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Nearly a year after the “Distance Insights Project” declared that golfers are hitting the ball farther than ever, the game’s two governing bodies Tuesday announced three proposed changes to equipment and testing standards. Bryson DeChambeau might be interested in one of them. One of the proposed changes includes a local...

Hendrick Motorsports signed its first two sponsors for Kyle Larson, a promising sign as the driver attempts to rebuild his image after his use of a racial slur derailed his promising career. Cincinnati Inc., a machine tool maker, and heavy-duty truck manufacturer Freightliner will be the primary sponsors of Larson’s...

1913 — Jim Thorpe, star of the 1912 Olympics, signs to play baseball with the New York Giants. 1914 — The Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play an exhibition game to promote baseball in Egypt. The game ends in a 3-3 tie. 1956 — Hayes Alan Jenkins leads...

SAN DIEGO — Patrick Reed was so unaffected by a rules controversy a day earlier that he won the Farmers Insurance Open by five shots, the biggest margin in his nine career PGA Tour victories. Reed closed with a 4-under 68 at Torrey Pines, making an eagle on the par-5...

1920 — Joe Malone of the Quebec Bulldogs scores an NHL record seven goals in a 10-6 victory over the Toronto St. Patricks. 1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Red Burman in the fifth round at Madison Square Garden to retain the world heavyweight title. 1950 — High school pitcher...

SAN DIEGO — Patrick Reed was involved in another rules controversy Saturday in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. He also had a share of the lead with Carlos Ortiz. On the par-4 10th, Reed hit a 190-yard shot out of a bunker with a TV replay showing the...

MOBILE, Ala. — Texas A&M’s Kellen Mond was the Senior Bowl MVP, but two fellow SEC Western Division products made the decisive big play. Arkansas’ Feleipe Franks threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Mississippi tight end Kenny Yeboah in the fourth quarter to help seal the National team’s 27- 24...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Colin Castleton scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half, and Florida beat No. 11 West Virginia, 85-80, on Saturday in the Big 12-SEC Challenge. Noah Locke had 19 points for Florida (10-4), which has won a season-high four straight. Tyree Applebee finished with 12....

MARSEILLE, France — The French league postponed Marseille’s home game against Rennes just three hours before kickoff Saturday after angry Marseille fans marched to the club’s training complex to protest poor results. The LFP said in a statement no new date has been set for the match. But seventh-place Marseille’s...

1926 — The major league rules committee mandates pitchers must have access to a rosin bag. 1971 — UCLA starts its 88-game winning streak with a 74-61 win over UC Santa Barbara. 1983 — John Riggins rushes for a Super Bowl-record 166 yards on 38 carries to spark the Washington...

1950 — In an Associated Press poll of sports writers and broadcasters, Jack Dempsey is voted the greatest fighter of the past 50 years. Dempsey received 251 votes to 104 for Joe Louis. 1963 — Eleven players and six officials are elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jim...

Tim Donaghy already brought the sort of crooked, scripted outcomes professional wrestling loves to the NBA — and lost his job and went to jail. His newest employer, Major League Wrestling, thrives on those sort of shenanigans. The fix is in! That’s just fine this time around for MLW and...

With a coronavirus-enforced quarantine coming to an end, the world’s elite tennis players will go from two of the quietest weeks of their lives in Australia to three of the busiest. The government-mandated quarantine ahead of the Feb. 8-21 Australian Open had a controversial start. Some players complained bitterly after...

MOBILE, Ala. — Former Wake Forest quarterback Jamie Newman hasn’t played in a game in about 400 days since first switching schools and then opting out of the 2020 season. Newman hardly is alone among the players trying to shake off the rust after long layoffs leading up to Saturday’s...

SAN DIEGO — Rory McIlroy is playing the Farmers Insurance Open for just the third time, looking for his first tour victory since 2019 while getting a feel for the course that will host the U.S. Open in June. With seven-time winner Tiger Woods missing one of his favorite tournaments...