Chris Kirk

The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene. KROPP RISES TO GRAND CHALLENGE Former All-Area Girls' Swimmer of the Year Andrea Kropp captured the 200-meter breaststroke championship while competing for Rattler Swim Club at the Speedo...

TV SPORTS Major League Baseball-Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians, Noon (WGN); New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP) Hockey-IIHF World Championships, pool play,...

HUMBLE, Texas (AP) — Angel Cabrera and Carl Pettersson took advantage of early tee times to beat the rain and share the early lead in the Houston Open. Cabrera and Pettersson shot 7-under 65 in calm conditions Thursday morning to set the pace...

The form chart says first-timers simply don’t win at Kapalua. But when more than 40 percent of the field – and most of the PGA Tour’s new guard – is getting its first look at the Hawaiian paradise, what’s the alternative?...

Players spent the week at the AT&T National worrying over the course's difficulty. Then came Saturday. Seven players tied or broke the course record, defying Aronimink Golf Club's inherent difficulty. The most stunning round came from Nick Watney, who...

Tiger Woods is back for 2011, he's looking to get out of the rough of last year, and his fans were at Torrey Pines Thursday to support him. On day one of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, Woods remained within striking distance of the leaders....

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY Aberdeen Cougars at Huron, 2 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING Aberdeen Swim Club at Sioux Falls Snowfox Meet MEN'S CITY LEAGUE BASKETBALL at Washington Street Gym 12:30 p.m. - House of Glass vs. Culver's/Expectec....

Former Walker Cup hero Jonathan Moore fired a 5-under-par 66 to take top honors at a U.S. Open local qualifier at Timacuan Golf & Country Club, the last of 16 first-stage qualifiers held in Florida for a shot at teeing it up in the 111th Open. Moore,...