KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – As golf's newest megastar walked slowly towards him, an 8-year-old named Bennett ambled up a tree.

The boy, from nearby Charleston, had no idea he was about to witness one of the biggest shots of the golf season. He just wanted to get a better view of Rory McIlroy's ball.

Another pro golfer might have whined. After all, a little kid in a red hat was sitting on a branch, hanging over a second shot McIlroy had pushed way left. It was his worst shot of the day to that point, one that caused him to lean back and wince after he hit it.

Rory McIlroy watches his approach shot out of a waste bunker on the ninth hole. (Reuters)

But this is McIroy, Cool Hand Rory, who on his best days finds a way to win without finding a way to worry. He scanned his shot, set up, and aimed for a hole he could not see. Bennett quietly watched, close enough to leap right on top of the golfer. McIlroy swung his club and watched his shot fly toward the hole. He and Bennett were silent as the white dot disappeared from view.

Then a roar went up. And Bennett slowly started to

These Olympics delivered memorable headlines, whether about a 16-year-old from China (Ye Shiwen), a 25-year-old from Jamaica (Usain Bolt), or an 86-year-old from England (Queen Elizabeth II).

But the most unique story of the London Games was a 6-year-old from San Francisco.

Twitter.

Most people think of the social media site as a tool used to follow and discuss events – in this case the story of what happened in London – but Twitter turned into a story itself on several occasions. A 17-year-old Olympics fan in the U.K. was arrested on "suspicion of malicious communication" after tweeting his desire to drown British synchronized diver Tom Daley after a poor performance. That followed an uproar when journalist Guy Adams had his Twitter account suspended by the company itself after he wrote a stream of tweets criticizing NBC's coverage of the Games. That came after the decision by two separate nations to send their own athletes home for racist tweets. And that doesn't even include

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. -- He swung out of his stance, he hit fans with errant shots, he talked to himself. He mishit drives, mishit recovery shots, mishit chips, mishit putts. And although there were many holes still to play when the rains came to halt Round 3, the iconic moment of the day was surely the site of Tiger Woods, crouched over a ball marker after a failed putt, staring straight down in disbelief.The best part about Tiger Woods' day at Kiawah Island is that it ended early. (AP)

Woods still has a major weekend problem. And as hard as it is to believe, the greatest pressure player in a generation is forming a habit of crumbling in the sport’s biggest moments.

He’s come apart in every major this season, and in staggering fashion. It happened at the Masters, at the U.S. Open, at the British Open, and now here – at least so far on this weekend. Saturday he plummeted from 4-under to start the day to 1-under after only seven laborious holes. He hit only three of seven greens and three of six fairways. The rest of Round 3 could turn into a remarkable comeback on

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – For five-and-a-half hours Friday, it was Tiger Woods against the wind. And for all but the last five seconds, Woods won.

He had a terrific second round, with rain drenching his shirt, sand blowing in his face and the 30-plus-mph ocean gale constantly trying to shove him over. It was by one standard the toughest round in the history of the PGA Championship, and yet Woods made clutch putt after clutch putt, fist pump after fist pump. He’s right there now, in a three-way tie for the lead, at 4-under, on a day when the conditions broke just about everyone but him.Tiger Woods cringes as his putt on 18 rolls past the hole and costs him the outright lead. (AP) 

But that one putt. That one final four-foot putt on 18. That’s what kept Woods on the practice green late into the night here. That’s what turned his frequent smile during most of the round into the spooked stare he showed as he stormed off the last green and ran up the stairs toward the clubhouse.

The conditions were wretched all day, pushing the second round to the brink of the impossible. The

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – There’s a new sheriff in town at the PGA Championship. He’s wearing a lime green bib and shorts, roaming the fairways with an earpiece, scanning for trouble. He is a member of the “Mobile Device Policy Enforcement” crew, with a huge white label on his back announcing his role.

His message is clear: photograph at your peril.

The PGA Tour deployed its mobile phone police for the first time this week. (Yahoo! Sports) As anyone who watched all the camera flashes pop all over Olympic Stadium Thursday as Usain Bolt ran to gold in the 200 meter final, cell phones are a part of the sporting experience now. From Instagram to Facebook to Twitter to regular old text messaging, you can’t fully enjoy a game or event without sharing your experiences. But in golf, sharing your experiences can lead to other, less enjoyable experiences, like getting screamed at by caddie Stevie Williams or getting your cell phone confiscated. Golf just isn’t like other sports, where noise is a good thing.

The latest solution – at least the PGA hopes it’s a solution – is a

They call the PGA Championship "Glory's Last Shot." But this year the slogan should be "Gory's Last Shot," because golf on the PGA Tour this year has been a horror film with an NC-18 rating. That is, No Chance if you have the lead with 18 to play.

Tiger Woods leads the PGA Tour in scoring average but has struggled on the tougher courses. (Getty Images) Close your eyes (if you dare) and think of the amazing shots from 2012. Bubba Watson from the trees in extra holes at the Masters? Check. Louis Oosthuizen's albatross at Augusta? Yep. Tiger Woods from the rough on 16 at Memorial? Yessir.

Now it gets trickier. Webb Simpson's putt at the U.S. Open? Sure. Ernie Els' putt at the British? Yeah. But admit it – the searing images from this year have been Adam Scott collapsing, Jim Furyk collapsing, and … Jim Furyk collapsing again. This is not to mention Kyle Stanley's unwatchable meltdown at Torrey Pines in January. It's been sad, deflating, and sometimes torturous.

Even Woods has followed the general story arc. He's been strong on Thursdays and Fridays of majors but forgettable at best

ASHBURN, Va. – Many superlatives have been used to describe the enormous talent of rookie Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III. On Monday, wide receiver Josh Morgan offered perhaps the most unique.

Toilet paper.

Redskins fans certainly seem to be crazy about Robert Griffin III. (AP)That's right, Griffin makes one of his prized targets think of squeezing the Charmin. "His ball is like toilet paper," Morgan said, cupping his hands and looking up in the sky. "Remember 'Little Giants'? The ball gets there so soft. It's like catching a stack of pancakes. Effortless."

Effortless is perhaps the best word to describe Griffin (no offense to Morgan's excellent analogy). The No. 2 overall draft pick seems to move without effort, throw 70 yards without effort and handle the glare of rookie-dom without effort. When asked Monday if he felt any regret watching the Olympics when he had the track talent to get there himself, Griffin quickly said, "No, because then I wouldn't get to meet all you beautiful people."

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Bill O'Brien didn't get any sleep Sunday night. He arrived at Penn State's football offices at 4:45 a.m., made sure the players were awake at 5:15 and watched his new team take the practice field by 6:15, before the sun rose over Mount Nittany. At 7:50, he strode quickly across the freshly cut grass, voice bellowing, folded paper in hand, leading his team through the final drills of the day.

It was the first season-opening practice at Penn State without Joe Paterno on the field since 1950.

Penn State coach Bill O' Brien is telling his players to At 8:30, O'Brien gathered his players together and told them to "Come together, stay together as a team." Then he sent the players to the locker room and invited the assembled media onto the edge of the field. There were nearly as many members of the press as members of the team. The first question was about practice, and the second question elicited an answer unlike any other uttered on the first day of practice at a major college football program:

"We gotta remember why