Paul Stankowski

|TV SPORTS|   |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Chelsea at Tottenham, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, Philadelphia at Houston, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Auto Racing--NASCAR Sprint Cup, Hollywood Casino 400 practice, 10 a.m. (ESPN2); NASCAR Nationwide Series,...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer—Premier League, Fulham at West Ham, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. Costa Rica, 1:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football—Notre Dame vs. Navy, 8 a.m. (CBS); Ohio at Penn...

NEWPORT BEACH — For a guy who never played Big Canyon Country Club before this week, Bhavik Patel sure made the 113th Southern California Golf Assn. Amateur Championship look easy. The 21-year-old Bakersfield resident capped an impressive three...

What a Jones Cup. This year we were treated to a playoff between Big Canyon and Mesa Verde country clubs on a course in immaculate condition, on a postcard-type day at Newport Beach Country Club. The fairways were like carpet. The greens looked smooth...

TV SPORTS Soccer-Premier, Manchester United at Manchester City, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball-Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Minnesota Twins at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 9 p.m. (FXSP) NBA Basketball-Playoffs, New...

1987 -- Bret Saberhagen pitched a two-hitter at New York and the Kansas City Royals supported him with an 18-hit attack in aa 13-1 victory over the Yankees. 1992 -- Shane Mack had a home run among his four hits and led the Minnesota Twins to a 7-1 win...

TV SPORTS WNBA Basketball--Draft, 1 p.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball-Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees, 6 p.m. (ESPN, FXSP) NHL Hockey-Playoffs, New York Rangers at Ottawa Senators, 6:30 p.m. (CNBC); Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals, 6:30 p....

Rocco Mediate, who ended an eight-year winless drought with last month's victory at the Frys.com Open, has withdrawn from this week's Children's Miracle Network Classic field. No reason was given – PGA Tour rules don't require players to give an...

No sooner had the champagne corks popped to celebrate Lake Nona's third straight Tavistock Cup victory – and first to be played as a four-team event – talk already was in the air about expanding again. Tournament chief Andy Odenbach...

There's never enough space in print to chronicle all the various storylines at the PGA Tour's qualifying finals, where 166 pros are set to put themselves through a six-round grinder in hopes of securing one of the 25 PGA Tour cards available. The...