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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The anticipation is greater than ever for the return of the roars to Augusta National.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — What looked like aa lost cause turned into one of the sweetest wins ever for Kansas. The Jayhawks brought their fourth NCAA title back to Allen Fieldhouse on Monday thanks to a second-half flurry that erased a 16-point deficit and eventually overcame North Carolina 72-69 in an epic battle of power programs.

MEADVILLE — Sophomore Korrie Holcer of the Meadville High School Lady Eagles has been selected to the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association’s Class 1 All-State team for 2021-22, the association disclosed last week.

SURPRISE, Ariz.—Salvador Perez of the Kansas City Royals has won this year’s Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, sponsored by the Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity. The award is presented annually to a Major League Baseball player who best exemplifies the giving character of late Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig, a member of the fraternity’s Columbia University chapter during his college days.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski refused to let his players ponder the possibility of facing North Carolina for the first time in the NCAA Tournament after the Blue Devils had punched their Final Four ticket with a win over Arkansas.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — With a wave of his hand and a tip of the cap, Albert Pujols walked back into the world of the St.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At long last, some of the cold, hard cash in the billion-dollar world of college sports is hitting the wallets of the players themselves by legitimate means. One expert estimates by the time next year’s Final Four rolls around, every men’s basketball and football player on a major Division I roster could be making $100,000 or more.

The North Missouri Sportsman’s Alliance based in Chillicothe will offer a free antler measuring event next Saturday, April 9, at the Chillicothe Elks Lodge on Ryan Lane in the southeast part of the city.

Even though the weather – not atypically – has made getting early-season games fittingly a “hit or miss” proposition, all six high schools in or overlapping Linn County have their 2022 baseball seasons going now, in terms of game action. All except one already had notched a victory, as well, by mid-week.