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Woods beats out Mickelson for $8 million impact bonus

ORLANDO, Fla. – Tiger Woods still moves the needle in golf even when he barely plays. The PGA Tour informed players on Wednesday that Woods was the winner of the new $40 million “Player Impact Program” that rewards those who generate the most positive interest in golf measured by five metrics. Woods won the $8 million prize over Phil Mickelson, who claimed on Twitter in December that he was the winner.

Krzyzewski’s influence on game built to last

Mike Krzyzewski’s unparalleled coaching career is down to a few basketball games, with no more than a month left before the retiring Duke Hall of Famer walks off the sideline for the last time. His influence on the sport will remain long past that final farewell.

Manfred, owners remain out of touch

As sunset approached inside a ballpark that should have hosted a Marlins- Mets spring training game on an idyllic Tuesday afternoon, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred instead announced there’d be no baseball anytime soon, not at spring training, not for at least the first two series of the regular season, not while these malcontent players he only occasionally can’t bring to heel refuse to capitulate.

NFL to consider changing OT rules

INDIANAPOLIS – All the Buffalo Bills wanted in January was one more chance to beat Kansas City. Now they’re trying to make sure no NFL team begins the offseason as it did.

Seattle not interested in dealing QB Wilson

INDIANAPOLIS – Pete Carroll says the Seattle Seahawks aren’t open for business when teams may inquire about the availability of quarterback Russell Wilson this offseason. “That’s commonplace for us to have conversations with teams about all of the players, particularly marquee players, and that’s not changed,” Carroll said on Wednesday.

Golf stars treasure letters from Arnie

ORLANDO – Bernhard Langer has won more than 100 tournaments worldwide the past 50 years or so, with 42 coming on the DP World Tour and 43 on the PGA Tour Champions – both totals bested only by Seve Ballesteros on the DP World Tour, by Hale Irwin on the PGA Tour Champions.

NATO chief: No need to change alert level

LASK AIR BASE, Poland – NATO’s chief said Tuesday that, despite Russia’s threats about nuclear weapons, the alliance sees no need to change its own nuclear weapons alert level. The alliance’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, spoke to The Associated Press following talks on European security with Polish President Andrzej Duda at an air base in Lask, central Poland, where NATO’s Polish and U.S.

California man kills daughters in church

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A man who was under a restraining order and not supposed to have a gun fatally shot his three daughters, a chaperone and himself during a supervised visit with the girls at a California church, officials said Tuesday.