Rob Cox
Recent Stories by Rob Cox
Second thoughts
posted: 05/21/2012 3:07 a.m. Discuss
Scorecard snafu hits home again Caroline Inglis, a high school golfer from Oregon, lost her bid for an unprecedented fourth state title last week when she signed for an incorrect score kept by a playing partner following her final round at Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis, Ore.
Second thoughts
posted: 05/14/2012 3:41 a.m. Discuss
Weeden proves he can wing it Quarterbacks throw footballs at a lot of things — tires, tackling dummies, receivers — but Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden got to try something different during an appearance on ESPN’s Sports Science just before the NFL Draft, when the former Oklahoma State star and one-time minor league baseball pitcher fired footballs at clay targets, which were traveling at 43 mph.
Second thoughts
posted: 05/07/2012 2:52 a.m. Discuss
Hernandez kept save on hold For a few moments, a bemused Livan Hernandez didn’t know what was behind all the celebratory high-fives coming his way from his Atlanta Braves teammates.
Second thoughts
posted: 04/30/2012 2:42 a.m. Discuss
McCarver well-versed in hot air Fox Sports broadcaster Tim McCarver has a theory about the increase in home runs in the major leagues, and it doesn’t involve performance-enhancers.
Second thoughts
posted: 04/23/2012 2:48 a.m. Discuss
Soccer fans make racket during wait Soccer fans in Seville, Spain, weren’t happy when the home team’s match against Levante was pushed back into a late-night slot, 10:30 p.m. local time, to allow a Real Madrid-Barcelona match up to have the spotlight in prime time.
Second thoughts
posted: 04/16/2012 2:53 a.m. Discuss
Talk about fire-balling left-hander Bear Grylls, survivalist and star of Discovery Channel’s Man Vs. Wild, got the opportunity to throw out the first pitch at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday, and perhaps thinking of some of the epic failures of other celebrities, he wanted to bring the heat.
Second thoughts
posted: 03/19/2012 3:28 a.m. Discuss
Get those trees out of the way For the second consecutive week on the PGA Tour, a player has made an octuple-bogey.
Second thoughts
posted: 03/12/2012 4 a.m. Discuss
Now, if he can run like Zenyatta Former Horse of the Year Zenyatta foaled a dark bay colt Thursday at Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Ky., where Zenyatta has lived since retiring in November 2010. The colt weighed 130 pounds and resembles his mother with a white star on his forehead and white dots on his left front hoof.
