Press Box Premium http://www.staradvertiser.com/sportspremium/pressboxpremium RSS Feed for Press Box Premium en-us Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:30:00 GMT Pettersen's playoff victory caps a successful event http://www.staradvertiser.com/sportspremium/pressboxpremium/20130422_Pettersens_playoff_victory_caps_a_successful_event.html Greg Nichols was pulling out of the front gate early Saturday evening looking like a guy who'd jumped into the deep end of the pool -- with all his clothes on. His hair took the word "disheveled" to a new level, the grin plastered on his face belonging to a 5-year-old on Christmas Day. Tiger drops onto slippery slope http://www.staradvertiser.com/sportspremium/pressboxpremium/20130414_Tiger_drops_onto_slippery_slope.html After assessing a rare slow-play penalty to an eighth-grader from China on Friday, Masters officials slapped Woods with a two-stroke violation for breaking Rule 26-1a (improper drop) on Saturday. Guan proving he belongs http://www.staradvertiser.com/sportspremium/pressboxpremium/20130413_Guan_proving_he_belongs.html What began as a Cinderella story was nearly a Grimm fairy tale by day's end for 14-year-old golf sensation Guan Tianlang. Warned twice on the back nine for slow play, the third time at the 17th proved to be his undoing. Sony Open champ Henley settles in after early jitters http://www.staradvertiser.com/sportspremium/pressboxpremium/20130412_Sony_Open_champ_Henley_settles_in_after_early_jitters.html Russell Henley felt his heart skip a beat during the par-3 contest on Wednesday when he got a little wink of recognition from Jack Nicklaus. Presidential pardon for Jack Johnson long overdue http://www.staradvertiser.com/sportspremium/pressboxpremium/20130307_Presidential_pardon_for_Jack_Johnson_long_overdue.html For all the things President Obama says he can’t do because of the political gridlock in Washington, he can right a century-old wrong simply by picking up a pen. Tomorrow wouldn’t be too soon. Schools pay for damage during NCAA’s bump in road http://www.staradvertiser.com/sportspremium/pressboxpremium/20130226_Schools_pay_for_damage_during_NCAAs_bump_in_road.html Come to find out, the creators of the dreaded “lack of institutional control” have been throwing stones from inside their own glass house. Lowry and McIlroy: friends are now Match Play rivals http://www.staradvertiser.com/sportspremium/pressboxpremium/20130220_Lowry_and_McIlroy_friends_are_now_Match_Play_rivals.html Shane Lowry had not thought much about the Irish Open until he saw the picture posted this week on Twitter. Let the facts come out before judging Pistorius http://www.staradvertiser.com/sportspremium/pressboxpremium/20130216_Let_the_facts_come_out_before_judging_Pistorius.html In sport, Oscar Pistorius demonstrated how easy it is to be wrong about people. An athlete with prosthetic limbs competing at the Olympic Games? No way! Press Box: Snedeker is emerging as an American star http://www.staradvertiser.com/sportspremium/pressboxpremium/20130212_Snedeker_is_emerging_as_an_American_star.html Brandt Snedeker sat alone at the far end of a bar in Carmel called A.W. Shucks — the perfect name for an oyster bar and the perfect spot for a Tennessee golfer with a mop of strawberry blond hair and an innocent, freckled face that belies how fiercely he wants to win. Alumni from UH's '92 team leap back onto the diamond http://www.staradvertiser.com/sportspremium/pressboxpremium/20130210_Alumni_from_UHs_92_team_leap_back_onto_the_diamond.html Just as a certain song is part of your life's soundtrack, taking you down memory lane when heard, certain scorebooks do the same, taking you down a basepath from long ago just by flipping the pages.