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.
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.
JUPITER, Fla. — They spent three days negotiating three months ago in Dallas.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Ardmore High School girls powerlifting team took care of business Tuesday during the regional meet at Durant as five Lady Tigers qualified for the OGPCA State Powerlifting meet at Dickson next week.
NORMAN — Tanner Groves couldn’t believe how much space he had. Oklahoma earned a 72-59 home win over West Virginia on Tuesday thanks in part to a late-game push by Groves.
THURSDAY, MARCH 3BASEBALL • Ada at Lone Grove 4:30 p.m. • Plainview at Madill 4:30, 6:30 p.m.