Travelers notebook: Jordan Spieth plays by the numbers
CROMWELL, Conn. —Jordan Spieth is right where he expected to be if he could find a way to get to 12-under par after the third day at the Travelers Championship. He’s at the top of the...
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Borges: Eight-time major champion Tom Watson finds new passion as game of...
PEABODY — When eight-time major champion Tom Watson saddles up these days, he’s not putting his golf clubs in his trunk. He’s putting a saddle on his cutting horse.That’s the 67-year-old Watson’s new...
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Borges: After years of perseverance, Brandt Jobe shoots record 62
PEABODY — Ten and a half years ago, Brandt Jobe looked down at his golf game. It was lying there on his garage floor, right next to his thumb and index finger.Jobe had been sweeping out his garage when...
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Borges: Gordon Hayward doesn't solve all Celtics' problems
This being the start of the July doldrums, when the only team playing meaningful games is the Red Sox, it seemed a good time to clear out the attic of the mind and kick around some random thoughts...
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Borges: Red Sox can keep whining, as long as they keep winning
For the Red Sox to maintain or expand their lead in the American League East during the second half of the season, they need two things to happen. They need David Price and Hanley Ramirez to keep...
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Borges: Buy into McGregor-Mayweather clown show at your own peril
It is unlikely, were he alive today, that Plato would be paying much attention to Conor McGregor, but he once wrote an apt description of what the young Irish conman has been putting on exhibit this...
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Borges: Chris Sale provides perfect blueprint for David Price
If David Price has been wondering just what, exactly, Red Sox fans expect from their ace, all he had to do was pay attention yesterday. All he had to do was watch Chris Sale mow down the Yankees.When...
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Borges: If Colin Kaepernick wants to play in NFL again, he better learn that...
I’m not convinced many professional athletes should be taking career advice from Michael Vick, but he had a point Monday when it came to Colin Kaepernick and it wasn’t that he could use a new barber.In...
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Borges: Stunning CTE study message clear — play football at your own risk
The news keeps coming and it is seldom good when the subject is the connection between playing football and losing your mind.There may be more delicate ways to explain the effects of football on the...
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Borges: Let the boos rain down on phony David Price tonight
Tonight is the night for Red Sox fans to teach David Price a lesson about the consequences of his actions, since his manager won’t.If Sox fans are who they say they are and are as bothered by Price’s...
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Borges: Terrell Davis’ induction lowers bar for Pro Football Hall of Fame
CANTON, Ohio — Terrell Davis will be officially inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame tomorrow night and he has no doubt his bust belongs in Canton.But does he?“If the Hall of Fame is about a...
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Borges: Patriots owner Bob Kraft merits place in Pro Football Hall of Fame
CANTON, Ohio — Last night the Pro Football Hall of Fame belonged to Jerry Jones. Before long the same should be true for Bob Kraft.Generally, I’m not a strong believer in putting owners into halls of...
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Borges: Late Dick MacPherson a winner on and off the field
Dick MacPherson might have been the nicest man who ever coached pro football. Certainly he was the only one who ever gave my daughter a quarter.It was 1992 and things had turned sour for the Patriots,...
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PGA notebook: Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els reach 100 majors
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els put their tees in the ground today, they will become only the 13th and 14th professional golfers to play in their 100th major.It is a remarkable feat...
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Borges: Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy on collision course at PGA Championship
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One day before the opening round of the 99th PGA Championship, Jordan Spieth is not feeling it. That’s a good thing.After winning the British Open in stirring fashion by following a...
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Borges: Chris Stroud is 1 shot off PGA Championship lead because he just...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chris Stroud would have played naked at the PGA Championship if he had to. And he nearly did have to.Stroud had no intention of being at Quail Hollow this week for the 99th PGA...
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Borges: Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama within reach of lifting country’s major burden
Subtitle: Japan’s 1st in reach for MatsuyamaCHARLOTTE, N.C. — In tournament golf, pressure is always around you. For some, there is the pressure of outside and outsized expectations. For others, there...
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Borges: Justin Thomas turns major choke at U.S. Open into PGA Championship
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — He’s not just “Jordan Spieth’s best bud” any more. Today, Justin Thomas is the guy with his name somewhere Spieth’s is not. Engraved on the Wanamaker Trophy.When the week began, the...
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Borges: We need more open minds in the NFL, and everywhere else
Apparently, before there was Colin Kaepernick kneeling down, there was Marshawn Lynch sitting down. And now that Colin Kaepernick is sitting out, there is still Marshawn Lynch sitting down. Or maybe...
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Borges: Mayweather-McGregor at Mendon drive-in theater offers big view of fight
MENDON — Pay-per-view sales are trending toward a possible record five-million buys, and the measuring metrics on a number of other platforms argue that Saturday night’s Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor...
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