Ludvig Åberg at the 2024 Valero Texas Open. | Photo by Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The final PGA Tour event before The Masters is here. Here are the latest odds and our staff picks for the Valero Texas Open.
This year’s Texas Two-Step concludes with the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio, where the winner — if not otherwise exempt — will receive the last invite into the 2025 Masters Tournament next week at Augusta National.
Twenty-seven players in this week’s Valero Texas Open 149-man field will play at this year’s Masters.
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The New Orleans Saints need to invest in another receiving option, and the most common prototype desired is a wide receiver with a bigger frame. New Orleans needing to add a receiving threat isn’t an indictment of Chris Olave.
Kellen Moore walked into the job with a high opinion of the receiver and ensured Olave will continue to be an important part of the offense. “Chris Olave has had a huge impact on this team, he’s going to have a huge impact (this season,)” Moore told reporters during the NFC coaches breakfast at annual league owners meetings.
Major League Baseball updated its rulebook in 2023 to increase the pace of action on the field. But the changes put concessionaires on the clock, too.
Rishav Dash, senior director of analytics for Delaware North’s sports business, remembers the lead-up to that year’s Opening Day—months spent modeling the potential ramifications and discussing them with the company’s 10 MLB clients.
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In a highly anticipated contest between the Western Conference’s No. 5 and No. 6 seeds, Tuesday’s game between the Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies delivered playoff vibes. In a back-and-forth battle that saw Steph Curry score a game-high 52 points in a near triple-double performance, the Warriors landed the final knockout punch to secure a pivotal 134-125 win in Memphis.
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Our 10 high school baseball players to watch are up for more bragging rights.
We dropped the handful of baseball stars into a preseason player of the year ballot and it’s up to the fans to decide who should be the early MVP. The result has no bearing on postseason awards, and is meant to rally the state’s baseball community.
The ballot closes on April 9 at 11:59 p.m. Email submissions will not be accepted; voting must be done via the ballot below.
DId skipping out on Penn State’s pro day have a detrimental effect on the NFL draft stock of Penn State’s top draft prospect, edge rusher Abdul Carter? That remains to be seen, but one new mock draft form USA TOODAY sees Carter failing to go in the top three picks.
A fresh mock draft from USA TODAY Sports writer Nate Davis projects Carter to go to the New England Patriots with the fourth overall pick. That is a coup[le of picks later than the consensus No. 2 pick most mock drafts had for Carter leading up to Penn State’s pro day event last week.
The Washington Commanders are hosting private workouts and meetings with prospects as the NFL draft approaches, and the latest prospect signals that Washington could be looking for competition at the kicker position.
According to Gaby Urrutia of 247Sports, the Commanders hosted a private workout Tuesday afternoon with one of the top kickers in the draft, former Miami Hurricane Andres Borregales.
Miami kicker Andres Borregales is currently having a private workout with the Washington Commanders in Coral Gables, @247Canes has learned.
Although it’s still the final stretch of the regular season, Tuesday’s contest between the Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies might be as close as it gets to a playoff atmosphere in the regular season. In a highly anticipated matchup between the Western Conference’s No. 5 and No. 6 seed, the Warriors and Grizzlies lived up to the hype.
The Warriors landed the opening haymaker with a 45-point first quarter. Steph Curry set the tone early, burying five 3-pointers in the opening frame for a red-hot 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting from the field.
David Ribbans will captain Toulon against Saracens in Saturday’s knockout tie – Getty Images Europe/David Rogers
Among the banners waved by fervent Toulon fans is one that proclaims “God save Ribbans”, featuring the image of their captain sketched over a St George’s Cross.
Stade Mayol is one of the most vibrant venues in European rugby union, so to be regarded as its king, even implicitly, represents a formidable feat. The nickname “Ribeye” did not follow Dave Ribbans from Northampton Saints, but Toulon supporters adore him.
Northern Ireland’s Simone Magill (left), England’s Jess Park (centre) and Scotland’s Emma Lawton have all scored at least one goal in the Women’s Nations League this year [Getty Images]
The Women’s Nations League is back this week with England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland all having two more matches.