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Kuchar comes up clutch at Sawgrass
By DOUG FERGUSON | Associated Press – PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The only complaint about Matt Kuchar was not winning enough.
Baseball's bid to speed up games is just a head fake
At long last, Major League Baseball may have found a solution to all those painfully laborious games stretching past three hours: Just don’t let pitchers fake the pickoff throw to third base, whirl and threaten to throw to first. Half the time, the runner at first glares back at the pitcher as the crowd (if the home team is batting) howls in exaggerated outrage
Poulter, Laird tied at Players Championship
By DOUG FERGUSON | Associated Press – PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The TPC Sawgrass would seem to be the last golf course where a player can relax. That might explain why Ian Poulter and Martin Laird were atop the leaderboard Thursday in The Players Championship at 7-under 65, even if their mood was for entirely different reasons.
Players, NFL disagree on context of bounty email (Yahoo! Sports)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) An email from an imprisoned friend of the Saints coaching staff with a postscript saying, ”put me down for $5,000” on Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers has become another sore point between players being punished for New Orleans’ bounty system and the NFL. The email, obtained by The Associated Press, was written from prison by marketing agent Mike Ornstein shortly before the Saints’ 2011 season opener against the Packers. Ornstein once represented Reggie Bush and later got to know members of the Saints’ coaching staff
Players, NFL disagree on context of bounty email
By BRETT MARTEL | Associated Press – NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An email from an imprisoned friend of the Saints coaching staff with a postscript saying, “put me down for $5,000″ on Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers has become another sore point between players being punished for New Orleans’ bounty system and the NFL . The email, obtained by The Associated Press, was written from prison by marketing agent Mike Ornstein shortly before the Saints ‘ 2011 season opener against the Packers.
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Still in limbo, Thunder crank it up in practice (Yahoo! Sports)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) When the task of practicing over and over again gets monotonous, Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks has his ways of trying to spice it up and get his players’ attention again. Even then, he figures the Thunder – who have had remarkably little turnover for the past two seasons – know what he’s up to. During a weeklong wait between playoff games, Brooks has the challenge of keeping three-time scoring champion Kevin Durant and Co.
Donald, McIlroy face off in long battle for No. 1
By DOUG FERGUSON | Associated Press – PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Golf’s world ranking has been more like a game of musical chairs with the most turnover at the top in the 26-year history of the ranking
Players vowing to fight bounty suspensions (Yahoo! Sports)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) All but four of the 27 current or former Saints that the NFL linked to New Orleans’ cash-for-hits bounty system can now look forward to next season free of worry that they’ll be forced to miss games, or game checks. As for those who’ve been suspended, they were sanctioned as severely as the coaches and general manager punished before them, and now must determine what measures they’re willing to take to show NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that he got it wrong
AP sources: Suspending Pro Bowl an option (Yahoo! Sports)
NEW YORK (AP) Have NFL fans seen the last of the Pro Bowl ? The game could be suspended next year, two people familiar with discussions said Thursday. Commissioner Roger Goodell , among others, expressed concerns about the quality of play after January’s game, and the league has been holding talks with the players’ union about the future of the all-star game.