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Spieth not afraid to call out pro autograph seekers Golfer sounds off at Pebble Beach, is ‘not appreciative of people who travel to benefit off other people’s success’
Marlins’ sale: Preliminary deal reached Joshua Kushner, whose older brother is an adviser to President Donald Trump, has a preliminary agreement to buy the Miami Marlins for about $1.6 billion, an AP source said. The preliminary agreement preceded due diligence by Kushner, the person said, adding the final offer could be much lower than $1.6 billion. Other parties also are interested in buying the Marlins, and Loria might reopen negotiations with them. Kushner, 31, is a New York City businessman and investor and part of the real estate family that also includes Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and an adviser to the president. Joshua is Jared’s younger brother. GOLF
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Tiger Woods pulls out of next two tourneys
P E BBL E BE AC H , C A L I F. — Jordan Spieth was soaked by
Tiger Woods pulled out of his next two tournaments because of ongoing back problems, a somber outlook for a 14-time major champion whose comeback barely lasted three tournaments before another setback.
rain, beaten by wind and ready to begin the half-mile trek back to the Monterey Peninsula clubhouse after the horn sounded to suspend play in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. That’s when a woman behind the ropes near the 17th tee asked for a picture. Another asked for an autograph. And then a request for a selfie. A half-dozen more followed. They had been in the nasty weather for hours during the opening round, and Spieth had no problem signing for them Thursday. The day before was a different matter. Spieth wrapped up a final practice round at Pebble Beach and was signing for the crowd when he reached the roped-off exit at the 18th green. According to a San Jose Mercury News reporter observing the scene, Spieth walked past a number of men who balked at him for ignoring their requests. Spieth accused them of being professionals who were only interested in selling his autograph. And when they kept barking at Spieth, one of them shouted an obscenity at him as Spieth signed for a young boy. “C’mon, guys, there are children here,” Spieth told them, according to The Mercury News. Spieth saved stronger words for his news conference when the reporter mentioned that it had become a little testy after his practice round. “I’m not appreciative of people who travel to benefit off other people’s success,” Spieth said. “I enjoy signing and sign for kids whenever we get the chance.” He said his management team keeps tabs on which items get sold online, so it got under his skin to see bags of merchandise to be signed “to benefit from other people’s success when they didn’t do anything themselves.” “Go get a job instead of trying to make money off of the stuff that we have been able to do,” Spieth said. Spieth is learning not to get into confrontations. A year ago at the Valspar Championship, he was walking through 75-yard corridor of fans asking for autographs. As often is the case, Spieth sent caddie Michael Greller ahead of him to collect items from children and what he discerned to be
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Raiders extend coach Del Rio Jordan Spieth gives autographs after a practice round at the PGA Championship in July at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. Spieth lashed out at professional autograph seekers this week, describing those who get autographs and immediately try to sell them elsewhere. AP files
The Oakland Raiders rewarded coach Jack Del Rio with a new four-year contract, replacing the original four-year deal he received when he took the job in January 2015. Owner Mark Davis made the announcement by saying the initial deal had been “torn up” after Del Rio led the Raiders (12-5) to their first playoff berth in 14 years before a loss to Houston.
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Final round on TV: Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. on Golf Channel, 3-:6:30 p.m. on CBS
Bucks’ Parker out for season
golf fans to make the process easy. When one man claimed Spieth never returned items he was supposed to sign from a year ago, Spieth challenged him. A debate ensued that was longer than it needed to be. On this occasion at Pebble, he wasn’t about to back away from an argument. “One of them dropped an F-bomb in front of three kids, so I felt the need to turn around and tell them that wasn’t right,” Spieth said. “And a couple of them were saying, ‘You’re not Tiger Woods, don’t act like Tiger.’ I mean ... you’re still trying to benefit off me, and I’m not even Tiger Woods. So, what’s that say about you?” Spieth then provided fodder for headlines by using the word “scums.” “I was just a little frustrated at the end, and I didn’t appreciate the language that was used and just some scums that just ... it just bothered me,” he said.
Bucks star Jabari Parker has suffered a season-ending left knee injury for the second time in three years. Parker will need surgery after tearing the ACL in the third quarter of the Bucks’ 116-88 loss to Miami on Wednesday. BROADCASTING
Tirico takes the on-air Olympic reins Mike Tirico is taking over from Bob Costas as the primetime host of NBC’s Olympics coverage starting next winter in South Korea. Costas, who has been the on-air concierge to NBC’s Olympics 11 times starting in 1992, said he decided on his own a year ago that the time was right for a change. The 50-year-old Tirico had been considered an heir apparent since joining NBC Sports from ESPN last year. The Associated Press
SUNDAY TV SUNDAY
AUTO RACING 4 p.m. NHRA, Circle K Winternationals. Fox BASKETBALL Noon Women’s College, Iowa at Ohio State. BTN Noon College, Lehigh at Holy Cross. CBSSN Noon Women’s College, Tulane at South Florida. ESPN2 Noon Women’s College, Dayton at G. Washington. ESPNU 1 p.m. College, Michigan at Indiana. CBS 1 p.m. Women’s College, Georgia Tech at Notre Dame. FSD+ 2 p.m. Women’s College, Wisconsin at Michigan. BTN 2 p.m. College, Temple at Memphis. CBSSN 2 p.m. Women’s College, Maryland at Michigan St. ESPN2 2 p.m. Women’s College, Texas A&M at Tennessee. ESPNU 3 p.m. Women’s College, Boston College at Louisville. FSD+ 3:30 p.m. NBA, San Antonio Spurs at New York Knicks. ABC 4 p.m. College, Nevada at San Diego State. CBSSN 4 p.m. College, Cincinnati at Southern Methodist. ESPN 4 p.m. Women’s College, Baylor at TCU. ESPN2 4 p.m. College, Wichita State at Loyola-Chicago. ESPNU 5 p.m. College, Oregon State at UCLA. FS1 6 p.m. NBA, Detroit Pistons at Toronto Raptors. FSD 6:30 p.m. College, Northwestern at Wisconsin. BTN 6:30 p.m. College, Virginia at Virginia Tech. ESPNU 8:30 p.m. College, Washington State at Colorado. ESPNU BOWLING 1 p.m. PBA, Players Championship. ESPN GOLF 1 p.m. PGA, AT&T Pebble Beach, Final Round. Golf 3 p.m. PGA, AT&T Pebble Beach, Final Round. CBS 3 p.m. Champions Tour: Allianz, Final Round. Golf HOCKEY 3 p.m. NHL, Detroit Red Wings at Minnesota Wild. NBC 7:30 p.m. NHL, Montreal at Boston. NBCSN SOCCER 8:25 a.m. Burnley vs Chelsea. NBCSN 9:30 a.m. Wolfsburg vs Hoffenheim. FS1 10:55 a.m. Swansea City vs Leicester City. NBCSN
11:30 a.m. Freiburg vs Koln. FS1 1 p.m. Toluca vs Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz. Univision WRESTLING 4 p.m. College, Indiana at Illinois. BTN
MONDAY
BASKETBALL 7 p.m. College, Colgate at Bucknell. CBSSN 7 p.m. College, Louisville at Syracuse. ESPN 7 p.m. Women’s College, Texas at Florida State. ESPN2 7 p.m. College, Baylor at Texas Tech. ESPNU 8 p.m. NBA, Detroit Pistons at Milwaukee Bucks. FSD 8 p.m. NBA, Oklahoma City at Washington. TNT 9 p.m. College, Villanova at DePaul. CBSSN 9 p.m. College, West Virginia at Kansas. ESPN 9 p.m. Women’s College, S. Carolina at UConn. ESPN2 9 p.m. College, Morgan State at Howard. ESPNU 10:30 p.m. NBA, Atlanta at Portland. TNT HOCKEY 7 p.m. NHL, New York Rangers at Columbus Blue Jackets. NBCSN SKIING 6:30 a.m. FIS Alpine, Audi World Championships. NBCSN SOCCER 3 p.m. Bournemouth vs Manchester City. NBCSN
TUESDAY
BASKETBALL 6 p.m. College, Saint Joseph’s at VCU. CBSSN 7 p.m. College, Rutgers at Purdue. BTN 7 p.m. College, Tennessee at Kentucky. ESPN 7 p.m. College, Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh. ESPN2 7 p.m. College, Notre Dame at Boston College. ESPNU 7 p.m. College, Wake Forest at Clemson. FSD 8 p.m. College, Dayton at St. Louis. CBSSN 9 p.m. College, Penn State at Nebraska. BTN 9 p.m. College, Ohio State at Michigan State. ESPN 9 p.m. College, Texas at Oklahoma. ESPN2 9 p.m. College, Mississippi State at Georgia. ESPNU 10 p.m. College, Boise State at New Mexico. CBSSN
SKIING 6 a.m. FIS Alpine, Audi World Championships. NBCSN SOCCER 2:30 p.m. UEFA Champions League, Round of 16, Paris Saint-Germain vs Barcelona. FS1
WEDNESDAY
BASKETBALL 6 p.m. College, LIU-Brooklyn at St. Francis N.Y.. CBSSN 6:30 p.m. College, Xavier at Providence. FS1 7 p.m. College, Maryland at Northwestern. BTN 7 p.m. NBA, Indiana Pacers at Cleveland Cavaliers. ESPN 7 p.m. College, Iowa State at Kansas State. ESPN2 7 p.m. College, Cincinnati at South Florida. ESPNU 7:30 p.m. NBA, Dallas Mavericks at Detroit Pistons. FSD 8 p.m. College, Creighton at Seton Hall. CBSSN 8:30 p.m. College, St. John’s at Butler. FS1 9 p.m. College, Indiana at Minnesota. BTN 9 p.m. College, Duke at Virginia. ESPN2 9 p.m. College, Oklahoma State at TCU. ESPNU 9:30 p.m. NBA, New York at Oklahoma City. ESPN 10 p.m. College, San Diego State at Utah State. CBSSN GOLF 9 p.m. LPGA, Women’s Australian Open, First Round. Golf HOCKEY 8 p.m. NHL, St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings. NBCSN 10:30 p.m. NHL, Florida at San Jose. NBCSN SOCCER 2:30 p.m. UEFA Champions League, Round of 16, Bayern Munich vs Arsenal. FS1
THURSDAY
BASKETBALL 6 p.m. Women’s College, Michigan at Indiana. BTN 7 p.m. College, Alabama-Birmingham at Marshall. CBSSN 7 p.m. College, Wisconsin at Michigan. ESPN 7 p.m. College, Texas A&M at Vanderbilt. ESPN2 7 p.m. College, SIU-Edwardsville at Murray State. ESPNU 7 p.m. Women’s College, Florida State at Virginia. FSD 8 p.m. Women’s College, Northwestern at Iowa. BTN 8 p.m. NBA, Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls. TNT
9 p.m. College, Middle Tennessee St. at W. Kentucky. CBSSN 9 p.m. College, Utah at Oregon. ESPN 9 p.m. College, Memphis at Connecticut. ESPN2 9 p.m. College, Morehead St. at Tennessee St. ESPNU 9 p.m. College, Arizona at Washington State. FS1 11 p.m. College, San Diego at BYU. ESPNU 11 p.m. College, Arizona State at Washington. FS1 GOLF 2 p.m. PGA Tour, Genesis Open, First Round. Golf 11 p.m. LPGA, Women’s Australian Open, Second Round. Golf HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. NHL, Colorado at Buffalo. NBCSN SKIING 7 a.m. FIS Alpine, Audi World Championships. NBCSN SOCCER 1 p.m. Gent vs Tottenham Hotspur. FS1 3 p.m. Manchester United vs Saint-Etienne. FS1
FRIDAY
AUTO RACING 5 p.m. NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: The Clash At Daytona, Practice. FS1 6:30 p.m. NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: The Clash At Daytona, Final Practice. FS1 BASKETBALL 5 p.m. Women’s College, Iona at Quinnipiac. ESPNU 7 p.m. NBA, All-Star Celebrity Game. ESPN 7 p.m. College, Valparaiso at Oakland. ESPN2 7 p.m. College, Kent State at Akron. ESPNU 7 p.m. Women’s College, Butler at Georgetown. FSD 7:30 p.m. Women’s College, Xavier at Villanova. FS1 9 p.m. College, VCU at Richmond. ESPN2 9 p.m. College, Fairfield at Quinnipiac. ESPNU 9 p.m. NBA, BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge. TNT 10 p.m. College, California at Stanford. FS1 GOLF 11:30 a.m. Champions: Chubb Classic, First Round. Golf 2 p.m. PGA Tour, Genesis Open, Second Round. Golf 11 p.m. LPGA, Women’s Australian Open, Third Round. Golf
HOCKEY 6:30 p.m. College, Minnesota at Penn State. BTN 7 p.m. College, North Dakota at Western Michigan. CBSSN 7:30 p.m. College, Providence at Notre Dame. NBCSN 9 p.m. College, Michigan at Wisconsin. BTN 9:30 p.m. College, Minn.-Duluth at Colorado College. CBSSN SKIING 7 a.m. FIS Alpine, Audi World Championships. NBCSN SOCCER 2:30 p.m. Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen. FS1
SATURDAY
AUTO RACING 12:30 p.m. NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series: The Clash At Daytona, Practice. FS1 2:30 p.m. The Clash At Daytona, Practice. FS1 4 p.m. ARCA, Daytona. FS1 8 p.m. NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series: The Clash At Daytona. FS1 BASEBALL 7 p.m. College, Grambling State vs. Southern. MLB BASKETBALL 11 a.m. Women’s College, Army at Navy. CBSSN Noon Women’s College, Rutgers at Wisconsin. BTN Noon College, Notre Dame at North Carolina State. ESPN Noon College, Northern Iowa at Wichita State. ESPN2 Noon College, Tulsa at Cincinnati. ESPNU Noon College, Clemson at Miami. FSD+ Noon College, Davidson at Massachusetts. NBCSN 12:30 p.m. College, Villanova at Seton Hall. Fox 1 p.m. College, Kansas at Baylor. CBS 1:30 p.m. College, Army at Navy. CBSSN 2 p.m. College, Illinois at Iowa. BTN 2 p.m. College, Florida at Mississippi State. ESPN 2 p.m. College, Texas Tech at West Virginia. ESPN2 2 p.m. Women’s College, Texas at Oklahoma. FSD+ 2 p.m. College, St. Bonaventure at Dayton. NBCSN 3 p.m. College, Colorado at Oregon. Fox 3 p.m. College, Calvin at Hope. WGVU 4 p.m. College, Saint Joseph’s at La Salle. CBSSN
4 p.m. College, Michigan State at Purdue. ESPN 4 p.m. College, Florida State at Pittsburgh. ESPN2 4 p.m. College, Auburn at Texas A&M. ESPNU 4 p.m. Women’s College, Kansas State at TCU. FSD+ 4 p.m. College, Rhode Island at George Mason. NBCSN 6 p.m. College, Nebraska at Ohio State. BTN 6 p.m. College, New Mexico at Fresno State. CBSSN 6 p.m. College, Kentucky at Georgia. ESPN 6 p.m. College, Southern Methodist at Houston. ESPN2 6 p.m. College, Rutgers at Northwestern. ESPNU 8 p.m. College, Xavier at Marquette. CBSSN 8 p.m. College, Arizona at Washington. ESPN2 8 p.m. College, Oklahoma at Oklahoma State. ESPNU 8 p.m. NBA, All-Star Saturday. TNT 8:15 p.m. College, Virginia at North Carolina. ESPN 10 p.m. College, Saint Mary’s at BYU. ESPN2 BOXING 9 p.m. Showtime Championship. Showtime GOLF 1 p.m. PGA Tour, Genesis Open, Third Round. Golf 3 p.m. PGA Tour, Genesis Open, Third Round. CBS 3 p.m. Champions: Chubb Classic, Second Round. Golf 9 p.m. LPGA, Women’s Australian Open, Final Round. Golf HOCKEY 2 p.m. NHL, Washington Capitals at Detroit Red Wings. FSD 7 p.m. College, Providence at Notre Dame. NBCSN 8 p.m. College, Minnesota at Penn State. BTN RUGBY 10 a.m. Premiership, Bath Rugby vs Harlequins. NBCSN SOCCER 7:25 a.m. FA Cup, Burnley vs Lincoln City. FS1 10 a.m. FA Cup, Huddersfield Town vs Manchester City. FS1 8 p.m. Monterrey vs Pachuca. Univision 10 p.m. Guadalajara vs Club America. Univision OTHER 2 p.m. College Lacrosse, Notre Dame vs. Georgetown. ESPNU 10 p.m. Women’s Gymnastics, UCLA at Utah. ESPNU