Long-shot Gold Rush Dancer wins at Del Mar (The Associated Press) DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) -- Long-shot Gold Rush Dancer rallied on the far outside entering the stretch and held off Tough It Out by a half-length Wednesday in the $150,000 Real Good Deal Stakes at Del Mar. … [Read more...]

Baltursol's par-10 finish is anything but boring SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — As one player said this week, Baltusrol will “par 4 you to death.” And if you’re not dead by the time you get through 16 holes of long par 3s and many par 4s hovering around 500 yards, then you finally get to the Lower Course’s par 5s. The first is a rarity these days in major championship golf: a true three-shot … [Read more...]

The PGA Championship: Everything you need to know   The PGA Championship begins Thursday at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, the fourth of golf’s majors. Who’s going to win? How’s it going to go down? We know, and we’ll tell you right here. Wait, another major? Didn’t we just have one of these? We did indeed. Henrik Stenson concluded his thorough throttling of Royal Troon at … [Read more...]

USA Cycling at crossroads as Rio Olympics approaches (Yahoo Sports) Kristin Armstrong could win her third straight Olympic gold medal in Rio. It has left USA Cycling officials to wonder just where they stand in the sport's structure. To usher the organization into the future, Bouchard-Hall spent several months examining USA Cycling's shortcomings, then came up with a three-prong approach … [Read more...]

Can 'Beef' deliver more than just a catchy name at Baltusrol? Your browser does not support iframes. SPRINGFIELD, N.J.—The cheers rolls out over the sun-baked fairways of Baltusrol, full-throated and keening: “BEEEEEEEEEF!” The man of the moment, Andrew “Beef” Johnston, grins a toothy grin, waving and posing and smiling and signing damn near anything that’s not on fire. This is the … [Read more...]

Preakness winner Exaggerator joins Haskell field (The Associated Press) OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) -- Preakness winner Exaggerator has joined the field for Sunday's $1 million Haskell Invitational, setting up another matchup against Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist. … [Read more...]

Diplomat incident avoided: Aussies get rooms at Rio Olympics (Yahoo Sports) A near-diplomatic incident - as Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes termed it - came to an end on Wednesday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The Australian delegation gave the mayor a tiny ''boxing kangaroo'' doll, and now says it's happy with its rooms at Rio's Olympic Athletes Village. In a meeting at the village, … [Read more...]

Putin: Olympic ban on Russian athletes is result of political plot (Reuters) By Andrew Osborn and Denis Dyomkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said a shadowy political plot had succeeded in unfairly stripping some Russian sportspeople of the right to compete at the Rio Olympics over doping allegations and promised to defend Russia's tarnished sporting reputation. Addressing … [Read more...]

IAAF to Russia: Rio athletics ban will stand -agencies (Reuters) Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has received a reply from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), saying the exclusion of Russian track-and-field athletes from the Rio Olympics cannot be reversed, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday. The decision which has been taken will not be revised," … [Read more...]

Jason Day rolls into Baltusrol sick, barely prepared for PGA Championship SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Most pros spend weeks, months, even years studying major championship courses, assessing every hill and dale, every green and swale, looking for that infinitesimal edge that could pay off with a major championship and immortality. And then there’s Jason Day, who’s rolling into this week’s PGA … [Read more...]