Month: February 2021

Daniel Berger’s 30-foot putt in the final round at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am led him to victory on Sunday.  Berger won for the second time since the PGA Tour returned to golf from the COVID-19 pandemic, starting with a playoff victory at Colonial last June.

Maverick McNealy made five birdies over his last eight holes for a 66 and was tied for the lead after his eagle putt on the 18th stopped inches away. Berger was in the group behind him, and needed only two putts for birdie to win, instead finishing with a flair. Berger finished at 18-under 270 for his fourth career victory.

Berger seals win at Pebble with 30-foot eagle putt

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Daniel Berger holed a 30-foot eagle putt to seal his win Sunday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

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The Brooklyn Nets announced Sunday that star Kevin Durant will miss at least Monday’s and Tuesday’s games with a left hamstring strain. After sitting out the entire 2019-20 season while recovering from a ruptured Achilles, Durant has shown no lingering effects from the injury so far this year.

Durant has appeared in 19 games and is averaging 29.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per contest. The 10-time All-Star is shooting 52.4 percent from the field, including a career-high 43.4 percent behind the arc. Until Durant is able to return, head coach Steve Nash will turn to Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot.

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant to miss at least two games with hamstring strain

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Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant will miss at least the next two games with a mild left hamstring…

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is undergoing offseason knee surgery, according to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, due to an injury he suffered during the season. The procedure will be a minor one (called “a clean up”) but in fact, reports state that the QB “played most of the season with some discomfort in the knee.”  Brady shouldn’t be expected to miss much, if any, of the Buccaneers’ ensuing offseason program.

Despite the knee issues, Brady led the Buccaneers to an 11-5 record and won four playoff games culminating in a Super Bowl LV victory. He remains under contract with the Bucs through 2021 after inking a two-year deal with the club last offseason.

         

Source: Bucs’ Brady to have minor knee surgery

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Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady will undergo a minor surgical procedure on his knee this…

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The Toronto Raptors have announced they will finish the 2020–21 season in Tampa due to ongoing border restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The U.S.-Canada border remains closed to nonessential travel, and the league would have otherwise needed an exemption to a requirement that anyone entering Canada for nonessential reasons must isolate for 14 days.

The Raptors have played their home games at Amalie Arena, home of the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning.  Raptors president Masai Ujiri said Thursday in a statement, “Florida has been really welcoming to us and we’re so grateful for the hospitality we’ve found in Tampa and at Amalie—we’re living in a city of champions, and we intend to carry on the tradition of winning for our new friends and fans here. But home is where the heart is, and our hearts are in Toronto. We think often of our fans, of our Scotiabank Arena family, and all those we are missing back home, and we can’t wait until we can all be together again.”

The Raptors are 12—13 and sit in fifth place in the Eastern Conference. They are 6—5 at home on the year.

Raptors to finish NBA season at Tampa home

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The Raptors will not return to Toronto for the rest of the NBA season, instead making the…

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