With 100 days until the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, gymnastics superstar Simone Biles is speaking more candidly than ever about her experience at Tokyo 2020 in 2021. “As soon as I land[ed my vault in team finals], I’m like [expletive]. I salute and I want to run. If I could have gotten on a plane…
Lone Peak’s Aadyn Long competes in and wins the 6A girls golf state tournament at Riverbend Golf Course in Riverton on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News With just a couple weeks left in the girls golf season, the Lone Peak girls team is building momentum toward a three-peat. Last Thursday at Talons…
Tiger Woods is making preparations to compete at the Masters Tournament next week — and taking drastic measures to ensure that he’s ready to play. “He’s focused,” says a friend of the 48-year-old golfer. “He’s working really hard in the gym. He’s eating right. He’s even eliminated sex. “He does that now when he’s preparing:…
The U.S. women’s volleyball team qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where it will defend the program’s first Olympic title from Tokyo. The U.S., ranked second in the world, earned its spot by going 6-1 in an eight-team Olympic qualifying tournament in Poland this past week. Tokyo gold medalist Annie Drews had match highs of…
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry headed to New Orleans for a good time and left with a win. JONATHAN BACHMAN / GETTY IMAGES Welcome back to the Monday Finish, where I’m hunting for a talented PGA Tour player to invite me to next year’s Zurich Classic. Only catch: they’ll have to hit all the good…
LIV Golf seemed pretty pleased with its event — and itself — in Australia. Both were proof that team golf has its place in the landscape and can succeed — if everything falls into place and is done right. In this edition, senior writers Rex Hoggard and Ryan Lavner talk about both sites, both tours…
Zurich Classic shakes up current Aon Next 10, Swing 5 for Wells Fargo Three signature events remain on the PGA Tour’s schedule – the Wells Fargo Championship, Memorial Tournament and Travelers Championship. By virtue of winning the Zurich Classic alongside Rory McIlroy on Sunday, Shane Lowry is now exempt into all three of them. “I…
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry enjoyed an “absolutely amazing” week in New Orleans – as the major-winning pair clinched victory at the Zurich Classic in a play-off Rory McIlroy celebrated winning the Zurich Classic with Shane Lowry by singing Journey’s iconic track ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ on karaoke and enjoying a well-earned beer. McIlroy and Lowry claimed victory in the…
Should you get one for a 36-hole exhibition played against three other players? Should you get one for an event with no other PGA Tour pros where you beat a bunch of club pros by 16 shots? As you might have guessed, these are not hypothetical questions. About a decade before Tiger Woods made his…
It was an all-Irish success at the Zurich Classic as Rory McIlroy ended his winning drought alongside Shane Lowry as they sent a warning to their rivals over at LIV Golf Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans after beating Martin Trainer and Chad Ramey in a dramatic play-off for…