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Jerry West, the NBA legend who delivered championships to the Los Angeles Lakers as both a player and an executive, said, “It never ceases to amaze me the places you can go in this world chasing a basketball” as he was honored Thursday with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Now a consultant with the Los Angeles Clippers, West marveled at...

Police in Boston are investigating after a person’s body was found in the woods of Franklin Park. According to Boston Police, the body was discovered around 5 p.m. Officers were called to the scene.

The parents of an alcoholic bartender who worked at Tiger Woods’ restaurant are blaming the athlete, his girlfriend and their employees for the December drunk-driving crash that killed the man. A wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday in circuit court in Palm Beach County, Florida, claims that even though employees, managers and owners of The Woods, the golfer’s bar and restaurant...

A golfer and a horse were injured in bobcat attacks in Baltic Thursday morning and police have euthanized the rabid animal believed to have committed both attacks.

Phil Mickelson says he might be “more shocked than anyone” to learn that a college consulting company he has used the last three years has been accused of orchestrating a massive bribery scheme. He said he never contributed to William “Rick” Singer’s foundation tied to his California-based company, Edge College & Career Network, but used the service to find the...

A man has bitten off another man’s finger during a fight at a Massachusetts golf course. Plymouth fire officials confirm a 47-year-old man was arrested at the Southers Marsh Golf Club in Plymouth Friday after he apparently got into a fight with another golfer and bit off a part of his thumb.

Making his Olympic debut at the age of 19, American ski jumper Casey Larson never figured he would be making any historic records at the Pyeongchang Games. But Larson has become the 100,000th man to compete at the Olympics, according to historian Bill Mallon. Mallon, a former professional golfer and a leading authority on the history of the games, calculated...

Superstar golfer Tiger Woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving and agreed to enter a diversion program Friday, five months after he was found passed out in his Mercedes with prescription drugs and marijuana in his system. Woods, 41, spoke only briefly during a hearing at a Palm Beach County courthouse, answering questions from a judge about his plea agreement. Prosecutors...

A Pennsylvania high school golfer has defied huge odds by recording two holes-in-one in the same round.

Tiger Woods says he’s checked out of the clinic where he went to get help dealing with pain medications, adding he will “continue to tackle this going forward.”

According to the report, a Jupiter Police Department officer saw a black Mercedes stopped in the right lane, approaching the car and making contact with Woods, who was asleep in the driver’s seat with his seat belt on and the car running.

Star golfer Tiger Woods was arrested early Monday on charges of driving under the influence in Jupiter, near his South Florida home, sheriff’s deputies said.

Former professional golfer David Feherty gives Jimmy Fallon a talking golf club cover and chats about one drunken night out after a tournament in Sweden that he can’t remember.

Police say a rabid fox repeatedly attacked a golfer on his second hole at a Rhode Island country club.

Lexi Thompson heard fans chanting her name as she approached the 18th green, and it moved her to the brink of tears for the second time in an hour. Although she had lost her big lead at the ANA Inspiration on a four-shot penalty for a day-old rules violation, Thompson had gained the unabashed support of a crowd desperately willing...

A golfer was surprised to see an alligator on the 10th hole of the Seven Springs Golf and Country Club in Trinity, Fla., but was more surprised what was in the gator’s mouth.

A month after Tiger Woods said he planned to play in the Safeway Open this week at the Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, California, he reversed course, saying that “my game is vulnerable and not where it needs to be.”

Emiliano Grillo’s Olympic journey got off to a less than ideal start when his golf clubs were lost en route to Rio. Read More

Marco Dawson’s caddie has been taken to hospital after being hit on the head by a tee shot from Vijay Singh during a practice round at the British Open....
The R&A, which organizes the British Open, said William Ciplinski’s injuries were not serious and that he was talking and fully conscious before being transferred to hospital for overnight...