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Greg Norman, playing out of a bunker, has two rounds of par 70 at Royal Birkdale. |
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On Shark alert
Vintage Norman lurking one shot behind leader Choi in British Open
By Larry Dorman
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
SOUTHPORT, England – As curtain calls go, the scene unfolding amid the ancient dunes at Royal Birkdale yesterday surely would rank among the most compelling golf has seen in a long time. With a misty sheet of rain wrapped like a shroud around the northwest coast of Merseyside, a golfer given up for dead walked up the 18th fairway to a standing ovation, waving and smiling, his hat doffed to reveal the still ample and familiar shock of blond hair with a touch of gray.
Maddux's 6-3 lead lasts him two outs
Cards' 4 runs off Bell in eighth beat Padres
By Tom Krasovic
STAFF WRITER
ST. LOUIS – The Padres are trotting out an unusually high number of ballplayers who wear the 4A label. Consider it a mixture of cause and effect for a season on pace to yield some 100 defeats.
PRO FOOTBALL JERRY MAGEE
It starts with QBs, but FBs are MIA
With the first NFL team reporting to training camp today in suburban Washington, D.C., Union-Tribune NFL writer Jerry Magee presents some of the stories you'll be hearing about over the next several weeks, like it or not.
Can Lava Man rekindle old fire?
Enters Eddie Read on five-race skid
By Hank Wesch
STAFF WRITER
DEL MAR – Lava Man came here a year ago on a California roll, having won five straight signature events at the state's major tracks. The then-6-year-old gelding swept the Santa Anita Handicap, Hollywood Gold Cup and Pacific Classic in 2006 and had the '07 Big 'Cap and Gold Cup under his girth strap with dead aim at the Pacific Classic.
