Powerful and hard-hitting Bryson DeChambeau could have some areas open to his stunning drives with no spectators lining the course at Augusta National.
Joe Grant
Masters: Quiet start to an empty week at Augusta National
More than just the date has changed for the Masters, but the course still looks pristine and the players are excited for the chance to play.
Sports Digest: UMaine women’s basketball picked to win conference
The Black Bears finished 12-4 in America East last season and advance to the conference championship game.
NFL notebook: Roethlisberger among four Steelers quarantined as COVID-19 contacts
Ben Roethlisberger, Vince Williams and two Steelers are on five-day quarantines and could still play Sunday against the Bengals.
Despite record, Patriots confident at halfway point after beating Jets
Yes, New England is 3-5, but the team has missed the playoffs only three times in Bill Belichick’s 20 seasons as coach. So there is hope.
Tommy Heinsohn, longtime Celtics player, coach and announcer, dies at 86
Tommy Heinsohn won eight titles as a player with the Boston Celtics, coached the team from 1969-78 and has been a color commentator on broadcasts since 1981.
MLB notebook: La Russa asked ‘Do you see my ring?’ during February DUI stop
Tony La Russa, 76, arrested for DUI in 2007, is charged for a February incident where he told the officer, “I’m a Hall of Famer baseball person.”
College football notebook: Notre Dame mandates virus testing after postgame celebration
The mass of students stormed the field after Notre Dame’s 47-40 win over then-No. 1 Clemson, but many were not wearing masks or had them pulled down
Sports Digest: Gonzaga edges Baylor for No. 1 preseason ranking
The Bulldogs received 28 first-place votes and edged the Bears by one point to start the college basketball season as the top-ranked team.
Bucks player agrees to $750K settlement with Milwaukee city attorney over arrest
Milwaukee’s Sterling Brown agrees to a revised $750,000 settlement of a lawsuit he filed after an encounter with police in 2018.