ESPN networks, ABC and Disney channels go dark on DirecTV on a busy night for sports

ESPN networks, ABC and Disney channels go dark on DirecTV on a busy night for sports

ESPN has gone off the air on a major carrier for the second straight year during the U.S. Open tennis tournament and in the midst of the first full weekend of college football. Disney Entertainment channels went dark on DirecTV Sunday night after the sides were unable to reach a new carriage agreement. The move … Read more

ESPN networks, ABC and Disney channels go dark on DirecTV on a busy night for sports

ESPN networks, ABC and Disney channels go dark on DirecTV on a busy night for sports

ESPN has gone off the air on a major carrier for the second straight year during the U.S. Open tennis tournament and in the midst of the first full weekend of college football. Disney Entertainment channels went dark on DirecTV Sunday night after the sides were unable to reach a new carriage agreement. The move … Read more

Noah Kent, Jose Luis Ballester win matches to reach US Amateur title match

Noah Kent, Jose Luis Ballester win matches to reach US Amateur title match

CHASKA, Minn. — Noah Kent loves the high stakes of match play, and it has taken the Iowa sophomore all the way to the championship match of the U.S. Amateur. Kent was on the verge of his semifinal match going all square when Jackson Buchanan made an 18-foot birdie on the 15th hole. Kent calmly … Read more

Thomas opens with 62 to lead Scottish Open by 1 with McIlroy 3 shots behind

Thomas opens with 62 to lead Scottish Open by 1 with McIlroy 3 shots behind

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Justin Thomas dressed in tartan-patterned trousers and played the part Thursday in the Scottish Open with an 8-under 62, his lowest opening round on the PGA Tour since his 59 in the Sony Open seven years ago. Rory McIlroy was three shots behind with a 65 that he hopes will be … Read more

Tyrrell Hatton holds off Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau to win LIV Golf Nashville

Tyrrell Hatton holds off Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau to win LIV Golf Nashville

COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. — Tyrrell Hatton won the inaugural LIV Golf Nashville event Sunday, easily holding off Jon Rahm and two-time U.S. Open champ Bryson DeChambeau for the Englishman’s first victory since January 2021 at Abu Dhabi. Hatton took a three-stroke lead into the round, and shot a 6-under 65 to polish off a six-stroke … Read more

DeChambeau goes from the spotlight back to LIV with hopes of golf becoming whole

DeChambeau goes from the spotlight back to LIV with hopes of golf becoming whole

PINEHURST, N.C. — Bryson DeChambeau acted as though he didn’t want this U.S. Open to end. He watched his name being engraved on the silver trophy for the second time. He filled it with grains of sand from the bunker where he produced the most memorable shot on the 72nd hole of a U.S. Open … Read more

Bryson DeChambeau wins another U.S. Open with a clutch finish to deny Rory McIlroy

Bryson DeChambeau wins another U.S. Open with a clutch finish to deny Rory McIlroy

PINEHURST, N.C. — Bryson DeChambeau climbed back into the most famous bunker at Pinehurst No. 2, this time with the U.S. Open trophy instead of his 55-degree sand wedge, filling the silver prize with grains of sand to commemorate the best shot of his life. Rory McIlroy wanted to bury his head in the sand. … Read more

Scheffler goes without a birdie for a 74 and fears an early exit from US Open

Scheffler goes without a birdie for a 74 and fears an early exit from US Open

PINEHURST, N.C. — Scottie Scheffler chose iron off the tee for position Friday in the U.S. Open and sent it well right of the fairway toward trouble, whether that was a bunker or the dusty dunes or the native plants dotting the landscape. “What are you DOING?” he said to himself as he watched the … Read more

US OPEN ’24: Payne Stewart indelibly linked to Pinehurst

US OPEN ’24: Payne Stewart indelibly linked to Pinehurst

Pinehurst No. 2 in the sandhills region of North Carolina has 117 years of golf history behind it. That includes a PGA Championship not many remember, a Ryder Cup before anyone cared and one U.S. Open champion no one can forget. No trip to Pinehurst No. 2 is complete without posing with the statue of … Read more