Author: Christian Potts

Like many other sports, golf’s history is measured so much by the rivalries of eras. Nicklaus vs. Palmer. Watson vs. Nicklaus. Woods vs. Mickelson. When an individual tournament sees two players separate themselves, that’s about as good as it gets. We saw a glimpse of it in this year’s Masters when Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose staged their own little match play effort on the back nine on Sunday, then a sudden-death playoff that Sergio ultimately won for his first major title. As we get ready for The Open Championship (you non-golf fans know it as the British Open), let’s…

The first taste of professional basketball starts now for rookies, as the NBA Summer League kicks off at three sites this month. And while first-round picks will draw a lot of attention for how they can impress in court action wearing the colors of their professional team for the first time, it’s also a chance for an undrafted player or a young pro to make a good impression, perhaps steal a 15th roster spot or a place in the newly renamed NBA G League next year. Play got underway Saturday at the Orlando Summer League, with the Utah Summer…

This week’s Quicken Loans Invitational is the PGA Tour’s annual visit to Washington, D.C., and its unofficial host is perhaps its biggest name, Tiger Woods. One problem – Tiger hasn’t played the event for a couple of years due to injury. And this year, as he recovers from multiple back surgeries and complications from pain medication in the aftermath, Tiger isn’t even at the tournament at all, even in a hosting capacity. It’s kind of become “par for the course” in recent months and years for Tiger to not be even a shadow of his former self. So how big…