Personalities

Beckman out. Thomas wobbly. Illini woes continue. . .

Herb Gould

On the bright side, firing football coach Tim Beckman will probably be the most popular move Mike Thomas ever makes... Read more »

CT Golfer Wins Club Championship with Two Aces

Anthony Pioppi

An amazing story out of Stanley Golf Course, the municipally-owned facility of New Britain, Conn. John Bertola of Southington aced... Read more »

Classic Bubba Watson in 91 Seconds

Anthony Pioppi

Poor Gerry (Bubba) Watson found his ball on an anthill during the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. He asked for... Read more »

TIGER TIME

Brad King

Monday’s announcement that former World’s No. 1 will definitely be playing in this week’s 2015 Wyndham Championship at Greensboro’s Sedgefield Country... Read more »

Overheard: Robert Allenby and His Caddie at the Canadian Open

Matthew Van Fossen

  A heated confrontation between PGA Tour veteran Robert Allenby and his caddie during Thursday’s first round of the Canadian... Read more »

Spending a Round with Sergio Garcia

Anthony Pioppi

  A universal question asked of those who cover professional sports is, “What is ____ really like?” There is a... Read more »

Bilodeau Fails to Make Travelers Cut

Anthony Pioppi

Kyle Bilodeau, a local PGA club pro, had been here before, inside the ropes at the Travelers Championship, teeing it... Read more »

Fox Open Coverage

Ed Travis

Jordan Spieth won. He got a check for $1.8 million and has two majors this year, both before the age... Read more »

The Birdies & Bogeys of Fox Sports’ U.S. Open debut

Herb Gould

Greg Norman wasn’t going to drop into the analyst’s booth at his first U.S. Open and replace Johnny Miller any... Read more »

Let’s Give the PGA Tour a (four month) Break

Matthew Van Fossen

The 2015 season kicked off in January in Hawaii. Oops, I mean the 2014-15 tour season kicked off last October... Read more »

Liguori Interviews Provide Perspective

Tom Harack

Captain Obvious would agree: Older sports celebrities have more interesting stories than younger ones, because stories, like people (ideally), take... Read more »

Tom Doak’s Five-Year Plan

Tom Bedell

I played a memorable round at Crystal Downs with Tom Doak a couple of years back. Two other golf journalists... Read more »

“The Squeeze” Breaks Par, But Barely

Tom Harack

Terry Jastrow’s cinematic directorial debut appears in selected major-market theaters today and there’s much to like about it – yes,... Read more »

Jordan Spieth: 2015 Masters champion

Terry Moore

(Augusta, GA) In the summer of 2010 when Egypt Valley CC in Grand Rapids hosted the U.S. Junior Amateur, I... Read more »

Tiger Woods’ Hamlet drama continues after 74 at Augusta

Emily Kay

Tiger Woods, with no prior-week commitment required, may either show up or not for the start of the Masters next... Read more »