PGA TOUR WM PHOENIX OPEN Site: Scottsdale, Arizona. Course: TPC Scottsdale. Yardage: 7,261. Par: 71. Prize money: $8.8 million. Winner’s share: $1.584 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (NBC). Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler. FedEx Cup leader: Matthieu Pavon. Last week: Wyndham Clark won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Notes: Scottie Scheffler will …
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The NFL long had shunned Las Vegas. Now the city will host the league’s biggest game
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A meeting scheduled in the 1980s between the NFL and sportsbook directors sparked hope in Las Vegas that their relationship would soon take a much more positive turn after decades during which the league kept the city at arm’s length. When all it turned out to be was a league official telling the casinos they would …
Read More »Nate Burleson will be integral part of CBS and Nickelodeon’s coverage throughout Super Bowl week
CBS’ Nate Burleson might be the only person at the Super Bowl to get more air time than Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes or any of the other star players in the game. The network’s morning show, where Burleson is a co-host, will originate from Las Vegas this week. Burleson will also be an analyst on the Super Bowl pregame show …
Read More »Taylor Swift could make it from Tokyo to the Super Bowl. Parking her private jet could be tricky
LAS VEGAS (AP) — If Taylor Swift is jetting from her upcoming Tokyo concert to Las Vegas to see boyfriend Travis Kelce play in the Super Bowl the next day, she’d better already have a place to park her plane. Even the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., seems to be rooting for her. Places to leave private aircraft at airports …
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