Spieth kept his poise on a lightning-quick Augusta National on Saturday with a 2-under 70 that gave him a share of the lead with error-prone Bubba Watson going into a final round loaded with possibilities. Watson started the third round with a three-shot lead. After a chaotic day in which five players had at least a share of the lead at some point, this Masters is as wide open as when it started....
Of course, Tiger Woods joins the Masters field this year for the first time since 2015. That in itself will provide plenty of intrigue for the 2018 tournament. The 2017 event had a memorable finish; Sergio Garcia defeated Justin Rose in a sudden-death playoff for the first major tournament victory in his career. MASTERS LIVE: Watch the Masters on fuboTV (7-day free trial) Here’s everything you need to watch the 2018 Masters, including tee times, TV schedule, odds to win and the entire tournament field....
With his win at East Lake Golf Club to close out the season, Tiger felt it may have been the moment when he could seriously think about a return to the top. “It proved to me that I could win again,” Woods told a press conference Tuesday at August National, ahead of the 2019 Masters, the year’s first major. “I was close at times, I was close at Tampa (The Valspar Championship), I was close at The Open Championship, had the lead there, I was making a run at Brooksie (Koepka) at the PGA, just to clean up my rounds, maybe get a break here or there, I was finally hitting it again....
But early last Monday morning, Chubais could not get in to see Yeltsin, even though he had a scheduled appointment. Other members of Yeltsin’s tight circle of advisers had schemed to keep him out, after orchestrating the ailing president’s most recent “there he goes again” moment. With Russia on the brink of yet another war in the northern Caucasus with Muslim separatists, Yeltsin had been persuaded to fire his inoffensive prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, after just three months in office....
While Merrily has gotten several makeovers and many productions in New York and across the country, Anyone Can Whistle has not yet achieved cult status. But on March 10, Ted Sperling with MasterVoices is mounting a concert version at Carnegie Hall featuring orchestrations by Don Walker. MasterVoices, one of New York’s musical treasures, has produced a range of rarely produced musical classics, including Knickerbocker Holiday, Lady in the Dark and Let ‘Em Eat Cake....
Juan Mata has revealed that David De Gea was a key figure in his move from Chelsea to Manchester United, with the goalkeeper having urged him to sign for the club. Mata moved to Old Trafford for a club record £37million from their Premier League rivals in the biggest transfer of the January transfer window and has already impressed in a United shirt. And the Spaniard has claimed that De Gea played a major part in him choosing to move to the reigning Premier League champions, with the keeper having sent him a string of messages coaxing him towards Old Trafford....
During an appearance on former Trump administration official Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast, Gaetz said that in addition to many of his GOP colleagues opposing a Biden impeachment inquiry, they also would not support such an inquiry into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The Florida lawmaker alleged that Mayorkas was “purposefully turning our border into a turnstile.” “So the War Room posse needs to be leveled with, that there are current members of the Republican majority, people who will be in the next Congress, who are arguing very, very fervently that they will oppose the use of the ‘I’ word, impeachment, in any context for any official in the Biden administration,” he said....
Dominant early in Sunday’s race at Charlotte, Kenseth crashed out and put himself in perilous position in the NASCAR championship series. More likely than not, Kenseth must win either next week at Kansas or the week after at Talladega to stay alive in the competition. MORE: Joey Logano dominates at Charlotte | Kyle Busch nailed in crash | Wall-bangers It made for a frustrating day as Kenseth, one of four drivers for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Chase, finished 42 in the Bank of America 500....
With there already being so many live-action installments starring the Dark Knight himself, Reeves wanted to approach the new film as a detective story. Seeing how one of Batman’s most well-known nicknames is “The World’s Greatest Detective” and yet none of his past films put much focus on that particular ability of his, Reeves believes that utilizing the Bat’s expertise as a detective will make for a riveting case study both on Batman and Gotham City itself....
This offseason has been all over the map for Atlanta and new GM Terry Fontenot. While it started looking like Atlanta had at least laid a groundwork – with an elite pass-catching tight end in Kyle Pitts, a top-flight cornerback in A.J. Terrell, and a quarterback in Matt Ryan – all of that has been blown up in the span of the past week. Deshaun Watson had reportedly narrowed his options down to the Saints and his hometown Falcons last week, before the Browns backed up the Brinks truck and bought themselves a new quarterback....
Indianapolis had a win-and-in scenario in Week 18 against the lowly Jaguars, who had already fired Urban Meyer and clinched the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. As such, the Colts were expected to easily win that contest and waltz into the postseason. Instead, they faltered. The team struggled all together and saw Carson Wentz complete just 17 of 29 passes for 185 yards, a touchdown and an interception in a crushing, 26-11 loss that brought the future of most of the Colts’ leadership into question....
Angels manager Mike Scioscia made the announcement Tuesday, one day after his team became the first in the majors to clinch a playoff spot this season. Right fielder and cleanup hitter Josh Hamilton returned to the lineup Tuesday night against Seattle, batting sixth for the runaway AL West leaders after missing 11 games because of an injured right shoulder. Shoemaker, who has set a franchise rookie record with 16 wins, was removed from Monday night’s 8-1 victory over Seattle after 7 2-3 innings and had an MRI....
Kushan Sarkar Beau Champ (Mauritius), Dec 2 (PTI) India’s S Chikkarangappa achieved the most noteworthy result of his professional career with a tied second finish at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open on Sunday. America’s Kurt Kityama won the event, carding 68 on the final day to end on a total score of 20 under 268. Despite having two bogeys, Kityama had a double birdie on the fourth hole and four more single birdies to earn a cool 158,000 euro....
The young Mavericks star was given a Flagrant 2 and an automatic ejection for a hostile act toward the Cavaliers’ Collin Sexton on Sunday night. The act was a chop that landed near Sexton’s groin as the two battled for position in the lane. Officials termed the strike “aggressive.” NBA STANDINGS: Seeding scenarios, breakdown for final spots in 2021 playoffs Doncic’s swipe was clear on replay. He told reporters that he didn’t mean to hit Sexton below the belt....
The Mavs chose to let all three of their major free agents (Chandler, J.J. Barea and DeShawn Stevenson) walk, and endured the battering that followed — a first-round exit in the 2012 playoffs and heavy criticism for breaking up a champion. In hindsight, Dallas was wise to break up that group, but they did so for the wrong reasons. MORE: NBA exec breaks down 15 scariest free agents No team has been more committed to the principle of summer salary cap space since the last CBA became NBA law than the Mavericks....
Well, sort of. MORE: NBA Mock Draft | Cavs’ wins help Love | Kerr responds to Warriors fans Jefferson recently aided the FBI in an investigation into his former business manager, according to documents obtained by TMZ. After the Mavs forward reported that he was suspicious Ted Kritza had stolen $2 million from his personal bank credit line, Jefferson recorded a phone conversation with his former associate, who “confessed to wrong-doing," the report said....
The seventh-year player lingered on the floor a few extra moments after the game to chat up some Charlotte opponents, then walked through a throng of fans who seemed to want to say goodbye after seeing all the social media activity on their phones during the second half. The makeover of the Mavericks continued even as parts of the blockbuster trade that brought Kristaps Porzingis from the New York Knicks were making their Dallas debuts....
That was the day that the Pirates’ lefty was perfect for 12 innings against the Braves, the defending National League champs, whose lineup included Hall of Famers Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron. Think about that. A perfect game for 12 innings. Thirty-six up, thirty six down. MORE: 10 single-season MLB feats we’ll never see again Equally noteworthy: The reason Haddix was still pitching in the 12th inning is because the Braves’ Lew Burdette had held the Pirates scoreless for 12 innings....
The nine-minute exhibition in Japan will have no official winner or loser if it goes the distance, and Mayweather said at a press availability at his training base in Las Vegas on Thursday that he was looking forward to the event as a chance to sample “something different”. The contest will take place at the Saitama Prefecture Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, Mayweather said. Saitama is 16 kilometres (10 miles) north of Tokyo....
The question was asked again by Showtime Boxing’s Jim Gray moments after Mayweather notched No. 50, winning by 10th round TKO over UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. Gray went on the attack, grilling Mayweather on what it meant to achieve the 50-0 mark against someone who’d never fought in a boxing match. “A win is a win, no matter how you get it,” Mayweather said to Gray. “Rocky Marciano is a legend and I look forward to going into the Hall of Fame one day....
