Ryan Palmer

||TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Men’s College Basketball--Georgetown at St. John’s, 10 a.m. (ESPN2); Duke at North Carolina State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Marquette at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. (ESPNU); Minnesota at Indiana, 11 a.m. (Big 10 Network);...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, 8:55 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS Playoffs, Eastern Conference Championship, First Leg, 2:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football--Arkansas at South Carolina, 11 a.m. (CBS); Iowa State at Texas, 11 a.m. (ABC); Northwestern...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Tennis--ATP World Tour Finals, 8 a.m., 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Carolina Panthers, Noon (CBS); Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (FOX); Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles, 3:25 p.m. (FOX); Houston...

|TV SPORTS| NBA Basketball--New Orleans Hornets at Miami Heat, 7 p.m. (ESPN); Denver Nuggets at Phoenix Suns, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) College Football--Cincinnati at Louisville, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Men’s College Hockey--Alaska-Anchorage at North Dakota, 7:30...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Major League Baseball—Playoffs, Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers, 11 a.m. (MLB); Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals, 2 p.m. (TBS); New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, 5 p.m. (TBS); Cincinnati Reds at San...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer—Premier League, Fulham at West Ham, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. Costa Rica, 1:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football—Notre Dame vs. Navy, 8 a.m. (CBS); Ohio at Penn...

Not-so-random nugget about The Greenbrier resort: It has a bomb shelter. Seriously. Hidden underneath the massive West Virginia resort is an almost equally massive complex designed to keep every member of the House and Senate housed and fed for six months...

Sometimes it’s the little things that start the chain reaction. In this case, it was a spot on the charter flight taking PGA Tour pros from the John Deere Classic to the British Open. Without that little carrot, Steve Stricker probably wouldn’...

When the U.S. Open came to Congressional CC a year ago, Tiger Woods was absent. So was a U.S. Open setup. One year later, both are in play. Woods might even be the favorite again as he “defends” the last AT&T National title won at...

The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene. KROPP RISES TO GRAND CHALLENGE Former All-Area Girls' Swimmer of the Year Andrea Kropp captured the 200-meter breaststroke championship while competing for Rattler Swim Club at the Speedo...

Rory McIlroy didn’t plan on being in Memphis this week. It was supposed to be a week to get ready for his U.S. Open defense – learn his way around Olympic Club, fine-tune his game and make sure he was fresh for a major-championship challenge....

Bubba Watson suggests a 2-over par start would put someone in contention. Johnny Miller thinks 3-over might be the field average. And if you somehow get through Olympic Club’s first six holes in even-par, Tiger Woods says, you’ll pick up &#...