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June golf? Strike while irons are hot

It has been at least two weeks since I’ve seen threesome and foursomes — or even an odd twosome — teeing off on and hacking away on the Road Hole at Black Mountain. It’s the weather, man.

Concussion lawsuit against NHL is noble fight

Dan LaCouture’s beef with the NHL is that he believes it knows there is a correlation between hockey and head trauma, and that the league has kept this information from the players. He said he probably suffered a dozen or more concussions during his career, five or six of which were documented.

Poker at Jose Canseco’s crib? Count me all-in

The charity event at Jose Canseco’s home involved Jamie Gold in heads-up hold ’em vs. one of his admirers, a University of Montana graduate named Bradley Anderson. The former WSOP kingpin needed roughly 10 minutes to take the kid’s comped $1,000 buy-in.

Sin playing for love of the game

The Las Vegas Sin of the LFL doesn’t play its home games in Las Vegas anymore and the players don’t get paid much, if anything. But the players still have great stories — such as Cynthia Schmidt, who was an officer in the Indiana National Guard.

 
Stanley Cup makes grand entrance at MGM Grand

There was another grand entrance at the MGM Grand on Monday afternoon involving a sporting icon. But hockey’s Stanley Cup was not wearing a TMT jump suit, which is what Floyd Mayweather Jr. was wearing at the MGM’s previous grand entrance.

Father’s Day farewell to ol’ Coach Derby

His name was Joseph Derybowski, but everyone called him Mr. Derby or Coach Derby. He was an old coach — my first coach, really, because I don’t count the teenage kid who made out the baseball lineup card when I was 9. Coach Derby wore a whistle around his neck, but never had to use it because he had our respect.

Don’t get stuck holding the bag at the U.S. Open

Carrying 14 golf clubs over 7,585 yards of greenish-brown hills and dales and granite-like fairways will make it difficult on the caddies at scenic Chambers Bay Golf Club this week during the U.S. Open.

Tyler Anderson can’t wait to join fellow Las Vegans in majors

Tyler Anderson, who pitched at Spring Valley High School, was named the Texas League Pitcher of the Year in 2014, but he has been sidelined this season because of a stress fracture in his pitching elbow. Anderson, a first-round pick of the Colorado Rockies in 2011, hopes to start throwing soon.

It still must be ‘da shoes’

When Air Jordans first came out 30 years ago, all the cool kids had to have them. Michael Jordan’s signature sneakers paved the way for modern NBA stars, who get paid plenty to endorse footwear.

Triple Crown buzz wafts away like puff of smoke at race book

Last week, the race book at the South Point was buzzing, and there was a Triple Crown viewing party in one of the ballrooms. On Saturday, one week after American Pharoah’s historic triumph, the race book was about half full. I would have guessed the median age of those putting down wagers to be about 60.