Ryan Palmer

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer—Premier League, Fulham at West Ham, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. Costa Rica, 1:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football—Notre Dame vs. Navy, 8 a.m. (CBS); Ohio at Penn...

Not-so-random nugget about The Greenbrier resort: It has a bomb shelter. Seriously. Hidden underneath the massive West Virginia resort is an almost equally massive complex designed to keep every member of the House and Senate housed and fed for six months...

Sometimes it’s the little things that start the chain reaction. In this case, it was a spot on the charter flight taking PGA Tour pros from the John Deere Classic to the British Open. Without that little carrot, Steve Stricker probably wouldn’...

When the U.S. Open came to Congressional CC a year ago, Tiger Woods was absent. So was a U.S. Open setup. One year later, both are in play. Woods might even be the favorite again as he “defends” the last AT&T National title won at...

The following are odds and ends from the local sports scene. KROPP RISES TO GRAND CHALLENGE Former All-Area Girls' Swimmer of the Year Andrea Kropp captured the 200-meter breaststroke championship while competing for Rattler Swim Club at the Speedo...

Rory McIlroy didn’t plan on being in Memphis this week. It was supposed to be a week to get ready for his U.S. Open defense – learn his way around Olympic Club, fine-tune his game and make sure he was fresh for a major-championship challenge....

Bubba Watson suggests a 2-over par start would put someone in contention. Johnny Miller thinks 3-over might be the field average. And if you somehow get through Olympic Club’s first six holes in even-par, Tiger Woods says, you’ll pick up &#...

TV SPORTS Soccer-Premier, Manchester United at Manchester City, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball-Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Minnesota Twins at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 9 p.m. (FXSP) NBA Basketball-Playoffs, New...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Soccer--Premier League, Tottenham at Chelsea, 7:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Women's College Basketball--NCAA Division I Tournament, Kansas vs. Tennessee, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Baylor vs. Georgia Tech, 1 p.m. (ESPN); St. John's vs. Duke, 8 p.m....

TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Notre Dame at Louisville, 1 p.m. (ESPN); Ohio State at Penn State, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Vanderbilt at Kentucky, 8 p.m. (ESPN2) NBA Basketball-Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls, 3 p.m. (ESPN); Boston Celtics at Dallas...

TV SPORTS Soccer-Premier League, Manchester United at Chelsea, 9:30 a.m. (FOX) Women's College Basketball-Texas-El Paso at Rice, 11 a.m. (FXSP); Missouri at Texas Tech, 1 p.m. (FXSP); Washington at Southern California, 3 p.m. (FXSP) NHL Hockey-...