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Golf tip: A new swing can be a simple short game solutionMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - Do you know the difference between a chip shot, pitch shot, flop shot, bump and run and a lob shot? How about the different ball positions, face angles, shaft leans and ...
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Lack of preparation doesn't hinder Skokie's Chaussard in Match Play ChampionshipMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - One the biggest offseason developments in golf this year was the shifting of the 101st playing of the PGA Championship to May from its usual August dates. This week we'l...
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In Paris, Tommy Paul of US will seek Slam success like pals
May 13, 2019 7:00 am - Tommy Paul paid close attention as his friends and countrymen Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz and Reilly Opelka produced headline-worthy performances at the Australian Open...
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US tennis pro Nicole Gibbs has cancer; to miss French Open
May 13, 2019 7:00 am - American tennis player Nicole Gibbs says she will miss the French Open because of surgery for salivary gland cancer. The 26-year-old Gibbs wrote on Twitter that the proc...
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Keselowski wins at in overtime at Kansas ahead of Bowman
May 13, 2019 7:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Brad Keselowski had planned to head to St. Louis after the NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway to visit Mike Mittler, a longtime Truck Ser...
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Serena Williams wins clay opener; sister Venus next in Rome
May 13, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Serena Williams looked sharper than in her previous match two months ago as she opened her clay-court season with a routine 6-4, 6-2 win over Swedish qualifi...
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Column: IndyCar and NASCAR roar into showcase month of May
May 13, 2019 7:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The most prolific month in motorsports arrived with two strong races with IndyCar and NASCAR both opening May with momentum-grabbing entertaining ...
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Mt. Prospect native takes the mound in Boomers' home openerMay 13, 2019 1:00 am - He could guide a fastball over home plate, but was too young to steer a car. Still, Jack Landwehr remembers the route to the nearby pro ballpark. "Busse Road to (Illinoi...
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Rafael Nadal says he is taking clay slump 'naturally'
May 12, 2019 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Usually this time of the year Rafael Nadal is talking about how his game is peaking ahead of the French Open. The discussion is typically about how many ti...
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Local 17-year-old wild card beats US veteran Johnson in Rome
May 12, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Local teenager Jannik Sinner rallied to beat American veteran Steve Johnson 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 in the first round of the Italian Open on Sunday. In his Masters Se...