Entries are now being accepted for the second-annual Rick Pearson Memorial golf tournament which is slated for Monday, Aug. 2 at Kitchen Creek. The entry fee is $50 per person, which includes a round of golf, a steak dinner, and prizes. Each foursome also is required to collect at least […]
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The last team to leave the dock Saturday morning wound up taking first place in the fourth-annual “Castin’ For Cash” tournament at Lake Despair. First-time partners Greg Swire (Devlin) and Don Copenace (Nestor Falls) came in Saturday with a whopping weight of 14.08 pounds for their five bass, then added […]
With the fourth-annual “Castin’ for Cash” bass derby coming up this weekend on Lake Despair, I headed out Monday to try my luck with the fish. Granted, the weather wasn’t great—but if The Weather Network can be trusted, this weekend is supposed to be beautiful. Some 56 teams have signed […]
The man stands six feet tall and pushes the scales at 225 pounds, he smokes close to a pack of cigarettes a day, a beer is fancied every so often, and he enjoys the taste of grease on his hotdogs and hamburgers. Not the normal credentials for an athlete, but […]
Don’t tell Ken Anderson he’s crazy for racing. He’s heard it before from his family, his friends, and co-workers. But they never convinced him to give up his obsession with race car driving, so the chances you would are slim. And besides, who wants to argue with a guy with […]
Roy Halladay picked the wrong team to have an off night against. Carl Crawford went 4-for-5, scored three runs, stole two bases, and had an RBI as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays handed Halladay and the Toronto Blue Jays a 10-2 loss last night. It was the 16th win in […]
David Bell needed to be patient. Standing on third base, Bell had to endure a conference by the umpires before learning his triple would count giving him the cycle as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Montreal Expos 14-6 last night. “The thing is it’s just rare,” Bell said while standing […]
Two-time defending champion Serena Williams was a serving sensation while Canada’s Daniel Nestor reached the quarter-finals in men’s doubles today at Wimbledon. Williams served 12 aces, including one clocked at a Wimbledon women’s record of 203 km/h, as she overwhelmed 16-year-old Tatiana Golovin 6-2, 6-1. Williams crushed the Russian-born French […]
Emeka Okafor tried masking his displeasure about being chosen second rather than first in the NBA draft. Instead, his sarcasm made it clear who he believed should have been No. 1. “It made me feel real special, all warm inside,” Okafor deadpanned on a night when potential was valued more […]
It’s a long way from an 83 at a “laughable” U.S. Open to a course-record 61 at the TPC at Avenel, but Charles Howell III made the journey in just four days. On a perfect day with the wind calm and the greens soft and smooth, Howell shot 10-under-par yesterday […]
Robby Gordon figured this was the perfect place to test his car—Infineon Raceway, site of Sunday’s NASCAR race on a road course in scenic wine-growing country. Gordon dominated and won last year’s Dodge/Save Mart 350 on the same 1.99-mile, 10-turn circuit, then won in August at Watkins Glen, N.Y. “We […]
There was no doubt about the score in this Williams match. A day after sister Venus was the victim of an umpire’s mistake during a second-round defeat, top-seeded Serena Williams swept into the third round at Wimbledon today with a 6-0, 6-4 win over French qualifier Stephanie Foretz. American Andy […]
