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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Augusta National crews made quick work disposing of the three towering pine trees that fell near the 17th tee late Friday during the second round of Masters, forcing the postponement of play. All that remained Saturday morning from the uprooted trees were three separate 10-by-10 foot roped off areas and some

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods is in danger of missing the Masters cut for the first time in his professional career. Woods closed out his weather-delayed second round with back-to-back bogeys for a 1-over 73. That left him with a 3-over 147 at the midway point of the tournament. At the moment, that is

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Louisville’s Hailey Van Lith has entered the transfer portal. The star guard, who finished 12th all-time in scoring at the school with 1,553 points, will graduate in May, earning her degree in finance in three years. She has two years of eligibility left because of the COVID year. “We

By DAVE SKRETTA and STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The second round of the Masters resumed at Augusta National on Saturday, and there was little evidence that three towering pine trees had fallen near patrons a day earlier during storms that resulted in the suspension of play. Nobody was hurt by

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Scott McTominay has kept up his unlikely run of scoring to help Manchester United beat Everton 2-0 in the Premier League and solidify the team’s spot in the Champions League qualification positions. A late injury to Marcus Rashford took the gloss off a comfortable win for United at Old Trafford. The

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford has hobbled off with an apparent groin injury late in Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Everton in the Premier League. The England forward gestured to United’s bench that he needed to come off and was feeling the groin area in his right leg as he left the field in

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — It appears that Fred Couples will be playing the rest of the weekend at the Masters. The 1992 champion finished his second round with a bogey Saturday, leaving him at 1 over for the championship and inside the projected cut line. That would make the 63-year-old Couples the oldest player to

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The second round of the Masters resumed Saturday after storms brought down three pine trees the previous day and ground it to a halt. Brooks Koepka has the clubhouse lead at 12 under with Jon Rahm among those giving chase. Tiger Woods has seven holes left in his second round and

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Kyle Walker is set to have only limited game time at Manchester City for the rest of the season because manager Pep Guardiola said the England right back is ill-equipped to play in the team’s new system. Guardiola has been playing a three-man defense with one of the full backs in

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — DeAngelo Russell scored 24 points, Austin Reaves had 22 and Malik Beasley 21 as the Los Angeles Lakers kept their hopes alive of avoiding a spot in the play-in tournament with a 121-107 victory over the resting Phoenix Suns on Friday night. LeBron James had

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Alex Call and Jeimer Candelario hit back-to-back homers to start the game, CJ Abrams drove in three runs with a pair of triples and the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 10-5 on Friday night. MacKenzie Gore turned in another solid performance and now has earned

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Bo Bichette hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays overcame a two-run deficit to spoil the Los Angeles Angels’ home opener with a 4-3 victory Friday night. Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. each had two hits as the Blue

By JOE TOTORAITIS Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Woodruff pitched four-hit ball into the sixth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 for their sixth straight win. Willy Adames hit a solo homer for Milwaukee, and rookie Garrett Mitchell collected two more hits. Christian Yelich had a run-scoring groundout. Woodruff

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Klay Thompson scored 29 points, Stephen Curry added 25 and the Golden State Warriors closed in on a playoff berth by beating the short-handed Sacramento Kings 119-97. The defending-champion Warriors missed a chance to clinch the postseason when New Orleans won earlier in the night

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trey Murphy scored 31 points, C.J. McCollum added 23 and the New Orleans Pelicans improved their chances of avoiding the play-in round with a 113-105 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night. The Pelicans (42-39) will need to beat Minnesota on the road in their regular-season finale Sunday and