Steve Stricker birdied four of the final five holes for a two-stroke victory over K.J. Choi at The Barclays.
Stricker closed with a 2-under-par 69. His 72-hole total was 16-under 268.
The win moves Stricker to the top of the FedEx Cup standings with a 2,050 point lead over Choi. He earned a winner’s check of $1,260,000.
Lorena Ochoa won her third straight LPGA title with a five-stroke victory in the Safeway Classic on Sunday.
James Blake captured his 10th career singles title on Saturday with a 7-5 6-4 victory over
Mardy Fish in the final of the Pilot Pen tournament.
Svetlana Kuznetsova won her first title this season when qualifier Agnes Szavay retired with a back injury Saturday while leading 6-4, 0-3 at the Pilot Pen.
Szavay led 5-3 in the first set when Kuznetsova hit a crosscourt shot. Running for backhand, the Hungarian reached back to return the shot and immediately grabbed her back.
She took a medical timeout during the next changeover, and received more treatment between sets. But it became clear after three games of the second set that she could not continue.
I believe it was a very big mistake for the Kansas City Chief to let Trent Green play last year despite of the sterling performances of Damon Huard. This time he is given what he deserves.
Huard, a career backup who played well in relief last season, was selected the starting quarterback Saturday for the Kansas City Chiefs.
The 34-year-old Huard went 5-3 last season after Trent Green was injured in the season opener. He had been battling second-year quarterback Brodie Croyle for the job after Green was traded to Miami.
The United States dominance in both ends of the floor against Canada tells us all that they are prepared for the Olympics.
The Americans held the Canadians to just two field goals in a dominant second quarter, pulling away for a 113-63 victory Saturday to remain unbeaten in the FIBA Americas tournament.
Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points, equaling the second-best U.S. total in an Olympic qualifying game, and Michael Redd added 19, including five 3-pointers. But the United States didn’t pull away until it tightened its defense after a competitive first
Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy got his dose of humility in a New York City bookstore this offseason.
“Yeah, I was going through the offseason feeling pretty good about everything when my wife and I were in the bookstore,” said Dungy, the man of grace, a Super Bowl ring and now a best-selling book. “Then someone from the bookstore came up to me and said, ‘It’s so good to have you here, Coach Edwards.’ … The Lord has a way of keeping you humble.”
Dungy shared a laugh over that with his good friend and former assistant, Kansas City coach Herm Edwards. More important, the moment was the first of many reminders that winning a Super Bowl guarantees little in life, even recognition.
The further reminder of that has come in training camp. The Colts may be the defending champions, but they are a very different team from that rainy night in Miami during Super Bowl XLI less than seven months ago.
British tennis star, Tim Henman will play his final Grand Slam at the U.S. Open and then retire in September after the Davis Cup playoff at the All England Club.
He is 32 and reached four Wimbledon semifinals and never won a Grand Slam title in his 14-year career, cited a sore back and bad knee Thursday for his decision call it quits.
Injuries have caught up with the 92nd-ranked Henman, who won 11 singles titles in his career and was ranked as high as No. 4 in 2002. He was sidelined three months at the start of the season with a knee injury and is 5-11 in singles matches.
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick will not admit to killing dogs or gambling on dog fights, as detailed in his indictment, when he enters a guilty plea in a Richmond, Va., federal court Monday, a source close to the case has told ESPN. Instead, the one count of conspiracy that Vick will plead to will admit guilt to the charge of interstate commerce for the purpose of dogfighting.
The source says Vick maintains he never killed dogs and never gambled on a dog fight.He will admit he was present when dogs were killed, but that he did not personally kill any of the dogs.
The allegations of killing dogs and gambling were part of the picture painted by Vick’s three co-defendants, all of whom have pleaded guilty.
Next week Maria Sharapova will defend her U.S. Open title, she’ll be wearing tennis dresses decorated with graphic interpretations of the cityscape on the chest.She will have one outfit dedicated for day play and another for night matches.
The color is in honor of the Big Apple.The dress is a sleek garment made of a breathable wicking jersey and constructed with a no-sew technique with seams bonded with heat and silicone instead of thread.
There are more than 600 Swarovski crystals incorporated into the design, adding a little flash to the outfit, but Sharapova said it’s simple and classy, which suits her taste.
For the daytime, the look is similar but in black and white — and without the crystals. It has a scoop-back design that facilitates movement, according to Sandieson.
