First, Woods has always liked to mess with his swing, but as his game gets worse, that obsession gets stronger. It’s hard to tell which is the chicken and which is the egg in that vicious cycle. The other reason is more simple and impossible to control: age. Woods was simply so superb for so […]

Even if the team hires someone from outside the organization, Phil’s track record will be the standard by which many Laker fans judge the new regime. And what a track record it is: on Phil’s watch, the Lakers averaged over 55 wins a season, made seven trips to the NBA Finals and won five titles. […]

The FBI paperwork also says Steinbrenner volunteered to have Yankee Stadium serve as the staging area for more than 500 raids against gambling by organized crime, but that another site was chosen. Steinbrenner pleaded guilty on the illegal contribution in 1974 and served a 15-month MLB suspension. Undercover Operation The newly released 1988 FBI memo […]

In the next 72 hours or so, the NFL will find out whether its lockout of some 2,400 players will continue or whether it will be forced to swing open its doors and allow business to resume as it had before the end of the league year March 3. Federal Judge Susan Nelson, who ruled […]

MLB owners and general managers agreed last November that two Wild Card entrants should be added, one in each league, meaning 10 out of 30 clubs would make the playoffs. The major unresolved issue is whether to make the two Wild Card entrants in each league face off in a one-game playoff, or to set […]

Gloria James, mother of Heat star LeBron James, was released from jail Thursday after being arrested early in the morning outside a Miami hotel for allegedly assaulting a valet. Gloria, who pleaded no contest to DUI in 2006, had a strong odor of alcohol on her breath and had bloodshot eyes when officers arrived on […]

A lot of folks are asking who the best driver in NASCAR is right now. It doesn’t matter to me that he finished third, but I don’t know how you don’t put Busch at the top of that list. The guy is a contender to win in every series we run every week. I think […]

The Masters is less than two weeks away. And Woods still looks lost. Just what is wrong with his game has been debated in press rooms and bars from the coast of California to the swamps of Florida. Trying to figure it out is about as easy as trying to figure Woods out, and that’s […]

Throughout his winless streak, Gordon often led and lost, whether it was from a poor restart or being bumped out of the way that cost him. This time he attacked. “I’ve not been in position to put pressure on the leader to force him to make mistakes and be in control of the situation in […]

It was a career weekend. Patrick started fourth, led the lap and finished 14th. Her starting position and finish were her best such efforts in a NASCAR race. Patrick, 28, was making her 14th start in the JR Motorsports Chevrolet, an effort she is fielding part time as she continues her full schedule in the […]