In his healthy prime, Tiger Woods was Mike Tyson in a red shirt and slacks. He arrived at the tee box as if he were stepping through the ropes and into the ring, where cowering, wide-eyed opponents all but prepped themselves for the knockout.

Woods is no longer that heavyweight champ who rules through intimidation. He still has muscles, yes, but they don't look as forbidding on a balding man made vulnerable by age, gravity, surgery and the disclosure of his own personal failings. And yet a diminished Woods can still win golf tournaments. He can still make history without what had been the most valuable club in his bag:

His aura of invincibility.

Woods tied Sam Snead's record for PGA Tour victories Monday morning in Japan, finishing off No. 82 at the Zozo Championship. He shot a first-round 64 in front of a packed house before a typhoon hit the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club, and then he shot a second-round 64 in front of, well, almost nobody after the storm left the course too compromised to accommodate the fans. Woods controlled the rest of the tournament, and even though he had to play 29 holes on Sunday in Japan, he was a sure bet to win as soon as he completed Round 3 with a 3-shot lead.

Woods was 24-0 when carrying at least a 3-shot lead into the final round. Even at 43, only two months removed from a procedure on his knee, Tiger wasn't about to lose his perfect record with the legendary Slammin' Sammy finally within reach. He finished at 19-under and never gave an inch to a game challenger, Hideki Matsuyama, who finished right where he started the closing 18 - three back.

Victory No. 82 came 23 years after Victory No. 1. In his championship ceremony, Woods told the crowd that Snead's record was one "that I certainly did not think was possible when I first started my career."

In the end, this latest (and probably last) chapter of Woods' incomparable career is no less remarkable than his seek-and-destroy days of the early-to-mid 2000s. He can't win anymore with the power of his presence, or with the power of his driver. The tour's young stars aren't afraid of Woods, and most of them can hit it past him. At Carnoustie two summers ago, Rory McIlroy said the aging Tiger who had endured four back surgeries, including the Hail Mary spinal fusion in 2017, was "not the Tiger that, you know, Phil [Mickelson] and Ernie [Els] and those guys had to deal with. It's a different version. ... I wouldn't say we're worried about him, but he's one of those guys that's always in with a shot."

When the college coach who recruited Brooks Koepka to Florida State told Koepka four years ago that he'd better start winning before Woods returned from injury and dominated again, Koepka assured the coach he was stronger, straighter and better than his surgically altered idol. "How is Tiger ever going to beat me?" Koepka asked.

McIlroy and Koepka were right. Old Tiger could never be the Tiger of old.

But that fact makes his three most recent victories -- at last fall's Tour Championship, at the Masters in April and at the Zozo on Monday -- just as impressive as his 12-stroke victory at the 1997 Masters or his 15-stroke victory at the 2000 U.S. Open or his 2000-01 Tiger Slam. Only 2½ years ago, Woods was telling people close to him that he was through playing competitive golf, that he just wanted to ease the back pain that dropped him to his knees and left him bedridden and desperate to participate in his life with his two kids. It's why he hasn't been spitting too many I-told-you-so quotes at credentialed doubters and critics after these late-life triumphs.

Woods knows the man in his own mirror was the ultimate doubter and critic.

"Oh god," he said last year after nearly beating Koepka at the PGA Championship in St. Louis, "I didn't even know if I was going to play golf again."

Ten years ago, the fall of the indomitable Tiger began at another PGA Championship, at Hazeltine, where the journeyman son of a South Korean vegetable farmer, Y.E. Yang, shocked the world by beating Woods and ending his streak of 14 consecutive major victories after holding at least a share of the 54-hole lead. For the first time, opponents saw Tiger as beatable on the biggest stage.

Three months later, Woods was found bleeding and unconscious in the street outside his home after crashing his Escalade into a fire hydrant and a tree. He would be exposed as a serial philanderer, and he would ultimately lose his marriage and his standing as an untouchable. Woods became a global punch line, good for an easy round of laughs on late-night TV.

Tiger followed two winless seasons with three tour victories in 2012 and five more in 2013, before the injuries mounted and his game collapsed. Woods' drought in the majors was at seven years and counting in 2015 when Yang told ESPN.com, "I, amongst many other players, believe that it has to do with his personal issues and that it is none of our business. Tiger is not a machine and is a person like all of us. I think once he gets his focus back, he will be fine."

Woods needed to get his health back, not just his focus, and once that happened, he manufactured new ways to win. He no longer had blind belief in himself, but he figured if he could stay upright and keep a few drives in the fairway, his iron game would give him some Sunday chances here and there. Small fields wouldn't hurt, either. Woods had small fields to beat at East Lake, at Augusta National and at the Zozo. But who's counting?

In the middle of the World Series, it's worth pointing out that Woods has effectively transitioned from a dominant starter with a 99 mph fastball to an opportunistic veteran living on the edges of the plate, prevailing with precision and poise. Woods hung close at the Masters and then pounced when his fellow contenders made their fatal mistakes on the devilish 12th.

He won his fifth green jacket, then did a whole lot of hobbling and wobbling before he went in for his fifth knee procedure, arthroscopic work on cartilage damage in his left knee in August. Woods' Utah surgeon predicted a full recovery, but after a dreadful summer of golf, it seemed Tiger was making this 15-hour flight overseas to earn a quick silly-season buck playing an exhibition with fellow stars (and hulking rugby players) before getting in some live reps in the first official event played in Japan.

The trip turned out to be far more meaningful than that. Woods recovered from three bogeys in his first three holes Thursday by going on a staggering birdie blitz, and by picking up where he left off after spending Friday's typhoon in a movie house (to see "Joker") and a pizza place. "Just putt to the picture," Woods' father, Earl, used to tell him. Tiger's aim on the greens matched up with the vision in his mind, and the marathon's Monday finish enhanced a legend that didn't need any enhancing.

Woods was 5 years old when he first met Sam Snead -- "I was this little snot-nosed kid" Tiger would say -- at the Calabasas Country Club near Los Angeles, where the future great and the retired great played two holes. Young Tiger landed his tee ball on a par-3 in the water and ignored Snead's suggestion to pick it up. Woods' father had always told him to play his ball as is, and so Tiger hit it out of the water and impressed Slammin' Sammy with a bogey.

Truth is, Snead's record was never connected to Woods the way Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major titles was connected to him. "In order to get to Jack's record," Tiger had said, "I have to pass Snead's record. Just simple math."

It all added up Monday. Woods' caddie, Joe LaCava, a rabid New York Giants fan from Connecticut, is in the habit of texting to Giants executive Chris Mara the names of players who wore the jersey numbers that correspond with Tiger's victory total. It's likely Mario Manningham, one of the heroes of Super Bowl XLVI in happier Giants times, will represent the team's No. 82s in LaCava's latest text.

Meanwhile, Woods proved yet again that he can still beat the best when his body cooperates, and that, after turning 44 in December, he should still be considered the favorite to go back-to-back at the Masters for major title No. 16. Woods won two of the four biggest tournaments played from July 2018 to April 2019 (The Open, PGA Championship, Tour Championship and the Masters), and nearly won all four. He's capable of another run just like it.

Tiger doesn't have the firepower or the mystique of his dynastic past. Surgeons have stitched him back together more times than anyone can count, and after his hellish 2017 DUI arrest and plunge to 1,199th in the world rankings -- 1,199th --Woods said he'd been recovering from "some really dark, dark times."

But now, he will almost certainly break his tie with Snead to become the most prolific winner of all time and likely move within close striking distance of Nicklaus. All these years later, with his aura of invincibility long gone, Tiger Woods can still figure out a way to finish in first place. And that's one of his most amazing feats yet.

LOS ANGELES -- DeMarcus Cousins could end up playing for the Los Angeles Lakers this season after all.

Lakers coach Frank Vogel said L.A. has not ruled out the possibility of Cousins, who underwent offseason surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, coming back to play should the Lakers make a playoff run.

"We've not closed the door on that," Vogel said Sunday before the Lakers played the Charlotte Hornets. "We'll just -- we're going to be a wait and see. With these injuries that are long rehabs, you have to see and take it kind of month to month and see where he's at. But we've not closed the door on a possible return for him."

Cousins, who signed a one-year, $3.5 million free agency deal with the Lakers, suffered the injury during a summertime pick-up game.

The Lakers scrambled to fill his spot at center, signing Dwight Howard to a veteran's minimum deal and also applying for, and being granted a $1.75 million disabled player exception (half of Cousins' salary), which they must use by March 10 on a replacement player, or it will expire.

In order to qualify for the DPE, an NBA-appointed doctor has to rule a player "substantially more like than not" to be sidelined through June 15 - the end of the NBA Finals. But should L.A. use the exception and Cousins rehab himself back into shape, he would be eligible to return.

Just two months removed from surgery, Cousins has been limited to time on the exercise bike, walking laps around the perimeter of the Lakers' practice court and, in recent days, stand-still shooting drills.

In his nine NBA seasons, Cousins has averaged 21.2 points and 10.9 rebounds a game, making the All-Star game four times. He teamed with Anthony Davis and Rajon Rondo on the New Orleans Pelicans in 2017-18, averaging 25.2 points, 12.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.6 blocks in 48 games before suffering a torn Achilles that shut down his season.

Cousins did not travel with the team on its preseason trip to China and Vogel said he was unsure if the 6-10, 270-pound big man would join L.A. on its upcoming three-game road trip through Dallas, Chicago and San Antonio or stay back and rehab.

"Guys that are out for a prolonged time that aren't going to be in the rotation we typically don't travel with," Vogel said. "But ... I don't think we've made the final decision on that yet."

Cousins is also facing a misdemeanor domestic violence charge after allegedly threatening his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his 7-year-old son during a phone call this summer.

He has not spoken to reporters since the Lakers opened up training camp last month.

President Donald Trump was met with loud, sustained boos and chants of "Lock him up!'' from fans at Nationals Park when he was shown on the in-stadium video screen after the third inning of Game 5 of the World Series.

The boos ended only after the video screen cut to a shot of U.S. service members waving to the crowd and then showed a message thanking the military. Trump is attending the game with five wounded veterans.

Then, as Nationals starter Joe Ross took the mound to warm up for the fourth inning, fans started chanting, "Lock him up!'' in an apparent reference to ongoing impeachment proceedings against the president. Pro-Trump crowds have frequently chanted "Lock her up!'' about Hillary Clinton at the president's campaign rallies.

Trump was attending his first major league game since he took office in January 2017. He did not throw out the ceremonial first pitch and arrived with no fanfare just as the game began.

Trump's entourage in a lower-tier box to the left of home plate includes two Republican senators, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Florida's Marco Rubio. Also in the group is congressman Kevin Brady of Texas.

His arrival was not shown on in-stadium video monitors, but fans near the president turned and took pictures of him.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Joe Ross has allowed the two-run homer to Yordan Alvarez through three innings, but the Astros have hit him hard: Five balls in play have been hit at 99 mph or harder -- luckily, four of them resulted in outs. He's up second this inning and will probably bat, but he's been a little lucky the damage hasn't been more severe so far.

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is set to be out until December, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed after Sunday's 3-1 win over Norwich.

Pogba has struggled for most of the season with an ankle injury, with the latest setback coming at the start of October meaning he has missed United's past five matches.

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And Solskjaer thinks he will be out for at least the next two, and possibly four, games as he recovers from the problem, but could be back in time to face Tottenham and Manchester City.

"I don't think we'll see him before December," Solskjaer said, after the victory at Carrow Road. "He'll be out for a while. He needs time to fully recover so I don't think he will be back before maybe Sheffield United after the international break [on Nov. 24] but probably it will be December before you can see him."

Solskjaer was vague about the exact nature of the injury, other than to confirm that it is Pogba's ankle.

"I'm not a doctor but there is an injury there that needs healing. There's no use talking about who's not going to be here for a long time because he's not going to come on the pitch and help us.

"Paul's been brilliant and he is the creative midfielder that we need but then it's up to the others to step up."

United are also currently without a number of other players, including Luke Shaw -- who has been missing since August with a hamstring problem -- Eric Bailly, Axel Tuanzebe, Nemanja Matic and Diogo Dalot.

Anthony Martial made his first league start since August against Norwich, scoring United's third goal after strikes from Scott McTominay and Marcus Rashford.

Whatever the letter of David Warner's lifetime ban from leadership positions in Australian cricket, he was never going to be left out of the team's tactical thinking.

Apart from the fact it is nigh on impossible to picture Warner sitting quietly in the corner minding his own business while the national team's campaign for next year's T20 World Cup is constructed, he is one of the squad's most agile minds in the shortest format. After all, only one current Australian cricketer can boast of captaining a winning IPL team, and that is Warner with Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016. His thoughts on Australia's build up are many.

To that end Warner has taken a central role in discussing the many and varied permutations for the team led by captain Aaron Finch and coach Justin Langer. As one of several members of the team to play all three formats consistently, he has ample opportunities to do so.

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The reality of the higgledy piggledy international schedule is such that planning for one format must often take place while playing another, meaning that Warner's rich source of experience and ideas has been useful to Australia's' T20 planners for quite some time before the squad assembled in Adelaide last week.

"It's massive for us all these games for us leading into the World Cup," Warner said after his first T20I hundred. "The thing we can take out of this is sticking to our game plans and we're going to be playing at all those venues. So you've got to work out where you're going to hit the ball, the boundaries, what gaps you're going to hit, what bowlers you're going to take on in the first six overs. Those are the things you got to think about when you're out there.

"Same with our bowlers, with how they structure. There's going to be a lot of off-pace into the wicket, and a lot of short balls into the wicket, and it's about us as batters work out and learning off our bowlers as well about how they're trying to bowl at the opposition because we're going to get that as well."

Among the most intriguing elements of the T20 scenario confronting Australia and the rest next year is that by its nature, the type of cricket required to succeed at home will contrast markedly to that of the IPL, even if it is the world's pre-eminent tournament in the format. Warner summed this up by noting how much more critical it was to maintain a high fitness level in Australia, where bigger grounds and slower outfields mean that strong running between the wickets, particularly in search of twos, is vital.

"As a batter, it's pretty simple. You have to have at the back of your mind a plan when you're going out there. For me, it's targeting straight, the sightscreen, not try and play too many cross-batted shots and being positive running between wickets," he said. "That's the element to our game here in Australia if you want to win the World Cup next year, you've got to run really hard between the wickets. We've got big boundaries here. It's not like in the IPL where if you don't want to run, you can stand and deliver. But in my game I have a strong emphasis on running between wickets and rotating the strike. I think that's very important."

The flip side of this need for fitness and running is how, given a good start, it is relatively simple in Australia to get into a rhythm on true pitches and hit with something approaching impunity, big boundaries or not. The ease with which the hosts entered "beast mode" against Sri Lanka's bowlers at Adelaide Oval, pummelling their way to the highest ever T20I score for Australia at home, was pointed out by Warner as an example of how a steady build with wickets in hand would generally work well.

"I think you saw it out there first-hand if you are 0 for 60 then you can post a big total without taking too many risks. You saw the ease with which Maxi came in and used the pace of the wicket. There're going to be very good wickets so as batters you don't need to over-hit the ball here in Australia."

At the same time, Warner acknowledged the balance he strikes each innings with Finch, who at a career strike rate of 156.58 has proven himself some 15 runs per 100 balls more effective at taking the bowlers on than his longtime opening partner. Not getting too caught up in catching up, in a manner of speaking, is vital to Warner's method.

"It's not a conscious effort. But if he gets three or four away, and I get only one ball at the other end, then I've only faced only a couple of balls," Warner said. "It's very hard to get rhythm. If I get the ball there that I can put away, I can obviously do that. But you've got to play that situation. If he's hit two or three boundaries and gets off strike, you've already won the over.

"There's no need for me to go hammer and tongs. I can just play the way I do and get him on strike and that's how it pans out. That's the natural game plan if I get out, he bats deep. If he gets out, I'll try and bat deep. That's how the top-order always thinks."

Of course, should the quick and wickets-in-hand start not eventuate, Warner had an apt descriptor for Steven Smith, who on Sunday spent most of his time shuffling down the batting order while bigger hitters took precedence.

"I call him the fixer. He can just sit there and do what he wants. If anything goes wrong then he comes in," Warner said. "Everyone's got their roles and he knows his role very well. It's a bit similar to Rooty [Joe Root] in the one-dayers for England. You've obviously got to have someone to come in and steer the ship."

Warner, it is clear, is not permitted to captain Australia again. But that edict does not preclude him from the ability to lead.

INDIANAPOLIS -- After the Denver Broncos' 15-13 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, an angry Joe Flacco called into question the team's conservative approach down the stretch, including first-year offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello's play-calling given the Broncos had held the lead for most of the game.

Adam Vinatieri's 51-yard field goal with 22 seconds to play completed the Colts' comeback, as the Broncos suffered their third loss of the season decided in a game's final 30 seconds.

"Well, c'mon, I just look at it like we're now a 2-6 football team and we're like afraid to go for it in a two-minute drill, you know?'' said Flacco, who received medical treatment on his neck throughout the game. "Who cares if you give the ball back with a minute, 40 seconds left? They've obviously got the field goal anyway.''

Pushed on the Broncos' late-game offense, Flacco added: "Once again, we're a 2-6 football team and it just feels like we're kind of afraid to lose a game. It's third-and-5 at the end of a game, who cares if they have a timeout at the end or not? Getting in field goal range isn't that tough, you're just putting your defense in these bad situations and I just felt like what do we have to lose? Why can't we be aggressive in some of these situations? That's kind of how I feel a lot about the game today.''

The Broncos certainly had multiple opportunities to put away what would have been their third win of the season.

With 7:38 remaining, after a sack and a forced fumble by Derek Wolfe on Colts quarterback Jacoby Brissett had given the ball to the Broncos at the Indianapolis 48-yard line, the Broncos had an ugly three-and-out that included pass plays on first and third downs. But then the Broncos' defense forced another punt and Denver got the ball at their own 38-yard line with 3:37 to play.

After two runs to move the ball to the Colts' 48, the Broncos gained just 5 yards on the next two plays as they faced a third-and-5 at the two-minute warning. The Broncos, in a three-wide set and Flacco in the shotgun, chose to run Phillip Lindsay into the middle of the line for no gain on third down.

They then punted the ball away, and seven plays later, Vinatieri kicked the game winner.

"We've got to find a way to score more points, we've got to be more aggressive at it, period, [because] our defense is doing its job ... we should have been able to get the 5 yards and run the clock out,'' Lindsay said. "We're asking [the defense] to do a lot, we got to do better. Like Flacco said, Joe is right, we've got to be more aggressive. When that's coming from our quarterback, that's saying something. Joe is our leader.''

Flacco said the Broncos should have gone more to wide receiver Courtland Sutton late in the game. Sutton drew several penalties on Colts cornerback Rock Ya-Sin (three for holding and twice for pass interference) and finished with 72 yards on three receptions.

Asked whether he had the power to question some of the calls, or if he had in between series, Flacco said: "Of course you talk on the sideline about what's happening, but there's only so much you can do. As players you've got to go out and execute what's given to you ...

"I felt like at some point we just got to start going up to [Sutton] and taking some shots. I kind of mentioned it at halftime. He's a really good wide receiver and you can't not take some shots with him. Even if you don't hit them ... good things happen.''

The Broncos have now scored 24 or fewer points in 17 consecutive games, the longest stretch in the league over that span and they have scored more than 16 points just twice this season - a 26-24 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 4 as well as a 20-13 win over the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 5.

Scangarello is in his first season as an NFL play-caller after serving as the San Francisco 49ers' quarterbacks coach the previous two years. He also worked with 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan when the two were with the Atlanta Falcons.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- On a day when the San Francisco 49ers moved to 7-0 for only the second time in franchise history, it was rookie defensive end Nick Bosa and veteran running back Tevin Coleman who led the way by making some history of their own.

With their 51-13 domination of the Carolina Panthers, the Niners are 7-0 for the first time since 1990. That team was the only other one in franchise history to reach that mark. Sunday's destruction of the Panthers saw Bosa leading the charge on defense and Coleman forging the path on offense.

Among Bosa's many accomplishments on the day, he became the first 49er with 3 sacks and an interception in a game since sacks became an official statistic in 1982.

He's also the first to pull off the feat since Kansas City's Chris Jones did it in Week 2 of the 2017 season and one of only three rookies to do it in a game, joining Minnesota's Kevin Williams and Carolina's Julius Peppers.

If Bosa's hot start to his NFL career hadn't already made it clear how he's instantly become a fan favorite, Sunday's performance crystallized it. On multiple occasions throughout the game, Niners fans at Levi's Stadium broke out into loud "Bo-sa, Bo-sa, Bo-sa" chants.

Coleman etched his name into the Niners' record books as well. He accounted for four touchdowns on the day, making him just the second 49er since the merger to reach pay dirt four times in a regular-season game, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. He joins San Francisco legend Jerry Rice, who did it twice. Rice last did it on Nov. 14, 1993.

Coleman scored on rushing touchdowns of 19, 48 and 1 yards and caught a 10-yard touchdown from quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. Coleman also became the first Niner to run for three scores in a regular-season game since Garrison Hearst on Dec. 1, 2002 and the first to rush for 100-plus yards and two-plus touchdowns in a game since Carlos Hyde did it in Week 3 of 2016 against Seattle.

With a quick turnaround to play the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday night, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan removed most of his key starters, including Bosa and Coleman early in the fourth quarter.

Bosa finished his seventh NFL game with four tackles, three sacks, three tackles for loss, an interception and three quarterback hits. Coleman ended with 105 yards on 11 carries with two catches for 13 yards and the four scores.