Sporting Life

SILVIS, Ill. – Once again Michelle Wie failed in her quest to become the first woman golfer since 1945 to use the men’s shower facilities at a PGA event. Her failure left many Wie watchers disappointed. They believed the John Deere was her best chance of lathering up with the

NEWPORT, R.I. – Michelle Wie is tied for the lead after the first day of the U.S. Women’s Open at the historic Newport Country Club. Ms. Wie, who is taking time off from her quest to become the first woman to qualify for something on the men’s tour, is currently

DURHAM, N.C. – Sports fans have been wrestling with a pair of troublesome questions this week: Why would former Duke basketball star JJ Redick get wasted enough to attract police attention just weeks before the NBA draft, in which he is expected to be a first-round pick? And why would

SUMMIT, N.J. – Michelle Wie has nothing left to prove on the golf course, and she may retire soon to pursue other career opportunities in arenas traditionally dominated by men. Ms. Wie made her announcement yesterday after another inspiring performance, this time at the Canoe Brook Country Club, where she

KENNET SQUARE, Penna. – Two e-mail addresses created to allow racing fans to send get well messages to Barbaro may have to be shut down. According to Dean Richardson, the veterinarian who operated on the Kentucky Derby champion after he had fractured his right hind leg in the Preakness, more

TORINO, Italy – In response to Olympic athletes’ proclaimed indifference to medals, an Olympic official told reporters following the women’s figure skating championship last night that certificates of participation would “more than likely” replace medals at the next Winter Olympics, which will be held in Vancouver in 2010. “After listening

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Phoenix Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky and his actress wife, Janet Jones, won’t permit a little bad press regarding their gambling habits to dampen their trademark sense of humor. They have decided to “damn the hockey pucks” and to honor a commitment they made to US Weekly last year to

TRENTON, N.J. – For Wayne Gretzky’s wife, Janet Jones, betting on a football game is “way tame, eh?” The part-time actress and full-time gambler not only bet $75,000 on this year’s Super Bowl but also wagered $5,000 on the pre-game coin toss, $10,000 on the over-under number of combined challenges

HAWAII – Golfing sensation Michelle Wie, 16, added to her string of moral victories yesterday when she shot a sixty-eight in the second round of the Sony Open here and failed once again in her quest to make the cut at a men’s event. Wie’s score, which obliterated her first

NEW YORK – Monday Night Football has suspended Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens indefinitely for conduct detrimental to its commercials. Owens, who appeared in an infamous skit with Desperate Housewives star Nicollette Sheridan preceding an MNF telecast last November, was scheduled to appear in a follow-up to that controversial

WEST CHESTER, Penna. – West Chester police announced yesterday that they were seeking the newly minted Kobe Bryant bobblehead doll for questioning in connection with the alleged rape of a Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader doll that occurred in the drafting room of the Apollo Bobblehead Doll Company. “It’s too early

EL SEGUNDO – After being ordered by a Florida judge to pay DirecTV $25,000 in damages, plus attorneys’ fees, for stealing the satellite platform’s signal, O.J. Simpson vowed that he “wouldn’t rest” until he had found the “real signal thieves.” Despite Simpson’s pledge, a DirecTV representative claimed, “The evidence in

LEBANON, Ohio – Michelle Wie continued her march to golf immortality on Friday with a 5-4 loss to someone named Clay Ogden in the quarter final round of the U.S. Amateur Public Links tournament, men’s division. Although technically Ogden went on to win the tournament, Wie rightfully garnered the winner’s