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A little over a week before their re-emergence to mainstream domestic audiences at The Masters, a slew of major champions now playing on the LIV Golf League — including Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, and Brooks Koepka — echoed sentiments recently shared by Rory McIlroy on the need for unification with the PGA Tour. […]

PGA Tour star Justin Thomas has split with one of the game’s most prolific caddies, Jim “Bones” Mackay, one week before The Masters. Thomas announced the split via a heartfelt statement posted on X on Wednesday afternoon. Thomas and Mackay partnered for the past three years. “While incredibly difficult for me to say, Bones and […]

The 2024 Valero Texas Open may not be a Signature Event, but it holds a noteworthy place on the PGA Tour calendar as the final stop before The Masters. Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth are among the stars who intend to use TPC San Antonio to sharpen their iron(s) before Augusta National. Corey Conners is the […]

PGA Tour and LIV Golf stars will convene at Augusta National in one week. After Stephan Jaeger clinched a spot with his upset over Scottie Scheffler at the Houston Open — coinciding with an auspicious Tiger Woods scouting trip — the field for the 2024 Masters appears set. The incomplete field was posted on The […]

A 2000 Los Angeles Lakers NBA championship ring originally gifted from Kobe Bryant to his father, Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, sold for $927,000 over the weekend, via Goldin, a sports collectibles house. 43 bids were made in the March Elite Auction — resulting in the most money ever paid for an NBA championship ring. The identity […]

It was an uplifting Sunday night at the Barclays Center for the Los Angeles Lakers, who rolled to a 116-104 over the Brooklyn Nets. LeBron James’ “masterful” shooting display will rightfully garner the headlines, though the Lakers were also thrilled to witness the return of Gabe Vincent. Vincent, out since Dec. 20, subbed in for […]

LeBron James continues to make nightly history while leading the Los Angeles Lakers through a critical road trip amid a tight playoff race. You know, normal Year 21 stuff. On Sunday at the Barclays Center, the Brooklyn Nets were victimized by the most efficient high-volume 3-point shooting performance of LeBron’s NBA career. The 39-year-old drained […]

Stephan Jaeger (-12) stunned Scottie Scheffler to win his first career PGA Tour event at a nail-biting Texas Children’s Houston Open at Memorial Park on Sunday. Scheffler was vying to become the fourth player this century (Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson) to win three straight starts on the PGA Tour. Scheffler missed a 5-foot […]

Gabe Vincent is listed, with LeBron James and Anthony Davis, as questionable for the Los Angeles Lakers’ matchup with the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday at the Barclays Center. Vincent has appeared in five games for the Lakers this season. He suffered a bone bruise after four games in October, then gave it a go on […]

Tiger Woods was spotted prowling around Augusta National on Saturday with longtime PGA Tour buddy Justin Thomas and club chairman Fred Ridley. The 15-time major champion is yet to publicly confirm his status for The Masters, which begins on April 11. The X tracker account @TWLegion first reported Tiger’s appearance at Augusta. His group was […]

LeBron James and Anthony Davis dismissed road-weariness as an excuse for the Los Angeles Lakers’ “careless” performance against the Indiana Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday night. The 109-90 result snapped the Lakers’ season-long five-game winning streak. The Lakers played a double-overtime epic on Tuesday vs. the Milwaukee Bucks, beat the Memphis Grizzlies the next […]

The Los Angeles Lakers hope to get Gabe Vincent back from knee surgery during their East Coast road trip. LeBron James, out of fairness, is tempering expectations. “I really don’t even want to get into it too much, don’t want to put too much pressure on him,” LeBron said after the Lakers’ 109-90 loss to […]

Scottie Scheffler’s second round of the Texas Children’s Houston Open went just fine…until the very last putt. Or, make that three putts. Three cringe-worthy, extremely un-Scheffler-like putts. Scheffler is a dominant World No. 1 for two main reasons: His Tiger Woods-level ball-striking, and his general poise. Outside of the rare outburst (caused by his since-retired-putter), […]

Defending champion Tony Finau (-9) matched Scottie Scheffler’s Memorial Park course record as he zoomed past him on the leaderboard during the second round of the Texas Children’s Houston Open on Friday. It may have been just the type of round Finau needed to jump-start his PGA Tour season. Finau more than survived the increasingly […]

Scottie Scheffler likely iced his neck (and definitely shaved) during his week off, but he remains scorching hot on the golf course. The World No. 1 and Dallas resident — seeking his third consecutive win on the PGA Tour — posted a clean opening round 65 at the Texas Children’s Houston Open at Memorial Park […]

Less than 24 hours after a double-overtime comeback, and without the help of Anthony Davis, the Los Angeles Lakers needed LeBron James and Rui Hachimura to carry the load on Wednesday against the Memphis Grizzlies. After all, LeBron sat out in Milwaukee, while Hachimura was relatively quiet compared to AD, D’Angelo Russell, and Austin Reaves. Fortunately, […]

LeBron James and Anthony Davis got health updates after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies, 136-124, at FedExForum on the second night of a back-to-back. Both LeBron and AD were game-time decisions. Only LeBron, who sat out the team’s double-overtime saga with the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday as he manages left ankle soreness, […]

Wyndham Clark, who has a real case as the second-best player on the PGA Tour right now, suffered a concerning back injury while training at a gym near his home in Scottsdale on Monday, he revealed ahead of the Texas Children’s Houston Open. “I was working out,” Clark said at his pre-tournament press conference on […]

With LeBron James sidelined, the Los Angeles Lakers, led by Anthony Davis, Austin Reaves, and D’Angelo Russell, erased a 19-point fourth-quarter deficit to stun the Milwaukee Bucks in double-overtime, 128-124, at a raucous Fiserv Forum on Tuesday night. The Lakers’ second thrilling victory over Milwaukee without LeBron this month marked the first stop on what […]

After an eventful five-week Florida Swing — highlighted by Scottie Scheffler’s back-t0-back wins at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players Championship — the PGA Tour heads to the Memorial Park Golf Course for the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open. The Houston Open is one of three non-signature, full-field events in the run-up to the […]

LeBron James’ status for the Los Angeles Lakers matchup with Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks is up in the air due to a lingering left ankle injury. The Lakers listed LeBron as doubtful for the first stop on the six-game road trip. LeBron played 38 minutes in the high-octane win over the Indiana Pacers […]

TGL, the experimental golf league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in partnership with the PGA Tour, set a new launch date of Tuesday, January 7, 2025. TGL presented by SoFi will premier on ESPN and ESPN+. The first three matches will air in prime time on the first three Tuesdays of the new […]

After dropping 150 points on the Indiana Pacers — the most for the franchise since 1987 — the Los Angeles Lakers will fly eastward for a critical six-game road trip at their highest point of the season. The Lakers have won three games in a row — two offensive explosions (vs. the Atlanta Hawks and […]

Peter Malnati (-12) came back from three strokes down to win his first PGA Tour event since 2015 at the Valspar Championship on Sunday. Xander Schauffele’s final-round 65 at Innisbrook resulted in his second consecutive top-five finish. The non-signature event played on the Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor is the final stop on the Florida […]

Keith Mitchell capped off his highlight-reel back-nine at the Valspar Championship by sinking a 151-foot approach for eagle to take the solo lead heading into the final round of the PGA Tour’s final stop on the Florida swing. Mitchell shot a five-under 66 to hit the clubhouse at -10. Mitchell birdied 16th and a par-3 […]

Grab your hockey stick putters for round two. According to the actor Christoper McDonald, who memorably portrayed the villainous golfer Shooter McGavin, Adam Sandler has confirmed that a sequel to ‘Happy Gilmore’ is, at long last, in development. “Here’s a quick intel: I saw Adam about two weeks ago, and he says to me, ‘McDonald, […]

Jalen Hood-Schifino, whom the Los Angeles Lakers selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, is likely to miss the remainder of his rookie season after undergoing a successful lumbar microdiscectomy on Thursday, the team announced. The Lakers did not provide a timetable for his recovery, though ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reported that […]

When he splashed home his sixth 3-pointer in Monday’s win over the Atlanta Hawks — his 183rd of 2023-24 — D’Angelo Russell tied the Los Angeles Lakers record for most made triples in a season, set by Nick Van Exel in 1994-95 (the 30-year gap tells you how devoid the franchise has been of high-volume […]

In the Jake Gyllenhaal-led Road House remake, Lukas Gage gets to flex some new muscles. In Doug Liman’s remake of the 1989 Good-Bad classic, the ascendant star — whose eclectic resume includes The White Lotus, Assassination Nation, American Vandal, Euphoria, and How to Blow up a Pipeline — plays Billy, a timid bouncer at the […]

Tiger Woods reportedly hosted a meeting in the Bahamas on Monday that featured PGA Tour player directors — including Jordan Spieth and Patrick Cantlay — and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, who runs Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which finances and operates the LIV Golf League. The meeting in Albany was described to Sports Illustrated as a […]

On the heels of a thrilling Players Championship, the PGA Tour’s Florida Swing concludes this week with the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler — fresh off victories at TPC Sawgrass and the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill — will not be present. However, a handful of major contenders will […]

The Los Angeles Lakers expect Cam Reddish (right ankle sprain) to be available for Friday’s matchup vs. the Philadelphia 76ers at Crypto.com Arena, head coach Darvin Ham said after practice on Wednesday. “Cam was able to participate today and we foresee him playing on Friday,” said Ham. “We do anticipate him being available.” Reddish has […]

Doug Liman’s Jake Gyllenhaal-led Road House remake explores the Florida Keys, a reliable, if under-visited, location for searching souls in movies. In Night Moves, Gene Hackman ventures down to investigate a girl’s disappearance while escaping a deteriorating marriage. Denzel Washington’s troubled chief of police stumbles into chaos in Out of Time. In Harmony Korine’s The […]

Jon Rahm is probably the second-best golfer in the world. Yet, because he now plays in the LIV Golf League, he’ll have to wait until The Masters to compete against the PGA Tour’s best. Right now, that means World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, whose title defense at an electric Players Championship had Rahm lamenting the […]

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said a “constructive” meeting took place on Monday between the bigwigs of global golf — including Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of LIV Golf’s backer, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), and Tiger Woods. Over the weekend, as the PGA Tour reveled in a glorious Players Championship, reports surfaced — later confirmed […]

D’Angelo Russell matched Nick Van Exel’s single-season franchise 3-point shooting record in the Los Angeles Lakers’ breezy 136-105 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday at Crypto.com Arena. With Anthony Davis available, the Lakers bounced back from their bizarre loss to the Golden State Warriors — and hopped back over them in the playoff race. […]

Los Angeles Lakers center Anthony Davis said doctors are still “figuring things out” in regard to his left corneal abrasion, but he expects his eye to be “fine”. Following the Lakers’ 136-105 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, AD detailed the eye contusion that forced him to leave Saturday’s loss to the Golden State […]

Already thin behind Anthony Davis, the Los Angeles Lakers are expected to be without backup center Christian Wood (left knee surgery) for several more weeks. News of Wood’s “arthroscopic procedure” was reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Dave McMenamin as the Lakers tipped off at Crypto.com Arena against the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. In […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and JJ Redick are launching a podcast, Mind the Game, with the first episode set to debut on Tuesday. The Athletic first reported the collaboration. The episodes will be comprised of extensive basketball-centric conversations over wine, featuring LeBron, Redick, and LeBron’s business partner (and co-host of The Shop), Maverick […]