≡ Choi wins Skins Game with late birdie (PA SportsTicker)
INDIAN WELLS, California (Ticker) - K.J. Choi capped an impressive Skins Game debut on Sunday.
Archive for November, 2008
≡ K.J. Choi wins at Skins Game, takes home $415,000 (AP)
K.J. Choi holed an 11-foot birdie putt worth $270,000 on the 18th hole Sunday to win the 26th Skins Game with $415,000. Stephen Ames missed a nine-footer that would have tied the hole and forced the foursome including Phil Mickelson and Rocco Mediate into a playoff. Instead, Choi’s putt gave him $340,000 for Sunday’s nine [...]
≡ Swedes shoot 63 to win World Cup of Golf in China (AP)
Henrik Stenson of Sweden knew the contending teams in the World Cup of Golf had their “hot rounds” during the tournament. He hoped the Swedes would have their moment on Sunday. They did. Robert Karlsson and Stenson birdied the first hole — and added eight more without dropping a shot — to lift Sweden to [...]
≡ Dolphins earn fifth win in 6 games (AP)
The Miami Dolphins kept the St. Louis Rams out of the end zone, even with Steven Jackson back in the lineup. The Dolphins (7-5) made it only once themselves in a 16-12 victory Sunday. Instead, they relied on stingy play from a defense that got routed last week by the Patriots to secure their fifth [...]
≡ Lawyer: Giants’ Burress to be charged (AP)
Plaxico Burress plans to turn himself in to police Monday morning in New York City and plead not guilty to criminal possession of a weapon, his lawyer said. Benjamin Brafman wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Sunday that he was advised the New York Giants’ star receiver will be charged after accidentally [...]
≡ Tennessee to introduce new coach Kiffin (AP)
Tennessee will introduce Lane Kiffin as its new head coach on Monday. Athletic director Mike Hamilton announced that the former Oakland Raiders coach will be on campus for news conference. Kiffin, 33, replaces Phillip Fulmer, who was forced out after 17 seasons as Vols coach. Fulmer won a national championship in 1998 but had two [...]
≡ Panthers rally late, beat Packers 35-31 (AP)
DeAngelo Williams scored his fourth touchdown of the game with 1:30 left on the clock, giving the Carolina Panthers a stunning come-from-behind 35-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers in wintry conditions at Lambeau Field on Sunday. The Packers appeared headed for a comeback victory of their own after breaking a 28-28 tie on Mason [...]
≡ Surging Ravens roll past Bengals 34-3 (AP)
On a cold, wet afternoon that turned fingertips numb, receiver Mark Clayton had the touch. Clayton put a little sizzle into Baltimore’s evolving offense Sunday, throwing a touchdown pass and making a spectacular one-handed catch for another during a 34-3 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals that kept the Ravens in the AFC North chase.
≡ Oklahoma moves past Texas to top of BCS (AP)
Oklahoma was ahead of Texas in the BCS standings Sunday and headed to the Big 12 championship game with an inside track to the national title. A three-way tie between Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech atop the Big 12 South standings forced the league to use its fifth tiebreaker, best BCS rating, to determine which [...]
≡ Western Ky. stuns No. 3 Louisville 68-54 (AP)
Western Kentucky found a way to stop Samardo Samuels and No. 3 Louisville. Double-teaming Louisville’s freshman big man at every turn, the Hilltoppers stunned the Cardinals 68-54 on Sunday for their first victory over a top-three opponent in more than 40 years. A.J. Slaughter led the Hilltoppers (3-2) with a career-high 25 points and Steffphon [...]
