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Tiger Woods has some work to do before the Masters begins next week. His caddie could use some practice, too. You would think they would have it all worked out by now. They’ve done it so many times it should be routine. But there they were in the gloaming (I’ll explain this word later) in [...]

Paula
Creamer is pinning her hopes on the mantra ‘beware the ailing
golfer’ at this week’s Kraft Nabisco Championship after batting
a mystery illness for most of this year.

PGA Tour winner and rising star Dustin Johnson was arrested Monday and charged with driving under the influence in South Carolina, police said. It was the latest brush with the law for the 24-year-old, who won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in February. He was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center on [...]

With a mouthful of braces and a yearning to get her driver’s license, Mariah Stackhouse comes across as the typical teenager. Then she picks up a golf club. That’s when she becomes the next black hope. In a sport desperately lacking in African-Americans outside of Tiger Woods, Stackhouse certainly stands out.

1on1: Kelly Hansen, lead singer of band Foreigner

Defenseman Ray Macias is expected to make his NHL debut for the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night against Phoenix after being recalled from the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL. A fourth-round selection in the 2005 draft, the 22-year-old Macias would become the ninth Colorado player to make his NHL debut this season, the most [...]

Brent Sutter didn’t need to watch the videotapes of the last five games to discover why the New Jersey Devils are on their longest losing streak of the season. The evidence has been there game after game. Passive play. Little defense. Lack of intensity. Too many shots allowed. Put it together and it adds up [...]

The son of one of the notorious Hanson brothers from the movie “Slap Shot” has joined the Toronto Maple Leafs. Christian Hanson, the son of Dave from “Slap Shot” movie fame, signed a two-year, entry-level deal with the team Tuesday. He recently completed his college career at Notre Dame and was an undrafted free agent.

Former first-round draft pick Shaun Livingston will get another chance to make a comeback in the NBA from his gruesome knee injury two years ago. Livingston signed a multiyear contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday after spending three weeks with their NBA Development League team in Tulsa.

Kevin Garnett will miss at least the next four games with a sore right knee and may return for the final three games of the Boston Celtics’ regular season. The emotional leader and defensive star of the defending NBA champions has missed 15 of the last 19 games, including the last two. Coach Doc Rivers [...]