Archive for 'February,2012 '
Best in the West: UNLV takes No. 1
With less than a month remaining in the regular season before the NCAA Tournament, UNLV (22-4) has moved into the No. 1 spot in the prestigious GolfersWest Coast Top 10 college basketball poll (It’s not actually [...]
Korda wins six-way playoff in LPGA
Teen-ager Jessica Korda birdied the second hole of a six-way playoff on Sunday to capture the ISPS Handa Australia Open championship in Melbourne. The 18-year-old shot a two-over 74 in the final round, losing her one-shot [...]
Act IV for MLB opener in Japan
If history continues on the same path, either the Seattle Mariners or Oakland Athletics will contend for a playoff berth in 2012, but don’t expect the other two teams in the American League West to begin [...]
‘The Crosby’ begins the golf season
Golf does not really have an Opening Day. There are no comparisons to a first pitch, an opening tipoff or kickoff, the first puck drop and, gentlemen, there are no engines to start or flags to drop. [...]
Woods first 2012 U.S. press conference
THE MODERATOR: We’d like to welcome Tiger Woods into the interview room here at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Tiger, welcome back. Your first time at this event since 2002. TIGER WOODS: Yeah, I’m looking forward [...]
LPGA starts tour in Australia
The 2012 LPGA season officially kicks off this week in Melbourne, Australia with the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, as the LPGA returns to Australia for the first time in more than a decade. And for [...]
Will Woods be a Roaring or Paper Tiger?
(Tiger Woods debuts on the PGA Tour this week at Pebble Beach. GolfersWest writers Jim Street and Bob Sherwin take opposing views on what’s ahead for 14-time major champion). ROARING TIGER By Jim Street Take [...]
AL West teams know the value of pitching
History has shown me one rule to respect when putting together a Major League baseball team: You can never have too much pitching. That means a team needs to be extremely cautious whenever it releases a [...]
