UA basketball: Fans go to great lengths for beloved Cats

LOS ANGELES - Arizona Wildcats fans streamed out of Staples Center minutes after their team's 73-70 loss to Ohio State looking like they had just played the game themselves.

Grueling travel: UA basketball: Fans go to great lengths for beloved Cats

UA fans Kimon Petropoulos, left, and Max Feinberg try to fire up the crowd at a pep rally outside the Staples Center before game time.

Grueling travel: UA basketball: Fans go to great lengths for beloved Cats

Arizona Wildcats fans young and not-so-old get into the spirit during the UA-OSU game. UA faithful turned out in droves to support their team.

WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship: Top seeds yield little

Former Arizona Wildcats star Jim Furyk hits his tee shot on No. 12 during the second round. Furyk ended up losing to Bubba Watson after 22 holes.

WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship: Top seeds yield little

Justin Rose, reacting to a chip on No. 13, was eliminated by Nicolas Colsaerts 4 and 2.

WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship: Top seeds yield little

Bubba Watson had a chance to win on No. 18, but missed a 6-foot putt. "You get mad at yourself at how easy that putt was," he said. Watson finished the job on the fourth extra hole, eliminating ex-UA standout Jim Furyk.

WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship: Top seeds yield little

If Bubba Watson counted correctly, he had exactly five people cheering for him against former Arizona Wildcats star Jim Furyk in the second round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

Greg Hansen: Complaints noted, but golf should stay

Charles Howell III rips a shot from the fairway to the 13th green during his match against Fernando Gonzalo-Castaño, who won 6 and 5.

Greg Hansen: Complaints noted, but golf should stay

Jim Furyk hits his second shot on the 22nd hole of his match with Bubba Wilson, who knocked Furyk out of the tournament at the same hole.

Greg Hansen: Complaints noted, but golf should stay

Nick Watney shoots out of a bunker on the 20th hole of his match with Steve Stricker. Watney's bogey on the next hole gave Stricker the win.

Greg Hansen: Complaints noted, but golf should stay

Third overall seed Luke Donald tracks a short shot to the green on Hole 11 during his 7 and 6 loss to Scott Piercy.

Greg Hansen: Complaints noted, but golf should stay

The WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship will move to another city or another country or maybe to Pluto because it snowed here Wednesday.

Rookie Bradley is a spark for Americans

Rookie Keegan Bradley could not control his excitement. "This is literally what I've dreamt about since I was a little kid," he said.

Rookie Bradley is a spark for Americans

Europe's Nicolas Colsaerts, left, is congratulated by teammate Lee Westwood after making an eagle putt. Colsaerts "made everything," Tiger Woods said of the Belgian rookie.

Rookie Bradley is a spark for Americans

MEDINAH, Ill. - Keegan Bradley made Friday at the Ryder Cup feel like the best day of his life, and it wasn't too shabby for the rest of the Americans.

Ryder Cup: Strongest field ever has no surprises

Rory McIlroy, watching his drive on the 15th hole during a practice round, will be teamed with Graeme McDowell this morning.

Ryder Cup: Strongest field ever has no surprises

MEDINAH, Ill. - The question used to come up every other year when the Americans began looking ahead to the Ryder Cup.

Ryder Cup notebook: Europeans hoping to win over pro-American crowd

MEDINAH, Ill. - Europe has been trying to win over the American crowd at Medinah all week during practice rounds, with players going out of their way to sign autographs and mingle with the fans. And it helps that one of their own, Luke Donald, actually lives in Chicago.

Ryder Cup notebook: Colsaerts is Belgium's first Ryder Cup player

MEDINAH, Ill. - With a great-grandfather who was a two-sport Olympian and a father who played top-level field hockey, it was hardly a surprise that Nicolas Colsaerts would be an athlete.