Europe storms back in Ryder Cup to cut U.S. lead to 5-3
The moment that crystallized the Friday morning matches in the Ryder Cup came beside the 18th green. Phil Mickelson, the symbol of this new-age U.S. team, had slapped it around...
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Fans ‘go crazy’ on first tee at Ryder Cup
It was too foggy to see where the drives sailed off the first tee at Hazeltine National on Friday morning. But the sounds were clear. The throng of thousands rocked...
Tiger Woods is ‘all-in’ as a Ryder Cup vice captain
Tiger Woods still looks like a guy who relishes secrets. He has been riding around Hazeltine National this week with an earpiece and wraparound sunglasses, resembling a member of the...
Ryder Cup fan up to challenge, drains putt that European pros missed
We've heard of "bucket list" moments. This went well beyond. A heckling fan named David Johnson was pulled from the gallery Thursday at Hazeltine National after Europeans Rory McIlroy and...
Big Ten football picks: Michigan no lock against Wisconsin
You can bet on everything these days, maybe even the odds of you reading this column to the end. Even Monday's presidential debate had prop bets ... the color of...
Can nice guys like Nebraska coach Mike Riley finish first?
Mike Riley is America's kindly grandfather, a Mister Rogers competing in a world of Walter Whites. Riley's first season at Nebraska last year went so poorly (6-7), he actually made...
Brian Urlacher’s advice to U.S. Ryder Cup team: ‘Play hard, man’
Brian Urlacher did not want to select a favorite player on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. "All of them," he said. "If you're on the U.S. team, I like you."...
Sign of the times: Even Ryder Cup is overrun with trash talk
I thought this was a gentleman's game, a sport of hat removals, handshakes and $2 Nassaus. A golf clap is tame, right? And isn't this the sport in which players...
Enough of the ignorant responses to national anthem protesters
So this is where we are in 2016? Three Nebraska football players peacefully protest America's racial injustices, and some on social media respond that they should be "lynched." That level...
Northwestern to play men’s basketball at Allstate Arena in 2017-18
As expected, Northwestern will play its 2017-18 home men's basketball games at Allstate Arena while Welsh-Ryan Arena undergoes a $110 million renovation. Allstate Arena is 16 miles and at least...