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Jordan Spieth acknowledges the gallery on the 18th green during the first round of the Masters golf tournament Thursday, April 7, 2016, in Augusta, Ga.

Jordan Spieth’s bogey-free 66 leads Masters as wind batters other favorites

May 12, 2019 at 2:05 p.m.

If there were specks of trash on the grounds of Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, they would have blown through the corridors of pines like confetti in Times Square....

Jordan Spieth of the United States waits on the third green.

Jordan Spieth serves Texas barbecue at Masters champions dinner

May 12, 2019 at 2:05 p.m.

Jordan Spieth brought a Texas flavor to the Masters champions dinner Tuesday night with a service of beef brisket, smoked chicken, pork ribs, bacon-and-chive potato salad and a warm chocolate...

Boise State running back Jeremy McNichols says a prayer after scoring the first of his three first-quarter touchdowns.

Boise State blows out Northern Illinois 55-7 in Poinsettia Bowl

June 16, 2018 at 9:15 a.m.

Jeremy McNichols. Jeremy McNichols. Jeremy McNichols. Even the public address announcer for the Poinsettia Bowl seemed to grow a little bored with the repetition. McNichols was Boise State's featured tailback...

Northern Illinois head coach Rod Carey prepares to run out with his team before the Mid-American Conference championship game on Dec. 4, 2015, in Detroit.

Mirror programs NIU and Boise State face off in Poinsettia Bowl

June 16, 2018 at 8:51 a.m.

Boise State and Northern Illinois. They never have met in football, but have watched each other from afar, and quite often because each can be considered a television darling among...

Shawun Lurry meets Bowling Green quarterback Matt Johnson after the Mid-American Conference championship game on Dec. 4, 2015, in Detroit.

Northern Illinois’ Shawun Lurry drawing attention at Poinsettia Bowl

June 16, 2018 at 9:17 a.m.

Northern Illinois cornerback Shawun Lurry had just pulled off his shoulder pads at the end of practice Sunday at Mesa College when a sports information official handed him a phone...

Dustin Johnson watches his missed eagle putt on the 18th green during the final round of the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay.

Controversial Chambers Bay winds up with place in golf history

August 19, 2019 at 8:50 a.m.

How do you judge the greatness of a U.S. Open? Worthiness of the winner? Chambers Bay: check. Historical value? Chambers Bay: check. Drama to the last putt? Chambers Bay: triple...

Jordan Spieth halfway to Grand Slam after thrilling U.S. Open finish

August 19, 2019 at 8:50 a.m.

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Jordan Spieth brought it up. No one had to ask. In talking before the 115th U.S. Open about how he might judge his season if it...

Billy Horschel talks to the media after his final round of the 115th U.S. Open Championship at Chambers Bay.

Billy Horschel torches USGA over Chambers Bay greens, design

August 19, 2019 at 8:50 a.m.

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — The players in the U.S. Open did not go quietly into the sunset on Puget Sound. Some torched Chambers Bay and its dying greens, and none...

Rory McIlroy reacts after missing a putt on the 12th hole during the third round of the U.S. Open.

Rory McIlroy low on confidence after three rounds of U.S. Open

August 19, 2019 at 8:49 a.m.

Rory McIlroy didn't sound exasperated. More like resigned to his fate. The world's top-ranked player shot his best score of the week, an even-par 70, in the third round of...

Jason Day shakes hands on the 18th green with his caddie Colin Swatton after shooting a 2-under-par 68 during the third round of the U.S. Open.

Jason Day’s ‘superhuman’ round gives him share of U.S. Open lead

August 19, 2019 at 8:49 a.m.

Jason Day walked around the U.S. Open on Saturday as if his head were in the halo brace of an accident victim. When he teed up his ball, marked it...

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