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National Sports

Masters’ 15th hole turns prickly

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Fred Couples is playing the Masters for the 41st time, and he can't remember ever hitting into the water on the par-5 15th with a wedge in his hand — twice in a row. It wrecked the surprisingly great round of the 1992 Masters champion — a quadruple-bogey 9 on what ...

Dodgers great Davey Lopes dies at 80

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Davey Lopes, a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers' record-setting infield of the 1970s and '80s and one of baseball's premier base stealers, died Wednesday. He was 80. The Dodgers were informed of his death by his former wife, Lin Lopes. She told the team Lopes had ...

Scheffler arrives ‘rested’ for Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler's son Bennett turns 2 next month, and Remy was born less than two weeks ago. Neither is old enough to understand the significance of Augusta National, the Masters and the green jacket their father sometimes wears. "(His wife Meredith) got this great ...

Canadian players helping reshape college hockey

Sidney Crosby never played for an NCAA title. Neither did Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid or, going way back, Wayne Gretzky. For decades, the stars of the Canadian Hockey League were deemed pros as juniors — they received stipends — and ruled ineligible for the NCAA as a result. In ...

Supensions issued after MLB brawl

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Jorge Soler and Atlanta Braves pitcher Reynaldo López each received seven-game suspensions from Major League Baseball on Wednesday, a day after they were ejected following their participation in a brawl. Michael Hill, MLB's ...

Sports briefs

Bucks' Porter has surgery MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Kevin Porter Jr. has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and will miss the rest of the season. The Bucks announced that Porter had undergone the procedure Tuesday in Vail, Colorado. Dr. Tom Hackett at The ...