PGA Tour pros wore orange ribbons to support Katie Enloe as she faced leukemia, but the loving wife, sister and mother lost her battle on Tuesday
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FANTASY PLAYS: Factor weather before making lineups
One advantage you can hold over your opponents in daily fantasy baseball is understanding how each game environment compares relative to one another on a given slate.
Early in the season, the discrepancies between controlled stadium conditions such as domes and games played outdoors are often minimal. In fact, at the very beginning of the season, some frigid outdoor environments will bring worse hitting conditions than their counterparts in controlled conditions.
As the calendar turns to July, the temperatures rise around Major League Baseball.
Throughout last weekend, games on the East Coast and in Texas saw temperatures reach into the 90s while games in the Midwest were routinely in the upper 80s.
As the weather warms up, the baseball travels farther. That provides better scoring conditions for offenses and more difficult conditions for pitchers. This also provides an edge for the savvy daily fantasy baseball player.
There are two ways to take advantage of the discrepancy in wea..
Tour should consider making HSBC victories retroactive
POTOMAC, Md. (AP) Francesco Molinari went from a share of the 54-hole lead to an eight-shot runaway in the Quicken Loans National, a performance that would not have surprised anyone who saw his victory in Shanghai in 2010.
Goosen qualifies for British Open
Two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen was among 12 players who made it into the British Open on Tuesday through local final qualifying.
Column: For Tiger Woods, many introductions are in order
POTOMAC, Md. (AP) Tiger Woods finished the Quicken Loans National with a 66 and was on his way to discuss his performance with the media when he was asked to stop for a few pictures.
The best-named fireworks of 2018 and what the hell they do
BloombergThe best parts of July 4 are, in order:
1. Joey Chestnut’s stuffed, sweaty mug in the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.
2. The way we can all listen to “Born in the U.S.A.” all day long without once having to consider its true message.
3. The magnificent names given annually to our nation’s valuable fireworks by carnies, yellow-bearded trucksmiths and the enormous warehouses you can only access by driving 3½ hours into the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Yes friends, there is only one thing better than blasting “American Bad Ass” and possibly lighting your neighbor’s lawn on fire in the name of Pride, and that is reading the boxes that contain the fiery means by which to do it. Here, for all you cool rockin’ daddies in the U.S.A., are actual products invented and sold by Big Firework in the summer of 2018. WARNING: CONTENTS MAY EXPLODE.
Badassical Blast: The Official Description — don’t you dare purchase fireworks online without first consulting the Official Description — reveals that th..
Man wears obnoxiously large glove to baseball game, completely misses catching a foul ball
In the month of June alone we witnessed two legendary moments in the history of fans catching foul balls at MLB games. First, there was my wife the girl at the Padres game who caught one in her beer and then chugged it, cementing her status as the GOAT of foul ball catchers. That lasted all of four days when this dude at the A's game stole her crown by catching two foul balls on consecutive pitches. In a hypothetical world where a Foul Ball Catching Hall of Fame exists, these two are on the first ballot.
This San Francisco Giants fan? He's barred from ever entering the FBCHOF. In fact, he should get a Pete Rose-esque lifetime ban from attempting to catch foul balls, because this is flat out embarrassing. Watch as this man and his obnoxiously large glove completely miss a foul ball at the Giants-Rockies game on Monday:
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Hate to pour it on this poor sap, but goodness gracious, this is pathetic. First of all, if you're wearing a glove to a game and y..
A PGA Tour cheating allegation, a new potential star in women’s golf, and a first-time green jacket winner
Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we believe it’s better to give than receive—unless a green jacket is involved. Sadly, I wasn’t able to defend my title at the 25th HGGA Championship, but at least I got to slip it on a former Golf Digest colleague and a guy who was in my wedding party, Eric Lebowitz.
FacebookPinterestAt long last, it was his time to win a first major, and he did it in style with a Masters-worthy celebration:
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Congrats, Eric, but get ready for everyone to complain about your handicap being too high for the next year. And while we were contesting this great championship in Charlottesville, there were plenty of other (less important) things happening in the world of golf. Let’s discuss.
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Francesco Molinari: Many questioned Molinari’s decision to skip the French Open, where he’s had success and could do a Ryder Cup scouting trip, but he made a heckuva choice. Not only did the Italian pick up his first PGA Tour title, bu..
This crazy last-lap battle is being called one of the greatest finishes in NASCAR history
Here at The Loop, NASCAR probably doesn't get the R.E.S.P.E.C.T that is deserves. It's just hard to digest 400 miles of zoom zoom when LeBron is blowing up the NBA, there's a pair of ridiculous penalty paloozas going down in Russia, and Tiger has the putter working. While we were distracted by the other Sunday happenings in Sportstopia, however, the highlight of the day was going down at Chicagoland Speedway on the final lap of the Overton's 400. If you don't believe us, seriously just watch this:
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What you see here is Monster Energy Cup leader Kyle Larson and longtime M&M car guy Kyle Busch doing their best impression of Cole Trickle and Rowdy Burns, only on a sanctioned speedway in 800 hp stock cars, not a public beach in rented Ford Tauruses. Larson puts Busch into the wall, Busch tries to spin Larson, there's lapped traffic everywhere, and in the end, when the smoke finally settles, Busch someho..