Lucas Politano’s birdiefest has the 2024 champion in an ideal situation: Atop the leaderboard heading into the final day of the 120th Vermont Amateur at Ekwanok Country Club.The former Otter Valley Union High School star closed with four birdies over the final six holes for a 66 second round on Wednesday, July 8, seizing a one-shot lead over Alex Leonard, the Day 1 leader.AdvertisementPolitano, who became the tournament’s youngest champion since 1999 when he won a four-person playoff two summers ago, sits at 4-under through 36 holes.After Leonard (3-under), who shot a 68 on Wednesday, former champions Garren Poirier and…
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If you grew up on Suns basketball, this one hits different.Jerry Colangelo, the man who built this franchise from a 1968 coin flip loss into a Western Conference institution, is officially back in the NBA ownership game at 86 years old.The Las Vegas Jacks unveiled their leadership group Wednesday, headlined by Colangelo, former NBA player and head coach Vinny Del Negro, media executive David Levy, finance chairman Scott Colangelo, CEO Jonathan Thomas, and former NBA player Jay Williams.AdvertisementFull release can be read here: Las Vegas Jacks Ownership Group Assembles World Class Leadership Team to Pursue NBA Expansion Franchise“Basketball has become…
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Despite getting completely and totally blanked for the first six innings of this contest, the Atlanta Braves eventually broke through and ended up pulling off a 3-0 victory in an excellent pitching performance from Grant Holmes and Atlanta’s bullpen.It would be an understatement to call this one a pitchers’ duel, as both starters were dominant for the period of time where they were out there. Grant Holmes successfully navigated his way through two trips through the order as he finished with just three hits allowed and one walk conceded across five innings of work and five strikeouts. The slider and…
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The Yankees are going to have to pass the “Playing without Aaron Judge Test” repeatedly over the next several weeks, but they’ve passed the initial run. They’ve won five of six since the Captain’s injury was officially announced, with the offense particularly stepping up in a series sweep in Cleveland.…
Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here.Can the San Antonio Spurs come back from the biggest collapse in NBA postseason history? Probably not, but the New York Knicks still need to go win a fourth game to win the NBA…
The heart of the NFL offseason can be a dangerous time for ranking teams for the upcoming season.While transactions have mostly slowed to a trickle, the period before training camps doesn’t tend to lend a lot of insight into the state of teams. Prior to practices starting in a more…
Steven Naismith remembers it well. A game in Amsterdam before the last Euros, Lawrence Shankland up front on his own, a friendly to see if he was a contender for when the big stuff happened in Germany.Naismith is Steve Clarke’s assistant now but back then he was Shankland’s manager at…
Shinnecock Hills is a part of the fabric of the US Open. The legendary golf course hosted America’s second-ever national open way back in 1896, and it’s been a staple of the US Open rota ever since. It’s brutally challenging even to this day, and represents everything that the tournament…
The Vegas Golden Knights lost more than Game 5 against the Carolina Hurricanes. They lost a key player.Golden Knights forward William Karlsson left the Thursday, June 11 game in the second period after absorbing a check from Hurricanes defenseman Sean Walker along the boards.AdvertisementA trainer looked at Karlsson’s arm on…
ESPN | Enrique Rojas: The Red Sox sit in last place in the division, and even though the last Wild Card slot is currently held by the .500 Texas Rangers, there isn’t much faith in Fenway making a push to contend this year. Plenty of people expect Boston to be…
SAN ANTONIO — OG Anunoby was the star, his flying tip-in of a Jalen Brunson missed 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left capping a comeback for the ages. But there were so many pivotal moments and unsung stars in the Knicks rally from 29 points down in their pulsating Game 4…
Patrick Mahomes has once again cashed in big, becoming the first player in league history to earn a contract worth at least a half-billion dollars.Mahomes inked a two-year extension worth $239.05 million in new money. That – coupled with the six seasons remaining on the 10-year extension the star signed…
Samantha Busch, the widow of NASCAR legend Kyle Busch, has been receiving endless support from the sports world over the past three weeks.The NASCAR community lost Busch on May 21 at the age of 41. The two-time Cup Series champion died from severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis. Just days…
A knee problem foiled Jean-Philippe Mateta’s (28) move to AC Milan back in January, but the Serie A side have retained their interest in the Crystal Palace forward, as per a report from L’Équipe.Mateta had made his intention to leave Crystal Palace in January clear. He had looked to be closing…
Take the positives, leave the rest.Sam Burns showed he wasn’t letting the results of last year’s RBC Canadian Open bother him whatsoever, carding an opening-round 64 on Thursday to share the lead with five others after 18 holes north of the border.AdvertisementBurns, who lost to Ryan Fox in a playoff…
