Painful moment at St. Jude’s Classic

Here’s one cut he wishes he’d missed.

Padraig Harrington had to pull out of the FedEx St. Jude Classic after an amateur at a golf clinic swung and hit him in the left elbow, opening a six-stitch gash.

Simply out of habit, Padraig had a swing doctor fix his slice.

NBA headlines

At SportsPickle.com: “Kevin Durant silences all the critics who said he could never help a 73-9 team win

At TheKicker.com: “Knicks work out prospects to see how well they feud with Phil Jackson.”

Nothing to sneeze at

Another sure sign the NBA playoffs take too long: An artist in Cleveland sculpted a bust of LeBron James made entirely out of dryer lint.

Daly trouble

The U.S. Open gallery witnessed quite an unusual sideshow during the opening round at Erin Hills: an advertising blimp crash about a mile from the course. Evoking memories of John Daly carding an 18 on No. 6 at Bay Hill in 1998.

Cardinal Sins Dept.

Looks like Louisville’s Rick Pitino might be the first basketball coach to have an NCAA title vacated.

We had John Calipari in the office pool.

Picture this

With another NBA season coming to an end, Commissioner Adam Silver gets to return to his other job: Holding the pitchfork in American Gothic.

Food for thought

Two Bay Area Indian restaurants report a dramatic increase in orders of curry dishes on days the Warriors are playing.

It beats the heck out of buying Chicken McNuggets in Denver.

Why, of course

Dustin Johnson revealed his second son is named River in honor of Riviera Country Club — the suburban L.A. course on which Johnson became world No. 1 by winning the Genesis Open earlier this year.

Someday the kid will be thankful his daddy didn’t do it at Sawgrass or Possum Trot.

Golden goose

Oakland police issued more than 40 citations and towed at least 30 cars that were being driven recklessly after the Warriors’ championship win.

Looks like they tried to hold a basketball celebration and a NASCAR race broke out.

Talking the talk

Pro wrestler Sheik Shabaz, to CBC Edmonton, on the secret to his sport: “Crowd interaction. Without a crowd we would just be a bunch of guys fighting each other in our underwear.”

Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, on the Nadi X yoga pants that vibrate when your pose is incorrect: “Which explains the new yoga pose ‘downward bad dog.’”

Pass the Ben-Gay

East Carter pitcher Montana Fouts threw 451 pitches in one day — four games — at the Kentucky state Class 2A softball championships.

For some strange reason, she’s developed a sudden craving for Hamburger Helper.