MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Michael Block won the PGA Professional National Championship in a playoff Wednesday to lead the 20 qualifiers for the PGA Championship. The 38-year-old Michael Block, the PGA head professional at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in Mission Viejo, California, beat Jamie Broce with a 3-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole.
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — East Carolina has hired Cliff Godwin as baseball coach. Godwin spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach at Mississippi, helping Ole Miss return to the College World Series this year for the first time since 1972.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson deserves a permanent visitor’s pass to the White House since he’s been there so many times. Obama recognized Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports team members on Wednesday for winning the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It’s Johnson’s sixth Sprint Cup title in eight years.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Panthers are putting the final touches on phase one of a $125 million stadium renovation project. Panthers director of stadium operations Scott Paul led a media tour Wednesday showing off the stadium’s two new larger video boards, two new ribbon boards, an improved sound system and four new escalators.
