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When the Denver Broncos watch the film after Friday's preseason showdown with the Green Bay Packers, they will likely evaluate a pair of inside linebackers on Green Bay's roster bubble.
Zach Kruse of Packers Wire believes Green Bay will choose between Nick Niemann and Kristian Welch for the final backup linebacker spot on their 53-man roster later this summer. If Kruse's hunch is correct, the loser of that ILB competition will be cut.
That could be a notable development for the Broncos, who are lacking experienced depth behind starters Alex Singleton and Justin Strnad. It wouldn't be shocking to see Denver monitor the waiver wire for potential ILB targets after roster cuts later this month, and one of Niemann or Welch could become available.
Niemann has appeared in 71 career games (with three starts), totaling 97 tackles, three pass breakups, one interception and one fumble recovery. He has also played 1,412 special teams snaps in his career.
Welch has 80 games (two starts) on his résumé, including six appearances and one start with the Broncos in 2024. He has totaled 43 tackles and one fumble recovery in his career, and he has 1,473 career snaps on special teams.
#Broncos #green #niemann #later
Zach Kruse of Packers Wire believes Green Bay will choose between Nick Niemann and Kristian Welch for the final backup linebacker spot on their 53-man roster later this summer. If Kruse's hunch is correct, the loser of that ILB competition will be cut.
That could be a notable development for the Broncos, who are lacking experienced depth behind starters Alex Singleton and Justin Strnad. It wouldn't be shocking to see Denver monitor the waiver wire for potential ILB targets after roster cuts later this month, and one of Niemann or Welch could become available.
Niemann has appeared in 71 career games (with three starts), totaling 97 tackles, three pass breakups, one interception and one fumble recovery. He has also played 1,412 special teams snaps in his career.
Welch has 80 games (two starts) on his résumé, including six appearances and one start with the Broncos in 2024. He has totaled 43 tackles and one fumble recovery in his career, and he has 1,473 career snaps on special teams.
#Broncos #green #niemann #later
10 days ago
Aug 10 (Reuters) - Charl Schwartzel found an unusual hazard in the final round at LIV Golf Bedminster on Sunday when a fish appeared to swallow his ball after it rolled into the water beside the seventh green.
The South African's tee shot at the 134-yard, par-three hole rolled off the putting surface and settled in the pond, where TV footage showed the ball being ******* ed from beneath the water.
"Have you ever seen anything like this?" LIV Golf wrote in a social media post accompanying video of the incident.
The former Masters champion had to take a one-stroke penalty and settled for a bogey on the hole. He finished two-over par at the tournament, which was won by Chilean Joaquin Niemann.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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The South African's tee shot at the 134-yard, par-three hole rolled off the putting surface and settled in the pond, where TV footage showed the ball being ******* ed from beneath the water.
"Have you ever seen anything like this?" LIV Golf wrote in a social media post accompanying video of the incident.
The former Masters champion had to take a one-stroke penalty and settled for a bogey on the hole. He finished two-over par at the tournament, which was won by Chilean Joaquin Niemann.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
#schwartzel
2 months ago
The Register's Chad Leistikow outlines how the layoffs at KXnO impact Hawk Central in the short term before bringing on Tyler Tachman to discuss Iowa basketball's latest schedule addition (Virginia Tech) and the NBA Draft experience for first-rounder Bennett Stirtz.
The last 70% of the podcast is Chad's sit-down interview with Iowa football ****** istant defensive line coach Jay Niemann, who provides insight into a potentially concerning position group.
Niemann also discusses why at age 65 he continues to coach at Iowa and what he thinks of the team overall.
For a direct link to the podcast, click here.
This article originally appeared on Hawk Central: Iowa basketball schedule keeps improving, 1-on-1 with Jay Niemann
The last 70% of the podcast is Chad's sit-down interview with Iowa football ****** istant defensive line coach Jay Niemann, who provides insight into a potentially concerning position group.
Niemann also discusses why at age 65 he continues to coach at Iowa and what he thinks of the team overall.
For a direct link to the podcast, click here.
This article originally appeared on Hawk Central: Iowa basketball schedule keeps improving, 1-on-1 with Jay Niemann
2 months ago
Joaquin Niemann enjoyed a superb ending to his roller-coaster week at the US Open, having been involved in controversy earlier in the tournament.
Niemann fell victim to the new code of conduct introduced for major championships, when he threw his club in frustration during the opening round.
The Chilean launched his sand wedge on the sixth hole after twice hitting tee shots out of bounds and finding his ball in an awkward lie.
Niemann received a two-shot penalty for his outburst at Shinnecock Hills, where his nine was upped to an 11 on the par-four hole.
But it wasn't until after he had signed his scorecard that a USGA rule official asked to speak to him about the incident, which Niemann has now discussed following his fourth round on Sunday.
Niemann fell victim to the new code of conduct introduced for major championships, when he threw his club in frustration during the opening round.
The Chilean launched his sand wedge on the sixth hole after twice hitting tee shots out of bounds and finding his ball in an awkward lie.
Niemann received a two-shot penalty for his outburst at Shinnecock Hills, where his nine was upped to an 11 on the par-four hole.
But it wasn't until after he had signed his scorecard that a USGA rule official asked to speak to him about the incident, which Niemann has now discussed following his fourth round on Sunday.
2 months ago
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Open summary for Joaquin Niemann looks like this: 71 holes of solid golf, one really bad one, a thrown club, a two-shot penalty and the willpower to not spend too much time wondering about what might have been.
"If my grandmother had tires, she'd be a car," Niemann said Sunday, after wrapping up a tournament sullied by an opening-round 11 on the par-4 sixth hole that featured two tee shots out of bounds and two penalty strokes for hurling his club in frustration.
Niemann shot 4-under 66 in the final round to finish at 1-over 281. It doesn't take heavy math to imagine the possibilities had he not shot 7-over par on one hole. More urgently, when he left the course, his 281 put him in a tie for seventh, which would earn him the invitation for next year that goes to the the top-10 finishers and ties.
His 66 paired with a 65 he shot in the second round, shortly after learning his 9 on No. 6 had been **** ped up two shots for violating the code of conduct. It meant Niemann was a good bet to tie for the two best rounds of the tournament along with recording the single worst one-hole score of the four rounds.
"A good experience, a good test for myself," he said. "What happened on Thursday and coming back, I was pretty proud of" myself.
"If my grandmother had tires, she'd be a car," Niemann said Sunday, after wrapping up a tournament sullied by an opening-round 11 on the par-4 sixth hole that featured two tee shots out of bounds and two penalty strokes for hurling his club in frustration.
Niemann shot 4-under 66 in the final round to finish at 1-over 281. It doesn't take heavy math to imagine the possibilities had he not shot 7-over par on one hole. More urgently, when he left the course, his 281 put him in a tie for seventh, which would earn him the invitation for next year that goes to the the top-10 finishers and ties.
His 66 paired with a 65 he shot in the second round, shortly after learning his 9 on No. 6 had been **** ped up two shots for violating the code of conduct. It meant Niemann was a good bet to tie for the two best rounds of the tournament along with recording the single worst one-hole score of the four rounds.
"A good experience, a good test for myself," he said. "What happened on Thursday and coming back, I was pretty proud of" myself.
2 months ago
At each of the first two major championships of the year, LIV players were a prominent part of the story over ithe weekend. That was not the case at the 2026 U.S. Open.
The league's two biggest stars missed the cut. More than half of its 13 players at Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, New York, went home early. In the midst of a seven-week stretch without a tournament, plenty of LIV players struggled on Long Island, but some had great finishes to move up the leaderboard.
There were some bright moments, like Peter Uihlein shooting 66 on Sunday after an 80 on Saturday. And Caleb Surratt, making the weekend in his first major start. Joaquin Niemann, who had a notable 11 on Thursday, also signed for 66 on Sunday.
Here's a look at how every LIV Golf player finished in the U.S. Open:
Joaquin Niemann (1 over)
The league's two biggest stars missed the cut. More than half of its 13 players at Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, New York, went home early. In the midst of a seven-week stretch without a tournament, plenty of LIV players struggled on Long Island, but some had great finishes to move up the leaderboard.
There were some bright moments, like Peter Uihlein shooting 66 on Sunday after an 80 on Saturday. And Caleb Surratt, making the weekend in his first major start. Joaquin Niemann, who had a notable 11 on Thursday, also signed for 66 on Sunday.
Here's a look at how every LIV Golf player finished in the U.S. Open:
Joaquin Niemann (1 over)
2 months ago
The USGA has been told that it has strayed into dangerous territory by penalising Joaquin Niemann for throwing a club during the first round of the US Open.
Niemann deserves enormous credit for making the cut at the third major of the year. His performance was all the more impressive because he made an 11 on one hole during his opening round in Southampton.
On the par four sixth hole, Niemann ended up hitting two ***** out of bounds. He was subsequently handed a two-shot penalty having thrown his club and lost his temper.
It is a new rule that led to Niemann being reprimanded. However, it is difficult to judge whether it was a fair decision or not given that the incident was not caught on camera.
And that perhaps poses a problem.
Niemann deserves enormous credit for making the cut at the third major of the year. His performance was all the more impressive because he made an 11 on one hole during his opening round in Southampton.
On the par four sixth hole, Niemann ended up hitting two ***** out of bounds. He was subsequently handed a two-shot penalty having thrown his club and lost his temper.
It is a new rule that led to Niemann being reprimanded. However, it is difficult to judge whether it was a fair decision or not given that the incident was not caught on camera.
And that perhaps poses a problem.
2 months ago
Joaquin Niemann says he is "not proud" of being the first golfer penalised for breaking the new code of conduct introduced for major championships in 2026.
The Chilean was given a two-shot penalty by US Open officials on Friday, shortly after completing a fog-delayed first round.
The 27-year-old was punished for "serious misconduct" under rule 1.2b after throwing his sand wedge in frustration on the sixth hole after he twice hit tee shots out of bounds and then had an awkward lie while playing his next shot.
That meant Niemann's nine was upped to an 11 on the par-four hole and he eventually signed for an eight-over 78 before responding with a five-under 65 in the second round to sit just inside the projected cut line at three over par overall.
"I finished my round, signed my scorecard, and then a referee came up to me and said 'I need to talk to you'," Niemann said.
The Chilean was given a two-shot penalty by US Open officials on Friday, shortly after completing a fog-delayed first round.
The 27-year-old was punished for "serious misconduct" under rule 1.2b after throwing his sand wedge in frustration on the sixth hole after he twice hit tee shots out of bounds and then had an awkward lie while playing his next shot.
That meant Niemann's nine was upped to an 11 on the par-four hole and he eventually signed for an eight-over 78 before responding with a five-under 65 in the second round to sit just inside the projected cut line at three over par overall.
"I finished my round, signed my scorecard, and then a referee came up to me and said 'I need to talk to you'," Niemann said.
2 months ago
After news broke that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund would cease backing LIV Golf beyond this season, putting its future in doubt, Jon Rahm was asked in May about the status of his contract with the tour. “I don’t see many ways out,” the 31-year-old Spaniard answered pragmatically.
Rahm’s next steps appear dependent on whether LIV can secure external funding to continue operating beyond this year—if its 2026 schedule can even be completed—but in the meantime, his golden handcuffs haven’t been so bad. Rahm’s contract, which reportedly guaranteed him at least $300 million when the former world No. 1 left the PGA Tour in December 2023 to sign with LIV, has made him the world’s highest-paid golfer for the third consecutive year.
Forbes estimates Rahm hauled in $111 million over the last 12 months before taxes and agent fees, sending his total pay for the past three years north of $400 million. His compensation since last June includes an estimated $101 million in prize money and on-course bonuses as well as $10 million in off-course earnings from brand partnerships, appearance fees and licensing income. In addition to his contractual guarantee with LIV, which Forbes estimates to be worth $50 million for the past year, Rahm pulled in an $18 million bonus in 2025 as LIV’s individual champion for the second year in a row, and he has won two tournaments so far this season, helping push his total up 9% from the estimated $102 million he pocketed in the 12 months that ended in June 2025.
As a whole, however, golf’s biggest stars have seen their paychecks dip. Together, the sport’s ten top earners have made an estimated $536 million since last year’s U.S. Open, down 12% from last year’s $612 million and 29% from the record $752 million of 2023, the first full year to incorporate LIV’s initial wave of massive signing bonuses.
The decline is in part the result of LIV golfers Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson dropping off the list, with their original 2022 contracts having expired or nearing completion. The embattled tour also hasn’t made any big-ticket additions to its roster recently, leaving Bryson Dechambeau (No. 4 among the world’s highest-paid golfers with $52 million) and Joaquin Niemann (tied for seventh with $34 million) as the only LIV golfers to make the cut other than Rahm.
Rahm’s next steps appear dependent on whether LIV can secure external funding to continue operating beyond this year—if its 2026 schedule can even be completed—but in the meantime, his golden handcuffs haven’t been so bad. Rahm’s contract, which reportedly guaranteed him at least $300 million when the former world No. 1 left the PGA Tour in December 2023 to sign with LIV, has made him the world’s highest-paid golfer for the third consecutive year.
Forbes estimates Rahm hauled in $111 million over the last 12 months before taxes and agent fees, sending his total pay for the past three years north of $400 million. His compensation since last June includes an estimated $101 million in prize money and on-course bonuses as well as $10 million in off-course earnings from brand partnerships, appearance fees and licensing income. In addition to his contractual guarantee with LIV, which Forbes estimates to be worth $50 million for the past year, Rahm pulled in an $18 million bonus in 2025 as LIV’s individual champion for the second year in a row, and he has won two tournaments so far this season, helping push his total up 9% from the estimated $102 million he pocketed in the 12 months that ended in June 2025.
As a whole, however, golf’s biggest stars have seen their paychecks dip. Together, the sport’s ten top earners have made an estimated $536 million since last year’s U.S. Open, down 12% from last year’s $612 million and 29% from the record $752 million of 2023, the first full year to incorporate LIV’s initial wave of massive signing bonuses.
The decline is in part the result of LIV golfers Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson dropping off the list, with their original 2022 contracts having expired or nearing completion. The embattled tour also hasn’t made any big-ticket additions to its roster recently, leaving Bryson Dechambeau (No. 4 among the world’s highest-paid golfers with $52 million) and Joaquin Niemann (tied for seventh with $34 million) as the only LIV golfers to make the cut other than Rahm.
