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• Zach Johnson handles the brown links of Muirfield
• Long day and a good score for Tiger Woods
• PEDs, Pirates and Puig headline second half in MLB
• For the prize: Forecasting MVP, Cy Young races
• Finally, France tastes victory at its 100th Tour
• 6 current football players join suit against NCAA
• NBA approves Hornets name returning to Charlotte
• Cowboys DT Brent retires, charged in fatal crash
• Penn State's Sandusky settlements hit $60M so far
• Golf-British Open second round leaderboard
• Johnson leads Open while Woods lurks three shots back
• Golf-Johnson leads Open while Woods lurks three shots back
• Summerhays looking for swift redemption on PGA Tour
• Golf-Summerhays looking for swift redemption on PGA Tour
• Big finish could help dispel dark doping club over MLB
• Golf-British Open scores
• Tiger shows good, bad and ugly side in solid opening round
• Open organizers defend 'spooky' and 'joke' pin positions
• Golf-Open organisers defend 'spooky' and 'joke' pin positions
• I'm not obsessed with winning a major, says Poulter
• Golf-'I felt like I was 32' - O'Meara says he can win Open again
• Woods may struggle to win another major, says Faldo
• British Open leader Zach proves he has the knack
• 'Brain dead' moment for McIlroy as he slumps to 79
• Open is a pain in the neck for injured Oosthuizen
• Golf-Open is a pain in the neck for injured Oosthuizen
• Mickelson annoyed by on-course Muirfield traffic
• Golf-Cheyenne shows Uncle Tiger how it's done in Madrid
• Golf-British Open first round leaderboard
• Forgotten man Hamilton enjoys rare moment in the sun
• Golf-Forgotten man Hamilton enjoys rare moment in the sun
• Saltman suffers hackers' curse as first hole bares its teeth
• Golf-Saltman suffers hackers' curse as first hole bares its teeth

Zach Johnson handles the brown links of Muirfield Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:17 PM PDT GULLANE, Scotland (AP) — A blue sky and a gentle breeze usually means ripe scoring conditions at the British Open. Just not on the brown links of Muirfield.

Long day and a good score for Tiger Woods Posted: 18 Jul 2013 02:06 PM PDT GULLANE, Scotland (AP) — By the time Tiger Woods finally made his way up to the 18th green, the bleachers were half empty and long shadows crept across the fairway. If Woods needed to be reminded how long this day was, the clock on the giant yellow scoreboard read 7:37 p.m. — more than five hours after he teed off.

PEDs, Pirates and Puig headline second half in MLB Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:52 AM PDT Much of the focus as baseball heads into the second half is on the possible suspensions of Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun and a handful of All-Stars implicated in the Biogenesis performance enhancing drug scandal.

For the prize: Forecasting MVP, Cy Young races Posted: 18 Jul 2013 02:23 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — As the season's second half gets set to begin Friday, an early forecast for baseball's biggest individual awards:

Finally, France tastes victory at its 100th Tour Posted: 18 Jul 2013 01:57 PM PDT L'ALPE D'HUEZ, France (AP) — After five grueling hours of riding, as he strained and sweated to victory in an eye-popping Tour de France stage with crowds that turned cycling's most famous climb into a huge and raucous high-mountain party, Christophe Riblon didn't want it to stop.

6 current football players join suit against NCAA Posted: 18 Jul 2013 08:07 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Six current college football players were added as plaintiffs Thursday to a high-profile anti-trust lawsuit that claims the NCAA owes billions of dollars to former players for allowing their likenesses to be used without compensation.

NBA approves Hornets name returning to Charlotte Posted: 18 Jul 2013 07:23 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — Charlotte is the home of the Hornets once again.

Cowboys DT Brent retires, charged in fatal crash Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:51 PM PDT IRVING, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent retired from football at the age of 25 on Thursday, saying "doing the right things in life" is more important as he prepares to defend himself against a manslaughter charge in the drunken-driving crash that killed a teammate.

Penn State's Sandusky settlements hit $60M so far Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:03 AM PDT HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State University has reached tentative settlements totaling about $60 million so far with men who claim to have been sexually abused by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, a trustee said Thursday.

Golf-British Open second round leaderboard Posted: 19 Jul 2013 12:35 AM PDT GULLANE, Scotland, July 19 (Reuters) - Second roundleaderboard from the 142nd British Open at Muirfield on Friday: Par Holes Z. Johnson (U.S.) - 5 R. Cabrera-Bello (Spain) - 4 M. O'Meara (U.S.) - 3 5 T. Lehman (U.S.) - 3 5 S. Kapur (India) - 3 M.A. Jimenez (Spain) - 3 D. Johnson (U.S.) - 3 B. Snedeker (U.S.) - 3 (Compiled by Tony Jimenez)

Johnson leads Open while Woods lurks three shots back Posted: 18 Jul 2013 09:14 PM PDT GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - American Zach Johnson will take a one-shot lead into the British Open second round on Friday after shooting a five-under-par 66 in scorching conditions at Muirfield. Johnson finished a stroke clear of veteran compatriot Mark O'Meara and Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello with Miguel Angel Jimenez, Dustin Johnson, Brandt Snedeker, Tom Lehman and Shiv Kapur a further shot back. World number one Tiger Woods, among the early starters on Friday, scrambled to a two-under 69 in the first round, leaving him well placed to challenge for his 15th major title over the weekend. ...

Golf-Johnson leads Open while Woods lurks three shots back Posted: 18 Jul 2013 07:00 PM PDT GULLANE, Scotland, July 19 (Reuters) - American Zach Johnson will take a one-shot lead into the British Open second round on Friday after shooting a five-under-par 66 in scorching conditions at Muirfield. Johnson finished a stroke clear of veteran compatriot Mark O'Meara and Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello with Miguel Angel Jimenez, Dustin Johnson, Brandt Snedeker, Tom Lehman and Shiv Kapur a further shot back. ...

Summerhays looking for swift redemption on PGA Tour Posted: 18 Jul 2013 04:43 PM PDT (Reuters) - Four days after a final hole bogey cost him a place in a playoff, Daniel Summerhays set out to atone for his near-miss by snatching the early lead at the Sanderson Farms Championship on Thursday. The American shot a bogey-free nine-under-par 63 at the Annandale Golf Club in Madison, Mississippi to open up a three-stroke lead in the uncompleted first round. He carded seven birdies and an eagle to forge clear of fellow Americans Will Claxton, Michael Bradley and Jonathan Randolph, who shot matching rounds of 66. Seven players - Americans Bill Lunde, Dicky Pride, Skip Kendall, D.J. ...

Golf-Summerhays looking for swift redemption on PGA Tour Posted: 18 Jul 2013 04:39 PM PDT July 18 (Reuters) - Four days after a final hole bogey cost him a place in a playoff, Daniel Summerhays set out to atone for his near-miss by snatching the early lead at the Sanderson Farms Championship on Thursday. The American shot a bogey-free nine-under-par 63 at the Annandale Golf Club in Madison, Mississippi to open up a three-stroke lead in the uncompleted first round. He carded seven birdies and an eagle to forge clear of fellow Americans Will Claxton, Michael Bradley and Jonathan Randolph, who shot matching rounds of 66. ...

Big finish could help dispel dark doping club over MLB Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:31 PM PDT By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tight division races and the potential for historic individual exploits could offer a rousing finish to a Major League Baseball (MLB) season being played under the cloud of a doping scandal. The second half of the season begins on Friday after a four-day All-Star break, though actually only about 40 percent of the grueling 162-game campaign remains. Among the season surprises, the Pittsburgh Pirates (56-37) have a chance to end their 20-year run of losing baseball with a bang, as they trail the St. ...

Golf-British Open scores Posted: 18 Jul 2013 01:37 PM PDT July 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the British Open at the par-71 course on Thursday in Gullane 66 Zach Johnson (U.S.) 66 67 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spain) 67 Mark O'Meara (U.S.) 67 68 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 68 Dustin Johnson (U.S.) 68 Brandt Snedeker (U.S.) 68 Tom Lehman (U.S.) 68 Shiv Kapur (India) 68 69 Todd Hamilton (U.S.) 69 Phil Mickelson (U.S.) 69 Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 69 Jordan Spieth (U.S.) 69 Tiger Woods (U.S.) 69 Francesco Molinari (Italy) 69 70 Oliver Fisher (Britain) 70 Bubba Watson (U.S.) 70 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 70 Ken Duke (U.S. ...

Tiger shows good, bad and ugly side in solid opening round Posted: 18 Jul 2013 01:26 PM PDT By Martyn Herman GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - No wonder the British Open galleries still flock in their thousands to watch Tiger Woods prowl a links course. There is rarely a dull moment when the American 14-times major winner is going about his business and that proved the case again at Muirfield on Thursday as he went toe-to-toe with a sun-scorched course and came out just about on top. His two-under par 69, compiled during a scorching afternoon that made putting on the glass-fast greens a treacherous activity, left him three behind leader Zach Johnson. ...

Open organizers defend 'spooky' and 'joke' pin positions Posted: 18 Jul 2013 01:23 PM PDT By Ed Osmond GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - Tournament organizers defended the pin positions in the British Open first round after some players described them as unplayable on a baking hot day at Muirfield on Thursday. Briton Ian Poulter, American Bubba Watson and Australian Adam Scott were among those to raise concerns. "It is far from unplayable, but we do hear player comment and we're not so insular as to ignore it," R&A chief executive Peter Dawson said. Poulter was unhappy after his round of 72, saying it was disappointing when good shots were not being rewarded properly. ...

Golf-Open organisers defend 'spooky' and 'joke' pin positions Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:39 PM PDT By Ed Osmond GULLANE, Scotland, July 18 (Reuters) - Tournament organisers defended the pin positions in the British Open first round after some players described them as unplayable on a baking hot day at Muirfield on Thursday. Briton Ian Poulter, American Bubba Watson and Australian Adam Scott were among those to raise concerns. "It is far from unplayable, but we do hear player comment and we're not so insular as to ignore it," R&A chief executive Peter Dawson said. Poulter was unhappy after his round of 72, saying it was disappointing when good shots were not being rewarded properly. ...

I'm not obsessed with winning a major, says Poulter Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:33 PM PDT By Ed Osmond GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - Winning a major championship will not define Ian Poulter's golf career, the world number 20 and Ryder Cup stalwart said on Thursday. Poulter shot a one-over-par round of 72 to get his British Open campaign off to a steady start at sun-baked Muirfield, struggling to cope with what he described as some "ridiculous" pin positions. But the 37-year-old, who has won 13 tour titles including two World Golf Championship events, is not obsessed by ending his major drought. "I don't need to win a major," Poulter told Reuters in an interview. ...

Golf-'I felt like I was 32' - O'Meara says he can win Open again Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:33 AM PDT By Martyn Herman GULLANE, Scotland, July 18 (Reuters) - Mark O'Meara admits he is no "spring chicken" but the 56-year-old believes he can win the British Open for a second time after a sizzling opening round of 67 at Muirfield on Thursday. The American, who won the title at the 14th attempt at Birkdale in 1998, rocketed up the leaderboard as many of the bigger hitters found the baked Scottish links too hot to handle. ...

Woods may struggle to win another major, says Faldo Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:16 AM PDT By Ed Osmond GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - World number one Tiger Woods may struggle to add to his 14 major titles for a number of different reasons, former British Open champion Nick Faldo told Reuters on Thursday. Faldo was speaking after he shot an eight-over 79 in the first round at Muirfield, venue for two of his three Open triumphs, in his first competitive round for three years. "I think it may be difficult for Tiger now," Faldo said. "Perhaps there is too much happening for him. "All the stuff that went on off the course and his injury problems. ...

British Open leader Zach proves he has the knack Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:14 AM PDT By Tony Jimenez GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - American Zach Johnson bucked the trend at bone-hard Muirfield on Thursday, snatching the driver out of his bag as often as possible to grab the early first-round lead on five-under 66 at the British Open. Many of the players feel that using the longest, and riskiest, club in the bag is unnecessary when they are getting so much run on the ball by the banks of the Firth of Forth - but not the 2007 U.S. Masters champion. ...

'Brain dead' moment for McIlroy as he slumps to 79 Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:10 AM PDT By Tony Jimenez GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - World number two Rory McIlroy suffered a "brain dead" moment at the 15th hole and felt he was generally "unconscious" as he stumbled his way to an ugly eight-over 79 in the British Open first round on Thursday. The 24-year-old Northern Irishman, whose form has deserted him since he changed clubs at the start of the year after signing a mega-bucks deal with Nike, sported a look of sad resignation when he walked off the 18th green at Muirfield. ...

Open is a pain in the neck for injured Oosthuizen Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:42 AM PDT By Martyn Herman GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - Former champion Louis Oosthuizen withdrew from the British Open halfway through his opening round on Thursday with a recurrence of a neck-related injury. The South African, a surprise winner at St Andrews in 2010, had labored to four over par after eight holes on a baking Muirfield course when he quit on the ninth. Oosthuizen, 30, had just double-bogeyed the par-three seventh and followed that with a bogey on eight when he called time on his round after his tee shot on the ninth. ...

Golf-Open is a pain in the neck for injured Oosthuizen Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:37 AM PDT By Martyn Herman GULLANE, Scotland, July 18 (Reuters) - Former champion Louis Oosthuizen withdrew from the British Open halfway through his opening round on Thursday with a recurrence of a neck-related injury. The South African, a surprise winner at St Andrews in 2010, had laboured to four over par after eight holes on a baking Muirfield course when he quit on the ninth. Oosthuizen, 30, had just double-bogeyed the par-three seventh and followed that with a bogey on eight when he called time on his round after his tee shot on the ninth. ...

Mickelson annoyed by on-course Muirfield traffic Posted: 18 Jul 2013 09:54 AM PDT By Tony Jimenez GULLANE (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson was more than mildly irritated by the army of helpers and officials allowed inside the ropes during his opening two-under 69 in the British Open first round at Muirfield on Thursday. The American left-hander, bidding for a rare back-to-back double after winning the Scottish Open crown at Inverness last week, bemoaned the difference in organizational style between Europe and the United States. "It's a different culture over here," Mickelson told reporters on another sun-baked day on the east coast of Scotland. ...

Golf-Cheyenne shows Uncle Tiger how it's done in Madrid Posted: 18 Jul 2013 09:38 AM PDT MADRID, July 18 (Reuters) - Cheyenne Woods showed her more famous uncle Tiger how golf should be played when she shot an eight-under-par 64 to grab the lead at the Spanish Open in Madrid on Thursday. Cheyenne, who turns 23 next week, sank four birdies on the front nine and four more on the back, with a bogey on the 15th hole the only blemish, to lead a Ladies European Tour event for the first time in her career. "I had birdies here and there and my putting was great," Cheyenne, the daughter of Tiger's half brother Earl Junior, said on the Tour website (www.ladieseuropeantour.com). ...

Golf-British Open first round leaderboard Posted: 18 Jul 2013 08:29 AM PDT GULLANE, Scotland, July 18 (Reuters) - First roundleaderboard from the 142nd British Open at Muirfield: Par Holes Z. Johnson (U.S.) - 5 15 R. Cabrera-Bello (Spain) - 4 18 M.A. Jimenez (Spain) - 3 18 D. Johnson (U.S.) - 3 18 B. Snedeker (U.S.) - 3 18 S. Kapur (India) - 3 3 (Compiled by Tony Jimenez)

Forgotten man Hamilton enjoys rare moment in the sun Posted: 18 Jul 2013 05:48 AM PDT By Ed Osmond GULLANE (Reuters) - American Todd Hamilton, shock winner of the 2004 British Open, was briefly the clubhouse leader of this year's tournament after shooting a first-round two-under-par 69 on Thursday. Playing in the second group out, the 47-year-old showed glimpses of the form that brought him the Claret Jug nine years ago with four birdies around the Muirfield links. It was a rare moment in the spotlight for the unassuming Hamilton who has never won again on the U.S. or European Tours since beating Ernie Els in a playoff to claim the Open title at Troon. ...

Golf-Forgotten man Hamilton enjoys rare moment in the sun Posted: 18 Jul 2013 05:44 AM PDT By Ed Osmond GULLANE, Scotland, July 18 (Reuters) - American Todd Hamilton, shock winner of the 2004 British Open, was briefly the clubhouse leader of this year's tournament after shooting a first-round two-under-par 69 on Thursday. Playing in the second group out, the 47-year-old showed glimpses of the form that brought him the Claret Jug nine years ago with four birdies around the Muirfield links. It was a rare moment in the spotlight for the unassuming Hamilton who has never won again on the U.S. or European Tours since beating Ernie Els in a playoff to claim the Open title at Troon. ...

Saltman suffers hackers' curse as first hole bares its teeth Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:05 AM PDT By Martyn Herman GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) - Sunday morning hackers know the feeling well. You step on the first tee and duff your first tee shot out of bounds, then take another ball and do exactly the same. Scotland's Lloyd Saltman did just that at Muirfield on Thursday when he began his British Open challenge with a first-hole horror show which ended with an ugly quadruple-bogey eight. Saltman, who grew up just down the road in Edinburgh and knows the local links courses well, was part of the first group to tee off in almost perfect conditions. ...

Golf-Saltman suffers hackers' curse as first hole bares its teeth Posted: 18 Jul 2013 02:53 AM PDT By Martyn Herman GULLANE, Scotland, July 18 (Reuters) - Sunday morning hackers know the feeling well. You step on the first tee and duff your first tee shot out of bounds, then take another ball and do exactly the same. Scotland's Lloyd Saltman did just that at Muirfield on Thursday when he began his British Open challenge with a first-hole horror show which ended with an ugly quadruple-bogey eight. Saltman, who grew up just down the road in Edinburgh and knows the local links courses well, was part of the first group to tee off in almost perfect conditions. ...

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