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3-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka retiring after '26
Three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka announced Friday that 2026 will be his final year on the ATP Tour.,The 40-year-old Switzerland native has won 16 titles and earned nearly $38 million in prize money since 2002.,Known for his one-handed backhand, Wawrinka won the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 F...

U.S. narrows Europe’s lead at World Champions Cup
Team Europe is clinging to a 1.5-point lead after the second day of the Skechers World Champions Cup as the United States used a strong day to chip into the margin.,All three teams in the competition have a shot at victory when they return Sunday to Feather Sound Country Club in Clearwater, Fla. Eur...

Stewart Cink defeats Steven Alker to hoist Charles Schwab Cup
Stewart Cink capped off his first full-time season on the PGA Tour Champions by lifting the Charles Schwab Cup on Sunday at Phoenix Country Club.,Cink rallied past New Zealand's Steven Alker with a bogey-free 4-under 67 to win the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the tour's season finale. The victor...

Steven Alker moves closer to tourney win, season points championship
Steven Alker held onto his one-stroke lead after the third round on Saturday at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship as the New Zealander is in position to win his third tour championship in four years.,Alker carded a 6-under-par 65 at Phoenix Country Club to match his nearest pursuer and get to 17 u...

Steven Alker passes Stewart Cink for lead at season finale
Steven Alker is two rounds away from his third championship in four years as he leads Stewart Cink by one shot at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship after Friday's second round at Phoenix Country Club.,The 54-year-old from New Zealand, who won the Schwab Cup title in 2022 and 2024, entered the week...

Stewart Cink grabs lead at Charles Schwab Cup Championship
Stewart Cink finished his round birdie-birdie to take the lead at the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship on Thursday at Phoenix Country Club.,A victory in the 72-hole event would be enough for Cink, 52, to capture the season-long Charles Schwab Cup for the first time. He entered the final...

Bears acquire DE Joe Tryon-Shoyinka from Browns
The Chicago Bears are acquiring defensive end Joe Tryon-Shoyinka and a 2026 seventh-round pick from the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the same draft, the team announced Tuesday.,The move comes two days after Bears defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo sustained a season-ending Achill...

Reports: Bears acquire DE Joe Tryon-Shoyinka from Browns
The Chicago Bears are acquiring defensive end Joe Tryon-Shoyinka and a 2026 seventh-round pick from the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the same draft, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday.,The reported move comes two days after Bears defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo sustained ...

LSU Next Coach Odds: Surprise early favorite emerges
One of the most fascinating coaching cycles in recent memory added another marquee opening with LSU's firing of Brian Kelly, creating a vacancy that is likely to pique the interest of several prominent candidates.,Some immediate potential frontrunners bubbled to the top of rumor mills. Among them be...

Steven Alker pours in 11 birdies for big Simmons Bank lead
Steven Alker ripped off six straight birdies to finish his first round with a bang and take a five-shot lead at the Simmons Bank Championship on Friday in Little Rock, Ark.,Alker posted an 11-under-par 61 thanks to his birdie binge. The New Zealander's run began at the par-3 13th hole with a right-t...

Tiger Woods vows to TGL team: 'I’ll be there for every match'
Tiger Woods isn't committing to a return to competitive golf, but that doesn't mean he won't be involved in the sport.,Woods had been expected to make his presence known in the tech-infused TGL indoor golf league on Jan. 13 as his team, Jupiter Links GC, tees off against New York Golf Club.,The 15-t...

Stewart Cink, Padraig Harrington among leaders after SAS 1st round
Two PGA Tour major winners are among a group of four players who shot a 4-under-par 68 on Friday to finish tied atop the leaderboard after one round of the PGA Tour Champions' SAS Championship in Cary, N.C.,And none of them finished hotter than Stewart Cink, who finished with three consecutive birdi...

Lawsuit settlement means pro swimmers to get big payout
The World Aquatics organization has announced it will pay a $4.6 million settlement to swimmers who competed for an independent league it had previously attempted to block.,Front Office Sports reported that the settlement in the class-action lawsuit, announced Monday by the global governing body, me...

Alex Cejka, Stewart Cink tied atop Stifel Charity Classic
Germany's Alex Cejka is tied with first-round leader Stewart Cink after 36 holes of the Stifel Charity Classic on Saturday in St. Louis.,Cejka fired a 5-under-par 66 to move up four spots at Norwood Hills Country Club. Cink also is at 9 under for the tournament after he followed Friday's 7-under 64 ...

Stewart Cink shoots 64 to take lead at Stifel Charity Classic
Stewart Cink opened with a 7-under-par 64 and grabbed a one-shot lead Friday at the Stifel Charity Classic in St. Louis.,Cink placed third last year at Norwood Hills Country Club, when the event was still called the Ascension Charity Classic. He displayed his liking for the course Friday by rolling ...

Stewart Cink wins second straight Ally Challenge in playoff
It took a ferocious finish and 55 holes to do it, but Stewart Cink came away with his second straight victory at the Ally Challenge on Sunday in Grand Blanc, Mich.,Cink shot a 4-under-par 68 to finish level with South Africa's Ernie Els, who entered the day as the leader. On the first playoff hole a...

Stewart Cink cards 62 and takes early lead at Ally Challenge
Stewart Cink shot a blistering 10-under par round of 62 and took a two-shot lead after the first round of PGA Tour Champions stop at The Ally Challenge in Grand Blanc, Mich.,Cink, who is second behind Miguel Angel Jiminez on the Charles Schwab Cup leaderboard, is two strokes ahead of Australia's Ste...

Sparks F Cameron Brink to return from ACL tear vs. Aces
Los Angeles Sparks forward Cameron Brink will make her season debut Tuesday against the visiting Las Vegas Aces after missing the team's first 25 games due to a torn left ACL that has required 13 months of rehabilitation.,Brink and Sparks coach Lynne Roberts confirmed Brink's availability after prac...

Aces visit ex-point guard Kelsey Plum and red-hot Sparks
After splitting a pair of games against her former team on the road earlier this season, the Los Angeles Sparks' Kelsey Plum now gets the opportunity to play host to old friends when the Las Vegas Aces pay a visit Tuesday.,The Sparks (11-14) are on a season-best five game winning streak with the las...

Report: Dolphins, Minkah Fitzpatrick agree to reworked deal
The Miami Dolphins and All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick agreed to a reworked contract, ESPN reported on Sunday.,Fitzpatrick will receive a $16.435 million signing bonus and Miami will save $11 million against the 2025 salary cap, per the report.,The Dolphins acquired Fitzpatrick from Pittsburgh las...