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Root For These 10 Golfers To Win This Week At Augusta

... fourth to Gary Woodland's loss, there are numerous reasons to root for this field. 15 h ago. • 3 min read. Many of you only follow golf one week out of the year. I understand that. It makes sense. There are other sports I only follow one week out of the year, too. But because of this, you don’t necessarily know who to root for this week at the 2017 Masters. Who is someone you can get behind for one reason or another. There are an endless array of reasons to root for a variety of PGA Tour characters, and some are more enduring than others. Who could forget Tiger Woods becoming the first African-American to win at Augusta National in 1997? Or Phil Mickelson embracing his wife Amy when he won in 2010 as she was battling breast cancer. There aren’t any stories as big as those two coming into this year’s Masters, but there are still several golfers to get behind over the next week. Here is a look at our root-ability rankings from 1-10. 1. Jason Day - His mother was recently diagnosed with lung ...

Unc's Experience Could Make The Difference In Title Game Vs. Gonzaga

... off the boards but deny opportunities for those easy put-back buckets that have helped North Carolina power through poor shooting in the past. Gonzaga’s size and depth inside is the great equalizer in this matchup, according to CBS Sports analyst Seth Davis. “I have a hard time envisioning North Carolina winning the game,” Davis said on Saturday night after the Final Four. “It’s going to be the first time all season they are going up against a team that has as much size and depth in the frontcourt as they have.”. 7. Final Four experience edge heavily favors North Carolina. North Carolina has the most NCAA Tournament victories since 2000 (46), while Gonzaga just started making the Sweet 16 in 1999. This is Mark Few’s first Final Four and Roy Williams’ ninth - only Mike Krzyzewski (12), John Wooden (12) and Dean Smith (11) have more Final Four appearances - and the top six players in the Tar Heels’ rotation have been on the roster for 14 NCAA Tournament games over the last three years, including last year’s Monday night buzzer-beater loss to Villanova Wildcats. North Carolina, by the way, is 5-5 in NCAA Tournament ...

Adrian Peterson's Visit With The Patriots Reportedly Ends Without A Contract

... course, that doesn’t mean a deal won’t get worked out in the future. Adrian Peterson's visit with the Patriots has concluded. Per sources, he's leaving without a deal.for now. Could revisit later. — Field Yates (@Field Yates) April 3, 2017. While the Patriots already boast an impressive versatile backfield duo in James White and Dion Lewis , they’re still lacking a powerful runner. Le Garrette Blount , who served that role the past three years, is a free agent. So, the Patriots could opt to bring him back or sign Peterson instead. Peterson  is reportedly asking for a ton of money - at least $8 million in the first year of his contract, according to __link__  - though he could always take less money to join a Super Bowl contender like the Patriots. There’s also the issue of his age (32), injury history ( he tore his meniscus last year ), and potentially diminished skill set (he averaged 1.9 yards per carry in three games last year). All of those factors are why it isn’t surprising that Peterson is still a free agent. Peterson isn’t ...

Who's In, Who's Out, Projected Conference Matchups

... berth in 2016-17. USATSI. Western Conference. Projected matchups. Chicago Blackhawks (1) vs.  Nashville Predators  (wild card). The joke was on the rest of the Western Conference for April Fool’s on Saturday, when Chicago clinched the No. 1 seed. They secured a playoff spot on March 19. The Predators failed to earn their own playoff spot after losing to the St. Louis Blues on April 2, but a loss by the Los Angeles Kings later that night locked up their postseason bid. Minnesota Wild (2) vs. St. Louis Blues (3). The Wild lost on March 25 but clinched a playoff berth, their fifth straight, thanks to a Kings defeat. An overtime loss to the long-eliminated Colorado Avalanche on March 31 sealed St. Louis’ return to the playoffs. Edmonton Oilers (1) vs.  San Jose Sharks  (3). Connor Mc David’s crew ended a 10-year playoff drought by clinching on ...

Gonzaga Vs. North Carolina Expert Picks, Lines

... will win the game outright. Final score: Gonzaga 76, North Carolina 75. So if you’ve got any more Zags jokes, get them out before Monday night. Matt Norlander. The Bulldogs will win their first national championship on Monday night because, through and through, they are better than the Tar Heels. They have rated as the best team in college basketball for months. They have the size — and better frontcourt players — to match up against UNC. Nigel Williams-Goss wins the head-to-head battle of the point guard vs. Joel Berry. Those are two victories to UNC’s one with Justin Jackson winning the battle of the wings. The coaching practically cancels itself out. Gonzaga played better in victory on Saturday than UNC, and it will find its groove early against the Heels on Monday night. Bulldogs 84, UNC 80. Chip Patterson. Twice in this tournament, North Carolina has won a game it didn’t deserve to win. Finishing off Arkansas and hanging on against Oregon gives this ...

Finn Balor Returns, Roster Changes Ahead After Wrestlemania 33

... the top rope! @Mustafa Ali WWE is pulling out all the stops against @WWENeville ! #RAW #RAWAfter Mania __link__/662 JBMnn Go. — WWE (@WWE) April 4, 2017. In the ring - Vince Mc Mahon: Stepping out of a limousine before the commercial break, Vinny Mack made his way to the ring with the crowd singing along to his “No chance in hell” theme. The crowd then chanted “Roman sucks” as if it finally had the chance to speak directly to Mc Mahon. He went on to thank the crowd “for being the most passionate fans in the entire world.” Mc Mahon announced that there would be a “Superstar Shake-up” of the WWE roster next Monday, April 10. No additional context was provided. He next announced that his daughter Stephanie Mc Mahon, who took a bump through a table at Wrestle Mania, would be out of action for some time and criticized the fans for being disrespectful, cruel and blood-thirsty when they cheered her injury. With Stephanie out and general manager Mick Foley having been fired a few weeks ago, Mc Mahon said his new GM was just inducted into the 2017 Hall of Fame. Teddy Long’s music hit and Long ...

Ranking The Five Amateurs Playing Augusta National This Year

... with him at the Australian Open last year and raved about his game. Luck could have turned pro at any time over the last nine months, but he wanted to wait until he played the Masters. If he had turned pro early, he would have lost his bid. “To be honest, I felt ready last year,” Luck told the Augusta Chronicle. “I’d entered tour school and was at the point where if I qualified I was turning pro, and I didn’t have any issues with that because I felt like my game was there. I postponed things a little, but for good reason.”. A post shared by Curtis Luck (@curtisluck_) on. Aug 22, 2016 at 8:05 am PDT. If Luck doesn’t take low amateur, I’d be shocked. 2. Brad Dalke (U. S. Amateur runner up): As much as it pains me to slot an OU golfer No. 2 here, Dalke is a stud. He lost in the U. S. Amateur finals to ...

Warriors Look Unbeatable While Cavaliers Continue To Dive

... rest games, but the point remains: The playoffs are about matchups. The regular season is mostly about timing. Do you play a great team when they’re at their peak, as the Warriors are now? Or when they’re at their lowest point, as the Celtics did when they faced Golden State. The point is that it’s a good sign if you’re playing well, sure. But it’s more of a sign of what kind of team you are. Not a prediction of how your playoff fortunes will play out. Keep that in mind as we get swept up in “closing strong” and “peaking at the right time,” and then remember this fact. The playoffs last two full months. You’re going to have to peak for a long, long time. It’s better to just play well and figure it out from there. That last part, that’s the real problem for Cleveland right now, and very much not the problem for Golden State going into ...