Bleacher Report: What Insiders Have to Say as Tiger Woods' Woes Hit a New Low at the 2015 US Open

By Art Spander
Featured Columnist

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — The old line when a famous golfer shoots a bad score — Lee Trevino used to toss it out frequently — was that 90 percent of the pros didn’t care and the other 10 percent wish he had played even worse. Harsh, but mostly true.

Golfers are so focused on their own games, their own difficulties, it’s rare when they even acknowledge those of a competitor.

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Bleacher Report: The Dustin Johnson Roller Coaster Is on the Upswing Again at 2015 U.S. Open

By Art Spander
Featured Columnist

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — It’s not always what you’ve done lately, especially for Dustin Johnson, whose present will always be linked to the past.

Here he is, tied for the clubhouse lead after Thursday’s first round of America’s golfing championship, the U.S. Open. Yet the questions that surround him deal as much with what he has done as what he might do.

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S.F. Examiner: Warriors vs. LeBron: Rematch in ’16?

By Art Spander
San Francisco Examiner

This one was for Purvis Short and Sonny Parker, and even for Todd Fuller, who unintentionally became the scapegoat of previous failings.

This one was for Baron Davis, who eight years ago showed us what was possible.

This one was for the Golden State Warriors and their relentless followers — past, present and future, and yes, with Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Harrison Barnes still babes, the future would seem every bit as exciting as these most recent 11 days in June.

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S.F. Examiner: Iguodala joined by Barbosa in veterans’ support group

By Art Spander
San Francisco Examiner

Sure, Stephen Curry splashed it up. But this Warriors victory, the one that made an NBA championship seem not just possible but probable, belonged as much to two players whose combined points couldn’t match what Curry had on his own.

Andre Iguodala, starting once again in Steve Kerr’s smallball scheme, had 14 points, and Leandro Barbosa had 13 off the bench. By his own self, Curry picked up 37. Yet Iguodala, again with the unachievable task of defending LeBron James, and Barbosa, a.k.a. “The Brazilian Blur,” reminded there is so much to basketball beyond putting the ball in the basket.

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S.F. Examiner: Iguodala makes mark as selfless pro

By Art Spander
San Francisco Examiner

Ten years and it changed for Andre Iguodala. Ten years of starting, of scoring and rebounding, of making the All-Star team, of helping the Philadephia 76ers upset the conference champion Chicago Bulls, of helping the U.S. win the 2012 Olympics — and suddenly he was out of the lineup and on to the bench.

It was all different. “I’m still trying to figure it out,” said Iguodala on Saturday of his role. “It’s harder than it looks.”

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