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Lauren Coughlin, Nasa Hataoka, Miyu Yamashita tied for Aramco lead
Lauren Coughlin and Japan's Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita formed a three-way tie atop the leaderboard after one round of the inaugural Aramco Championship on Thursday in Las Vegas.,The leaders posted rounds of 5-under-par 67 at Shadow Creek Golf Course. Three more are on their tails at 4-under 68:...

Harold Varner III officially joins Smash GC
Harold Varner III has been added to the Smash GC official roster for the 2026 season in the LIV Golf League following Brooks Koepka's departure to the PGA Tour.,Varner joins new captain Talor Gooch and returning veterans Jason Kokrak and Graeme McDowell. Gooch was named the team's captain last month...

Talor Gooch: 'Going to be tough' to replace Brooks Koepka
Perhaps more than anyone else in LIV Golf, Talor Gooch is feeling the impact of former Smash GC teammate Brooks Koepka's return to the PGA Tour.,Gooch, 34, takes over as the new team captain ahead of the 2026 season, which starts on Feb. 4 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,"Brooks is one of the best players ...

Report: Talor Gooch agrees to extension; equity stake TBD
Newly appointed Smash GC captain Talor Gooch agreed to a three-year extension with LIV Golf, Front Office Sports reported.,Gooch's initial four-year contract expired after the 2025 season. He has won four individual titles and earned more than $50 million since joining the circuit.,Gooch, 34, was el...

Jiyai Shin, Nasa Hataoka stand atop leaderboard in Japan
South Korean Jiyai Shin recorded a 5-under 67 to grab a share of the lead at the LPGA's Toto Japan Classic on Friday.,She started the round a stroke behind opening-round leaders Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita of Japan at Seta Golf Course in Otsu in the western part of the country. Consecutive birdi...

Nasa Hataoka, Miyu Yamashita share lead at Japan Classic
Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita each recorded rounds of 65 on Thursday to take the lead in their home country at the LPGA's Toto Japan Classic.,After rounds of 7-under 65, they stand a stroke ahead of Ji-yai Shin of South Korea, who carded a 66 at Seta Golf Course in Otsu in the western part of the ...

Miyu Yamashita charges from 8 shots back to win in Malaysia
Miyu Yamashita of Japan shot a final-round 65, then made a birdie putt on the first playoff hole, to come from eight strokes behind to win the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday.,Entering play on Sunday, Hye-Jin Choi of South Korea was in control of the tournament, a three-rou...

Miyu Yamashita claims Women's Open title for 1st career victory
Heading into the week, foreign players had taken each of the previous eight LPGA Tour major championships, including three from Japan.,At the AIG Women's Open on Sunday, rookie Miyu Yamashita continued the trend.,A day after celebrating her 24th birthday, Yamashita carded a 2-under-par 70 at Royal P...

Miyu Yamashita takes slim lead into final round at Women's Open
Miyu Yamashita of Japan maintained her lead through three rounds of the AIG Women's Open despite stumbling to a 2-over par 74 on Saturday at Porthcawl, Wales.,After holding a three-shot lead through the midway point of the tournament, Yamashita was at 9-under par through three rounds as her advantag...

Miyu Yamashita rides stellar 65 into Women's Open lead
Miyu Yamashita of Japan shot the round of the week so far, a 7-under-par 65, to jump out to a three-stroke lead at the AIG Women's Open on Friday in Porthcawl, Wales.,Yamashita held third place after the first round at Royal Porthcawl and took control Friday with a bogey-free, seven-birdie round. Sh...

Mammoth sign D Dmitri Simashev to three-year ELC
Defenseman Dmitri Simashev signed his three-year, entry-level contract with the Utah Mammoth, the team announced Wednesday.,Simashev, 20, was selected by the Arizona Coyotes (now Mammoth) with the sixth overall pick of the 2023 NHL Draft.,"We are thrilled to sign Dmitri to an NHL contract," general ...

Scott Vincent’s hole-in-one aids QF upset of Koepka's Smash GC
Iron Heads GC, the 13th and lowest seed at the LIV Golf Team Championship, had the help of a hole-in-one as they upset Brooks Koepka's fourth-seeded Smash GC in the quarterfinals Friday at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas.,Scott Vincent of Zimbabwe hit the one-hop ace that turned the Iron Head...

Eyeing first major, Amy Yang grabs 2-shot lead at Women's PGA
Amy Yang of South Korea shot a one-under-par 71 to grab a two-shot lead Saturday after the third round of the Women's PGA Championship.,Yang, 34, who has yet to win a major, followed both of her bogeys with birdies on the next hole at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash.,"My mindset for tomorrow...

Carl Weathers and the professional athletes who became actors
Acting and sports have a lot in common. It takes a ton of body control to do either, both are consumed by millions, and the biggest stars usually have a ton of charisma. These are the athletes who broke out of their sports and became big stars in Hollywood. ...

The most anticipated boxing matchup in years had a rough SEO day
There is not a lot of room in the news cycle at the moment. Much of it is being swallowed up by Donald Trump being arraigned for allegedly turning Mar-A-Lago into a Hoarders episode using classified documents. (He pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.) In sports, the LIV-PGA merger is being investigated by...

Jeff Hardy and Darby Allin blur the lines for AEW, but not in a good way
The idea that the wrestling world and the real world are separate entities has generally been urinated on in recent times. With wrestlers and companies using social media to forward storylines and feuds, as well as the “dirt sheets” moving into their own industry with fans gobbling up whatever backs...
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Alabama girls' basketball team denied championship after being forced to play in boys' league, then winning it [Updated]
An Alabama youth girls’ basketball team that was told they would lose their practice facility unless they agreed to play in a boys’ league went on to win the whole thing — and yet was denied the championship trophy. Instead, the trophies were given to the boys who, to be clear, were beaten by the gi...

I’d rather get in a ring with Greg Hardy than play pickup with D.K. Metcalf
Albert Pujols and D.K. Metcalf aren’t in the same universe athletically at this point in their lives. Yet, they shared a basketball court Friday as part of the NBA Celebrity Game, and I gotta say, it is startling that one of the greatest baseball players of this century — coming off a 24-home run sw...

Ranking every NFL player's performance on <i>Saturday Night Live</i>
Coming off his second Super Bowl victory, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce hosted Saturday Night Live on March 4. Among the many lovable characters the NFL has to offer, Kelce has to be one of the least camera-shy. Love him or hate him, the man knows how to rile up audiences. Whether he’s m...
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Mike Leach, renaissance man [Updated]
Former Texas Tech head football coach Mike Leach will be posthumously inducted into the school’s Hall of Honor, along with his former QB Kliff Kingsbury. Leach won 84 games during his tenure, which lasted from 2000-09....