Nick Watney

AUGUSTA, Ga. — In the aftermath of Friday's controversial slow-play penalty at the Masters, there were many dueling opinions. We'll go with "Bravo, John Paramor." He is the rules official from England, affectionately (or otherwise) known as Big...

April 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour New Orleans Classic at the par-72 course on Sunday in Avondale, Louisiana 268 Billy Horschel (U.S.) 67 71 66 64 269 D.A. Points (U.S.) 66 68 70 65 271 Kyle Stanley (U.S.) 72 67 65 67 273...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Golf--Champions Tour, Legends of Golf, Noon (CBS); PGA Tour, Zurich Classic, 2 p.m. (CBS) NBA Basketball--Playoffs, New York Knicks at Boston Celtics, Noon (ABC); Miami Heat at Milwaukee Bucks, 2:30 p.m. (ABC); San Antonio Spurs...

AVONDALE, La. (AP) — One year ago, Jason Dufner's victory at the Zurich Classic made him the fifth player in the last eight years to celebrate his maiden PGA Tour triumph in New Orleans.   This weekend, Dufner will try to become the first repeat...

Rory McIlroy, who has muscled into Nike's advertising ranks alongside Tiger Woods, is featured in a new clip that includes juggling and kicking a golf ball. OK, it looks like computer graphic images. Maybe some of the juggling is real, but it's hard...

|TV SPORTS| PGA Golf--Masters Tournament, 2 p.m. (ESPN) Auto Racing--NASCAR Nationwide Series, O3’Reilly Auto Parts 300 pole qualifying, 4 p.m. (ESPN2); NASCAR Nationwide Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Formula One...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NHL Hockey--Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis Blues, 11:30 a.m. (NBC); Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Soccer--Mexican Primera Division, Chiapas at Puebla, 11:55 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, San Jose at Portland,...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| College Softball--Alabama-Birmingham at Central Florida, 10:30 a.m. (FXSP) Men’s College Basketball--Virginia Commonwealth at Temple, 11 a.m. (CBS); Big South Conference Tournament Championship, 11 a.m. (ESPN2);...

It's fine — for amateurs Chris Dufresne Los Angeles Times The most sleep-inducing word on the PGA Tour this year is "bifurcation," although the issue over whether the tour should break from USGA and R&A is hotter than Dubai. Golf's ruling lords...

|TV SPORTS| Tennis--ATP World Tour-WTA Sony Open, 2 and 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Men’s College Basketball--NCAA Division I Tournament, Louisville vs. Oregon, 6 p.m. (CBS), Kansas vs. Michigan, 6:15 p.m. (TBS), Duke vs. Michigan State, 8:30 p.m. (CBS),...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Justin Rose started out as another guy in Tiger Woods' group Thursday at Bay Hill. He wound up in the lead.   Rose put on a clinic with the putter and ran off four straight birdies late in his round for a 7-under 65,...

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- The Farmers Insurance Open that was supposed to end Sunday was turned into a sunset serial that threatened to hold everyone in suspended animation over the bluffs where sky divers take off. The sponsors were openly cheering for a...