Anyone who knows John Daly knows he loves three things: golf, cigarettes and Diet Coke. Lucky for him, he was able to partake in all three Thursday afternoon at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
This week, the PGA Tour puts on its only two-man team event of the season. Daly partnered up with another gold legend, David Duval.
That pairing, in and of itself, is fascinating. Duval, 51, is the former 2001 Open Championship winner. He hasn’t played a regular PGA Tour event since 2019, though he did play in the Open Championship (exempt as a former winner) and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Author: Michael
One player can be more than a game-changer. One player can be a season-changer. Look at what Justin Verlander did last season for Houston: from missing all of 2021 after Tommy John surgery to a Cy Young Award–winning season in which the Astros were 23–9 when he took the ball, including the swing game of their World Series victory. Based on little to no contributions in ’22, here are the biggest potential difference-makers this season.
1. Fernando Tatis Jr., Padres, OF
From 2019 to ’21, he was one of the three best players in the game.
The Eagles are hiring longtime Patriots assistant and former Lions head coach Matt Patricia to the defensive staff under Nick Sirianni, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Patricia, who spent last season as the offensive play-caller for the Patriots, departed after the unit flopped spectacularly in the assistant’s unexpected role in New England. The 48-year-old had a long history of calling defenses, but became a significant part of New England’s offensive staff after Josh McDaniels left his offensive coordinator post to become the head coach of the Raiders.
The Toronto Blue Jays outfielder’s 2023 season is opening on a sour note, but his biggest problem is the bad luck he’s experienced.
Andre Iguodala has made a career of being a lockdown perimeter defender during his long and successful career. He’s one of the few people who can accurately speak to what it’s like guarding the best basketball players in the world. That being said, his latest take had some people scratching their heads.
While appearing on his Point Forward podcast, the four-time NBA champion gave his take on who the second-most talented player is in the NBA and it came as a surprise.
“I always say this. Paul George is the second-most talented player in the NBA,” Iguodala said.
With the team’s first-round series against the Suns tied at one game apiece, the Clippers will reportedly be without star forward Kawhi Leonard for Thursday’s Game 3 in Los Angeles, according to a report from ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk.
Leonard will miss the game with a sprained left knee, an injury sustained during Sunday’s 115–110 Game 1 victory. He played through pain during the team’s 123–109 loss in Game 2, and is considered day-to-day going forward.
This latest ailment is not considered to be related to his previous ACL injury, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
As Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani is set to become a free agent after the 2023 season, ESPN’s Jeff Passan named several teams that could be of interest for the electrifying two-way star.
In an appearance on ESPN’S Get Up, Passan stated that if the Angels do not remain in contention to land a playoff spot this season, teams like the Dodgers, Mets, Giants, Yankees and Mariners will all be all in on the Ohtani sweepstakes.
With the A’s apparently ready to move from Oakland to Las Vegas, Reggie Jackson said there’s no one to blame except the city government in Oakland. “You’re going to lose the team,” Jackson said when reached by phone Thursday. “The city, I thought, really needed to do something. Save the A’s. You lost the Warriors.
San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. has served his 80-game suspension and is headed back to Major League Baseball.
Tatis was suspended last August after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. That news came after he had missed most of the 2022 season with a wrist injury.
The 24-year-old’s more than one-year hiatus from Major League Baseball ends tonight against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
I’m sure their fans will make him feel very welcome.
Matt Patricia will be in the NFL this season.