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FROM KORN FERRY ... TO BYE-BYE BRIAN ... TO REAVES HAS SOME PUNCH LEFT, AFTER ALL

  I give up. What the heck is Korn Ferry, which is the title  sponsor for the professional golf tournament that will  replace the Dominion Energy Classic here starting next  fall? The Korn Ferry Tour, scheduled for the Federal Club over  the next four years, is (in baseball terminology) triple-A  competition that qualifies 20 players annually for the  PGA (major league) Tour. The first … Korn Ferry Tour  Championship Presented by Virginia’s Richmond Region  … will be held Oct. 5-11 at the Glen Allen course  designed by late, great Arnold Palmer … and will be the  final stop in 2026. The Dominion Classic, a mainstay on the PGA’s  Champions circuit, lasted 10 years and was such a  success, not to mention a favorite of the contestants, it  could have gone another 10 years, if not more, at Country  Club of Virginia’s James River course. However, CCV’s large golf-playing membership didn’t  appreciate having to tu...
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LOTS OF STUFF INCLUDING NEW FEATURE ON NON-SPORTS ITEM OF WEEK

  Of all things: Check it out. The Washington Capitals’  TOM WILSON  hit  FILIP CHYTIL  of Vancouver last Sunday with one  of those checks that could have been a lot worse except  Wilson did it in almost excuse-me fashion (for him,  anyway). No penalty was called (rightfully so) after the  player Caps-on-TV’s  JOE BENINATI  calls  “unquestionably the NHL’s best power forward” ran into  Chytil, hitting him in the chest … and down he went near  the end of the first period. The former New York Ranger, who has been hurt a lot  including gosh-knows how many concussions, went to  the dressing room and did not return. Meanwhile, his  teammates saw what happened, which helped to explain  why no one went after Wilson. It was almost like Chytil  ran into Wilson as much as Wilson ran over Chytil. That didn’t keep an unidentified writer from demanding,  according to the headline … NHL Must Throw the ...
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THE QUESTION IS ... WHY DID SABRES SIGN Z JONES?

  ZAC JONES   was returned to AHL Rochester Tuesday, another example of why the Buffalo Sabres are the NHL’s  worst (by far) franchise which hasn’t qualified for the  playoffs in 14 years. The 25 year old defenseman from Richmond, who joined  the team as a free agent this summer after five frustrating  seasons with the New York Rangers … with a two-way  contract described as “uncommonly rich” … now has  every reason to ask why … as in  why didn’t I go  elsewhere?  Or, more to the point,  why did they want me in  the first place ? Given the fact that Jones was sent to the minor leagues  more than a week before the Sabres opened 2025-26 with  three straight losses you had to believe he was signed by  GM  KEVYN ADAMS  over the objections of  coach  LINDY RUFF . Making his second tour of duty as Buffalo coach, Ruff  dismissed Jones being sent down with a cryptic “I guess  he didn’t ...
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