PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – Unheralded Roberto Castro fired a 63 to tie the course record for a three-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and Zach Johnson with Tiger Woods lurking after Thursday’s first round of the Players Championship. The world class leaderboard also included U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson, U.S. Ryder Cup players Steve [...]
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany‘s Thomas Bach will run for president of the International Olympic Committee, a source close to the German Olympic Committee told Reuters on Wednesday. The 59-year-old IOC Vice President and former Olympic fencing champion, who is set to announce his candidacy on Thursday, will become the first to officially run for one of the biggest jobs [...]
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LONDON (Reuters) - Alex Ferguson, Britain’s longest-serving and most successful soccer manager, will retire at the end of the season after more than 26 years spent decorating Manchester United’s trophy room with silverware. The 71-year-old Scot ended intense speculation about his future at Old Trafford by confirming he would step aside after champions United’s last game of the [...]
continue »New York Giants tight end Brandon Myers is this week’s guest on the Mike Hlas Podcast. Myers is one of the several former Iowa tight ends who have been NFL success stories. He had a blast-off in 2012 as an Oakland Raider with 79 catches, then signed as a free agent with the Giants in [...]
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(Reuters) – The connections of Kentucky Derby winner Orb have already set their sights on trying to complete the Triple Crown after their colt pulled up well from his victory in the first leg. Shug McGaughey, the Kentucky-based trainer of Orb, wasted no time declaring his intentions to run the three-year-old in the remaining two legs. Speaking to [...]
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(Reuters) – The Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings will face off against the Anaheim Ducks at Dodger Stadium next January, theNational Hockey League announced on Monday. The game is the latest addition to the NHL’s Stadium Series, which will kick off on New Year’s Day with the Winter Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium. The series will also [...]
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After a first-round 68, Zach Johnson shot even-par 72 on Friday at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, NC, at the Wells Fargo Championship. Johnson, a Cedar Rapids native, is 4-under-par for the tournament, and trails Phil Mickelson by five shots. Here’s the story from Reuters about the tournament’s second round: (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson, spotless with [...]
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The winning goal in Game 1 of the Blackhawks’ first-round series against the Wild was a thing of hockey beauty. It started with a puck-separating hit behind the Hawks goal by Andrew Shaw, continued with an otherworldly pass from Johnny Oduya to a streaking Viktor Stalberg in open ice and finished with Bryan Bickell taking [...]
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Nate Kaeding of Iowa City, one of the National Football League’s most-productive placekickers of the last decade, announced his retirement from football Thursday. “Over the last three years I’ve struggled with recurring muscle injuries in my kicking leg,” Kaeding said. “Since January of this offseason I executed a deliberate and comprehensive training regimen devised to [...]
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TORONTO (Reuters) – The playoffs for a National Hockey League (NHL) season that nearly never was open on Tuesday with memories of a bitter labor dispute all but forgotten in favor of an intriguing race for the Stanley Cup. A compacted 48-game schedule that began in January with NHL players and owners apologizing to disgruntled fans and promising [...]
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