Woods’ son taking first step toward playing on PGA Tour
The 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods is taking the first step toward trying to play on the PGA Tour. Charlie Woods is entered in a pre-qualifier for the Cognizant Classic.
The pre-qualifier for Woods is Thursday at Lost Lake Golf Club. The top 25 and ties advance to the Monday qualifier, where four players earn a spot in the field.
The PGA Tour said on its website Woods will play alongside Olin Browne Jr. and Ruaidhri McGee. Browne, whose father is a three-time winner on the PGA Tour, played in the U.S. Open last year at Los Angeles Country Club.
Charlie Woods is no stranger to the stage. Tiger Woods has played with his son four times in the PNC Championship, a 36hole tournament in which a major champion or a Players Championship winner teams up with a family member.
Tiger Woods, who withdrew from the Genesis Invitational last week with the flu, never won the tournament — formerly known as the Honda Classic — in four tries. He has not said when he will play next.
NHL
THOUSANDS IN WINNINGS UNCLAIMED FROM SHARKS RAFFLE »
A couple of hockey fans who played the 50/50 raffle at two San Jose Sharks games last month got pretty lucky – and might not even know it yet.
They better figure it out or find that ticket soon. Their winnings are about to disappear.
Per the Sharks’ foundation website, a $3,330 prize from San Jose’s game against the New York Rangers on Jan. 23, and a $2,235 prize from the team’s game against the Seattle Kraken on Jan. 30 have gone unclaimed, as of Tuesday night.
Per the contest’s rules, winners have 30 days from the raffle date to claim their prize.
NFL
CHICAGO BEARS ADD 1ST EVER FEMALE ASSISTANT COACH »
The Chicago Bears have hired Jennifer King as their first female coach in franchise history working as an offensive assistant with running backs.
King became the first Black female in NFL history to serve as a primary position coach in 2021 with Washington. She first was hired by Washington in 2020 as an offensive intern, and she spent the past three seasons as an assistant running backs coach.
She played 12 seasons as a seven-time All-American quarterback and wide receiver for the Carolina Phoenix women’s tackle football team from 2006-17.
MLB
WOODRUFF STAYING WITH BREWERS ON BACKLOADED 2-YEAR DEAL WORTH $17.5 MILLION »
Brandon Woodruff is staying with the Milwaukee Brewers after all.
The right-hander has finalized a backloaded $17.5 million, two-year contract
with Milwaukee that includes a mutual option for the 2026 season. The deal was completed three months after the Brewers allowed the injured pitcher to test free agency rather than tendering him a contract for 2024.
The 31-year-old Woodruff is expected to miss most, if not all, of the upcoming season while he recovers from shoulder surgery. But the new contract could keep the two-time All-Star with the Brewers when he returns to the mound, whether that’s this year or next year.
HOSMER RETIRES FOLLOWING A 13-YEAR CAREER » Eric Hosmer announced his retirement from baseball following a 13-year career that included winning four Gold Gloves and helping lead Kansas City to victory in the 2015 World Series.
Hosmer, 34, was released by the Chicago Cubs on May 25 after hitting .234 with two home runs in 31 games. The first baseman decided not to pursue any other playing opportunities.
Kansas City selected
Hosmer third overall in the 2008 amateur draft and he made his major league debut three years later. He spent seven seasons with the Royals before signing an eight-year, $144 million contract with San Diego before the 2018 season.
Soccer CHAMPIONS
LEAGUE » Wenderson Galeno scored in stoppage time to give Porto a 1-0 win over Arsenal in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League. Galeno broke the deadlock with a rightfooted shot into the far corner four minutes into added time, leaving Arsenal in need of a win in the return leg in London on March 12 to return to the quarterfinals of Europe’s elite club competition for the first time in 14 years . ... It was hyped as a matchup between highscoring center forwards Robert Lewandowski and Victor Osimhen and both strikers found the net in a 1-1 draw between Barcelona and Napoli in their round of 16 match. Lewandowski shot through the legs of Napoli captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo and inside the near post on the hour mark for his 93rd goal in the top club competition. Osimhen replied 15 minutes later with a shot from near the penalty spot.
GERMAN LEAGUE ABANDONS INVESTMENT DEAL AFTER FAN PROTESTS DISRUPT GAMES »
The German soccer league said it is abandoning plans to sell a stake in its media rights income to an outside investor after months of increasingly disruptive protests by fans.
The league, known as the DFL, said its board decided not to proceed with the deal. Private equity investor CVC Capital Partners was the only remaining prospective buyer for a 20-year slice of broadcast and sponsorship revenue in return for an up-front payment.
Protests by fans throwing objects onto fields have caused lengthy stoppages at games for weeks since the clubs in the top two men’s divisions voted in December to proceed with talks on the investment plan.