Column: The Masters can’t get here soon enough
By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Consider this another tradition unlike any other. Two or three or more of the best players win tournaments in the months leading to April, golf fans […]
NFL owners approve simplified catch language
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Maybe it’s too late for Jesse James and the Steelers or Zach Miller and the Bears. No matter, the NFL has a simplified catch rule designed […]
Chase Anderson ready for Brewers’ opener at San Diego
PHOENIX (AP) — Chase Anderson says he is ready for Milwaukee’s opener at San Diego on Thursday. He was 12-4 with a 2.74 ERA last year for a team with […]
Tip for Final Four 1st-timer: ‘It’s going to blow you away’
A big believer in asking for advice, Loyola-Chicago coach Porter Moser is in the process of tapping into his friends and associates in search of a few Final Four hacks. […]
NFL weighing changes to catch rule
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — That’s a catch. Mention the names Calvin Johnson, Dez Bryant, Zach Miller and Jesse James , and what looked, sounded and felt like a catch wasn’t […]
Brewers release Gallardo, costing team $483,871
PHOENIX (AP) — Yovani Gallardo has been released by the Milwaukee Brewers, who owe the 32-year-old right-hander $483,871 in termination pay rather than his $2 million salary. Milwaukee made the […]
Kraft discounts any discord in Patriots organization
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Every marriage has its ups and downs. So New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft urged everyone not to read too much into any reported discord in […]
Red Sox have highest salary, Brewers 26th
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees are on track to open the season this week with baseball’s seventh-highest payroll, their lowest ranking since 1992, according to projections by […]
The Ohtani Dilemma: Can fantasy accommodate a 2-way star?
Shohei Ohtani had general managers scrambling this winter with his jump to the major leagues. They weren’t alone. For folks who write the code that tracks stats for fantasy baseball […]
Injury-plagued Hughes hoping for healthy year with Twins
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Minnesota Twins pitcher Phil Hughes prefers to focus on the future. Besides, lingering on his injury-plagued past might be too painful. Yet coming off three […]