Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jump shot with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Eleven shots separated Phil and Tiger Sunday at Pebble Beach as Lefty secured his 40th Tour win. Jason Sobel had hole-by-hole reports.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
Getty Images
Seon Hwa Lee didn’t expect she’d be accepting the Ginn Tribute trophy from tournament host Annika Sorenstam on Sunday.
Few others did, either.
Lee, though, took advantage of a stunning collapse from Sophie Gustafson, and watched Hall of Famer Karrie Webb miss a short par putt in the playoff. The result was Lee’s third LPGA Tour title and one of the richest paydays, $390,000, in women’s golf.
“There’s lots of luck,” said Lee, nine strokes behind when her round began.
The comeback was the second-largest in LPGA Tour history, surpassed only by 10-stroke rallies from all-time greats Mickey Wright in 1964 and Sorenstam in 2001.
Lee shot a 67 to finish at 14-under 274. In the playoff at No. 18, Lee two-putted for par from about 45 feet before Webb’s crucial error.
The 22-year-old South Korean was in the next-to-last group, but had no plans at a dramatic charge. She figured a solid performance would move her up the leaderboard a few notches, and she’d gain confidence for next week’s major, the LPGA Championship.
Instead, Gustafson’s fall and Webb’s slip allowed Lee the chance at victory.
Lee chipped in for birdie from about 40 yards on the 13th to move within a stroke of the lead, still held by Gustafson.
That’s when she began thinking maybe she had a chance. Turns out, she did.
The chip in “was really, really big for me,” Lee said.
A bogey on the 16th hole dropped Lee into a three-way tie for first. She took the lead when she sank a curling, 20-footer for birdie on the 72nd hole.
Moments later, Webb matched Lee, rolling in a 12-foot birdie to set up a playoff for the second straight year at RiverTowne Country Club.
Lee looked stunned when Webb’s short putt stayed left of the cup.
“She has a lot of experience and she is a Hall of Famer,” Lee said. “So I didn’t expect she was going to miss it.”
Neither did Webb, attempting to win her 36th LPGA Tour event.
“There is no excuse for missing that putt,” she said.
Song-Hee Kim (69) was third at 13-under, followed by Gustafson and Jane Park (72) another two shots behind.
Gustafson had few explanations for what went wrong.
“I just wanted to do what I had the last three days,” said Gustafson, who shot 66, 65, 67 her first three rounds. “But then obviously that didn’t work.”
|
Webb was much more sympathetic about Gustafson’s struggles.
Holding a six-shot lead when the day began, Gustafson had five bogeys and two double bogeys in her last 15 holes for a 7-over 79.
“Definitely I feel bad for her,” said Webb, who played with Gustafson the past two rounds. “You could probably tee it up nine times out of 10 with a six-shot lead and win.
“I’m sure she’s very disappointed.”
|
Shellshocked may be a better description.
Gustafson was trying for her first LPGA Tour win since 2003 and raced to the top the first three rounds with long, accurate drives and dead-on putting. She opened Sunday rock solid as ever with a first-hole birdie.
Gustafson made birdie on the third hole to reach 20-under, and was still ahead by five when her troubles began.
She hit her tee shot on the par-3 eighth into a bunker behind the green for a bogey, then three-putted the next green to drop another shot.
Gustafson followed on the 10th with a double bogey, her lead shrinking to one stroke over Na-Yeon Choi.
 | Latest golf video |
 Getty Images Will Tiger win again? The Masters is going to be huge for Tiger Woods, but don't expect him to be the player he once was. |
 | Slideshow |
 |
Top 10 'accessible' golf courses From California to Florida, these amazing greens are open for anyone to play. more photos |
Wesseling: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for AFC teams.
After leading by 18 points in the first half, the Los Angeles Lakers were staring at a four-point deficit with less than two minutes to play.
Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
