Jack Nicklaus wasted no time in congratulating Rory McIlroy after his win at the Masters on Sunday – and for becoming only the sixth golfer to win the career grand slam.
Nicklaus, the North Palm Beach resident, called into the CBS’ post-Masters telecast soon after McIlroy, who lives in Jupiter, defeated Justin Rose on the first playoff hole.
“I’m so happy for him. I’m delighted for him,” Nicklaus said. “It will take the world off his shoulders and you’re now going to see a lot more of really good golf out of Rory McIlroy.
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A three-game series that started on a good note for Duke’s baseball team turned sour in the last two games.
The Blue Devils lost the last two games of a series at Miami this weekend, by a combined three runs.
It drops Duke back into a four-way tie for seventh place in the ACC, which has 16 teams playing baseball. The Blue Devils, along with Wake Forest, Virginia Tech and Virginia, are all 9-9 in the ACC with four series left in the regular season.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson watched from the bench in street clothes — along with teammates CJ McCollum, Herb Jones, Trey Murphy III and Yves Missi — as the New Orleans Pelicans’ worst season in two decades ended with a seventh-straight loss on Sunday.
In the stands across the court during the 115-100 loss to Oklahoma City was Pelicans basketball operations chief David Griffin, who still hasn’t gotten to watch the team he assembled last summer all play together under the direction of Willie Green, the coach he hired four years ago.
The playoffs have arrived and thanks to the scriptwriters’ magic, we’ll get to witness a sure-to-be-entertaining series between the Knicks and the upstart Detroit Pistons. Cade Cunningham and his young, physical team will look to build off their 3-1 drubbing of the Knicks during the regular season, while Jalen Brunson attempts to lead New York to another first-round victory.
Let’s dive into the many angles in what’s expected to be a tough and close series.
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The Greek Freak, Giannis Antetokounmpo, served up some playful banter in Friday’s penultimate regular-season game, a 125–119 Bucks victory over the Detroit Pistons.
Known for his squeaky-clean NBA image, Giannis left teammates, rivals, and fans floored with his cheeky on-court jabs against the Pistons.
Giannis was all over his former Bucks teammate Malik Beasley after swatting Beasley’s last-second desperation three-pointer. He unleashed a sassy shimmy to tease Beasley post-block, firing up the Pistons’ forward.
Giannis was on one.
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Injured San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama took another step forward on his road to recovery.
In February, doctors discovered a blood clot called deep vein thrombosis in Wembanyama’s right shoulder. Due to the severity of the injury, Wembanyama missed the rest of the regular season.
However, things are trending upward for the young Frenchman, and he said as much on Sunday.
While he is not doing full-contact drills, he has increased the intensity of his recovery.
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The Sky add another first-round draft pick to their stock ahead of Monday’s draft.
The Chicago Sky have acquired the No. 11 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft from the Minnesota Lynx, the team announced Sunday evening. In exchange, Minnesota receives the Sky’s first-round pick in 2026. The Lynx also no longer have the right to swap 2026 first-right picks with Chicago — a pick swap they acquired last year.
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-11 R McIlroy (NI)*, J Rose (Eng)
*McIlroy wins after first hole of sudden-death play-off
Selected others:-9 P Reed (US); -8 S Scheffler (US); -7 B DeChambeau (US), Im (Kor); -6 L Aberg (Swe); -5 X Schauffele (US); -3 J Rahm, J Spieth (US), T Hatton (Eng); -2 T Fleetwood (Eng); -1 A Rai (Eng); +4 D Willett (Eng), S Lowry (Ire)
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The emotion of 14 years of trying came flooding out of Rory McIlroy as he realised his lifetime’s ambtion of achieving golfing immortality with victory at Augusta National on Sunday.