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DeChambeau leads at Masters

AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bryson DeChambeau was the mad scientist who calculated barometric pressure and the decay of spin rate in altitude when trying to figure out how to best play the game. Then he became the incredible bulk, adding 40 pounds of muscle and mass with a diet of some 3,500 calories a day in an effort to swing the club faster and hit the ball farther than anyone. The third iteration he showed at the Masters on Thursday might be the most daunting. “The golf phase,” DeChambeau said Thursday after opening with a 7-under 65, his best start in a major and ...

Before murder charges, Simpson was one of NFL’s greatest

AP Pro Football Writer Long before the Bronco chase gripped a national television audience and the “Trial of the Century” captivated the country, O.J. Simpson was making his mark on the football field. The Juice was the best running back of his era during an 11-year NFL career mostly played with the Buffalo Bills. He won a national championship and a Heisman Trophy in college and set records in the NFL. But Simpson’s accomplishments on the field were overshadowed and his image was forever ruined by charges that he killed his former wife and her male friend in 1994. Though he ...

The Anti-Abortion Right Is Not Into Compromise

Getting rid of Roe v. Wade was sold as a sensible and mollifying approach to the abortion controversy. It would let each state ban or codify a right to abortion in accordance with local culture. This assumed that the end of a constitutional right to abortion was the victory after which “pro-life” conservatives could go home. Not so. Anti-abortion activists clearly see Roe’s fall as but one stop in a longer journey to outlaw abortion outright. And why wouldn’t they? If you believe that the cell cluster created at conception has the same rights as a 1-year-old, how could you ...

Masters a reunion of the world’s best players; numbers shrinking

AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — More than golf’s first major championship of the year, the Masters represents unification. This is the first time since July at the British Open the best players regardless of their tours compete against each other — same course, same tournament, same television network. “I believe everyone agrees there’s excitement in the air this week,” Masters Chairman Fred Ridley said Wednesday. “The best players in the world are together once again.” Still unclear at Augusta National is for how much longer. Saudi-funded LIV Golf has 13 ...

‘Pravi MVP’: In any language, Mavs think Doncic is NBA’s best

AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks had a message on Wednesday night: “Pravi MVP.” Translated, that means Real MVP. And because it was coming from the Mavs, it was also pretty easy to figure out what the message on the T-shirts that players, coaches and staff wore before the game against the Miami Heat was. Admittedly biased, Mavs coach Jason Kidd said he thinks Luka Doncic should be the NBA’s MVP this season — and had a blunt answer for why the 25-year-old Slovenian star isn’t considered the frontrunner for the award. “Game’s too simple, too ...

Arkansas hoops hires John Calipari

The Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Fireworks went off as new Arkansas men’s basketball coach John Calipari was introduced to fans at Bud Walton Arena. If his past success is an indicator, many more fireworks are forthcoming. Arkansas hired Calipari on Wednesday, a day after the Hall of Fame coach stepped down from the Kentucky program he led to the 2012 NCAA championship. Calipari is the winningest active coach in men’s college basketball, with a career record of 855-263 in stops at Massachusetts, Memphis and Kentucky. The 65-year-old has led his programs to six ...