Tiger Woods' longtime caddie returns to help young Aussie

Anthony Quayle won't be the most famous person in his group when the 31-year-old opens his first season as a DP World Tour member at this week's Australian PGA at Royal Queensland.

Quayle has enlisted the help of Steve Williams, who was on the bag for 13 of Tiger Woods' 15 major championships as well as for Adam Scott's 2013 win at the Masters.

Williams, 62, will take a brief hiatus from his retirement to caddie for Quayle this week in Brisbane as well as at next week's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.

Over a four-decade career, Williams has also looped for Greg Norman, Ian Baker-Finch and Raymond Floyd.

"Anthony's had a lot of experience and he's got the great opportunity this year of playing on the DP World Tour," Williams told Australian Golf Digest. "It's a first time experience for him and he's got the talent and ability. If I can pass on any information that might assist him in his journey, it's worth it. I don't look at it from the results standpoint these two weeks, it's about what he can get out of me and to encourage him to fulfill his potential."

Quayle is currently No. 664 in the Official World Golf Ranking, but has been as high as 180th.

He decided to give up his status on the Japan Tour to compete on the 2024-25 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and seek one of the three DP World Tour cards available based on order of merit. Quayle closed with eight consecutive top-10 finishes on the Challenger circuit, and a birdie on his final hole of the season secured the final DP World Tour card available.

Quayle won the Queensland Open in 2020 and the Queensland PGA Championship in 2022, and is hoping these two weeks with Williams on his bag propels him to a strong season on the DP World Tour.

"I'm just incredibly fortunate that Steve was willing to come and help me out," Quayle told Australian Golf Digest. "It's just a really cool experience. I think having somebody like Steve on your bag, you can't help but feel you've maybe got a 15th club in the bag. There's a fair bit of experience and golf IQ that comes along with his career. Just really excited about the next couple weeks."

The winner of the Australian Open will also receive an invitation to the 2026 Masters at Augusta National, where Williams has been part of some of the event's most dramatic moments. He said that Quayle's "got the game to play at Augusta."

"Now that the Augusta is inviting the (Australian Open) winner to play the Masters, it just gives an added edge a bit more importance to it," Williams said. "So there'll be a lot of on the line next Sunday afternoon."

--Field Level Media

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Report: Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy (concussion) likely out vs. Seattle

Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy likely will not play Sunday when Minnesota visits the Seattle Seahawks, a week after reporting concussion-like symptoms, The Athletic reported Wednesday.

He has not yet been ruled out officially. With veteran backup Carson Wentz out for the season with a shoulder injury, undrafted rookie Max Brosmer would get the start if McCarthy remains sidelined.

The Vikings fell to 4-7 for the season with their third straight loss Sunday at Green Bay, 23-6. McCarthy threw for a season-low 87 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions and was sacked five times.

It's been a nightmarish career start for McCarthy, 22, who was the 10th overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft.

After missing his entire rookie season with a torn meniscus and sitting out five games this season with a high ankle sprain, McCarthy has six touchdown passes to 10 interceptions in six starts this year (2-4 record).

So confident were the Vikings that McCarthy would recover from the injury and become the long-term solution at the position, they let starter Sam Darnold depart in free agency. They will see him on Sunday in Seattle, where he has led the Seahawks to an 8-3 record.

Darnold was 14-3 with the Vikings in 2024. Minnesota is in last place in the NFC North.

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Joe Burrow on critics saying he shouldn't risk injury for 3-8 Bengals: 'That doesn't make a lot of sense to me'

If he's healthy, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is going to play. It doesn't matter if the Bengals are 3-8 and heavy underdogs to make the playoffs, Burrow wants to be out there.

Burrow expressed as much Tuesday, responding to critics questioning whether he should risk another injury to return to a Bengals team with little-to-no postseason hopes.

He shut down that thought, saying it "doesn't make a lot of sense," per ESPN.

"I'm not ever going to go to somebody and say, 'Yeah, I'm healthy, but I don't think I should go out there and play,'" Burrow said Tuesday, ahead of his anticipated return against the Baltimore Ravens on Thanksgiving. "That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I'm not going to live my life and play this game scared of something happening."

Burrow, 28, is set toreturn to the fieldto take on the division-rival Baltimore Ravens on Thursday. The two-time Pro Bowler missed the team's last nine games afterdealing with turf toe. He was originally expected to miss three months due to the injury, but recovered faster than expected.

After starting the season 2-0, the Bengals went into a free fall following Burrow's injury. The team lost its next four games, eventually trading for veteran quarterback Joe Flacco when Jake Browning faltered in the starting role. Flacco managed to lead the team to a win over the division-rival Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 7, but the Bengals couldn't keep up that momentum. The team finds itself on another four-game losing streak ahead of Burrow's return.

At 3-8, the Bengals haven't been eliminated from the playoffs just yet, but their chances of making the postseason are slim. Cincinnati enters Week 13 with justa .31 percent chanceto get in, per NFL.com.

While a win over Baltimore in Week 13 wouldn't drastically alter the Bengals' chances, it could pay off down the road. The Ravens currently lead the AFC North with a 6-5 record. The team has yet to play the Bengals this season, meaning Cincinnati could pick up two games on the division leader if it can sweep the series. Following Week 13's game, the two teams will meet again in Week 15. If the Bengals can win both games, the team could actually wind up playing for something down the stretch.

In order to do that, though, Burrow likely needs to stay on the field. For all his excellence, Burrow has dealt with a number of injuries during his career. He's missed at least six games in three of his six NFL seasons due to different issues. When healthy for a full season, though, Burrow has dazzled, never throwing fewer than 34 touchdowns in a year in which he played at least 16 games.

Burrow is well aware of those injuries as he returns to the field in Week 13, but said it's not something he can worry about moving forward, per ESPN.

"Yeah, I've had injuries," Burrow said. "There's not a lot I can do about that. I worked really hard to have that not happen."

Despite facing massive odds, the Bengals have hope thanks to Burrow. While the team still faces a tough road ahead, anything is possible when Burrow is healthy.

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Telescope in Chile captures stunning new picture of a cosmic butterfly

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly.

The National Science Foundation's NoirLab released the picture Wednesday.

Snapped last month by the Gemini South telescope, the aptly named Butterfly Nebula is 2,500 to 3,800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. A single light-year is 6 trillion miles.

At the heart of this bipolar nebula is a white dwarf star that cast aside its outer layers of gas long ago. The discarded gas forms the butterflylike wings billowing from the aging star, whose heat causes the gas to glow.

Schoolchildren in Chile chose this astronomical target to celebrate 25 years of operation by the International Gemini Observatory.

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Russian nationals among 4 people arrested in France over espionage probe

PARIS (AP) — French authorities have detained members of a pro-Russia support group and accused them of intelligence-gathering for a foreign power.

The SOS Donbass group was set up in France in 2022. Its founder, a dual French-Russian national, was among four people taken into custody.

The General Directorate of Internal Security, or DGSI, France's domestic secret service that specializes in counter-espionage, had for months been investigating her activities, the Paris prosecutor's office said.

Three men were also taken into custody, one of them a Russian national.

The break-up of the alleged intelligence operation comes amid fresh warnings from French PresidentEmmanuel Macronabout Russiandestabilization effortstargeting France, a key backer ofUkraine.

The Paris prosecutor's office identified the detained founder of SOS Donbass only as Anna N. It said the 40-year-old was born in Russia.

Also arrested was a 40-year-old Russian identified as Vyacheslav P., as well as two French nationals referred to as Vincent P., 63, and Bernard F., 58.

Anna N. has been in the DGSI's crosshairs for months and is "suspected of having approached executives from various French companies in order to obtain information related to French economic interests," the prosecutor's office said in a statement to The Associated Press.

It said she was also in contact with Vyacheslav P., who is alleged to have fixed pro-Russia posters onto the Arc de Triomphe in September. The posters showed a Russian soldier and the words "say thank you to the victorious soviet soldier."

The prosecutor's office said Vyacheslav P., who remains in detention, was identified in video footage as the poster-sticker on the Paris landmark.

The prosecutor's office said Anna N. and Vincent P. face preliminary charges of criminal conspiracy, intelligence contacts with a foreign power and gathering information for a foreign power — crimes each punishable by up to 10 years in prison as well as large fines. They remain in detention.

Preliminary charges of criminal conspiracy and intelligence contacts with a foreign power have been filed against Bernard F., who is not in detention but is barred from leaving France and must report weekly to authorities.

Vyacheslav P. faces preliminary charges of criminal conspiracy and property damage to serve a foreign power.

The SOS Donbass website says it was founded by Anna Novikova after she visitedthe Donbas,the name that Russians use for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine that Russian forces have largely occupied. On social media, SOS Donbass has previously identified its president as someone named Vincent Perfetti.

The organization describes itself as a humanitarian NGO that collects funds and distributes aid to Donbas residents "who have been bombarded by the Ukrainian army with NATO weapons." It also says that it wants to "build a bridge of peace between Europe and Russia."

Posters on the group's website show a handshake in the Russian colors and the words, "Russia is not my enemy."

French government, intelligence and military officials say Russia has increasingly been targeting France with cyberattacks, disinformation and other destabilization efforts — tactics also employed against other countries backing Ukraine.

Mappingby the AP of thedisruption campaignhas documented dozens of incidents across Europe since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

Macron said this week that Russia is waging "hybrid wars" against Europe, including by employing proxies.

"It pays people, mercenaries. It has pushed people to carry out destabilization activities in our countries," he said.

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