Brazil did not need its top stars to win its second straight Copa América title.
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Carnoustie was such a brutal test in the 1999 British Open that tabloids referred to it as Car-Nasty and there were far more complaints than birdies. Sergio García cried in his mother’s arms after an 89 in the first round, and Fred Funk withdrew after an 83 in the first round because he was fed up with the narrow fairways and knee-high rough.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby has a new contract before his 20th birthday and his eye on the Stanley Cup for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The NHL MVP and scoring champion signed a five-year extension through the 2012-13 season worth $43.5 million. The deal leaves room for the team to re-sign other young stars, such as Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal, in the coming seasons.
”It feels great, especially with the group of guys we have, to know I’m going to be able to grow with these guys and spend a while with them,” Crosby said Tuesday. ”To have that sense of security, it definitely feels good.”
The three-year contract Crosby signed as a rookie lasts through the coming season, and the five-year extension keeps him under contract for the next six seasons. Crosby may negotiate a new deal shortly before he turns 26, when he should be in his prime, agent Pat Brisson said.
For a few minutes on July 1, the Rangers looked for all the world like the Yankees, storming into the N.H.L.’s free-agency signing period to grab the top, expensive talent. They snatched the two most sought-after centers, who each came with $7 million price tags, and threw the rest of the league for a loss.
But unlike the Yankees, who treat baseball’s soft salary cap like a mere nuisance, the Rangers and the rest of the N.H.L. teams do have a real salary cap. But the league’s hard cap — won by the owners after the lockout of 2004-5 — is not feeling quite so restrictive these days at $50.3 million, up $6.3 million from last season.
John Ferguson, a renowned roughneck on five Stanley Cup championship teams with the Montreal Canadiens who later became a general manager and coach in the National Hockey League, died Saturday at his home near Windsor, Ontario. He was 68.
The cause was cancer, said his son, John Jr., the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Playing wing for the Canadiens from 1963 to 1971, Ferguson proved an intimidating presence, but he was adept with the puck as well. He scored 145 goals, an average of 18 a season, and had 158 assists. He was runner-up for the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year in 1964 and appeared in two All-Star Games.
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A faulty driver cost Mickelson his first European Tour victory yesterday, as Gregory Havret of France rallied to win the Scottish Open on the first playoff hole.
It was not the sort of finish Mickelson wanted heading to the British Open, which begins Thursday at Carnoustie, about a two-hour drive from the Scottish Open site in Luss.
Mickelson is still trying to erase the memory of a United States Open meltdown 13 months ago at Winged Foot, where a terrible drive on the 72nd hole led to a double bogey — leaving him one stroke behind the winner, Geoff Ogilvy.
With a one-stroke lead going to the final hole of regulation at Loch Lomond, Mickelson drove into thick rough along the right side of the fairway. He needed a chip shot and two putts for bogey, but Havret got down in two from 15 feet to force the playoff. Each player finished at 14-under-par 270.
After returning to the tee box at 18, Mickelson hit a drive that landed in the shin-high reeds along the water on the left side of the fairway, forcing him to hit an awkward shot that skidded sideways back into the fairway. His third shot wound up on the fringe at the back of the green, leading to another bogey.
Mickelson, who shot a two-under-par 69 in the final round, also bogeyed the 14th and 16th holes in regulation. Havret qualified for the British Open, his first major, clinching the victory with an up-and-down from a greenside bunker.
BYRD RALLIES TO WIN JOHN DEERE Jonathan Byrd birdied three of the final five holes and shot a five-under-par 66 to win the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill., and qualify for the British Open.
It was the third PGA Tour victory for Byrd, who finished the tournament at 18-under-par 266 — one stroke ahead of Tim Clark (68). The third-round leader, Nathan Green (71), finished in a tie with Troy Matteson (66), three strokes back.
PAK WINS FIFTH FARR CLASSIC After trailing briefly by three strokes after Morgan Pressel had a hole in one on the sixth hole, Se Ri Pak regained the lead with a birdie at the 15th hole and held on to tie an L.P.G.A. record with her fifth victory at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic in Sylvania, Ohio.
Pak, who previously won the Farr in 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2003, tied Mickey Wright, who won the Sea Island Open in 1957-58, ’60, ’62-’63, and Annika Sorenstam, who has won both the Samsung World Championship and the Mizuno Classic tournaments five times.
The 29-year-old Pak, who has already qualified for induction to the Hall of Fame, has 24 career victories. She followed rounds of 63, 68 and 69 with a four-under-par 67 to finish at 17-under-par 267. Pressel closed with a 69 and finished three shots back at 270.
FIRST VICTORY FOR EAKS R. W. Eaks, who never finished better than seventh in a PGA Tour event and was winless in 90 events over six seasons on the Champions Tour, shot a six-under-par 66 to win the inaugural Dick’s Sporting Goods Open in Endicott, N.Y. Eaks completed the three rounds at En-Joie Golf Club course at 17-under-par 199, three shots better than Bruce Vaughan.
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John Ferguson, a renowned roughneck on five Stanley Cup championship teams with the Montreal Canadiens who later became a general manager and coach in the National Hockey League, died Saturday at his home near Windsor, Ontario. He was 68.
The cause was cancer, said his son, John Jr., the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Playing wing for the Canadiens from 1963 to 1971, Ferguson proved an intimidating presence, but he was adept with the puck as well. He scored 145 goals, an average of 18 a season, and had 158 assists. He was runner-up for the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year in 1964 and appeared in two All-Star Games.
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Chris Seitz lists the HBO show В“EntourageВ” among his favorites. If that is the case, Seitz would be more likely to find a bit part in another cable comedy, В“Extras.В” That could change, and change quickly.
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