Pro Sports
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2018 Open heading back to ShinnecockJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - BETHESDA, Md. — The U.S. Open will return to Shinnecock Hills in 2018, heading back to a course that produced one of the most embarrassing final rounds in the tournament...
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Blakeman ready for U.S. Open returnJun 14, 2011 12:00 am - Just qualifying for the U.S. Open is a big deal. This year 8,300 tried nationwide, and only 156 will tee off in the first round on Thursday at Congressional Country Club...
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Stern, union execs meet; more negotiations plannedJun 14, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — NBA Commissioner David Stern, players’ association executive director Billy Hunter and members of their staffs have met and there are more discussions planned...
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FBI wants tape of Hamilton-Armstrong meetingJun 14, 2011 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES — The FBI has contacted a Colorado restaurant to get surveillance tapes of a conversation between seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and former...
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Luke Donald enters U.S. Open as atypical world No. 1Jun 14, 2011 12:00 am - By Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. — Luke Donald isn’t the typical No. 1 player in the world. He got there not by winning a lot of tournaments but by consistently placing...
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Samardzija gets crack at setup man spotJun 14, 2011 12:00 am - Lost amid the Cubs’ roster shuffling is that reliever Jeff Samardzija is getting first crack at Kerry Wood’s job as the top right-handed setup man. Samardzija is 2-for-2...
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Bad time for Cubs’ goat shirtsJun 14, 2011 12:00 am - Team unity is a wonderful thing. It really is. Put me down as being all for it. It seems to me, though, the Cubs have picked an odd time to break out some new T-shirts ...
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Canucks, Bruins ready to finish off epic FinalsJun 14, 2011 12:00 am - VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Roberto Luongo and the Vancouver Canucks have staggered home for the last time this season, exhausted and battered after one last Boston be...
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Twins and White Sox postponed by rainJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — The Chicago White Sox came barreling into Minnesota playing some of the best baseball in the American League and hoping to bring the surging Twins crashin...
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Two local volleyball players vie for Olympic teamJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - In exactly 424 days, one men's volleyball team will stand atop the three-tiered podium at Earls Court in London and bow toward royalty just enough to receive their hard-...