Liguori: Sports Stars Need Values Training
Has the behavior of professional athletes always been at this magnitude in sports and our society, but just not brought out to the open, or are our values just deteriorating?
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Has the behavior of professional athletes always been at this magnitude in sports and our society, but just not brought out to the open, or are our values just deteriorating?
Over 20 seasons as an NFL quarterback, Brett Favre has taken plenty of hits on the field. Now his reputation is taking a hit, too.
A high-profile Canadian sports doctor charged earlier this year with smuggling unapproved drugs into the United States to treat professional athletes was formally indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Buffalo.
Europe won back the Ryder Cup from the United States, winning 14 ½ to 13 ½. And it all came down to the 12th and final match between Graeme McDowell and Hunter Mahan with a dramatic 3 & 1 victory for the northern Irishman.
Europe reclaimed the Ryder Cup, winning a thriller that went down to the final singles match Monday.
Bolstered by the sight of blue on every leaderboard, they won five matches and halved the last one when Francesco Molinari knocked in a 3-foot birdie putt and celebrated with his brother, Edoardo. That stretched their lead to 9 1/2-6 1/2.
For the first time in the 83-year history of the Ryder Cup, this competition will have to finish on Monday!
When play was called because of darkness, the U.S. had a 6-4 lead. But Europe was ahead in all six matches that got started late in the afternoon.
A seven plus hour rain delay has backed up play at the Ryder Cup.
Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson will start things off for the American team when Ryder Cup play begins Friday morning.
There are a lot of festivities the week of the Ryder Cup, making the week even more exciting for the players, sponsors, guests of players, and others important enough to get tickets to various events.
Tiger Woods was among those from both the US and European Ryder Cup teams who answered media questions.
Woods got off to a rugged start Sunday in the BMW Championship and shot 1-under 70, leaving too far back to get into the top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings and qualify for the playoff finale at the Tour Championship.
I am going to treat every player the same. The objective is to try to win the Ryder Cup and if in my judgment I think Tiger is to play five matches, or should play four or three, then that is what I will do.
Woods was in a tie for 22nd at even-par 213, some seven shots behind where he needs to finish to advance to the FedEx Cup finale.
While Tiger Woods struggles just to finish tournaments he used to win before the back nine, experts will point to flawed swings, fairway placement, and poor putting. But Tiger's woeful scores on the course mirror the squalor he created after 72nd hole.
Tiger Woods is going to the Ryder Cup as a captain's pick with his 71 victories and 14 majors. So is 21-year-old Rickie Fowler, who has never won anything at all.
Mickelson needed only to finish fourth to become No. 1 for the first time in his career. Instead, he opened the back nine with a triple bogey, made a double bogey on the 17th and shot 76 to finish 15 shots behind in a tie for 25th.
In jeopardy of missing the cut and missing out on the rest of the FedEx Cup playoffs, Woods didn't hit a bad shot through six holes and played bogey-free for the first time in more than a year.
There's word that Tiger Woods has a bachelor pad in Manhattan, just days after his divorce became final.
Kuchar beat Martin Laird in a playoff at The Barclays with a 7-iron out of the rough that rolled toward the back of the 18th green, then caught enough of the slope to turn back toward the hole and stop 30 inches away for a birdie.
Woods hit a shocking 3-wood off the opening tee, straight in the air with a sharp hook that sailed over the trees and off the property at Ridgewood Country Club. It led to a triple bogey, and he never got all of those shots back.
Tiger Woods missed a 20-inch putt for one of his four bogeys over the final eight holes Friday at Ridgewood Country Club, giving him a 2-over 73.
By missing only one fairway and having a birdie putt on all but two holes, Tiger Woods began the FedEx Cup playoffs with a 6-under 65 for a share of the lead with Vaughn Taylor after one round at The Barclays.
In his first tournament since his divorce, Tiger Woods played by far his best round of the year Thursday at The Barclays, missing only one fairway and two greens in a round of 6-under 65. Barclays Leaderboard
