Sam Greenwood(Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)Got to feel for Kelly Kraft. Not only did he miss the RBC Heritage cut in bizarre fashion, he now has PETA kicking him while he's down.
If you missed the news on Friday, the 2011 U.S. Amateur champ's tee shot on Harbour Town's par-3 14th tee struck a bird, causing his ball to drop into a water hazard. Kraft walked away with a double bogey. An incident noteworthy in itself, particularly so given Kraft missed the cut by…one shot.
“Dang bird, shouldn’t of been flying there!’’ Kraft tweeted. “Only on freaky Friday the 13th I suppose. Oh well, onto the next.’’
A missed weekend—and more importantly, missed paycheck—is punishment enough for the accident. Except in the eyes of PETA, which relished the opportunity to do what it does best: act as a giant buzzkill.
“PETA is glad the bird is OK and sorry Kelly Kraft didn't advance, but that's not the bird's fault,’’ PETA senior vice president Lisa Lange told USA Toda..

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Mitchell LeffIf I could have one wish, as a Duke fan, it would be to invent a time machine, go back to the J.J. Redick era (2002-2006), and then use that time machine to bring all of Redick's most adamant haters to the year 2018, where I would force them to observe the Philadelphia 76ers for a month before transporting them safely back. It's a complicated fantasy, and probably illegal. But it would serve a great purpose, because I'm convinced that roughly 60% of those professional haters would no longer harbor the same animosity for Redick—who, you may have forgotten, was probably the second most-hated Blue Devil in Duke history, after Christian Laettner. (Pre-Grayson Allen era, of course.)
Here's Redick in 2018: Thirteen years deep in a very efficient, very successful NBA career, and getting better all the time. He's not a superstar, he's never been an All-Star, and he's never won an NBA championship, but he averages 17.1 points per game this season ..

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) Satoshi Kodaira closed with a 5-under 66 to rally from six shots behind, and then made a 25-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole to defeat Si Woo Kim and win the RBC Heritage on Sunday.

Kodaira won for the first time in just his fifth start in regular PGA Tour events.

The 28-year-old from Japan finished at 12-under 272 about an hour before Kim finished his round of 71. They matched pars on the 18th hole twice in the sudden-death playoff before Kodaira made his birdie putt on the par-3 17th, and Kim came up short from just outside 20 feet.

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Bryson DeChambeau birdied his last four holes for a 66 and tied for third with Luke List (72).

Ian Poulter, who had a one-shot lead going into the final round, made six bogeys in the final round for a 75. He tied for seventh.

Starting times for the final round were moved up because of a forecast for bad weather.

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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) Early on, Satoshi Kodaira was thinking only of playing well enough Sunday to make it to next week’s PGA Tour stop.

Those worries are over for the 28-year-old from Japan, who rallied from six shots behind to win the RBC Heritage in a playoff and gain an invitation to join the tour as a regular.

”This is a stage I’ve been dreaming about,” Kodaira said through an interpreter. ”And having this opportunity to play full time is a dream come true. So, of course, I will accept full-time membership.”

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Kodaira defeated Si Woo Kim on the third playoff hole, rolling in a 25-foot birdie on the par-3 17th hole, then punching his fist in celebration. It ended a drama-filled final round in which it appeared that Kim, Ian Poulter and Luke List had the lock on the title at different points.

But it was Kodaira’s relentless grind to the top that won the day. And with the game he showed at Harbour Town Golf Links, Kodaira appears like he’s got m..

Michael ReavesWhen the New York Mets made their World Series run in 2015, it was the team's pitching staff that led the way. Matt Harvey appeared to be the ace and Jacob deGrom was the No. 2 pitcher, but an ace in his own right. Yet the one with the most potential was clearly Noah Syndergaard, who put on one of the most electric performances in a must-win game 3 against the Kansas City Royals, starting with the very first pitch:
Calling that first at-bat a “statement” was the understatement of the year, as Sydergaard went on to strike out six batters in six innings and get the win in the Mets' 9-3 victory, their only win that series. Fast forward a year later and Syndergaard was called upon in a somewhat similar spot when the Mets took on the San Francisco Giants in the NL Wild Card Game. He answered the bell again, striking out 10 batters in seven innings and giving up 0 runs. The Mets of course went on to lose 3-0, but the end result was out of Thor's hands.
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MADRID (AP) Jon Rahm shot a 5-under 67 Sunday to win the Spanish Open with overnight leader Paul Dunne two strokes behind.

The fourth-ranked Rahm had six birdies in his final round to end the Centro Nacional de Golf tournament on 20-under 268.

The 23-year-old Spaniard earned his third European Tour win a week after finishing fourth at the Masters in Augusta.

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”When I made the decision to come straight from Augusta it wouldn’t be to just show up and walk around, I wanted to win this tournament,” Rahm said.

It was Rahm’s first professional win at home.

Dunne (71) entered the final round with a 1-shot lead over Nacho Elvira (71) but three bogeys ruined his chances of a second tour win.

Elvira finished third at three shots behind Rahm. George Coetzee was a shot further back in fourth after a 63.

We're barely halfway through April and we've already seen just about everything you can possibly see throughout the course of an entire baseball season. Records have been set, fists have been thrown, eight-run comebacks have been made and WiFi passwords have been revealed. It's been a wild and weird start to the 2018 season, and yet we may already have the No. 1 candidate for weirdest play of the year.
Late on Saturday night in Los Angeles, the Arizona Diamondbacks led the Dodgers 3-1 in the top of the fourth when D-Backs third baseman Deven Marrero stepped to the plate. With two runners on, Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill badly missed his location on an 89-mph fastball and Marrero took him to deep left center for his first home run of the season and just the sixth of his career. Wait, just kidding, upon further review, Marrero was called out at second despite the ball going over the fence. Check out what happened:
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KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) For the final two days of the Lotte Championship, it was pretty clear that the only player who could beat Brooke Henderson was Brooke Henderson.

She wasn’t about to let it happen Saturday at windy Ko Olina Golf Club, where she won by four shots. The Canadian was too talented, and she had some very important people to play for, dedicating her victory to the people involved in the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team bus crash in Saskatchewan.

”It’s extremely sad, a terrible tragedy what happened up there,” Henderson said. ”I know it kind of affected my whole country. Everybody really took it kind of personally.

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”For all the survivors that are still fighting through it and all the ones that have passed away, I want to show them that we’re here for them and we’re supporting them. They’re always going to be in our thoughts and prayers.”

Henderson, who won’t be 21 until September, won her sixth LPGA Tour title, leaving her just two short ..

KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) Brooke Henderson pulled away Saturday at gusty Ko Olina Golf Club to win the Lotte Championship for her sixth LPGA Tour victory.

The 20-year-old Canadian closed with a 3-under 69 for a four-stroke victory. She moved within two victories tying Sandra Post’s LPGA Tour record for Canadians.

A stroke ahead entering the round after late putting trouble in a third-round 73, Henderson finished at 12-under 276.

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Spain’s Azahara Munoz had a 67, the low round of the day, to finish second.

Top-ranked Shanshan Feng (71), third-ranked Inbee Park (72) and sixth-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn (69) tied for third at 7 under.

With rain squalls and wind gusting to 30 mph, Munoz and Jutanugarn put together the only serious charges of the final round. Both came up a few holes short.

Munoz climbed 13 places and was two shots back after her fifth birdie of the day, at the 14th. But she parred in for her best finish in more than four years.

Jutanugarn, from Th..