This Week in History
During this week in history, history was made by a teenager at the L.A. Olympics.
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The Commercial AppealReactions to Cameron Smith's 2-stroke penalty: LIV Tour conspiracies? Why did it take so long?
Cameron Smith's two-stroke penalty, assessed Sunday for an improper ball placement at PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Playoffs, elicited a widespread reaction
- USA TODAY Sports - Golfweek
2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player at TPC Southwind
Zalatoris made $2.7 million in the first FedEx Cup Playoff event.
- Golf Channel
Full list of the 70 players who qualified for the BMW Championship
Here's a look at the 70 players who qualified for the second playoff event, the BMW Championship.
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Popovici 'euphoria' after new 100m freestyle world record
David Popovici reacted with "euphoria" after swimming the "best race I ever did" to break the men's 100m freestyle world record at the European Championships in Rome on Saturday.
- Bradenton Herald
‘These are huge, nothing like the Keys’: How one captain finds spiny lobster in the deep Gulf
When Capt. Anthony Fantauzzo returns home from fishing trips, even his neighbors are surprised by where his catches come from.
- Golf Channel
'What are they going to say now?': Will Zalatoris channels Steph Curry
Will Zalatoris channeled his inner Stephen Curry Sunday as he rolled in the putt that would get him into a playoff with Sepp Straka.
- Associated Press
Antron Brown races to 1st NHRA victory as team owner
Three-time season champion Antron Brown raced to his first victory as a team owner Sunday in the Menards NHRA Nationals. Brown broke a 30-event drought, beating four-time defending series champion Steve Torrence in the final round for his 69th victory and first since the third race of the 2021 season. The 46-year-old Brown had a 3.902-second run at 309.49 mph at Heartland Motorsports Park.
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A Bellator MMA fighter let his opponent hit him over and over so he could time the ultimate counter punch KO
Goiti Yamauchi beat Neiman Gracie by second-round knockout with an uppercut at Bellator 284 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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Martin Truex Jr. salvages seventh at Richmond, slips in playoff picture vs. Blaney
RICHMOND, Va. — Martin Truex Jr.’s hopes for a playoff-clinching victory at a track that’s been a strong suit opened with promise — based on his favorable history, his strength in practice and qualifying, and a prime starting spot for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway. Some 24 hours later, the Saturday speed from […]
- The Des Moines Register
Brody Teske to transfer to Iowa wrestling program
Brody Teske announced on Sunday night that he plans to transfer to Iowa for the final two years of his college wrestling career.
- Razorbacks Wire
Pittman: Wide receivers have gone from “We’ve got a concern” to “Somebody else has a concern”
Arkansas' wide receiving corps has been the most pleasant surprise of fall camp so far.
- INSIDER
An MMA fighter was knocked unconscious when he was hit with one of the most brutal shots you'll see
Featherweight fighter Desmond Monabat scored the first win of his pro MMA career with unmissable flying knee knockout at Tuff-N-Uff 129 in Las Vegas.
- ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports
Friday night’s profane chant is just a glimpse of what Deshaun Watson will hear during road games
The Browns opened the preseason with their only road game of August 2022. And the fans in Jacksonville let quarterback Deshaun Watson hear it. The three-word chant included a four-letter word, and the video went viral, with 3.3 million views so far. And if that’s the product of a preseason game in Jacksonville, what happens [more]
- The Commercial Appeal
Rickie Fowler's quintuple bogey on No. 18 in FedEx Cup Playoffs might have ended his season
Before a disastrous quintuple bogey, Rickie Fowler was in prime position to finish in the top 11 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
- Panthers Wire
Panthers waive 5 players following preseason opener
The Panthers waived five players ahead of the preseason's first roster reduction deadline.
- Golf Channel
Per usual, social media gets it all wrong with Cameron Smith ruling
As is usually the case, social media was a mess when it came to Cameron Smith's playoff penalty.
- Golf Channel
Near lead, Cameron Smith penalized a day after playing ball from 'wrong place'
After starting the day at 11 under and two shots off the lead, Smith was informed that he was four back after violating Rule 14.7.
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Lynch: Golf’s new world ranking takes politics out of the equation, so the losers will be demanding a recount
By next spring, almost all LIV players (including Talor Gooch) will be on the wrong side of the cut line to make majors.
- Autoweek
NHRA Topeka Final Qualifying, Sunday Pairings: Bob Tasca III Races to Ninth Career No. 1
Friday qualifying times also hold up for No. 1 qualifiers Mike Salinas, Greg Anderson and Joey Gladstone.
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'He said you could lose your calf muscle': The wild injury for Jonathan India
Jonathan India was airlifted to a hospital in Iowa after the Field of Dreams game. It was a scary calf injury, but he's just sore now.