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Scheffler winning big at home and on the PGA Tour

ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler is having another big season going into the final tournament of the year at the Tour Championship. He picked up a $23 million bonus last week as the leading player in the FedEx Cup. His PGA Tour earnings are over $20 million for the fourth consecutive year. And ...

Willams sisters will play doubles together at US Open

NEW YORK — Serena and Venus Williams are teaming up again at the U.S. Open. The sisters will play doubles at the tournament after receiving a wild card Wednesday into the event they won twice. Serena Williams returned to tennis this summer after a four-year absence, and the sisters were ...

NFL owners unanimously approve sale of Seahawks

ATLANTA (AP) — NFL owners on Wednesday unanimously approved the $9.612 billion sale of the Seattle Seahawks to Vinod Khosla and his family, currently part owners of the San Francisco 49ers. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell congratulated the family for having "great timing" in purchasing the team that is coming off its second Super Bowl victory in franchise history. "It's not very often you can buy a Super Bowl championship team, but you've done that," Goodell said. "Many of our members struggle to find ways to get in the Super Bowl and win a trophy and you'll be walking into your new ...

Having a choice puts added pressure on schools

When I attended a much different public school in suburban Maryland, there was a public service announcement on TV that asked: "It's 10 o'clock. Do you know where your children are?" I was usually in bed at that hour on "school nights," but that question might be put a different way today: ...

AP’s way too early CFP prediction

The playoff that everyone wanted — make that, demanded — is now a fixture in college football. The latest set of tweaks were made to favor Notre Dame and maybe some mid-level champion of a big-name conference (think, Duke and the ACC last year), while the losers in that calculation are ...