NEW YORK JETS: Vernon Gholston, Damien Woody, Kris Jenkins and Jason Taylor All to Be Cut, May Be Resigned

UPDATE: Woody has been informed of his cut: “”Just informed about my release….I want to thank the Jets and all the fans out there…it was a great ride!” Woody tweeted.” As I say before, hopefully he gets re-signed after all the dusts settles. It’s cut season in the NFL, with teams making some roster moves [...]

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PGA TOUR: Heritage Needs Sponsor to Survive

At media day for The Heritage today, the Hilton Head Island PGA Tour event whose had Verizon as a sponsor in recent years, the PGA Tour was pretty clear: get a sponsor, or you won’t see 2012. PGA Tour vice president Ty Votaw says it is “imperative” for the tournament to secure a replacement sponsor [...]

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PGA TOUR: What It Means, February 27, 2011

(This article originally appeared on Prosportsblogging.com) Well after deciding that posting from seven time zones away when you haven’t seen one shot of a tournament may not be the best idea, I’m back with this week’s What It Means. Luke Donald Wins the Accenture Match Play Championship: The victory is Donald’s third of his PGA [...]

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PGA TOUR What It Means: February 13, 2011

(This article originally appeared on Prosportsblogging.com) Tiger Woods Shooting a 75 on Sunday in Dubai: It’s a process. New swings need to be tested under every possible condition and Sunday presented a new one: heavy winds. He called it a learning experience and that it exposed some flaws in the swing. He’ll get them fixed. [...]

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GOLF: 2011 NBC Sports Golf Announcers

For 2011, here are your NBC Sports golf announcers: Dan Hicks, Johnny Miller, Peter Jacobsen, Gary Koch, Roger Maltbie, Mark Rolfing, Dottie Pepper, Jimmy Roberts and insider Tim Rosaforte.

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PGA TOUR: Match Play Moving to Doral?

Tim Rosaforte of Golf World, Golf Channel, and NBC had an interesting tweet last night: Weather issues, no gate and no player love for Dove Mountain has created scenario of Accenture to Doral and Cadillac taking WGC to Detroit. That would certainly be something interesting and help fulfill a goal of the PGA Tour ever [...]

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PGA TOUR: Let It Snow…in Arizona

This is a view of the 8th hole this morning at the Match Play in Marana, Arizona, courtesy of NBC Sports’ Dan Hicks’ Twitter page. A half inch of snow. Go figure. It’s 46 and Sunny right now in New Jersey.

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PGA TOUR: Schedule Change for Accenture Match Play

Frost and snow are in the forecast in Tuscon for Sunday (yes, that’s not a joke), and as a result the schedule for the WGC-Accenture Match Play has been altered. The quarterfinals and semi’s will both occur on Saturday, with the quarterfinals beginning at 9am ET on Golf Channel and the semi’s at 2pm ET [...]

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THE MASTERS: More Coverage on ESPN 3D

ESPN 3D is now a 24/7 channel (yes, you read that right). So it needs content, and The Masters will be one of those shows that creates content. It will expand to 10 hours of 3D this year: Wednesday 3-5pm ET Thursday-Friday 5:30-7:30pm ET Saturday-Sunday 5-7pm ET Remember, the regular TV coverage for The Masters [...]

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GOLF: Golf Channel and NBC Parternship Begins This Weekend

NBC and Golf Channel are now owned by the same company — Comcast — so the integration of the two entities begins this weekend, as the World Golf Championships Accenture Match Play Championship will debut “The Golf Channel on NBC.” From USAToday.com’s Michael Heistand: Also with TGC and NBC now joined in Comcast, NBC’s golf [...]

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