Hale Irwin

NEWPORT BEACH — As if John Cook needed more of an advantage at the Toshiba Classic this week. The 11-time PGA Tour winner, who grabbed his ninth victory on the Champions Tour in January, doesn't totally have an edge on the Newport Beach Country...

It was the type of a tournament that could change a career, define a player. The 2008 U.S. Open stabilized Tiger Woods as an icon. The Open made Rocco Mediate everyone's favorite underdog. Mediate is well aware the tournament was a unique experience....

Past Toshiba Classic champions, and the top 30 players on the Champions Tour, amassing hundreds of wins combined, will tee it up at the 19th annual tournament, set to tee off March 11-17 at Newport Beach Country Club, the Toshiba Classic announced...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NHL Hockey--Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres, 11 a.m. (NBC); Los Angeles Kings at Chicago Blackhawks, 2:30 p.m. (NBC); Washington Capitals at New York Rangers, 5 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--Ohio State at...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NHL Hockey--Los Angeles Kings at Detroit Red Wings, 11:30 a.m. (NBC); New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--Indiana at Ohio State, Noon (CBS); St. John’s at Syracuse, 2...

|TV SPORTS| NBA Basketball--Indiana Pacers at Memphis Grizzlies, Noon (ESPN); San Antonio Spurs at Philadelphia 76ers, 6 p.m. (TNT); Los Angeles Lakers at Chicago Bulls, 8:30 p.m. (TNT) Men’s College Basketball--Cincinnati at Syracuse, 2:30 p.m....

Pity Peter Hanson and Paul Lawrie. The European duo got railroaded Friday afternoon by Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson. “The train left on the front nine,” Hanson noted. The Americans took the express car to victory with one of the greatest...

Loren Roberts, an eight-time PGA Tour champion and a 13-time Champions Tour winner, was inducted into the Toshiba Classic Hall of Fame at Newport Beach Country Club on Monday. Roberts, who won the 18th annual Toshiba Classic by two strokes, joined the...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Kansas City Chiefs at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Noon (CBS); Detroit Lions at Philadelphia Eagles, Noon (FOX); Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins, 3:25 p.m. (FOX); Green Bay Packers at Houston Texans, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| College Football--Louisville at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. (ESPNU); Texas vs. Oklahoma, 11 a.m. (ABC); Iowa at Michigan State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Northwestern at Minnesota, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); Alabama-Birmingham at Houston, 11 a.m. (FXSP);...

Hot-tea concessions and an on-site betting parlor. Waterproof fans and riveting competition. A bagpipe’s hymn and a bishop’s prayer. Ten years ago this month, courtesy of my gracious editors, I chronicled one of sport’s grandest events:...

The reaction of Champions Tour members to Augusta National’s decision to admit women can be summed up in one word: bravo. “That’s terrific,” Hinsdale resident Jeff Sluman said of the announcement Monday that former Secretary of...