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No golf fans followed Rickie Fowler on Thursday dressed the same as he was. That used to be a thing in 2010 when Fowler, then 22, rode his relaxed dirt-biking roots and...

Not many major golf championships have also served as an opportunity for fans to broaden their vocabulary, but this year’s U.S. Open at the Los Angeles Country Club may do just that....

When a struggling team scores a thrilling victory — especially in a packed ballpark against a crosstown rival before a day off — the question just has to be asked: How big...

The United States Golf Association acknowledged Wednesday that it had heard ferocious opposition to its proposal for professional players to use balls that travel shorter distances — but it also signaled no...

Quality relievers come from everywhere. Consider the two who reached 400 career saves last month. Craig Kimbrel was an early-round draft pick from Alabama, a dominant closer from his first summer in...

If there were ever a postcard of the Los Angeles Country Club, it would show the breathtaking view from the tee box on the par-3 11th hole. Downhill and in the distance,...

On Tuesday, as fans of the Athletics began to gather en masse at Oakland Coliseum in a long-planned reverse boycott of the team’s ownership and its plans to move the A’s to...

Edward Stack, who as the president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame conceived the eligibility rule that continues to prevent the election of Pete Rose, the prolific hitter who has been...

Eight-year-old L.J. Jones thought his grandfather Ralph Simpson had been keeping a secret from him. So he demanded answers.“Grandpa, can I ask you something?” Simpson, 73, recalled his grandson saying, imitating the...

One of golf’s greatest tests will unfold starting on Thursday, when the U.S. Open begins at the Los Angeles Country Club. It might be an easier lift — it will assuredly be...