two challenges of called balls or strikes in real time. ,Review...
Mac McClung wins dunk contest for 3rd straight time
Mac McClung continued his annual tradition of stealing the NBA spotlight for a day, as the G League standout won his third consecutive NBA slam-dunk title during All-Star Saturday in San Francisco.,McClung has played in just five minutes of one NBA game this season for the Orlando Magic -- and five ...
Heat's Tyler Herro wins 3-point contest; Cavs duo takes skills challenge
The Miami Heat's Tyler Herro made both of his three-point bonus balls in the final round and won the 3-point contest during All-Star Saturday at San Francisco., ,Earlier in the evening, the Cleveland Cavaliers' duo of Evan Mobley and Donovan Mitchell won the skills challenge., ,Herro won the 3-point...
Cavs' Evan Mobley, Donovan Mitchell prevail in skills challenge
The Cleveland Cavaliers' duo of Evan Mobley and Donovan Mitchell kicked off All-Star Saturday by winning the skills challenge at San Francisco, Calif., ,The Cavaliers delivered a final-round time of an even one minute, while the Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green and Moses Moody were unable to to...
Colorado adds Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk to coaching staff
Marshall Faulk is joining head coach Deion Sanders at Colorado, giving the Buffaloes three members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on its coaching staff. ,Sanders and Faulk were 2011 inductees in Canton, with Warren Sapp joining them in 2013.,Sapp is the Buffaloes' senior quality control analyst on...
Marshall fined $100K by Sun Belt for pulling out of bowl game
Marshall's decision to opt out of December's Independence Bowl against Army is turning out to be a costly one.,The Sun Belt Conference issued the school a $100,000 fine for not participating in the Dec. 28 contest, which Marshall said was due to a loss of more than 25 players to the transfer portal....
League suspends Naji Marshall, Jusuf Nurkic, P.J. Washington for altercation
The Dallas Mavericks' Naji Marshall has been suspended four games without pay and the Phoenix Suns' Jusuf Nurkic is suspended three games without pay for their altercation in a game on Friday night, the NBA announced Saturday.,Mavericks forward P.J. Washington was suspended one game without pay for ...
Marshall pulls out of Independence Bowl, replaced by Louisiana Tech
Marshall opted out of playing Army in the Independence Bowl on Dec. 28 because of losing a large number of players to the transfer portal, and was replaced by Louisiana Tech.,The Thundering Herd went 10-3 and defeated Louisiana 31-3 in the Sun Belt Conference championship game on Dec. 7. Head coach ...
Reports: Marshall pulls out of Independence Bowl game vs. Army
The Marshall football team opted out of the playing Army in the Independence Bowl on Dec. 28 because of losing players in the transfer portal, according to multiple media reports on Saturday.,The Thundering Herd went 10-3 and defeated Louisiana 31-3 in the Sun Belt Conference championship game on De...
Scottie Scheffler fires 63, repeats at Hero World Challenge
New putting grip, same old Scottie Scheffler.,The World No. 1 shot a blazing 9-under-par 63 on Sunday to repeat at the Hero World Challenge, winning by six shots over South Korea's Tom Kim at Albany Golf Course in Nassau, Bahamas.,Scheffler rolled in nine birdie putts, the longest a 49-footer at the...
Justin Thomas leading, Tom Kim surging at Hero World Challenge
Justin Thomas carded a bogey-free 66 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.,A field of 20 players is at Albany Golf Club for the exclusive exhibition event hosted by Tiger Woods. Thomas finished Saturday at 6-under par 66 and is 17-under...
Scottie Scheffler (64) grabs lead at Hero World Challenge
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler carded the round of the day Friday to surge atop the leaderboard after Day 2 at the Hero World Challenge in Albany, New Providence, the Bahamas.,A field of 20 players is at Albany Golf Club for the exclusive exhibition event hosted by Tiger Woods. ,Scheffler, the event'...
Bronco Mendenhall leaves New Mexico to coach Utah State
Bronco Mendenhall left one Mountain West school for another on Friday, departing New Mexico to become the head coach at Utah State.,Mendenhall, 58, guided the Lobos to a 5-7 record (3-4 Mountain West) in his first season, their best record since a 9-4 campaign in 2016.,Mendenhall, a Utah native and ...
Reports: Utah State set to hire Bronco Mendenhall as head coach
Bronco Mendenhall is set to leave one Mountain West school for another, as the New Mexico head coach will take over the same role at Utah State, multiple media outlets reported late Thursday night.,Mendenhall, in his first season as head coach of the Lobos, guided New Mexico to a five-way tie for fi...
Cameron Young cards 64, leads Hero World Challenge
After a few months off, Cameron Young was pleasantly surprised to come out to the Bahamas and shoot an 8-under-par 64 at Albany Golf Club for the first-round lead on Thursday at the Hero World Challenge.,A field of 20 players is in Albany for the exclusive exhibition event hosted by Tiger Woods. You...