We here in the “golf space” see A LOT of trick shots on a daily basis. Bowling alley shots. Bikini shots. Shots where the guy his holding a damn baby. Trick shots to fill buckets and flood trick shot reservoirs. Trick shots to make your eyes bleed and that already forgotten eclipse look like the flash of dying light bulb. Yet, in this roiling sea of trick shot, trick shot, trick shot, there is still one proven way to get our attention: Put a hockey stick in your hand, hike your ass to the concourse, and start dumping some pucks in. Just ask Fayetteville Marksmen winger John Schiavo. He's the dude we're writing about after all:
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Shedding his skates, Schivao hits these ridiculous long-range snipes from sections 216 and 109, as well as the Crown Complex's bougie local-arena suite level, putting on a clinic in power, precision, and patience, in accordance with the Three Pillars of Trick Shot that we literally just drafted on the spot. And while we can..

Zhong ZhiSHENZHEN, CHINA – APRIL 19: David Howell of England(in the middle) reacts with amatuer players during the pro-am prior to the start of the Shenzhen International at Genzon Golf Club on April 19, 2017 in Shenzhen, China. (Photo by Zhong Zhi/Getty Images)Someday when David Howell is assessing his golf career, he'll look back on 2017 as a forgettable year. The two-time Ryder Cup player made 21 starts on the European Tour, missing 17 cuts and posting a 48th place at the BMW PGA Championship as his best finish. But after wrapping up his unproductive campaign with another missed cut at last week's Joburg Open, the five-time Euro Tour winner issued a memorable tweet.
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Nicely done, David.
As part of his dreadful year, Howell also incurred an embarrassing two-shot penalty at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in October for teeing up in front of a tee marker. On St. Andrews' famed 18th hole, no less. On the b..

Generally speaking, the best athletes in the world want to perform in crunch time. Depending on the sport, that could mean wanting to take the last shot, catch the last pass or hole the final putt. In hockey, there's no bigger crunch time situation for a skater and a goalie than a breakaway. It's mano e mano. Best on best. You vs. me. David Leggio, a German hockey league goalie, could not give less of a shit about any of that.
Leggio, who stands between the pipes for EHC Red Bull Munchen, found himself in a breakaway situation over the weekend when Ross Mauermann of the Fischtown Penguins broke free all alone. That's when Leggio, rather than man up and make the save, purposely dislodged the net:
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Bush league? Not quite. It's actually a solid strategical play from Leggio, who, by this German league's rule, only receives a minor penalty. Why not take your chances on a two-minute penalty kill rather than a 2-on-0 breakaway? Leggio chose the..

Dylan Buell(Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)There is bad, there is awful, and there is the Chicago Bulls. This once-proud franchise owns the worst record in the league, traded star Jimmy Butler for peanuts and swapped Jordan Bell, one of the steals of the Draft, for cap space they didn't need. Oh, and we'd be remiss in forgetting to mention one of their players, Bobby Portis, sent teammate Nikola Mirotic to the hospital by serving him a hands sandwich.
It's an incident the team desperately wants to put in the rearview mirror. After all, “ALL. FOR. ONE” ticketing campaigns don't do so well when your club's throwing haymakers at each other. Unfortunately, that message didn't get through to the graphics guy at NBC Sports Chicago, who put up this unfortunate image following the Bulls' battle against the Celtics:
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Get it? Because workplace violence = lolz.
There's a 100 percent chance whoever ..

Rory McIlroy took off the final three months of the year to heal his body and clear his mind, and he appears eager to get back to work.

With a series of announcements over the last week, McIlroy revealed what likely will be his most ambitious schedule ahead of Augusta National in the 10 years he has been eligible for the Masters.

The most McIlroy has ever played before the Masters was seven tournaments – in 2009, the first year he was eligible for all four majors, and in 2016.

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McIlroy, coming off his first winless year since 2008, will start the new season with two tournaments in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi and Dubai) before he embarks on a busy PGA Tour schedule. He is playing the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for the first time, followed by the Genesis Open at Riviera and a third straight week at the Honda Classic, not far from where he lives.

Most peculiar about McIlroy’s schedule is that he is skipping the World Golf Championship in Mexico City and in..

Some of the defining shots on the PGA Tour this year were hit from the tee and fairway, from the bunkers and behind trees, and even from the driving range.

Two of them effectively clinched a first major. One of them introduced another young star.

One way to look back on 2017 is through every club in the bag. The shots weren’t necessarily the best, but they helped shape the year.

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DRIVER: Moments after Dustin Johnson made a birdie putt to force a sudden-death playoff at the Northern Trust, he effectively ended it with one swing . CBS analyst Nick Faldo pointed to a bunker beyond the right side of the lake on the 18th hole at Glen Oaks as a target for Johnson’s powerful fade. Instead, he took it over the entire lake, a 341-yard blast. That left him a lob wedge to 4 feet for birdie to beat Jordan Spieth.

3-WOOD: ”Oh gosh, Jimmy, be good.” Justin Thomas was speaking to caddie Jimmy Johnson after launching a 3-wood from 310 yards to the elevated green on ..

FacebookPinterestStephen DunnCraig Stadler, in 1995, re-enacting the shot tht got him disqualified from the Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open in 1987. (Photo by Stephen Dunn /Allsport)

Golf’s governing bodies finally have elected to disallow television viewers from reporting rules violations. Overdue, you say? Library books are overdue. The armchair rules sleuths have been working their beat for more than three decades.
On Monday, we spoke to the man who set in motion what likely was the first case of viewer turned rules snitch, on Feb. 7, 1987. His error? He answered the phone. Twice.
“I’m working the media center,” Rick Schloss, widely acknowledged as the best sports PR guru in San Diego, said. Schloss was the long-time PR director for what now is the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. “I got a call from a guy on that Sunday that said a player broke a rule. I thought, ‘OK, whatever.’ You get crazy people calling all the time about certain things.”
When the NBC telecas..

Michael LoccisanoLODI, NJ – JUNE 20: General view of Satin Dolls, the location used for Bada Bing in the filming of “The Sopranos,” June 20, 2013 in Lodi, New Jersey. Gandolfini passed away on June 19, 2013 while on vacation with family in Italy. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)There's nothing wrong with loving your favorite TV show, but, depending on the subject matter, literally imitating what goes on in your favorite TV show could prove to be problematic. It appears that is the case for the New Jersey strip club made famous in 'The Sopranos'.
Satin Dolls, better known in the American crime drama series as the 'Bada Bing', is being forced to shut down according to a report from NJ.com. For what reason is the Lodi strip club being closed you ask? You'll never believe this, but it's because of potential Mafia ties and real-life crime. Shocking stuff.
“The division has alleged that Anthony Cardinalle, who was criminally disqualified from maint..

Veronica GrechYour club’s annual holiday party is a chance to meet new members, get closer to old ones, and
consume the rest of your minimum. But as with any seasonal gathering, hazards abound. So we
offer our:
Hints for the Club’s Holiday Party:
Think of it as the Husband-and-Wife in formal wear. Remember how patient and careful you
were that day, repressing the desire to teach, advise or recommend the golf swings or attire of
other spouses? Put that attitude right back on. A Rye-and- Ritalin as your spouse finishes
dressing can set the rudder.
Dance like everybody’s watching. It’s joyful when the band hits its stride and the entire Board of
Governors takes to the Pretzel. You may want to update the proceedings by shouting “Let’s all
Nae Nae! Hold that thought.
Like, be careful how you talk. Not as many members as you think, especially among those who
can remember G. Gordon Liddy or Howdy Doody, answer to “dude.” And, like, they think “like”
means appreciate or similar to. Think of th..

In an effort to bridge the gap between junior girls golf and elite amateur competition, the R&A is launching a new Girls Under-16s championship