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Twenty-six players started their rounds in the curtain-raiser event for the year’s first major which starts on Thursday. Former Masters champion Mike Weir of Canada fired a hole in one and moved joint top of the leaderboard on three under par after seven holes before organisers brought the players off the course. Monday’s practice session was also called off and more heavy rain is forecast overnight. (Reporting by Ed Osmond; Editing by Frank Pingue)...

One name absent from the field is Tiger Woods. The four-time champion is recovering from multiple back surgeries in the fall. Woods, who hasn’t won the Masters since 2005, is expected to play this year, just not this week. PHOTOS: Masters of the Masters | Best golfers without a green jacket Jordan Spieth gets his green jacket from Bubba Watson (Getty Images) Even without Woods, there are plenty of great story lines....

The 19-year-old joined the Rossoneri’s academy ranks in 2012 and within a couple of years was making headlines for his freestyle skills on YouTube, as he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Barcelona superstar Neymar. What happened to Hachim Mastour? Clarence Seedorf drafted him into the first team ranks for the final match of the 2013-14 Serie A campaign, but Mastour was denied the opportunity to make history as Milan’s youngest ever player as he remained rooted to the bench....

Milan have only won once in their last six Italian Serie A games and are placed 10th in the league standings, reports Xinhua. “This is an important month for our season – both in terms of Serie A and the Champions League. This is a decisive game for us,” he said Friday. “We have to win and we cannot afford to make any mistakes,” he said. Allegri’s contract will expire in June and speculation is rife that he will step down soon after a not so impressive start to the season....

United’s injury crisis kept getting worse as United lost Center-Back Evans in the opening 10 minutes of the game, which looked like a hamstring injury was replaced by Rafael. Charlie Adam gave Stoke a fortunate lead from an unfortunate deflection from Carrick leaving De Gea helpless. United who had mostly dominated the first half of the match found themselves a goal behind at the cold windy Britannia Stadium at half time....

Except that really happened Friday night, as Blue Jackets left wing Matt Calvert scored a short-handed, tie-breaking goal in the third period to help Columbus beat the Rangers 4-2. MORE: Greatest Blue Jackets players of all time It’s an outcome no one would have predicted midway through the second period, after Calvert took a slapshot to the face off the stick of Rangers defenseman Nick Holden. After bleeding profusely on the ice, Calvert headed to the trainer’s room to get 36 stitches in his forehead....

The Colorado winger is out for Game 3 on Tuesday, coach Jared Bednar told reporters. Calvert suffered the injury as he dished out the game-winning assist in Game 2 when he took a shot from Sharks defenseman Brent Burns. The play happened when Calvert got control of the puck on a breakaway and just got rid of it to a streaking Nathan MacKinnon up the ice. Calvert took the hit from Burns right after he released the puck but MacKinnon went on to score an empty-netter to make it 4-2....

Well, the Chicago back addressed that report and others during a radio appearance Tuesday. Speaking to CBS Sports Radio’s Tiki and Tierney, Forte laughed off the rumors and said he doesn’t believe he’s going anywhere. MORE: Week 5 power rankings | Todd Gurley draws Adrian Peterson comparisons “I think it’s funny,” he said. “The media, I don’t know. I guess they start to speculate and then they report it as news and it takes off....

During media availability Tuesday morning, reporters opened the questioning by confronting Nagy with a recent report from Patch.com, stating that chairman George McCaskey plans to part ways with Nagy after their Thanksgiving matchup against the Lions. “That is not accurate,” Nagy said in response to the opening question. “I have great communication with ownership, with George and Ted and Ryan, but I have not had any discussions.” FANTASY: Week 12 Start ‘Em or Sit ‘Em...

The film came after the blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home, and with Morbius being an active character within the Spider-Man universe, they expected that the Spidey-mania would rake in more fans coming out to see Morbius, but that did not happen at all. The film only managed to pull in $73 million in the US and $163 million worldwide, which is very low for a film in the superhero genre that commonly dominates at the box office....

Yet one of Meyer’s underrated achievements, one that we’ll look back on with appreciation with each new name to enter the transfer portal, is the fact he managed to keep quarterbacks Cardale Jones, J.T. Barrett and Braxton Miller on the same roster in the 2015 season. It’s a phenomenon the Buckeyes haven’t been able to replicate since, as evidenced by Matthew Baldwin entering the transfer portal Thursday — less than a week after he completed 20 of 36 passes for 246 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions while splitting time between the Scarlet and Gray teams in the Ohio State spring game....

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is a mogul, philanthropist and Houston sports super fan. He’s also a betting man. And the Space City resident was slated to throw the ceremonial first pitch Saturday night. It was the culmination of a postseason that has been especially stressful for McIngvale. After all, he had a lot riding on the outcome of this series. Prior to the playoffs, McIngvale placed $10 million wager on his beloved ‘Stros capturing a World Series title....

They had seen their team win the title one season and then completely flop the next, not once but twice. So it was safe to say that the pressure mounted on Sarri to implement his style of football, one which had taken a talented Napoli team to the next level, was very high. And boy has he delivered. With 8 wins from his first 11 games, Maurizio Sarri has adapted to life in the Premier League like a fish to water....

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban last week banned the writers from the team’s home games (but did say they could still “buy a ticket”) in response to ESPN’s decision to have MacMahon cover the entire NBA rather than focus on the Mavs. Cuban said the decision was in protest of the trend of media outlets providing automated coverage of certain sports, logic that confounded many sports media observers. SN 50: The 50 most influential people in sports, including Cuban...

Last season’s Rookie of the Year Doncic made a career-high eight three-pointers and had 35 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as the Mavs defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 120-112 at American Airlines Center on Friday. Anthony had 22 points for the Blazers, who slipped to an 18-25 record and sit 2.5 games back of the playoff positions in the Western Conference. When the 10-time All-Star was informed Doncic had referred to him as a “walking bucket”, he returned the compliment....

The Nationals ace made the start in the 2021 All-Star Game, the fourth time he’s done so in his career, but it was the first time he was nearly decapitated by an opposing batter. In the first inning, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit an absolute screamer that narrowly missed Scherzer’s head, resulting in an innocuous ground out. Guerrero then walked over to give him an apologetic hug just after the smash....

The sculpture, which will be unveiled in mid-August, is technologically sophisticated, yet visually simple. Hovering above the heads of commuters, in an elliptical recess in the ceiling, is what looks like a glowing flying saucer, 14 feet wide. It’s really a translucent glass disc, illuminated from on top by hundreds of fiber-optic light points. Between the points of light and the glass disc, a parallel disc, this one metal, slides slowly back and forth, casting a moving shadow....

Kante was recalled by Les Blues on Thursday for their upcoming qualifiers against Iceland and Turkey, having been overlooked for selection in September to recover from niggling hamstring and ankle injuries. Deschamps revealed Lampard has previously spoken to him about not selecting the 28-year-old, who returned to action with 90 minutes against Lille on Wednesday. However, the World Cup-winning coach wants the favour to be repaid, telling reporters at Thursday’s news conference: “Lampard asked me not to pick Kante at the last break....

Police fined Warrambool, Victoria Mayor Tony Herbert A$1,652 (approximately $1,050 USD) on Thursday for ignoring restrictions intended to limit the spread of COVID-19. He was investigated by police after being photographed drinking with a group of people gathered outside a bar on April 7. Herbert insisted that he had been doing his job by meeting with local business owners and the photograph was being interpreted out of context. “I had a chance, unplanned and emotional encounter with one business owner,” said Herbert in a statement released earlier in the week, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)....