Archive for 'August,2013 '
Total Consciousness: HBP or PED
Aug. 20 Yankees manager Joe Girardi said something the other night that caught my attention. He asked how we would feel if “your son” was injured by what appeared to be an intentional hit-by-pitch, referring to Alex [...]
Europe trashes U.S. in Solheim Cup
PARKER, Colo. — Europe showed Sunday it can win the Solheim Cup anywhere. Caroline Hedwall became the first player in Solheim Cup history to win all five of her matches, holing a 4-foot birdie putt on [...]
Reed wins Wyndham in a playoff
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Patrick Reed made a 7-footer for birdie putt on the second playoff hole to beat Jordan Spieth and win the Wyndham Championship. Reed recovered from a drive on the par-4 10th that came [...]
GW’s MLB Power Rankings (week 20)
GW’s MLB West Power Rankings (Week 20) 1. Dodgers (1): An upcoming road trip to Philly and Miami looks mighty good for the resurgent club that is threatening to make it a runaway in the once-hotly-contested [...]
Total Consciousness: MLB
Good news out of Cooperstown, N.Y.: MLB is on the verge of expanding instant replay that would allow managers two challenges in the first six innings and one challenge from the seventh inning on beginning next [...]
PGA: Steady Dufner takes first major
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Jason Dufner finally cracked a smile, and gave a slight pump of the fist, saving all that emotion for a big occasion. He won the PGA Championship. Dufner played the kind of golf [...]
Sr. recalls his back-to-back HRs with Jr.
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the program saluting Ken Griffey Jr.’s induction into the Mariners’ Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 10. The Mariners organization gave Golferswest.com permission to use it.) (Italics) The best seasons of Ken [...]
Total Consciousness: PGA
Aug. 11 When Tiger Woods is out of contention in a tournament, especially a major, it’s an exhibition. He doesn’t care about his score anymore. He doesn’t care about getting an extra place for an extra [...]
A decade-plus with Junior Griffey
A player like Ken Griffey Jr. rarely comes along, but from the moment he visited Seattle for the first time, to sign his first professional contract in the summer of 1987, anyone could see that Major League stardom [...]
Woods-Bradley-Love together
PITTSFORD, New York — Tiger Woods was grouped with Keegan Bradley and Davis Love III for the first two rounds of the PGA Championship next week at Oak Hill. The trio is scheduled to tee off on [...]
