Numbers Game Goals, Reaching the Milestone in a 103-98 Loss at Cleveland
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This Day In Sports 1977 — Boston’s John Havlicek becomes the second player in NBA history to connect on 10,000 career field Numbers Game goals, reaching the milestone in a 103-98 loss at Cleveland. C4 Antelope Valley Press, Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Morning rush No one else close to Woods, Snead Valley Press news services By DOUG FERGUSON ALL SMILES cuts, but for twice getting at least Logano crew member suspended Associated Press halfway to Nelson’s unthink- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR suspended a The toughest competition for Tiger Woods able 11 straight victories. Woods member of Joey Logano’s crew Monday for this Tiger Woods has always been smiles during reached seven in a row on the weekend’s race at Texas after the tire specialist history. a winner’s PGA Tour through 2006 at Tor- dragged Denny Hamlin to the ground in a chaotic What captured the public’s ceremony after rey Pines. scuffle between the rival drivers. attention when Woods won the winning the Zozo But the better measure of Dave Nichols Jr. horse-collared Hamlin and Championship his greatness is not the legends pulled him to the pavement after Sunday’s race at first of his 15 majors, the 1997 Masters, was whether he could PGA Tour at Woods is chasing. Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. Hamlin and Lo- the Accordia It’s the players he is beating. gano had been discussing an on-track incident that match or beat the 18 majors won suddenly flared into a confrontation. by Jack Nicklaus, long considered Golf Narashino Generations are tough to Many Team Penske crew members shielded the gold standard in golf. That re- country club in compare even with simple num- Logano from a charging Hamlin, and Nichols ap- mains the ultimate target. Inzai, Japan, on bers like 18 and 82. The game, proached him from behind and knocked Hamlin Until then, he landed a big Monday. the courses, the equipment, ev- down. Nichols, crew chief Todd Gordon and com- one in Japan. Associated Press erything evolves. No one will ever know how Woods stacked petition director Travis Geisler were all called be- Woods was coming off a two- pretty special. I think there’s a lot faced — five surgeries on his fore NASCAR after the fracas. month break that began with more in store.” up against Snead, Nelson, Ben Nichols was found to be in violation of a NA- knee, four surgeries on his back, Hogan or Bobby Jones. No one a fifth surgery on his left knee, Expect plenty of debate until the embarrassment of being SCAR behavioral guideline that addresses “mem- this one to repair minor cartilage can say how Nicklaus would fare Woods makes it 83 and has the caught in a personal scandal that ber-to-member confrontation with physical vio- damage. He opened his new sea- against today’s generation. lence.” record to himself. cost him his marriage and uni- son with three straight bogeys, Snead always argued he won What made Snead’s record and then followed with 27 birdies versal corporate support, a mug 82 victories even more impres- 2 women who flashed breasts at World more than 82 times during his shot from his DUI arrest two to win the Zozo Championship seemingly ageless career that sive than the number alone was Series banned by MLB by three shots. It was his 82nd years ago when he mixed pain that no one else was close to him. HOUSTON — The two women who flashed their stretched across three decades. medications. career victory, tying the record He also has team events, like the When he won the last of his of- breasts from behind the backstop during Game 5 “It’s satisfying to dig my way Sam Snead established in 1965, Inverness Four-Ball Invitational, ficial victories at the Greater of the World Series have been banned from major out of it and figure out a way,” league ballparks. 10 years before Woods was born. counted among his official tally. Greensboro Open in 1965, only Major League Baseball sent the women a letter That’s three victories in 13 The PGA of America ran Woods said. “There are some two other players had more than shortly after their escapade Sunday night. months, and no indication it will tournament golf in Snead’s time hard times trying to figure it out, 50 career wins — Hogan (64) and Julia Rose and Lauren Summer identified be the last one. and there wasn’t a standard tour but I’ve come back with different Nelson (52). themselves on social media. Popular on Instagram, “The ball-striking exhibition schedule like there is now. The games over the years, moving Woods now has 82 victories. they lifted their tops and exposed themselves as I’ve seen the last two days is a PGA Tour researched the records patterns, and this one’s been ob- That’s more than Phil Mick- Houston Astros ace Gerrit Cole was set to pitch to joke,” said U.S. Open champion and settled on 82 wins for Snead. viously the most challenging.” elson (44) and Vijay Singh (34) Ryan Zimmerman of Washington in the seventh in- Gary Woodland, who played the Whatever arguments are made, Woods has been linked with combined. The other Hall of ning at Nationals Park. final two rounds with Woods on that’s the official mark. Nicklaus his entire career. He Famer from his generation is The women were standing in the second row, a rain-soaked course northeast That’s what Woods matched, has been mentioned alongside Ernie Els, who traveled and won slightly to the first base side behind the plate. Their of Tokyo. “I don’t see him stop- an astonishing feat considering Byron Nelson, not only for break- worldwide but has 19 victories on stunt was seen live on Fox by a camera shooting the litany of obstacles he has from center field. ping anytime soon. Eighty-two is ing his record for consecutive the PGA Tour. Cole stepped off the mound, but it’s unclear whether he saw the women. MLB says the ban from big league stadiums is NFL COLLEGE FOOTBALL NBA SPORTS ODDS AUTO RACING indefinite. AMERICAN CONFERENCE The AP Top 25 WESTERN CONFERENCE Major League Baseball NASCAR Monster Energy West The Top 25 teams in The Associated Pacific Division World Series W L T Pct PF PA W L Pct GB FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE Cup Schedule Press college football poll, with first- June 30 — Camping World 400 (Alex Kansas City 5 3 0 .625 226 181 L.A. Clippers 3 1 .750 — at HOUSTON OFF Washington OFF place votes in parentheses, records NBA Bowman) Oakland 3 4 0 .429 151 192 through Oct. 26, total points based L.A. Lakers 2 1 .667 ½ L.A.Chargers 3 5 0 .375 157 157 Phoenix 2 2 .500 1 Today July 7 — Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Justin Denver 2 6 0 .250 125 151 on 25 points for a first-place vote Golden State 1 2 .333 1½ FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG Haley) at MIAMI 8 (224½) Atlanta Planner East through one point for a 25th-place Sacramento 0 4 .000 3 July 13 — Quaker State 400 Presented by at DENVER 6 (216) Dallas W L T Pct PF PA vote, and previous ranking: Southwest Division Walmart (Kurt Busch) Record Pts Pv at LAKERS 12 (219½) Memphis July 21 — Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 New England 8 0 0 1.000 250 61 W L Pct GB National Hockey League Buffalo 5 2 0 .714 134 122 1. LSU (17) 8-0 1476 2 San Antonio 3 0 1.000 — (Kevin Harvick) COMING UP IN THE VALLEY Today July 28 — Gander RV 400 (Denny Hamlin) N.Y. Jets 1 6 0 .143 78 185 2. Alabama (21) 8-0 1474 1 Houston 2 1 .667 1 FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE Aug. 4 — Go Bowling at The Glen (Chase ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE (Junior College) Miami 0 7 0 .000 77 238 3. Ohio St. (17) 8-0 1468 3 Dallas 2 1 .667 1 at Pittsburgh -150 Philadelphia +140 South 4. Clemson (7) 8-0 1406 4 Memphis 1 2 .333 2 at BOSTON -195 San Jose +180 Elliott) ■ M Basketball: Thurs. vs. Palomar at Ventura W L T Pct PF PA 5. Penn St. 8-0 1302 6 New Orleans 0 4 .000 3½ at CAROLINA -144 Calgary +134 Aug. 11 — Consumers Energy 400 (Kevin Indianapolis 5 2 0 .714 158 151 6. Florida 7-1 1226 7 Northwest Division at TORONTO -118 Washington +108 Harvick) Tournament, 1 p.m. Aug. 17 — Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Houston 5 3 0 .625 212 188 7. Oregon 7-1 1108 11 W L Pct GB Tampa Bay -178 at NY Rangers +166 ■ W Basketball: Friday at Bakersfield Crossover Jacksonville 4 4 0 .500 173 163 Denver 3 0 1.000 — Edmonton -129 at DETROIT +119 Race (Denny Hamlin) 8. Georgia 6-1 1093 10 at Nashville OFF Chicago OFF Sept. 1 — Bojangles’ Southern 500 (Erik Tournament, TBA Tennessee 4 4 0 .500 148 135 9. Utah 7-1 1032 12 Minnesota 3 0 1.000 — North Utah 3 1 .750 ½ at DALLAS -153 Minnesota +143 Jones) ■ Cross Country: Nov. 8 at SoCal Champ., 10 a.m. 10. Oklahoma 7-1 1017 5 at Ducks -108 Winnipeg -102 Sept. 8 — Big Machine Vodka 400 at the W L T Pct PF PA 11. Auburn 6-2 910 9 Portland 2 2 .500 1½ College Football ■ Football: Saturday vs. Mt. San Jacinto, 2 p.m.