A 79-year-old’s high-speed chase with police damages six golf greens

Golf courses are occasionally the victim of reckless joyriding and vandalism, as seen this past spring at the Golf Club of Houston. Often the perpetrators are teenagers or delinquents. What happened this week in Windsor, New York, is a slightly different tale.
According to WBNG.com, a 79-year-old man was gunned doing 93 miles per hour near the Pennsylvania state line on Monday afternoon. The man, Freddie P. Maliwacki, refused to pull over when signaled by police, with a 30-minute pursuit ensuing. After hitting a spike strip, Maliwacki turned off Route 79 and into Golden Oak Golf Course. The chase ended when Maliwacki ran into an embankment, disabling his car.
On their Facebook page, Golden Oak assured no one on the property was hurt during the ordeal, but did show photos that six greens were damaged as a result of Maliwacki's actions.
Maliwacki was charged with felony counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree criminal mischief.
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University of Virginia football team promised golf outing if it doesn’t suck this year

Icon Sportswire(Photo by Lee Coleman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)There are plenty of storied programs in college football. The University of Virginia ain't one of 'em.
Despite the ease of making a bowl game — 41 such holiday contests in 2016 alone — the Cavaliers have made just one postseason appearance in the last eight years. Forget “couldn't hit water if you fell out of a boat.” Seems like the Cavs can't even find the dock.
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Jeopardy! contestant takes advantage of really easy golf question

A really easy golf question snuck its way into Tuesday night's episode of Jeopardy! and one man took advantage. OK, so technically, it was a golf answer (You know how Jeopardy! works) and this episode from the Teachers Championship originally aired May 9. Still, it’s always exciting when golf makes it onto the show — even if it was done in a sneaky way by that sly dog Alex Trebek.

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See how J.J. Watt’s social-media campaign is raising millions for Houston flood victims

Heres another example of the good that can come from social media. Though the devastation in Houston from Hurricane Harvey has been hard to watch, the power of the human spirit is alive with volunteers and law enforcement officers risking their lives to rescue others, and those pledging money and humanitarian efforts to help those in need. Count J.J. Watt right near the top of those efforts.

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