Analysis: Tiger Woods is playing all the majors. But for how much longer? (2024)

Robert MacIntyre is giving Scotland hope that one of its own can win a British Open on Scottish soil. He won the Scottish Open on Sunday and celebrated into the night. MacIntyre was later than usual getting to Royal Troon. He plans to take the same approach that has carried him to a breakthrough year with two wins. It's not about trying to win a golf tournament. It's about battling on every shot to play his best golf and see where it leads. Only two players from Scotland in the last 100 years have own a British Open in Scotland.

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Bundesliga club Mainz says it is “surprised” by Japanese media reports that new signing Kaishu Sano was arrested in Japan. The club says, “We cannot yet evaluate or comment on these reports due to a lack of information.” Mainz signed the 23-year-old Sano, a defensive midfielder, from Kashima Antlers on July 3. He signed a four-year deal and is the club’s third Japanese signing after Shinji Okazaki and Yoshinori Muto. Sano was to join his new teammates in Mainz for pre-season training on Sunday. He has played four games for Japan.

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England defender Lucy Bronze has joined Chelsea from Barcelona on a two-year deal. Five-time Champions League-winner Bronze completed her move to the Women’s Super League (WSL) champion after two years with Barcelona. Bronze is one of the most successful players in the history of the women’s game after winning major titles with clubs and country. The 32-year-old right back won the European Championship with England in 2022 and was a losing finalist at last year’s World Cup. She won three Champions League titles with Lyon and two more with Barcelona.

Center Bradman Best fended off two players to score the go-ahead try in the 65th minute and help give New South Wales a 14-4 win over Queensland in the third and deciding match in the annual State of Origin Australian rugby league series. Mitchell Moses scored a second try four minutes later to clinch the match for the Blues, who had not won a deciding match in Brisbane since 2005 and only achieved it once before that — in 1994. Valentine Holmes kicked a pair of penalty goals to account for all of the Queensland scoring.

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The longest rail trail in New England is open this summer for bike riders, hikers, horseback riders and others. The 93-mile Lamoille Valley Rail Trail was finished in the late spring of 2023. But last July, days before it was set to be formally inaugurated, summer floods closed the trail. The trail was damaged by flooding again this year, but more than 81 miles of it is open. Users can travel the four-season trail between Swanton, in northwestern Vermont, and St. Johnsbury, not far from the Connecticut River border with New Hampshire. Repairs to the flood damage from 2023 and this year are ongoing. The trail goes through 18 communities and includes the Fisher Covered Bridge, one of the last covered railroad bridges in the country.

The tennis competition at the Paris Olympics could be where past gold medalists Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray bid adieu to the sport. Both have been dealing with injuries for a while. It would be appropriate for Nadal to finish his career at the Summer Games because the tennis will be held at Roland Garros. That is the same site that hosts the French Open every year, and Nadal has won a record 14 of his 22 Grand Slam titles there. Murray recently withdrew from singles at Wimbledon after having a cyst removed from his spine. He is the only tennis player to win a pair of Olympic golds.

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SAN DIEGO — Sean Lewis was a little wide-eyed Monday morning as he parked his truck along Ocean Boulevard in Pacific Beach, walked down to the sand at Law Street and looked out at the Pacific Ocean.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Dodger Stadium. Olympic gold medal on the line. Shohei Ohtani in the batter's box — or on the mound.

DULUTH, Minn. — Superior National Forest officials are trying to clarify regulations for dogs within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after releasing official Forest Service regulations earlier this year.

MINNEAPOLIS — The other day, raindrops dimpled already wet grass as I walked into a field with four Labradors. This was in the middle of summer, and there were months to spare before autumn, when ducks fly and pheasants flush. Still, deadlines focus effort, and anyway, year-round, where othe…

DULUTH, Minn. — The number of male ruffed grouse heard drumming in April and May as part of their spring mating ritual was up again this year in the Northland, signaling a continued higher population, but a soggy June may have reduced this year's crop of young grouse on the landscape.

ATLANTA — Leave no doubt – Kirby Smart is a brilliant coach.

TAMPA BAY, Fla. — Put down the tissues and grab your wits. Crying time is over, and you’re going to want to see this.

LOS ANGELES — Israel is sending 88 athletes to Paris this month, the second-largest Olympic team in the country's history. And they're going to France against the backdrop of a bloody war at home that is entering its 10th month with no end in sight.

Chelsea has begun disciplinary action after midfielder Enzo Fernandez was involved in a video where members of Argentina’s Copa America-winning squad appeared to sing about French players with African heritage. FIFA also said it was also looking into the incident after the French soccer federation pledged to file a complaint with the sport’s world governing body over “racist and discriminatory remarks.” Fernandez said he was “truly sorry” and Chelsea said discriminatory behaviour was “completely unacceptable.” Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 on Sunday at Miami Gardens, Florida. Afterwards a video posted on Fernandez’s Instagram account appeared to show Argentina players chanting about France’s team as they celebrated.

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Oakland Athletics are 11 weeks from extinction.

The surest bet at the 2024 Summer Olympics is a bet against Cheryl Reeve. She won’t win. She can’t win. Put your money down now. These circ*mstances aren’t completely her fault, though she probably could have done more to change them, to help herself avoid this odds-on outcome. And even in t…

Royal Troon has some unique aspects but maybe most curious is the private house that sits in the middle of the championship course and has views of five holes for the British Open starting Thursday. It's known as “Blackrock House” and is located between the greens of holes No. 2 and No. 16. It's also close to the tees of No. 18 and two others. Originally built as one house, it was converted in the early 1970s into two dwellings. The Kelly family has owned the north side of the house since 1990 and has has now put it up for sale. The asking price has not been announced yet.

UNDATED (AP) — The Pac-12’s existing bowl game agreements will continue through the 2025 season despite the league’s breakup. Among other things, it means Oregon State and Washington State, the two remaining Pac-12 schools after the conference collapsed in realignment last summer, will retai…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Colorado coach Deion Sanders took some time at the start of his first Big 12 media days appearance to give props to some of the other coaches in the league. Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders, the coach’s son, was recruited by Gus Malzahn when the current UCF coach was st…

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Tim Lester has had nearly six months to come up with potential fixes for the moribund Iowa offense, but the key for the Hawkeyes’ new offensive coordinator might be just having a healthy starting quarterback. That should be Cade McNamara, who started five games last se…

DALLAS (AP) — Oklahoma's Jackson Arnold and Tennessee's Nico Iamaleava are the Southeastern Conference's wild-card quarterbacks. The two first-year starters and former five-star recruits have the potential to turn their teams into College Football Playoff contenders. The Sooners made their S…

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Garrett Riley's offense eventually kicked in during his first season at Clemson, but far too late to make the Tigers championship contenders a year ago. Riley expected a faster, crisper start for his group in year two as Clemson looks to chase titles this fall. The Tiger…

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is set to swim in the Seine River later nine days before the start of the Olympic Games. The swim she has promised in January will occur along the stretch of the river that passes by the imposing-looking City Hall and the Notre Dame Cathedral later on Wednesday as part of a broader effort to showcase the river’s improved cleanliness ahead of the Summer Games which will kick off July 26. Concerns over the river's pollution levels have prompted daily water quality tests. Results in early June indicated unsafe levels of E. coli bacteria, followed by recent improvements.

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Chennedy Carter scored 34 points, Angel Reese had 13 points and 10 rebounds for her 16th double-double in the last 17 games, and the Chicago Sky beat the Las Vegas Aces 93-85. Chicago led 42-21 at the midway point of the second quarter and held the advantage until Megan Gustafson made a 3-pointer from the corner with 8:16 remaining in the fourth to give the Aces their first lead of the game at 72-71. A’ja Wilson had 28 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks for her sixth straight game this season with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds for Las Vegas.

Jarren Duran's 2-run HR gives AL a 5-3 win over NL in All-Star Game started by rookie pitcher Skenes

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ARLINGTON, Texas — A parade of pitchers throwing triple-digit fastballs was the likely scenario heading into Tuesday night’s All-Star Game, starting with National League starter Paul Skenes.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Everything around him was loud. The music at Globe Life Field bumped. The throng in front of him doing interviews, creating content and just generally milling about was a cacophonous mess. The uniform he wore was positively garish. Neon salmon lettering? C’mon.

Country Music Star and East Texas native Cody Johnson was on hand Tuesday to sing the National Anthem at the MLB All Star Game.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Juan Soto made good on his pregame promise.