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The Los Angeles Lakers are listing Anthony Davis as questionable for Monday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks at Crypto.com Arena due to a left corneal abrasion. AD was forced to leave the Lakers’ loss on Saturday night vs. the Golden State Warriors three minutes after taking a left elbow to the face from Trayce Jackson-Davis. […]

PGA Tour player directors — Tiger Woods, Patrick Cantlay, Jordan Spieth, Adam Scott, Peter Malnati and Webb Simpson — have reportedly been “strongly encouraged” to meet with representatives of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which backs the LIV Golf League, including PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan. Rory McIlroy and Cantlay confirmed the meeting at the […]

With a final-round 64 on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass, and after Wyndham Clark’s birdie putt lipped out, Scottie Scheffler (-20) became the first repeat champion of the Players Championship and on the PGA Tour in 2024. Scheffler, who entered the day five strokes back of Xander Schauffele, matched the largest final-round comeback in the 50-year […]

The stage appeared set for another classic finish between the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors — who also happen to be neck-and-neck in the West — especially once LeBron James pranced into a corner 3 over Stephen Curry to bring L.A. with four points with 2:07 to go, in front of a star-studded […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ biggest advantage against the Golden State Warriors — Anthony Davis — was compromised as soon as Trayce Jackson-Davis’ elbow connected with AD’s left eye socket at the 2:47 mark of the first quarter. Davis winced through a few possessions before heading to the locker room. He never re-emerged and was ruled […]

Here’s a sentence I did not expect to type today (although these days — that’s on me): Johnny Buss, the older brother of Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss, is launching a longshot bid to land on the ticket for the U.S. presidential election this fall. Buss filled out the requisite paperwork with the Federal […]

Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, and Viktor Hovland paused their opening round of the Players Championship for nearly nine minutes to discuss whether McIlroy’s tee shot on the par-4 7th pitched above the red penalty line before bouncing back into the water. Based on TPC Sawgrass regulations, McIlroy would have been faced with about a 250-yard […]

Tom Kim was forced to withdraw from the Players Championship on Thursday due to illness. The PGA Tour made the announcement as Round 1 was underway at TPC Sawgrass. No other details were provided. Kim was eight holes through his opening round when he exited the tournament. He shot five-over par through the first eight […]

The Los Angeles Lakers no-showed for a pivotal road contest against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and the red-hot D’Angelo Russell combined to shoot 15-of-43 (34.8%) from the field in the 120-107 loss at the Golden 1 Center. The Lakers entered the matchup trailing the Kings by two games for the […]

Darvin Ham and D’Angelo Russell have come a long way since beginning their working relationship as members of the Los Angeles Lakers. Once at odds, their progress as collaborators since last season’s playoffs has helped unlock Russell in 2024 — and keyed the Lakers’ recent uptick in play. Since rejoining the Lakers’ lineup on Jan. […]

Jay Monahan was asked to resign as PGA Tour commissioner in December, according to a report from No Laying Up’s Kevin Van Valkenburg. Here’s what Van Valkenburg wrote: “When Sky Sports reporter Jamie Weir asked Monahan directly if any of the player directors on the policy board had asked him to resign at any point […]

Speaking nearby PGA Tour headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, ahead of the 50th edition of its signature event — the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass — World No. 2 Rory McIlroy called for a true acceleration in negotiations with LIV Golf League as fan interest appears to be waning. “The more we go down […]

With 16 games remaining in the 2023-24 NBA regular season, Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell is 10 made 3-pointers away from tying Nick Van Exel’s franchise record of 183, set in 1994-95. (Kobe Bryant is second, with 80 in 2005-06.) Russell is having his most efficient season from beyond the arc. The nine-year veteran […]

Scottie Scheffler sees an obvious culprit in the division in professional golf. Speaking ahead of The Players Championship — where he’ll vie to defend his title — the World No. 1 identified defectors to the LIV Golf League when asked how PGA Tour loyalists feel about increased fan disillusionment. “When you’re talking about a fan […]

Ahead of the 50th Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan addressed the media for the first time since August, as talks with LIV Golf’s backer, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), appear stalled and the sport’s star power remains segregated. With varying degrees of vagueness, Monahan addressed a bevy of pressing topics […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham said Gabe Vincent has been cleared for non-contact basketball activities. Ham provided the update at Lakers practice on Tuesday. Vincent played one game since October, on Dec. 20, then underwent knee surgery a few days later. The $33 million free agency signing — expected to be a key […]

The 50th Players Championship goes down this week at TPC Sawgrass. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler will vie for his second straight win on the PGA Tour — after his dominant showing at the Arnold Palmer Invitational — and at The Players. Tiger Woods will not participate. The Masters is weeks away. The winner of […]

The second season of Netflix’s Full Swing was released on Wednesday, March 6. ClutchPoints spoke with a key character in the show, six-time PGA Tour winner Keegan Bradley, before its release.  Bradley, 37, has been a stalwart of professional goal since winning the PGA Championship and Rookie of the Year in 2011. Since then, he’s […]

After losing the use of his left shoulder for the fourth quarter on Friday, Anthony Davis was a game-time decision for the Los Angeles Lakers’ matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Not only he did AD suit up on Sunday at Crypto.com Arena — he fully consumed the shorthanded Timberwolves, playing without Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony […]

Brice Garnett retained his PGA Tour card status for the next three years by sinking a 15-foot birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole to win the 2024 Puerto Rico Open at Grand Reserve Country Club in Rio Grande. By winning in his first start of the season, Garnett also secured a place in next […]

We can’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Scottie Scheffler switched to a mallet putter for the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the suggestion of Rory McIlroy, but the motive is irrelevant. What matters to the rest of the PGA Tour is that Scottie, like Happy, appears to have learned how to putt. The lead is […]

Despite LeBron James nursing an ankle injury and Anthony Davis losing an arm in the fourth quarter, D’Angelo Russell whipped out the cape from under his seat at Crypto.com Arena on Friday, powering the Los Angeles Lakers to a thrilling 123-122 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Russell posted a season-high 44 points on 17-for-25 shooting, including […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham said Anthony Davis will undergo further evaluation on his left shoulder after his collision with Giannis Antekounmpo in the second half of the Lakers’ 123-122 win over the Milwaukee Bucks caused him to finish the game in pain. Great Lakers WIN but concern going forward is for Anthony […]

Tiger Woods was not listed in the field for next week’s THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Many expected Tiger to use the TPC as his lone tune-up for The Masters (April 11-14). The 144-player field for The PLAYERS was announced on Friday at 5 p.m. ET. Tiger’s lack of communication about a potential start […]

The second season of Netflix’s Full Swing drops on Wednesday, March 6. ClutchPoints spoke with two-time PGA winner Tom Kim before its release.  Netflix viewers unfamiliar with Kim are sure to be smitten with the rising PGA Tour star, featured in the standout episode four, “Prove It”. The episode follows the smiley 21-year-old as he […]

LeBron James downplayed the extent of the lingering ankle injury that forced him to exit the Los Angeles Lakers 130-120 loss to the Sacramento Kings at Crypto.com Arena with 3:56 to go in the fourth quarter. “Yeah, I’ll be alright,” he said. LeBron headed to the locker room with the Lakers’ trailing by 14. Darvin […]

The second stop on the PGA Tour’s Florida Swing lands in Orlando for the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge. It’s one of the sport’s most prestigious, challenging, and, literally, Signature Events. An exclusive field of 69 players — including all of the PGA Tour’s best — will vie for a chunk […]

The newly established PGA Tour Enterprises announced its Board of Directors on Wednesday. It includes Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, and Patrick Cantlay. Woods has been named Vice Chairman. The 13-member Board consists of nine PGA Tour Directors and four Strategic Sports Group (SSG) Directors. The six current Player Directors on the tour’s Policy Board will […]

Netflix’s Full Swing Season 2 drops this Wednesday. Ahead of its release, ClutchPoints screened the episodes and chatted with PGA Tour stars Tom Kim and Keegan Bradley, as well as executive producers Chad Mumm and Warren Smith. In Full Swing Season 1, released on Netflix in February 2023, the series aimed — with varying degrees […]

Two stretches stood out in the Los Angeles Lakers’ decisive 116-104 win over the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder (42-19) on Monday — the 10th win in the last 14 games for the Lakers (34-29). The Lakers, locked in on both ends from the jump, took a 52-43 lead into halftime after limiting the Thunder to […]

Throughout the remainder of 2024, ClutchPoints’ contributors will use this space to banter on hot topics in the game of golf. In the wake of Austin Eckroat’s first career win at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, Michael Corvo and David Rooney discussed the trend of longshot winners to start the PGA Tour season. […]

Joaquin Niemann, winner of two of the first three LIV Golf events of 2024, has received a special invitation to compete in the PGA Championship, he revealed to golfwrx.com. The Chilean earned a special invitation to The Masters two weeks ago. The major — operated by the PGA of America, not the PGA Tour — […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, his agent, Rich Paul, and Drake are among the high-profile names who have recently invested in the PGA Tour, according to the New York Times. Earlier this year, the PGA Tour partnered with Strategic Sports Group (SSG) — a consortium of sports owners led by Fenway Sports Group (FSG). […]

The jam-packed leaderboard at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches will have to be sorted out on Monday, as a three-hour, 28-minute afternoon weather delay caused the final round to be postponed when darkness set in at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The final round will begin at 8 a.m. ET on […]

If you weren’t streaming the CW app in the wee hours, you may have missed LIV Golf Jeddah at Royal Greens Golf Club — the third event of the league’s third season. Former PGA Tour sensation Anthony Kim made his return after a 12-year hiatus, Joaquin Niemann cemented himself as a Masters contender, while Bryson […]

Every milestone LeBron James reaches offers an opportunity to reflect on his sustained greatness in the face of unprecedented expectations. For LeBron — who became the first player in NBA history to surpass 40,000 points in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 124-114 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday — the entire ride has represented the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are signing Harry Giles III on a two-way contract, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The Lakers will reportedly waive wing Dylan Windler to open up a two-way spot for Giles III. Giles, a 6’11, 240-pound big, will provide the Lakers with much-needed depth in the frontcourt. At the moment, Jaxson […]

Anthony Kim is in last place in the 54-player field at LIV Golf Jeddah after shooting a six-over-par 76 in his first professional golf round since his last PGA Tour appearance in 2012. Of course, rustiness and nerves are to be expected. Kim began his round on Friday — at the Royal Greens Golf & […]

LeBron James has produced a remarkable number of full-circle moments for his NBA peers, many of whom grew up watching — and, in many cases, watching their dads hoop against — him. D’Angelo Russell experienced one of those moments after the Los Angeles Lakers fended off the Washington Wizards in overtime on Thursday. It was […]