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Tiger Woods returns to Bethpage Black for PGA Championship as the favorite

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. _ It rained here, too, in 2002.

Newsday · May 13, 2019

Mark Herrmann: With history of back problems, former Met David Wright can empathize with Tiger Woods

It is hard to imagine how much stretching, exercising, grimacing and more stretching Tiger Woods has to do for his back to feel ready to play any one round of golf. The public did get an inkling before the final round of the Masters, as tee times were moved up…

Newsday · May 13, 2019

Justin Thomas withdraws from PGA Championship with wrist injury

Justin Thomas, the 2017 PGA champion and former world No. 1, is out of the PGA Championship. He withdrew from the tournament because of a right wrist injury, he announced on Twitter on Monday afternoon.

Newsday · May 13, 2019

Anthony Rieber: There are a number of numbers that mean something to MLB players

When CC Sabathia picked up his 3,000th career strikeout on April 30 at Chase Field in Phoenix, it was quite a moment. Sabathia hugged his teammates, embraced his family and breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Newsday · May 11, 2019

Best new baseball books to read now

From the moon landing to Woodstock to the Stonewall riots, revolutionary change was in the air during the summer of 1969. That extended to sports as well. These were heady months when laughingstocks like the New York Mets, a team which had never finished higher than ninth in baseball's National…

Newsday · May 10, 2019

Tiger Woods Part II: Back on track for PGA Championship

NEW YORK _ In his prime, such as when he thoroughly controlled the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, Tiger Woods appeared to be the ultimate complete golfer. There was nothing he could not do, no quality he did not have on the golf course, so it seemed.

Newsday · May 10, 2019

'The Big Bang Theory': An appreciation of the sitcom that made geeks cool

We live in the age of the Geek. Geeks are smart. Geeks are funny. Geeks are fun. Geeks make cool stuff and know cool stuff. We could say about them, and probably have, that it's their world and we're just passing through.

Newsday · May 10, 2019

Ex-Met Ed Kranepool 'close to normal' after kidney transplant, his doctor says

NEW YORK _ Ed Kranepool's second miracle likely will enable him to attend the reunion in June of the first one nearly 50 years ago when he was the first baseman on the 1969 world champion Mets.

Newsday · May 10, 2019

Steve Popper: Allan Houston recalls the free-agent summer that brought him to the Knicks

NEW YORK _ As the Knicks prepare for their summer free-agent chase, it's worth revisiting a bit of history. Allan Houston was 25 years old and coming off of his rookie contract with the Detroit Pistons when he entered free agency in the summer of 1996 with no intention of…

Newsday · May 10, 2019

Billy Joel celebrates with family, fans at 70th birthday Madison Square Garden show

NEW YORK _ Billy Joel's 70th birthday party at Madison Square Garden Thursday night was packed with surprises _ for him and for the capacity crowd.

Newsday · May 10, 2019