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LPGA Tour player Suzann Pettersen expecting 1st child

OSLO, Norway (AP) LPGA Tour player Suzann Pettersen is expecting her first child this fall.

Lars Gilleberg, Pettersen’s Norway-based manager, confirmed the pregnancy to Golfweek on Friday.

The 36-year-old Pettersen married Christian Ringvold in January 2017.

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Pettersen has 15 LPGA Tour victories, two of them majors, and $14.8 million in career earnings, which is fifth all-time. She has played in eight Solheim Cups and represented Norway in the Rio Olympics.

She has not played in a tournament in 2018.

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Stenson, DeChambeau tied for early lead at Bay Hill

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Henrik Stenson gave himself another chance to win at Bay Hill, and he made it a little bit tougher on Tiger Woods.

Stenson made three big par saves at the turn to keep the round from getting away from him, ran off three straight birdies on his back nine and posted a 3-under 69 that gave him a share of the 36-hole lead Friday with Bryson DeChambeau in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

The chilly weather warmed in the afternoon, just not enough for Woods to do the same. He didn’t make a birdie until the 12th hole, never had a birdie putt inside 12 feet except for the par 5s on the back nine, and did well to scrap it around for a 72 to go into the weekend seven shots behind.

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”I didn’t hit the ball close, I didn’t hit the ball well,” Woods said. ”But I was just hanging in there … just try not to shoot myself out of the tournament.”

DeChambeau finished strong with an 8-iron into 7 feet for eagle on the par-5 16th and an approach to 4 feet fo..

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Stenson, DeChambeau tied for early lead at Bay Hill

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Henrik Stenson struggled from the start in weather that was chilly even for his Swedish blood. He made enough par putts to keep momentum, ran off three straight birdies late in his second round and wound up with a share of the lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Stenson played bogey-free for a 3-under 69 and goes into the weekend with another shot at winning Bay Hill.

Bryon DeChambeau also sputtered early and came on strong at the end with a 7-foot eagle putt on the 16th and an approach to 4 feet for birdie on the 18th for a 66.

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”I think every week I’m good enough to win or play my best,” DeChambeau said. ”It’s just sometimes a kick here, a break here and that’s just what happens.”

Stenson and DeChambeau were at 11-under 133.

Tiger Woods played in the afternoon and went through the front nine with no birdies and two bogeys, dropping him nine shots behind. He is coming off a runner-up finish at Innisbrook last week and has won eig..

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Coach goes peak “old man yelling at sky” by blaming March Madness loss on Millennials

“Win with humility, lose with grace,” is one of the oldest adages in sports. It's also one Stephen F. Austin coach Kyle Keller has apparently never heard.
Keller's team lost to Texas Tech on Thursday, which was to be expected: Tech was a No. 3 seed. Did that stop Keller from correlating his defeat to his perceived downfall of society? Absolutely not.
“The Millennials today, they don't even watch college basketball,’’ Keller said Thursday night. “A lot of our guys didn't even know who those cats (Texas Tech players) were because they don't watch the game. They're on their phone and doing that kind of stuff.
“I hate to say it, but as much as you or I or anybody in here watches the games, they don't. Or the NBA. They might watch the slam-dunk contest in February on TNT or whatever, but that's about the extent of it.”
Yeah, except basketball viewership has never been higher at the 18-34 level. Or that Keller's team full of Millennials lost to a ..

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An absolutely ridiculous streak ended for Kentucky in their first-round win over Davidson

Idaho StatesmanAll streaks have to come to an end, but in today's three-point heavy college and pro game, it's hard to believe this one ever would.
Coming into their first-round game against Davidson in the NCAA Tournament, the Kentucky Wildcats had made a three-pointer in 1,047 consecutive games, dating all the way back to 1988! After going 0-for-6 from behind the arc on Thursday, it finally ended:
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/974455139426885633
https://twitter.com/stevecofield/status/974456127063703552
https://twitter.com/KentuckyMBB/status/974463678870417408
What a wild stat. The kind Golf Channel's Justin Ray comes up with about Tiger Woods and we all put blind faith in him instead of doing any research ourselves. That's not a dig on Ray, I'd trust that man with my first-born child.
It was a minor miracle this streak lived as long as it did considering Kentucky ranks 142nd in the nation in three-point field-goal percentage this season. They'..

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LeBron James dunked Jusuf Nurkic back to Bosnia

Cameron Browne(Photo by Cameron Browne/NBAE via Getty Images)College basketball might take our collective attention in March, but no one steals the spotlight from LeBron James.
You might have missed it thanks to the first round of NCAA games on Thursday, but while Arizona and Miami were busy ruining your bracket, James let everyone know why he sits on his throne by sending Portland Trail Blazer Jusuf Nurkic back to Bosnia with this vicious throwdown.
https://twitter.com/NBA/status/974471005434499072
Reminder that the man is in his 15th year in the NBA and arguably playing the best ball of his career. For context, Larry Bird, considered one of the best six players of all-time, had already been retired for two years by this point. Granted, the Cavs still lost because, well, Cleveland. But even as his Ohio dominion falls apart, we still hail the King.
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The Raptors and ‘The Office’ collide in this hilarious reddit parody

The Raptors have enjoyed their best season since joining the NBA in 1995, sitting atop the Eastern Conference with 51 wins. Led by DeMar DeRozan's new-found three-ball and a bench loaded with willing and able role players, Canada's sole NBA franchise is a legitimate title contender for the first time in their existence and that has people pretty excited. How excited? Well, in the case of one reddit user, enough to spend several hours of their life editing the entire Raptors season in the style of The Office opening credits:
https://twitter.com/SNFaizalKhamisa/status/974306196915077120
And now the original for comparisons' sake…
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As far we can tell, there's little or no connection between The Raptors and The Office, besides the fact that both tend to fade down the stretch, but if you're looking for nostalgia, novelty, an an Eastern Conference team to root for once LeBron and co. crash out in t..

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