SPORTS
March 25, 2005 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Steve Jones shot an eight-under-par 64 -- only one stroke off the course record -- to take the first-round lead Thursday at the Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Jones stole the spotlight from the stars on the tame TPC at Sawgrass and has a one-shot lead over Fred Funk, Zach Johnson and Lee Westwood.
ENTERTAINMENT
December 28, 2004 | Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer
The voice of Steve "Jonesy" Jones is not what you would call a classic FM-radio baritone. His cockney ramble is as graceful as a freight truck with balky gears, and every weekday he helms a two-hour radio show that staggers, mutters and misfires like a boozy sailor tossing darts in a West London dive. "I don't know if we're giving anything away," he told his listeners on a recent show. "I couldn't give a toss, to be honest with you. Let's play another song, another pox Christmas song ...
BOOKS
January 18, 2004 | Robert Lee Hotz, Robert Lee Hotz is a science writer for The Times.
The literature of science offers no more brazen invitation than the opening paragraphs of a new book on the molecular biology of sex by London geneticist Steve Jones. "Ejaculate, if you are so minded and equipped, into a glass of chilled Perrier," he begins.
ENTERTAINMENT
September 10, 1998 | HEIDI SIEGMUND CUDA
Man, now I know why people take vacations: to regain sanity, if only for a moment, and to re-appreciate Los Angeles. Yes, the pace is fast, and yes, if you don't take breaks, you will implode. But it's nice living in a city where you don't have to explain yourself. Viva Los Angeles! Ain't no cowpokes 'round these parts. . . .
SPORTS
January 24, 1998 | From Associated Press
There was no runaway Friday in the Phoenix Open. Kelly Gibson and Brent Geiberger saw to it. In another sense, so did Steve Jones. "I made sure of that," Jones said after ruining what could have been a sensational round with four bogeys in the last eight holes for a 69 and a two-round total of 134. "I fell asleep. I was awake on the front and asleep on the back." Gibson shot a five-under-par 66, improving by one stroke on his opening round, to lead the $2.5-million tournament at nine-under 133.
SPORTS
September 7, 1997 | From Staff and Wire Reports
Steve Jones splashed his way to a par on the last hole Saturday to take a one-stroke lead in the Canadian Open over an emotional Greg Norman, who wore all black to honor the memory of Princess Diana. Four golfers were another stroke behind and British Open champion Justin Leonard, who finished the third round with three consecutive bogeys, was three strokes off the lead.