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Wednesday 6 March 2019

Woods pulls

out of Bay Hill

with neck strain

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Ti-
ger Woods has withdrawn
from the Arnold Palmer In-
vitational with what he de-
scribes as a neck strain.
Woods announced his de-
cision Monday on Twitter
. He says his lower back is
fine and he has no con-
cerns over the long run.
Woods says he’s had the
neck strain for a few weeks
and it hasn’t improved with
treatment to the point he
feels he can play.
This is the first time the
43-year-old Woods has In this Feb. 24, 2019, file photo,
withdrawn from a tourna- Tiger Woods hits the ball on Joey Logano celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor
the first hole during the WGC-
ment in two years, shortly Mexico Championship at the Speedway, Sunday, March 3, 2019, in Las Vegas.
before his fourth back sur- Chapultepec Golf Club in Associated Press
gery to fuse his lower spine. Mexico City.
Woods is an eight-time win- Associated Press Roger Penske
ner at Bay Hill. ship. Woods has played
He says he hopes to be three times this year, with Continued from Page 18 rules will make for better ered flag is on the line.
ready the following week his best finish a tie for 10th racing, though teams still Logano and Keselowski
for The Players Champion- in Mexico City. q Penske will spend this week don’t know how it will play raced more like rivals than
chairing the Penske Corp., out over an entire season. teammates over the final
AP sources: Buffalo Bills agree his privately held transpor- Fans have been essentially lap at Las Vegas and that
tation services company promised it will, at mini-
intense finish helped NAS-
to re-sign Jordan Phillips ahead of the IndyCar sea- mum, make for a more en- CAR tout Sunday as a suc-
son opener on the streets of tertaining show.
cess. But they would not
St. Petersburg, Florida. He The new rules have been have raced each other
By JOHN WAWROW “Done deal. LETS GO BILLS will have three Chevrolets received as both polarizing so hard if the boss doesn’t
AP Sports Writer MAFIA!” He was a regular in the race, all piloted by and promising, but Penske approve, and Penske’s phi-
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two backup in appearing in 12 championship-contending has been one of the most losophy was for the better-
people with direct knowl- games with the Bills, who drivers. important backers of NAS- ment of the overall prod-
edge of the deal tell The claimed him off waivers af- The Penske wave of suc- CAR’s direction. uct.
Associated Press that de- ter being cut by Miami. Phil- cess is a continuation from “We all have a tendency “I really don’t have any fa-
fensive tackle Jordan Phil- lips was cut by the Dolphins last year when the organi- to do what’s best for us, vorites,” he said. “Only one
lips has agreed to re-sign after he had an angry out- zation celebrated its 500th and at the end of the day is going to win coming out
with the Buffalo Bills. burst along the sideline dur- overall win, Logano won we’ve got to think about of the stable. We’ve really
The people spoke to The AP ing a lopsided loss to New the Cup championship , what’s best for the compa- told them to take care of
on Monday on the condi- England. McLaughlin won the Su- ny,” Penske said in a recent each other, at the end of
tion of anonymity because Phillips developed a repu- percars title and Will Power interview with The Associ- 10 laps the best man wins.”
the agreement has not tation as being an incon- was Penske’s 17th India- ated Press. “And my dad Penske plans to be in St.
been announced. Phillips sistent underachiever in napolis 500 winner. told me a long time ago Pete this weekend, thor-
posted a note on his Twit- Miami after being selected At a time when the value if you’re always thinking oughly invested in Power,
ter account earlier in the in the second round of the of motorsports is constantly about what’s best for you, Simon Pagenaud, Josef
evening in which he wrote: 2015 draft. q questioned — the overall your company is never go- Newgarden and the In-
spend by teams, resources ing to get there. Your deci- dyCar effort. Televisions
Norwegian musher takes lead for technology and de- sions are based on what’s placed throughout his at-
sponsorship best for the company, best track office will be tuned
velopment,
in the Iditarod budgets and marketing for the industry, best for to the NASCAR events in
plans — Penske consistent- NASCAR.” Phoenix, and his executive
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) mile (1,600 kilometer) race ly gets the most bang for His opinion has been vali- team will have him briefed
— Norwegian musher Joar with 13 dogs. the buck. “The Captain” is dated with two wins in the on every important devel-
Ulsom is at the top of the He was followed into the one of the most important two races with the new opment.
leader board in the world’s Alaska Native community figures in North American competition package. The Racing at nearly every lev-
most famous sled dog about 90 minutes later by racing and his unwavering victories for Logano and el is weathering a reset and
race. Alaska mushers Pete Kai- support and commitment Keselowski gave Penske searching for solid footing
Ulsom, the defending ser and Jessie Royer. Both is a steadying force during the early edge in the Ford in a crowded sports and
champion, was the first Idi- still have 14 dogs on their tumultuous times. camp and the first celebra- entertainment space. The
tarod Trail Sled Dog Race teams. Ulsom, Kaiser and Penske has been a con- tions with the Mustang. It rebuilding period has been
musher to reach Nikolai, French man Nicolas Pe- sistent public supporter of also gave Penske another trying for the entire motor-
Alaska on Tuesday. tit have traded the lead NASCAR’s new rules pack- opportunity to prove he sports industry, but so long
He pulled into the check- throughout the early part age, which made its full de- believes in letting his driv- as Penske is still firmly on
point 263 miles (423 kilome- of the race. Petit was in but Sunday at Las Vegas. ers race each other on the board, the fight still has sig-
ters) into the nearly 1,000 fourth place Tuesday. q NASCAR believes the new very edge when the check- nificant value.q