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In a spectacular return to past glory, Tiger Woods won the 2019 Masters on Sunday, his first victory in one of golf’s four major tournaments in over a decade. Woods energized fans as he pulled ahead during the Masters’ fourth round in Augusta, Georgia. He entered the final day tied for second place, two shots behind […]

Kawhi Leonard missed the NBA playoffs last season, in multiple ways. He wasn’t playing the games. He wasn’t feeling the games, either. That’s not a problem this season for the 2014 NBA Finals MVP. Healthy and happy, Leonard has the Toronto Raptors one win away from the second round. He scored 34 points and the

Amid a frenzy of cheers and celebratory chants, a happy Tiger Woods strode off the 18th green after securing his fifth Masters win on Sunday to share the moment with his smallest, but no doubt most ardent, supporters ― his two children.  Woods’ 10-year-old son, Charlie, ran into his father’s outstretched arms near the hole and was

On a spring evening in eastern Pennsylvania, upon a bluff overlooking the Lehigh Valley, a carnival of baseball and pork products is at hand. From loudspeakers, swine-like sounds reverberate. Vendors roam the stands in clothing festooned with outsized strips of bacon. And yes, there is also a baseball game going on — featuring players wearing

Samantha Cerio, the Auburn gymnast whose horrific injuries in a floor routine went viral last week, told “Today” on Monday that at first she thought “something was a little wrong.” Then reality hit when she looked down. Instead of hyperextending her knees on the landing, as she assumed, her legs had bent unnaturally backward, causing

Nets general manager Sean Marks was suspended one game without pay and fined $25,000 by the NBA on Sunday for entering the referees’ locker room after Brooklyn’s loss to Philadelphia in Game 4 of their playoff series. The Nets lost 112-108 on Saturday in a game in which Brooklyn’s Jared Dudley and Philadelphia’s Jimmy Butler

“The Matrix” just got another sequel, baseball style. Houston Astros pitcher Collin McHugh artfully dodged a bullet ― well, a line drive ― against the Oakland A’s on Tuesday in a move reminiscent of Neo, Keanu Reeves’ character in the sci-fi classic “The Matrix.” The Astros later shared a McHugh/Neo mashup on Twitter for full effect.

The Oakland Athletics caught Justin Smoak early, ending a wild sequence by center fielder Ramon Laureano. But the As couldnt totally stop Smoak and the Toronto Blue Jays, who finished off a three-game sweep with a 5-4 victory Sunday. Over this road trip we finally started swinging the bats, Smoak said after getting four hits,

Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price said Thursday that he would not be participating in the World Series-winning team’s visit to the White House next month, joining several of his teammates eschewing the tradition, which has become highly politicized under President Donald Trump. World Series hero David Price told me he doesn’t plan to go

Road, sweet road. There were eight NBA playoff games this weekend, and all eight were won by the road team. It’s the first time in NBA history there were eight road playoff wins in a two-day span. “Road wins are the best, especially in the playoffs,” Toronto’s Kawhi Leonard said. The Raptors were one of