AUGUSTA, Ga. — Go back through 89 previous editions of the Masters, every shot on every hole, and no one will ever match what Byron Nelson did on the par-4 seventh hole at Augusta National. Nelson drove the green and two-putted for birdie in 1937 on his way to his first Masters ...
PHOENIX — The impact of the transfer portal can be felt all around the basketball landscape, and that includes this weekend's women's Final Four. The transfer portal in part contributed to the four teams that reached the Final Four in 2025 returning again this year. That has only happened once before when Georgia, Stanford, Tennessee and UConn did it in 1995-96. Things have changed in the last 30 years, especially recently. There was a time schools would mainly get talented players from mid-major programs. Now more than ever Power Four schools are taking from each other. Nearly ...
INDIANAPOLIS — The concept used to be so simple: Professionals played sports for money. College players did not. Now, it is not so clear-cut, and that confusion now gets wrapped into virtually any conversation about the state of college sports. Not surprisingly, it's bubbling up at the ...
DENVER — Brent Burns took a wayward stick to the face while playing for San Jose in October 2013 that ended up costing him teeth and time on the ice. Since his return — Nov. 21, 2013, to be precise — he's been a permanent fixture in every lineup. Burns, now 41 years old and with the Colorado Avalanche, is set to play in his 1,000th straight regular-season game Saturday at Dallas. The bearded blueliner has skated through the bumps and bruises that come with delivering checks and deflecting slap shots. So much so that Avalanche coach Jared Bednar can't wait to one day sit down ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich hit a go-ahead, two-run single in a six-run eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-2 on Wednesday. Garrett Mitchell added a two-run double during the decisive rally, Blake Perkins drove in a run with a groundout and David ...
MIAMI — Boston star Jayson Tatum doesn't know how much longer it'll take for him to feel like he's playing basketball at his best level again. That might be a scary statement. Tatum — in only his 12th game back after tearing his Achilles in last season's playoffs — did something that he's never done, that no Boston player has done since 2010 and that only two other Celtics have done in the franchise's illustrious history. His numbers against the Miami Heat on Wednesday night: 25 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists. That's a monster of a triple-double, and it came with him ...
