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Abdominal strains common in pro baseball players
By Genevra Pittman | Reuters – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More Major League Baseball players are being sidelined with abdominal muscle strains, according to a new study that suggests there may be too much focus on building strength and not enough on stretching and flexibility in the pros. The injuries, also known as side strains, typically occur with twisting or pivoting — such as during a pitcher’s throwing motion or a batter’s swing — and are also common in tennis and golf. “Part of this is just, you’re doing something that’s not a natural motion..
Haas wins a thriller at Riviera (AP)
[unable to retrieve full-text content] AP – The 18th hole at Riviera had given up only six birdies to 73 players in the final round of the Northern Trust Open. Bill Haas convinced himself there would be at least one more to force a playoff
Haas wins a thriller at Riviera (AP)
[unable to retrieve full-text content] AP – The 18th hole at Riviera had given up only six birdies to 73 players in the final round of the Northern Trust Open. Bill Haas convinced himself there would be at least one more to force a playoff.
CSN: Has baseball found its own Linsanity?
February 15, 2012, 9:07 am This did not occur to me when it should have, which is not unusual, but watching Jeremy Lin up his own ante yet again Tuesday night in Toronto caused the small Christmas-tree-sized bulb signifying a freshly-hatched half-formed idea to illuminate itself overhead late last night. Football has The Tebow
Fans' rite of spring: sun-seeking baseball trips
CHICAGO (AP)—Nothing stirs the blood of baseball fans quite like “pitchers and catchers report.” A harbinger of the coming season, the words mean players are reporting for duty in Florida and Arizona and spring training is about to be in full bloom. The 30 major league teams begin workouts by the end of next week and play games every day in March
Column: What happened to Tiger on Sunday? (AP)
[unable to retrieve full-text content] AP – The pretenders were as obedient as ever and folded early, just like they always seemed to when Tiger Woods was in his prime.
Column: What happened to Tiger on Sunday? (AP)
[unable to retrieve full-text content] AP – The pretenders were as obedient as ever and folded early, just like they always seemed to when Tiger Woods was in his prime.
Korda wins Women’s Australian Open (AP)
MELBOURNE, Australia – American teenager Jessica Korda won the Women’s Australian Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, holing a 25-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a six-player playoff. The 18-year-old Korda completed a two-sport, father-daughter Australian double with the breakthrough victory in the LPGA Tour opener.
Wi maintains the lead as Tiger charges (AP)
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Charlie Wi played bogey-free at Spyglass Hill for a 3-under 69 to build a three-shot lead Saturday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Now it’s time for him to face his demons of self-doubt — along with a familiar force in golf