That moment was 15 years ago for Woods when he was in South Africa for the Million Dollar Challenge. "It's sad for everyone who got a chance to not only meet him, but I've been influenced by him," Woods said Thursday after the first round of his World Challenge. "I got a chance to meet him with my father back in '98. He invited us to his home, and it was one of the inspiring times I've ever had in my life....
The top 30 in FedExCup points advance to East Lake next week in Atlanta. Woods’ withdrawal last week because of an oblique injury dropped him from inside the top 30, at 28th, to 38th on the points list, and he finds himself 97 points back of 30th-place Andrew Putnam. “I feel good,’’ Woods said Tuesday (via ESPN.com). “Feel a lot better than I felt last week. Felt good this morning, so I thought I’d give it a go....
The 45-year-old had to undergo surgery on his lower right leg, his foot, and his ankle following the high-speed accident in Los Angeles on February 23. When first responders arrived at the scene, he was unconscious, police said. Investigators said he had been traveling between 84 and 87 mph in a 45 mph zone in the Rolling Hills Estates at the time of the crash. His vehicle, a 2021 Genesis SUV, crossed the road’s center divider, hit a tree, and rolled over....
Woods will play on the PGA Tour for the first time since February when the event begins Thursday at Muirfield Village in Ohio. MORE: Ryder Cup postponed to 2021 Johnson, who has missed the past two tournaments after winning the Travelers Championship, has no doubt the 15-time major champion will be ready. “Obviously it’s tough to simulate competition, but if anybody will be ready to play after not playing for five months, I think Tiger will be,” he told a news conference....
Maybe even the play of the year in the Comerica Park outfield. Jones’ twisting, backhanded catch in the sixth inning took a home run away from Adrian Beltre in Detroit’s 7-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday. The Tigers scored all their runs in the first, chasing Cole Hamels before that inning was over. It was still 7-0 when Jones made his spectacular catch in left-center field. Beltre’s drive was headed toward the Texas bullpen, but Jones came over from center and jumped, reaching over the wall with his left hand and backhanding the ball....
Spending time in the Boundary Waters is what helped truly heal Erik and that’s why preserving these wild places is so important. A group in Minnesota recently published the film ‘Flush in the Wild’ which documents how Erik uses hunting, particularly hunting in the Boundary Waters, to cope with his PTSD. Watch the film below and be sure to check out and support Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters as they work to preserve a national treasure and prevent sulfide mining from drastically changing one of the few truly wild places left....
The game will be available from today until January 14 at 8 AM PT, at which time it will be replaced by next week’s game, Star Wars Battlefront 2: Celebration Edition. As for Crying Suns, the game is a sci-fi rogue-lite developed by Alt Shift and published by Humble Bundle, with the game originally debuting back in 2019. RELATED: Epic Games Store Launcher Issue Partially Fixed As for what players do in the game, the core concept centers around a space fleet exploring a mysteriously fallen empire....
Brennaman told Cincinnati television station WCPO on Friday that he was resigning and that it was his call. “My family and I have decided that I am going to step away from my role as the television voice of the Cincinnati Reds,” Brennaman said in a written note to WCPO. Reds CEO Bob Castellini thanked Brennaman, the son of retired Reds radio voice Marty Brennaman, for his work with the club....
It has been learnt by Sportskeeda that PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth are the ones who have been rested ahead of the World Championships and the Asian Games. We will have to wait and see if there are more surprises in the squad. The women’s team has been drawn in Group A of the Uber Cup alongside five-time winners Japan, Canada and Australia. In Thomas Cup, the Indian men will be accompanied by nine-time champions China, France and Australia in Group A....
ICC: Muller at the double as Bayern bounce back With the summer arrivals of Corentin Tolisso and James Rodriguez, and the fact that the German champions already have the likes of Thiago Alcantara, Franck Ribery, Kingsley Coman and Arjen Robben in attack doesn’t leave much space for the World Cup winner Muller. Before the game against Chelsea, Bayern had suffered back-to-back defeats in China against the likes of Arsenal and AC Milan, the second being a 4-0 hammering in Shenzhen....
The rookie Warriors coach announced Wednesday night that Golden State guard Klay Thompson will start alongside fellow “Splash Brother” Stephen Curry in Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden in New York. Thompson joined Rockets guard James Harden as replacements for injured starters Kobe Bryant and Blake Griffin. MORE: Reggie Evans can’t believe ‘Greek Freak’ is 20 | Spurs still team no one wants to see in playoffs...
Hazard, 23, is the younger brother of the Chelsea star and moved to the West London club in 2012 from Lens, although he never made a first-team appearance. He initially went on loan from Stamford Bridge to Gladbach in 2014, before a series of impressive displays earned him a permanent deal at the Bundesliga club. Douglas Costa warned by Bayern Chelsea have a reported buy-back option if they want to re-sign Hazard, with Leicester and Atletico Madrid also rumoured to be interested in the Belgium international....
My recent experience at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, President Clinton’s alma mater and a finishing school for the elite ranks of the foreign-policy establishment, argues that this phenomenon will plague future administrations. After spending four years on active duty as an army officer, I enrolled in a graduate program at Georgetown and was initially puzzled by what seemed to be a total lack of interest in my military experience....
The petition can be found on Change.org, and it simply calls for Sony to change the free PS Plus games for May 2020. The petition explains that fans were especially disappointed by the lineup, as many had gotten their hopes up by the fake Dark Souls and Dying Light leak that suggested those critically-acclaimed titles would be the free games for May. Of course, Sony can hardly be faulted for fans getting excited over a fake leak, but that hasn’t stopped over 2,500 people from signing the petition so far....
Volkov has won all four of his UFC fights to date and is unbeaten in his most recent six. Overall, the 29-year-old boasts an impressive 30-6-0 record in his Mixed Martial Arts career. Currently, the fifth-ranked Heavyweight contender, Volkov can accelerate up the rankings should be able to knock off second-ranked Lewis on the UFC 229 undercard. Volkov is a dangerous striker, capable of devastating knockouts. At an imposing six feet seven inches in height, Volkov is more than a match for anybody in the Octagon with an impressive reach of 81 cm....
The pair put pride on the line with a wager on the outcome of their nations’ quarter-final clash in Samara on Saturday. Beckham promised to take Ibrahimovic shopping at IKEA if Sweden won, so long as the LA Galaxy striker agreed to eat fish and chips at an England home international in the event of a victory for Gareth Southgate’s side. And with Harry Maguire and Dele Alli giving England a 2-0 win and a spot in the semi-finals, Beckham did not miss his chance to poke fun at Sweden’s all-time top scorer, photoshopping the self-styled ’lion’ into the Three Lions’ own 1998 World Cup kit....
Cashman, 47, signed a three-year contract to remain in the job he has held since 1998. Financial terms were not immediately available. The previous pact expires at month’s end and was for $9 million over three years. He also is a senior vice president. Cashman’s club missed the past two postseasons. However, there was little doubt the team or Cashman would end the relationship. He has the confidence of the Steinbrenners and upper management....
In a bid to make the lucrative T20 event more appealing to the viewers, the administrators have time and again tried to push the envelope, from introducing a ten team concept to adding strategic time-out thus attenuating the levels of excitement. The upcoming season will bore no difference to the aforementioned fact and with a sea of innovative ideas promises to add intrigue to the contest. In this article, we’ll look at four things that make IPL 2018 different from its predecessors:...
Police say that around 10:30 p.m. a night shift sergeant was on routine patrol when he saw a driver doing donuts in a private parking lot. When the driver exited the parking lot and headed down the street, the sergeant put on his emergency lights to conduct a traffic stop. At this point, the vehicle “accelerated at a very high speed,” creating significant distance between itself and the officer, Houston Police Department Assistant Chief Yasar Bashir said during a press briefing....
The intervertebral disc is one of a number of spinal structures healthcare providers and pain experts call “pain generators.” Essentially, pain generators are places in the body where abnormal physiological activity gives rise to pain. When it comes to spinal intervertebral discs as pain generators, 3 main types of abnormal activity, or pain generators, are possible. Disc Injury The first occurs when the disc structure is injured from the outside....
