Tiger Woods won't play in U.S. Open Your browser does not support iframes. Tiger Woods is officially running out of tournaments to play in this season. Woods, who hasn't played a competitive round since last August, announced Tuesday that he will not compete in the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club next week or in his Quicken Loans National the following week at Congressional Country … [Read more...]

Street near Madison Square Garden becomes Muhammad Ali Way (The Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) -- A length of street next to New York's Madison Square Garden is being temporarily renamed Muhammad Ali Way to honor the late boxing legend. … [Read more...]

With Curry out, US Olympic basketball team waits on LeBron (Yahoo Sports) The basketball world again waits on a LeBron James decision, and this one could determine just how powerful the U.S. team is heading to Rio. ''That's an important decision,'' USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said Monday. Colangelo added that he's realistically down to 14 or 15 players under consideration for … [Read more...]

Ledecky won't get shot at Olympic gold in 1 of best events (Yahoo Sports) Katie Ledecky figures to capture plenty of gold in Rio. Ledecky has been the world record holder in the 1,500-meter freestyle for almost three years, but the metric mile has never been part of the Olympic program for women. ''It's not something where I'm disappointed,'' Ledecky said recently. … [Read more...]

As Ali's funeral nears, Louisville remembers the Lip (The Associated Press) The most famous man in the world sat down in a busy airport terminal with a little girl he'd never met, and the pair played pat-a-cake for 10 minutes. Muhammad Ali was waiting for a flight in Charlotte, North Carolina, when he noticed the 3-year-old girl and offered a hug. The child's father, Louisville Metro … [Read more...]

Natalie Gulbis calls Trump 'gracious, generous and inspiring' Natalie Gulbis, an LPGA Tour veteran, wants you to know something about Donald Trump: she likes him. "I realize he has made his share of controversial remarks," she writes in a Golf.com essay, "but in my experience, I have found him to be gracious, generous and inspiring." Only in this election is this newsworthy and only because … [Read more...]

'Small handful' of NBC employees opt out of Olympics (Yahoo Sports) Savannah Guthrie of the ''Today'' show put a public face Tuesday on what NBC says is a ''small handful'' of employees who will not travel to Rio de Janeiro this summer for Olympics coverage because of concern over the Zika virus. Brazil is the country hardest-hit by the mosquito-borne virus, which can cause severe birth … [Read more...]