Nelly Korda’s LPGA Match Play title defense got off to a sluggish start Wednesday as Brittany Altomare rallied from 2-down to tie the world number one on the opening day at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, Nevada.”To end up in a tie was a win for me,” said Altomare, who is working her way back …
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Past major winners and Masters champions are preparing for Friday’s start of the LIV Golf Miami event at Doral with thoughts of next week’s Masters in their heads.The Saudi-backed series stages its final event before next week’s first major of the year at Augusts National with 12 LIV players preparing to tee off against top …
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Stephen Curry delivered a majestic 52-point performance as the Golden State Warriors clinched a crucial victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday while Nikola Jokic bagged a career-high 61 points in vain as Denver lost a double overtime thriller to Minnesota.Curry, the NBA’s all-time leader in three-point shooting, looked poised to set the single-game three-point …
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Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin edged closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky’s National Hockey League all-time goals record of 894 on Tuesday, bagging the 891st goal of his career in a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins.The 39-year-old Russian tucked away a pass from Dylan Strome with four minutes remaining in the first period at Boston’s …
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New “torpedo” baseball bats are making waves across America’s national pastime, triggering an explosion of home runs in the first full week of the Major League Baseball season.The New York Yankees blasted an MLB record-tying 15 home runs in their first three games of the season, in part due to the new bats, which have …
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NFL team owners voted Tuesday to make the “dynamic kickoff” a permanent rule change while delaying a vote on banning the “tush push” quarterback sneak.In annual league meetings at Palm Beach, owners voted to keep the kickoff procedure adopted on a one-season basis for 2024 with one tweak — touchbacks will see the ball spotted on …
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Tiger Woods took to social media on Tuesday to play an April Fool’s prank on golf fans, giving false hope he could overcome an injury to play in next week’s Masters.Woods, a 15-time major winner and five-time Masters champion, posted a message on X celebrating a miracle recovery from a ruptured left Achilles tendon.”I can’t …
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Detroit Pistons forward Isaiah Stewart was suspended two games without pay by the NBA on Tuesday while four other players received one-game bans from a brawl during a Sunday game at Minnesota.Stewart was hit with the harshest punishment for escalating an on-court altercation and in part because of his history of repeated unsportsmanlike actions.Assessed one-game …
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Veteran Al Horford turned back the clock to help the NBA champion Boston Celtics notch a ninth straight victory and nab a franchise first with a 117-103 win over the Grizzlies in Memphis on Monday.Horford, 38, led the Celtics scoring with 26 points off the bench.Jayson Tatum added 25 points and 14 rebounds and the …
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The New Orleans Pelicans, out of NBA playoff contention, are shutting down Zion Williamson and CJ McCollum for the rest of the regular season, the team said on Monday.Williamson has been nursing a low back bone bruise he suffered in a fall during a game on March 19 while McCollum has been sidelined by a …
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