News Okay, NBC. We'll play along. All during the Olympics, we'll be presenting a rundown of the essential, can't-miss events — according to when they'll be broadcast on NBC. (We don't sanction watchin...
42 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: News, Olympics
News London Olympics 2012 Photo of the Day American gymnast Gabrielle Douglas eyes perfection on the uneven bars during the team portion of the women's gymnastics competition. Her stellar perfo...
42 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: News, Olympics, Gabrielle Douglas
News The 2012 Summer Olympics: What to Watch, July 27 The Opening Ceremony Time: 7:30 pm Eastern (tape delay), NBC Years of preparation and months of hype are finally giving way to actual compe...
42 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: News, Olympics
Golf Moe Norman was a painfully shy, eccentric Canadian prone to wearing garish, mismatched outfits. He was also quite possibly the greatest striker of the golf ball in history. No less of an authority ...
42 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf
Golf Ernie Els' win in the British Open marked the fourth major championship of his remarkable career, and the third decade in which he's won a major. He's now tied with Phil Mickelson in career majors,...
Golf   So did Ernie Els win it? Or did Adam Scott lose it? Both. The agony and the ecstasy of golf were on full display at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, and when it was over, Els had his second Cla...
Golf Brandt Snedeker has just put together one of the best 36-hole performances in major championship history. Snedeker's 10-under 130 total ties Nick Faldo's 1992 record for lowest 36-hole score at the...
43 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Brandt Snedeker
Golf Take a virtual tour of Royal Lytham & St Annes. ...
44 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf
Golf It could be D-day for long putters. Are they legal or illegal? A weapon or crutch? A trend or fad? The United States Golf Association could be ready to speak out on the matter. The USGA and the...
45 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, News, Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson
News She's 50 meters — a single lap — away from history.  Dara Torres, swimming's elder stateswoman at age 45, is more than just one of the hottest 40-somethings on the planet. She remains ...
46 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: News, Olympics
Golf I think all golf fans would agree by proclamation that the PGA Tour season is too long. So what is the Tour doing to address this problem? That's right. They're lengthening the season. Just what th...
46 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, News
Golf The United States Golf Association and the PGA of America are fighting an uphill battle against slow play. They say five-hour rounds of golf are killing the game. People are quitting because they d...
47 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf
Golf   For some casual fans, it may seem like Webb Simpson came out of nowhere. For Athlon and Brandel Chamblee, though, Simpson's breakthrough is not that surprising. Here's what we had to say...
48 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Webb Simpson
Golf Webb Simpson is our national champion, and contrary to the naysayers who'll claim he backed into it, a 68-68 weekend on one of the toughest golf courses in U.S. Open history is the definition of ea...
Golf He may be boring, but never, ever go to sleep on Jim Furyk. Especially at a U.S. Open. Furyk put himself in great position to win his second U.S. Open championship with another steady, occasion...
48 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Jim Furyk, Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy
Golf Our national championship has produced many iconic moments. Here are 5 of them. ...
Golf U.S. Open Television Coverage Thursday — ESPN Noon-3 p.m; 5-10 p.m.; NBC 3-5 p.m.  Friday — ESPN Noon-3 p.m; 5-10 p.m.; NBC 3-5 p.m.  Saturday — NBC 4-10 p.m.  ...
48 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf
Golf On the eve of the 2012 U.S. Open at San Francisco's Olympic Club, we've compiled some statistical tidbits: Last foreign winner:  Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, 2011  Last to defend tit...
49 weeks ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods
Golf U.S. Open champions 1895 Horace Rawlins (173), Newport Country Club, Newport, Rhode Island 1896 James Foulis (152, +12), Shinnecock Hills, Shinnecock Hills, New York 1897 Joe Lloyd (162, +10)...
Golf For any other player, it would have been a career-defining moment. For Tiger Woods, it was just another Sunday — even if those Sunday moments have become a little more rare lately.  Wood...