Tag: Sports

Ailing Tiger Woods Withdraws From Masters Due to Foot Injury

AUGUSTA, Georgia—Tiger Woods withdrew from the Masters due to injury before the weather-delayed third round resumed on Sunday at Augusta National in cold conditions, the latest physical setback of the decorated golfer’s career. Woods, who has been playing a limited schedule on a rebuilt leg following a car crash in 2021, was six over par…


Woods Extends Masters Cut Streak to Record-Tying 23 Straight

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Tiger Woods can thank good friend Justin Thomas for helping the five-time champion extend his streak of consecutive cuts made at the Masters to a record-tying 23 on Saturday. Woods was in danger of missing it for the first time as a professional when he resumed his second round in a cold, driving rain…


Aliyah Boston Expected to Be No. 1 Pick in WNBA Draft

NEW YORK—Aliyah Boston has been the consensus No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft all season. The Indiana Fever, who own the top choice, just had to wait for the South Carolina star to make it official she was going to enter this year’s draft. Boston had the chance to return to South Carolina for…


Clippers Beat Blazers to Bolster Hopes of Avoiding Play-In

LOS ANGELES—Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points, Norman Powell added 23 and the Los Angeles Clippers solidified their hopes of avoiding the play-in game with a 136–125 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday, April 8. Russell Westbrook had 20 points for the Clippers, who have won four of their last six and hold the…


Coyotes Beat Ducks 5–4 in OT; 10th Straight Loss for Anaheim

TEMPE, Ariz—Barrett Hayton scored at four minutes of overtime to give the Arizona Coyotes a 5–4 victory over Anaheim on Saturday, the Ducks’ 10th loss in a row. Max Jones gave the Ducks their first lead at 4–3 with 1:52 to go in regulation, but Matias Maccelli tied it with 36 seconds left with goalie…


Woods Makes Cut, Last Among Those Still Playing at Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga.—It even sounds odd to say it: Tiger Woods is last among those still playing at the Masters. But after Woods made the cut at Augusta National on Saturday, it all went downhill from there. Slogging through a rain-drenched, 49-degree day proved too much for the aching five-time champion to overcome. The 47-year-old Woods,…


Survival at Masters as Rahm Stays Close and Woods Makes Cut—Round 3 Suspended

AUGUSTA, Ga.—No one had an easier time Saturday morning at the Masters than Brooks Koepka. He didn’t have to play, and he still had the lead going into a cold, soggy and brutally difficult weekend at Augusta National. Jon Rahm did remarkably well to stay close. Tiger Woods managed to survive, tying the Masters record…


East Play-In Field Set, Embiid Poised to Win Scoring Title

The Eastern Conference play-in tournament matchups are set, as are the top four seeds in the Western Conference. Also apparently decided: The NBA’s scoring race. Brooklyn sealed the No. 6 seed in the East on Friday night, which locked Miami into No. 7 and the play-in tournament. The Nets will play Philadelphia in Round 1…


Cyclist Ethan Boyes Dies After Being Struck in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO—Award-winning cyclist Ethan Boyes died after being struck by a car at a national park in San Francisco, the U.S. Park Police said Saturday. The athlete was hit while riding his bike Tuesday afternoon around Presidio, a historic park south of the Golden Gate Bridge, authorities said. Boyes was taken to a hospital for…


Storms Bring Down Trees at Masters, Play Halted in 2nd Round

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Three towering pine trees fell near patrons as storms rolled through Augusta National on Friday, though nobody was hurt, and the second round of the Masters was suspended for the day amid heavy wind and rain. The course was cleared once for 21 minutes by an earlier band of storms. The air horns sounded…