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Remember this name: Dufner

Remember this name: Dufner

Jason Dufner looks like the guy who always was picked last in schoolyard pickup games. In a rainbow, he would represent the color vanilla. At parties, he needs to wear plaids so as not to blend [...]

Dufner’s big week: Victory and marriage

Dufner’s big week: Victory and marriage

MARK STEVENS: Okay. Let’s go ahead and get started. I’d like to welcome Jason Dufner. Jason, congratulations on your first win on TOUR, exciting finish. If you want to take us through the last couple of [...]

Post-Masters: Just Bubba from Bagdad

Post-Masters: Just Bubba from Bagdad

MARK STEVENS: We’d like to welcome Bubba Watson to the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Bubba, talk about your thoughts coming into defend this year and then we’ll have some questions. BUBBA WATSON: Looking forward to [...]

Curtis ends l-o-n-g drought in Texas

Curtis ends l-o-n-g drought in Texas

Ben Curtis probably wasn’t counting, but he had to know it had been a long time since he lifted a trophy. His personal dry spell, lasting nearly six years — precisely 2,045 days – finally ended on [...]

MLB West Power Ratings (Week 2)

MLB West Power Ratings (Week 2)

GW’s MLB Power Ratings (Week 2): 1. Rangers (1): On most teams, a pitcher with 13 walks in 18 innings would raise some red flags, but the powerful Rangers are quite happy with Yu-know-who in the [...]

A perfecto is cool to watch any time

A perfecto is cool to watch any time

Of the thousands of stories I wrote while covering 5,000 or so MLB games during a 40-year sports writing career, none were perfect. But none of the games I covered were “perfect” games. At some point [...]

Four days in St. Andrews

Four days in St. Andrews

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – This city is Camelot with caddies. Golf began here more than 600 years ago and today the area continues as the aluring mecca for the golfing world. Within the city limits is [...]

Nicklaus headed for Gold Medal

Nicklaus headed for Gold Medal

Just when you think the House of Representatives can’t get anything right, they come up with a winner. Such was the case on Monday when The House voted to bestow the Congressional Gold Medal on golfing [...]

Foursome forecast this week

Foursome forecast this week

This is the Foursome Forecast for this week: One: The LPGA returns from a two-week hiatus following the Kraft Nabisco Championship, returning to the Hawaii for the LOTTE Championship. The 144-player field, which will compete for [...]

MLB West Power Rankings (Week 1)

MLB West Power Rankings (Week 1)

MLB West Power Rankings: 1. Rangers: When it comes to winning a World Series, a fast start suggests that the AL West power wants to test the third-time-is-a-charm theory. 2. Dodgers:  Who says money can’t buy happiness? [...]