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Flau’Jae Johnson could choose to forego her fourth season of college and instead go to the WNBA early — but she still hasn’t made her choice.
Flau’Jae Johnson could be headed to the WNBA as soon as next month. That is, if the LSU star decides to forego her fourth season of college and instead go professional after three college seasons, something she’s eligible to do because she turns 22 in November.

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Rory McIlroy revealed that he is dealing with an injury after the final round of the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
Rory McIlroy made a move up the leaderboard on Sunday, but in the end, it was nowhere near enough. He finished five strokes behind winner Min Woo Lee, who won his first PGA Tour title at the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
But the biggest development of McIlroy’s first start at Memorial Park came after his final round concluded.
He told Kira K. Dixon of the Golf Channel that his right elbow was bothering him.

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Slightly ahead of schedule, Rockets guard Reed Sheppard was officially active and cleared to play in Sunday’s road game versus Phoenix.
After suffering a right thumb avulsion fracture on March 6 versus the New Orleans Pelicans, Houston’s top rookie was initially estimated to miss at least four weeks.
Drafted at No. 3 overall in the 2024 first round, Sheppard has played only sparingly in the 2024-25 season for a deep Houston squad that is highly likely to advance to the NBA’s 2025 playoffs. At the moment, the Rockets are 48-26 and No.

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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The start of the Miami Open men’s final between Novak Djokovic and unseeded 19-year-old Jakub Mensuk on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium was delayed 5½ hours from its 3 p.m. start time.
The players didn’t take the court until 8:37 p.m. due to rain and organizers deciding on completing the women’s doubles final.
The South Florida rain began at 12:50 p.m. during the women’s doubles final pitting Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider against Cristina Bucsa and Miyu Kato, with Andreeva and Shnaider leading 3-0 in the first set.

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