Pat Carter, HUNTINGTON, W.VA.Carter, 33, an insurance salesman, won the West Virginia Amateur championship for a seventh consecutive year, and the eighth year overall. Carter fired a 10-under 274 to prevail by six...

Stretched to the max, the Florida layout highlights the divide within the golf industry

Bengals Linebacker Takeo Spikes keeps a bowl of macadamia nuts in his locker to remind him to keep working toward his goal: a trip to Hawaii to play in the Pro Bowl. If he keeps playing as he did on Sunday, leading...

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Alaina Wesserling, a 21-year-old public relations major at Florida, thought the help-wanted ad in The Independent Florida Alligator, the student newspaper, looked a bit shady—"Need secretary, please call"—but she...

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Near Paris, an ambivalent European tour played on despite an uncertain future

•No Extra EffortThe fourth win of Robert Allenby's Tour career is the first to come in only 72 holes.

I guess this is where I'm supposed to say that sports are pointless now, as useless as a doily on an aircraft carrier. But that's not how I feel. Actually, I think that sports can be more important than ever in...

•YA GOTTA LOVE THIS GUYWhen he graduated from Bingham High in South Jordan, Utah, in 1996, the only offer 5'11", 155-pound wideout Kevin Curtis had to play football was an invitation to walk on at Snow Junior College...