KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Tiger Woods watched the flight of his tee shot until he could see it drifting too far right, and he hung his head slightly as the ball tumbled off the green. Already with three bogeys in seven holes, it looked as though nothing was going right for him in the PGA Championship.
Dark clouds seem to have followed Woods on the weekend at majors this year. On Saturday at Kiawah Island, they might have saved him.
August 2012
MLB: Lillibridge, Tribe sink Sox
CLEVELAND (AP) — Brent Lillibridge homered, drove in two runs and scored on a squeeze bunt to back Zack McAllister’s strong pitching as the Cleveland Indians beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 on Saturday night.
LOCAL RACING: Racing is in Picard’s blood
PALMYRA — Ajay Picard has been around race cars for as many days as he can remember and all the ones he can’t, too.
“I grew up in it,” he said. “My dad was racing ever since I was born. I’ve been around it all my life. I guess you can say it’s in the blood. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do.”
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Reynolds a pool prodigy
FAIRFIELD —This is just for fun. A nice, laid back, friendly game of 8-ball. But Taylor Reynolds gets the look. She can’t help it. Her eyes narrow, her brow furrows and, with every shot, the 15-year old Winslow High School sophomore looks like she’s concentrating on the most important thing in the world.
Bill Nemitz: Ringer for King comes face to face with candidate
Had enough already of the race to replace Olympia Snowe in the U.S. Senate? Put yourself in John Laban’s place. “If I get into Augusta, it seems to crop up a bit more,” Laban, of Bethel, said in a recent interview. “It” is Laban’s separated-at-birth resemblance to Angus King, the former two-term governor now leading […]
Election 2012: This ad’s for YOU
Thanks to new technology, campaigns can tailor online messaging to specific regions and population demographics.
Carson still a force of nature 50 years after ‘Silent Spring’
First in an occasional series on Rachel Carson a half-century after the publication of “Silent Spring.” On Monday, women inspired by Carson become environmental activists. Some hailed her as a prophet of the environmental movement; others disparaged her work as alarmist and lacking scientific rigor. But there is no doubt that Rachel Carson and her […]
Cowboy Junkies perform at the Waterville Opera House
Cowboy Junkies perform at the Waterville Opera House Saturday night. The Canadian band is touring the United States promoting their new four CD box set “The Nomad Series”.
Democratic party platform group backs gay marriage
The national panel also calls for the repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
Analysis: Ryan pick sets clear November choice
Now it’s the Romney-Ryan budget, which President Obama calls ‘social Darwinism.’