Golf will return to Olympics in 2016
COPENHAGEN All those beautiful beaches and Tiger Woods, too! After more than a century on the sidelines, golf will return to the Olympics at the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. Rugby, last played in 1924, is coming back as well. Both were reinstate...
 5.7K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 565.0 Sports Briefs: Indiana one win from WNBA title
INDIANAPOLIS Tamika Catchings had 14 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as the Indiana Fever moved within one victory of the WNBA title Sunday with an 86-85 win over the Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of the finals. The Mercury s Tangela Smith missed...
6.8K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 379.0 Thompson steals show at LPGA event
PRATTVILLE, Ala. Scotland s Janice Moodie shot a bogey-free 8-under 64 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over 14-year-old Alexis Thompson in the Navistar LPGA Classic, with Michelle Wie and top-ranked Lorena Ochoa two strokes back. Moodie, a tw...
3.4K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 565.0 Sports Briefs: Rookie wins LPGA tourney
NORTH PLAINS Rookie M.J. Hur made a 6-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole of the Safeway Classic on Sunday to beat Suzann Pettersen for her first LPGA Tour victory. Hur shot a final-round 65, while Pettersen and veteran Michele Redman each ...
6.6K - Aug. 31, 2009; scored 489.0 Sports Briefs: Bader shoots 64 to take lead in LPGA s Safeway Classic
NORTH PLAINS Beth Bader shot an 8-under 64 at the Safeway Classic to take a one-stroke lead into the second round at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. Bader s low score came early in the day before the winds picked up and rain moved in over the course west ...
4.3K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 379.0 Solheim Cup stars play in Oregon
NORTH PLAINS The members of the U.S. Solheim Cup team return to their day jobs Friday at the LPGA Safeway Classic. Eleven of the 12 American women who defeated a team from Europe last weekend at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill., are playing ...
3.4K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 626.0 Women's golf sees rise in popularity
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. A roar went up and thousands of fans immediately headed to the next hole, a wave of red washing through the trees at Rich Harvest Farms. It s a commonplace scene when Tiger Woods is playing. This rock star treatment, though, was f...
5.4K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 719.0 Americans keep possession of Solheim Cup
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. Despite the instructions not to, Juli Inkster couldn t resist checking out the scoreboard. She didn t like what she saw. The heavily favored Americans, long dominant in singles play at the Solheim Cup, were trailing in six matches...
5.8K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 890.0 Americans take early lead in Solheim Cup
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. Instead of dancing, Juli Inkster dropped to her knees. Paula Creamer made a 20-footer late Friday afternoon to give the United States a 41 2-31 2 lead at the Solheim Cup, and make Inkster the highest-scoring U.S. player in the eve...
4.9K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 379.0 Americans defend Solheim Cup title
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. Just once, Laura Davies wants to experience how it feels to win the Solheim Cup on someone else s turf. The Americans have done it. Twice, in fact. To overcome the crowds and the American team, which is always first-class and they...
4.6K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 565.0 New mom wins Open crown
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England Catriona Matthew won one for golfing mothers with her three-stroke victory Sunday in the Women s British Open at Royal Lytham. Playing just 10 weeks after giving birth to her second child, Matthew held on to her overnight ...
4.2K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 719.0 Sports Briefs: Famed soccer coach dies
LONDON Bobby Robson, who coached England to the 1990 World Cup semifinals and won soccer trophies in four countries, has died. He was 76. A family statement issued today said Robson died of cancer at home in County Durham. Robson had appeared in a ...
3.2K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 379.0 Sports Briefs: Champion boxer Forrest shot to death in Atlanta
ATLANTA Vernon Forrest, a former three-time champion who gained stardom when he became the first boxer to defeat Sugar Shane Mosley, was shot and killed during an apparent robbery in Atlanta, police said Sunday. Atlanta Police Sgt. Lisa Keyes sai...
5.7K - Jul. 27, 2009; scored 379.0 Sports Briefs: Roger Federer becomes the proud father of twin girls
GENEVA Roger Federer became a father of twin girls after his wife Mirka gave birth Thursday. In a statement released on his personal Web site and Facebook page, tennis world No. 1 said the girls have been named Charlene Riva and Myla Rose. I have ...
4.8K - Jul. 24, 2009; scored 489.0 Sports Briefs: Rains washes away qualifying for Daytona race
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Tony Stewart will start from a familiar spot tonight at Daytona International Speedway. The Sprint Cup points leader was awarded the pole for the Coke Zero 400 when rain washed out qualifying Friday. It was Stewart s third pole ...
5.0K - Jul. 4, 2009; scored 379.0 Sports Briefs: Kim breaks course record in opening round at Congressional
BETHESDA, Md. Anthony Kim ran off eight birdies over his final 13 holes and set the course record at Congressional with an 8-under 62, giving him a two-shot lead over tournament host Tiger Woods, Bryce Molder and D.A. Points. The 24-year-old Kim ha...
7.6K - Jul. 3, 2009; scored 379.0 Gay, Mickelson get good starts
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Brian Gay had the best opening round. Phil Mickelson called his first 18 holes a good start. John Daly? Well, he left himself plenty of work if he wants to make the cut at the St. Jude Classic in his first tournament back from his si...
3.2K - Jun. 12, 2009; scored 379.0 Sports Briefs: Ryan Leaf faces drug charges in Texas
CANYON, Texas Former Washington State University and NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been indicted by a Randall County grand jury on drug and burglary charges. The indictment handed up Wednesday in Canyon charged the 33-year-old former San Diego Char...
4.1K - May. 22, 2009; scored 379.0 Sports Briefs: Johnson takes pole for All-Star race
CONCORD, N.C. Jimmie Johnson has a history of dominance at Lowe s Motor Speedway, but had never started from the pole in the All-Star race. After a speedy, mistake-free performance on Friday, the decorated driver can check off that accomplishment, ...
2.6K - May. 16, 2009; scored 379.0 Sports Briefs: Alexandra jockey fourth rider to win 900 races with Preakness Stakes finish
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Two-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Calvin Borel, who is scheduled to ride favored Rachel Alexandra in Saturday s Preakness Stakes, became only the fourth rider in the 135-year history of Churchill Downs to win 900 races when he ...
4.5K - May. 15, 2009; scored 379.0 | 
