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Hideki Matsuyama celebrates after putting on the champion's green jacket after winning the Masters golf tournament on Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Augusta, Ga. <br>Gregory Bull/AP

Japan's champion: Matsuyama wins the Masters for his nation

History will say Hideki Matsuyama won the tournament on Sunday with a final-round 73, but really, he won it on Saturday with a blistering finish that put him atop the leaderboard for good.

Olympic fan Kyoko Ishikawa shows her cheering at her home Saturday, April 10, 2021, in Tokyo. Ishikawa, president of an IT company, has attended every Summer Olympics since Barcelona in 1992, becoming famous as an unofficial "International Olympic Cheerleader." She relishes joining in with fans from everywhere to cheer for their athletes. Her headband reads: "Win."<br>Eugene Hoshiko/AP

'Super Fan' prepares for Tokyo Olympics without foreign fans

Patrons swim laps at the fitness center pool on April 27, 2018, at Navy Base Capodichino in Naples, Italy. Morale, Welfare and Recreation's decision to reinstate 2014 user fees at Mediterranean pools has upset many military residents. The lap pool pictured here is one that will remain free for U.S. ID holders and fitness center members.<br>Scott Wyland/Stars and Stripes

Navy swimming, diving coaches unfazed by Patriot League Championship meet cancellation

Tiger Woods as seen in a golf tournament in Bethesda, Md. on June 26, 2013. Woods was injured on Feb. 23, 2021, in a vehicle rollover in Los Angeles County, California. Woods' ability to play competitive golf again, in the aftermath of the accident, is far down on the list of pressing concerns: walking again, running with his kids, leading a "normal" life.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes

Tiger Woods was driving nearly 90 mph when he was injured in crash, sheriff's office says

Woods was traveling between 84 and 87 mph in a 45-mph zone when his Genesis SUV hit the median, and the vehicle was traveling 75 mph when it skidded, hit a tree and launched airborne before settling into a ditch, department officials said.

Chinese figure skater Xu Jingyu performs her women's single skating short programme during a test event for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, Sunday, April 4, 2021. The organizers of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has started 10 days of testing for several sport events in five different indoor venues from April 1-10.<br>Andy Wong/AP

US weighs joint approach to Beijing Olympics with allies

The State Department initially suggested that an Olympic boycott to protest China's rights abuses was among the possibilities but a senior official said later that a boycott has not yet been discussed.

Gonzaga forward Drew Timme loses control of the ball in front of Baylor guard MaCio Teague (31) during the first half of the championship game in the men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 5, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)<br>AP

Baylor beatdown: Bears win title, hang 86-70 loss on Gonzaga

The fresh-as-can-be Bears obliterated wobbly-legged Gonzaga’s march to perfection Monday night in an 86-70 runaway that brought this once-downtrodden program’s first national title back home to Waco, Texas.

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Signs on the side of Lucas Oil Stadium promote the NCAA March Madness tournament on Thursday, March 4, 2021, in Indianapolis, Ind.<br>Jenna Watson/IndyStar

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March Madness usually soothes our worries, but this NCAA tournament collides with them

The return of the NCAA men's basketball tournament is welcome and a symbolic nudge toward the life we once knew. Just don't expect it to be the sport's typical elixir.

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Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo, seen at a walk-through in late July, said, “Listening to our doctors and trainers, keeping people separate and in small groups is the best thing. Obviously, it’s not the best thing for football."
<br>U.S. Navy Athletics

Mass vaccination of midshipmen not yet a game-changer for Navy athletics but could be by fall

Regular testing and contact tracing will remain a way of life for Navy varsity athletics for the remainder of the spring semester. But athletic director Chet Gladchuk is hopeful vaccination on a nationwide basis will produce a more positive competitive environment for fall sports.