Free-flowing, back-and-forth basketball is a beautiful thing. Just ask Mike D'Antoni. That (and James Harden) is the reason he's still coaching the Houston Rocket instead of FGCU. As appealing it may be at full flow, however, the game is just as bad when it breaks down—morphing from poetry-in-motion to a slapstick Madlib in the blink of an eye. This is where we pick up the plot of the Tennessee Lady Vols and Vanderbilt on Sunday, a game notable not for its protagonists nor result, but for featuring what may well be the worst sequence in organized basketball history. Viewer discretion is advised:
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To quote one George Costanza upon witnessing Elain Benes' dancing for the first time: Sweet. Fancy. Moses. This is not just bad, it's so bad it's good. The highlowlight opens with a missed layup off the UNDERSIDE of the rim, and only devolves from there, sweeping viewers up in its wacky tangle of limbs and athl..

Ball-fitting program started in 2006 with driver focus, touched 300,000 golfers, now will include driver and 8-iron shots of alternative balls on launch monitors

We’ve written before about Larry David’s love of golf in spite of his disdain for some of the game’s pretentious elements. And of course we’ve written plenty about Augusta National Golf Club's austere reputation. So what happens when the two intersect?
Pretty much what you’d expect, at least if you’re going by this story shared by former NHLer Ryan Whitney on the popular Spittin’ Chiclets podcast last week (Chiclets is primarily a hockey podcast, but we’ve also written about host Whitney’s own golf obsession). Whitney claims to have gotten his hands on a text the comedian sent a friend following his inaugural round at Augusta National, and it is quintessential David—with details about his round, the course’s surprisingly wide fairways, and the inevitable jabs at the membership’s absent sense of humor. Here’s Whitney:
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Of course it’s fair to ask whether David is hypocritically ripping on a club he clearly wanted to ..

Gary Nicklaus set to launch a second professional career on the PGA Tour Champions this week

From Sergio Garcia's meltdown to Tiger Woods playing with President Donald Trump, here is what you missed in golf this weekend.

Rickie Fowler blows a five-stroke lead, shoots a closing 74 and still wins at TPC Scottsdale, taking a $1.278 million payday.

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Rickie Fowler birdied two of his final four holes and overcame a bizarre triple bogey on the 11th hole at TPC Scottsdale to win the Phoenix Open

Joint overnight leader Dustin Johnson shot a final-round 3-under 67 to win the Saudi International tournament by two strokes on Sunday.