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Bryson DeChambeau wins Rocket Mortgage Classic by 3 shots

Bryson DeChambeau got the result he was looking for from transforming his body.

With jaw-dropping drives and some clutch putts, DeChambeau won the Rocket Mortgage Classic by three strokes Sunday for his first victory of the season and sixth overall.

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DeChambeau shot a 7-under 65 at Detroit Golf Club, birdieing four of the first seven holes and closing with three straight. He finished at a career-best 23-under 265.

Matthew Wolff (71) was second. He started the day with a three-shot lead and hurt his chances with five bogeys over his first 10 holes. Kevin Kisner (66) finished another stroke back.

DeChambeau removed all doubt with a strong finish.

He made a 30-foot birdie putt at No. 16, a short putt for birdie on the next hole and uncorked a 367-yard drive to set up another short putt at 18.

DeChambeau came into the week with six straight top-eight finishes and was the only player with top 10s in the first three events after the restart from the coronavirus. He won for the first time since the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in November 2018.

DeChambeau has dramatically changed his body, adding 40 pounds of mass, and took advantage of the time he had to work on his physique during the COVID-19 pandemic.

His power was on full display in the Motor City with drives routinely went about 350 yards.

DeChambeau’s drive on the 621-yard, par-5 fourth went way left and landed in greenside rough on an adjacent hole. He cleared trees and landed just short of the green, sending his approach 276 yards and he two-putted from 37 feet.

As his body and power becomes a fixation for those who follow golf, more eyes are on him and it bothered him during the third round.

On Saturday, DeChambeau had a testy exchange with a TV cameraman after a bogey on the sixth hole. After the round, he bristled that it isn’t right showing a potential vulnerability and hurting someone’s image.

Astros’ Carlos Correa urging wife, former beauty queen, to stay out of salons until season ends

Houston Astros star Carlos Correa is not taking any chances in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, and with the Major League Baseball season about to get underway in a few weeks.

Correa told reporters Sunday that he’s asked his wife, Daniella, a former pageant queen, to stay out of the salons until the season ends.

“When I talk to my wife, she knows,” he said. “No getting your nails done. No getting your hair done right now. So, we’re going to be home. We’re going to focus on the baseball season and once everything is done, then you can go to get your nails done and do everything else.”

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Correa and his wife married late last year. Daniella Correa Rodriguez was Miss Texas in 2016.

While Correa tried to block the coronavirus at home, he said he knew he had to do his job in between workouts and traveling back and forth to the stadium.

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“We know what it takes to make the season possible,” the one-time World Series champion said. “What we’re doing is, we come to work out and we go back to our houses. I think that’s the key… I think if we can keep it simple, simple as come get your work in and go back home, get some rest, I think we’ll be able to be fine and be able to carry on with the season.”

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Correa and the Astros are preparing to enter the 2020 season after coming under significant scrutiny over their 2017 cheating scandal. Before the pandemic, Astros players faced boos and various objects thrown at them during spring training.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka took 112-mph line drive to the head, teammate says

The line drive that struck New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka in the head off the bat of Giancarlo Stanton on Saturday flew toward the mound at 112 mph, James Paxton said.

Paxton, Tanaka’s teammate, gave reporters the tidbit of information Sunday, according to MLB.com.

Tanaka took the line drive to the right side of his head during a simulated game at Yankee Stadium and fell to the mound in pain. Crews rushed him to a nearby hospital for further evaluation. The Yankees later said the veteran pitcher was “alert, responsive and walking under his own power.”

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Tanaka also tweeted an update about his status.

“I appreciate all the support. I feel it a bit right now, but I’m all good. Going to try to get back on the mound ASAP! Thanks again for all the encouraging words!” he wrote.

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Jordan Montgomery, who was due to pitch after Tanaka, told reporters he requested an L-screen to protect him immediately after the incident, The New York Post reported.

Manager Aaron Boone commented on the incident afterward.

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“It stops you in your tracks,” Boone said. “It’s definitely a moment that gets your attention in a big-time way.”

Liverpool makes triumphant Anfield return as English champ

They walked out to another guard of honor, with a huge rectangular banner high up in the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand reading: “Liverpool FC – Champions Again”.

Liverpool’s players were back home at Anfield for the first time since winning a first English league title since 1990.

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It was a triumphant return, too.

Lacking the intensity and precision that brought the team the title in devastating fashion, Liverpool still managed to eke out a 2-0 win over Aston Villa to move in sight of a slew of records to cap one of the best ever top-flight campaigns.

Second-half goals by Sadio Mane and Curtis Jones secured a 17th straight win at Anfield, with just two more needed — against Burnley and Chelsea — to complete a 100% home record that would be unprecedented in the Premier League. Four wins from the last five matches and Liverpool will also pass Manchester City’s record from 2017-18 of 100 points in one season.

Not that Jürgen Klopp is necessarily counting.

“The only thing I can say,” the Liverpool manager said, “is there’s no chance to win records if you constantly think about records.

“We don’t want records. We want the three points.”

That’s something Liverpool almost always manage to obtain, however it plays.

Eager to rebound from a 4-0 loss at Manchester City on Thursday where their attitude was widely questioned, Klopp’s players were again not at their best without the backing of their fans inside an empty stadium.

But they eventually ground Villa down with a resilience and relentlessness that Klopp has forged in his team.

Mane swept home a finish off the underside of the crossbar in the 71st for his 16th league goal of the season before Jones converted a shot from 10 meters out in the 89th after a nod-down from Mohamed Salah for his first Premier League goal.

“Jürgen Klopp teams don’t take their foot off the gas,” Villa manager Dean Smith said, acknowledging the impact made by the three Liverpool substitutes — Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum and Roberto Firmino — who came on after an hour.

With second-place City losing 1-0 hours later at Southampton, Liverpool is on course to win the league by a record margin. The lead is currently 23 points, four more than the biggest ever final margin set by City in 2017-18.

GUARDIOLA’S AWAY BLUES

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has lost three straight away games in the league for the first time as a coach. That unwanted record was sealed by a first-half wonder goal from Che Adams.

The Southampton striker hadn’t scored in his debut season at the club but, on his 30th appearance, he executed a lob from around 40 meters that sailed over City goalkeeper Ederson Moraes and curled into an unguarded net.

City’s players lacked the cutting edge they had in the 4-0 win over Liverpool on Thursday, failing to score despite having 26 shots in the game in a dominant performance at St. Mary’s Stadium.

City is still likely to finish second in the league because the dethroned champions are eight points clear of third-place Leicester.

WEST HAM FOILED

West Ham inched closer to safety despite twice throwing away the lead to draw 2-2 at Newcastle.

Jonjo Shelvey’s 67th-minute strike for the hosts canceled out a goal by Tomas Soucek only 92 seconds earlier, denying West Ham back-to-back wins after its surprising victory over Chelsea in midweek.

West Ham is 16th in the 20-team league, four points above two teams in the relegation zone — 18th-place Aston Villa and 19th-place Bournemouth. Newcastle is in 12th place and safe from relegation.

BLADES BLUNTED

Sheffield United’s players resumed the Premier League with an outside shot at Champions League qualification. Now the best they can realistically hope for is a place in the Europa League.

A 1-1 draw at Burnley left United seven points off fifth place, which is currently the final Champions League qualifying spot, but only one behind Arsenal in seventh place, which is set to earn Europa League qualification this season.

John Egan secured the draw with an 80th-minute equalizer, canceling out fellow center back James Tarkowski’s goal for Burnley.

Brewers’ Yelich knows he had fortunate timing on new deal

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich acknowledges he benefited from fortunate timing in his contract negotiations.

The Brewers held a March 6 news conference to announce that the 2018 NL MVP had agreed to a nine-year, $215 million contract. Spring training was halted less than a week later because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Yelich’s deal was finalized before the loss of revenue from Major League Baseball’s shortened season and labor unrest created at least some uncertainty about the game’s financial future.

“At the end of the day, this is where I wanted to be,” Yelich said Sunday. “I said it a lot at the time when we had a press conference, which feels like it was years ago.

“But it’s one of those things where one of the reasons I did it was because I’ve really loved and enjoyed playing here, and the other is you never know what’s going to happen in the future. I’d be lying if I told you I knew a pandemic was going to hit, but it’s kind of just how it played out.”

Yelich had two years remaining on his contract, plus a team option for 2022, before agreeing to the deal that could keep him in Milwaukee for the remainder of his career. The 28-year-old has emerged as the face of the Brewers since they acquired him from the Miami Marlins in January 2018.

Yelich earned MVP honors his first year in Milwaukee and finished second last year to Cody Bellinger of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He won the NL batting title each of the last two years and helped the Brewers make back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time since 1981-82.

Although his 2019 season ended when he broke his right kneecap Sept. 10, Yelich is healthy now.

“That’s the best part about walking on the field today; just watching one of the best players in the game take batting practice is a thrill,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said Saturday before the team’s first full-squad workout.

Yelich said he never considered opting out of this season, though he understands why others might and he expects more players around the league to do so as camp goes on.

“You’re going to have guys with different outlooks on this virus,” Yelich said. “Some will be worried. Some aren’t. But you have to be respectful of everyone’s views and you have to take it upon yourself to take all the precautions, be a good teammate and do the best to your ability. At the end of the day, it’s still an unknown. You could do everything right and still come down with the virus and you could miss up to a month.”

Yelich arrived in Milwaukee without the mustache he had tried out while he was home in California during baseball’s hiatus.

“I came off the beach one day, took a shower, looked in the mirror, saw it and (thought): ‘You know, it’s time. Shave it,’” Yelich said. “Just that quick.”

The Brewers will need a big year from Yelich as they attempt to celebrate their golden anniversary season with a third straight playoff berth, something they’ve never achieved in franchise history.

Yelich believes the Brewers are set up to succeed in a shortened season, but he realizes the truncated 60-game schedule makes a fast start essential.

“This year is unique in the aspect of you just don’t know what you’re going to get from anybody,” Yelich said. “You’re going to see really good players have really bad years. It’s going to happen. Not only position player-wise, but pitcher-wise. You don’t have that large sample size for everything to even out, so if you get off to a tough start or a bad start, you’re really behind the eight ball.”

UFC 251 appears to get long-awaited fight between top competitors: report

UFC 251 appears to have a new main event.

Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal agreed to a bout in Abu Dhabi, ESPN reported Sunday. The event is set for Saturday.

Both fighters still have to pass coronavirus tests in Las Vegas before they can jet off, according to ESPN. Should they both pass, the fighters will be able to go to Yas Island.

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If the fight is signed off on, Usman and Masvidal have to pass three more coronavirus tests before the bell rings Saturday night.

Usman and Masvidal have feuded for quite some time. The two nearly came to blows during Super Bowl week in Miami earlier this year.

The near-brawl came after Usman appeared on “The Joe Rogan Experience” and confirmed that he and Masvidal were going to fight next, it was just a matter of time.

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“Give me a month and let this thing heal up,” Usman said, according to MMA Mania. “I can make a fist now. I’m cracking. They put out the guys, and let’s be honest, if you look at the division, I’ve beaten almost everybody there in the top 10. It’s a matter of who they really want, what’s next. Dana [White] said they really want Jorge. Jorge is the next guy.”

Masvidal appeared on the Le Batard & Friends Network’s “STUpodity” podcast and said he would fight Usman before Conor McGregor.

“When you feel you’re ready for it, let’s do it. I’ll go f—k up Usman, meanwhile.”

Masvidal had feuded publicly with UFC over contract negotiations but it appears that a fight between the two will take place. Both fighters are among the most popular in the sport.

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The fight is on track to replace Gilbert Burns-Usman after Burns reportedly tested positive for coronavirus Saturday.

Bryson DeChambeau confronts cameraman after frustrating hole

Bryson DeChambeau, who was among the leaders at the 2020 Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, took issue with a cameraman filming him while he was voicing his frustrations on the course.

DeChambeau on Saturday finished at the top of the leaderboard but expressed his frustration with the cameraman who was filming him getting unhappy over a shot on the seventh hole.

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DeChambeau argued that those filming golfers’ worst moments jeopardize their brand.

“As much as we’re out here performing, I think it’s necessary that we have our times of privacy as well when things aren’t going our way. I mean, we’re in the spotlight, but if somebody else is in the spotlight they wouldn’t want that either,” he said, according to GOLF Channel. “I feel like when you’re videoing someone and you catch Tiger (Woods) at a bad time, you show him accidentally doing something, or someone else, they’re just frustrated because they really care about the game. It could really hurt them if they catch you at a potentially vulnerable time.

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“We don’t mean anything by it, we just care a lot about the game. For that to damage our brand like that, that’s not cool in the way we act because if you actually meet me in person, I’m not too bad of a dude, I don’t think.”

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He finished his spectator-less round 16-under par after three rounds.

Indians’ Terry Francona open to name change: ‘I think it’s time to move forward’

The Cleveland Indians are among the professional sports teams caught up in the controversy over using Native American symbols and culture.

With intense scrutiny over the Washington Redskins name, the Indians announced Friday they would review their own team name. Manager Terry Francona on Sunday supported the decision.

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“I’ve been thinking about it and been thinking about it before we put out that statement,” Francona told reporters in a video conference call, as the Akron Beacon-Journal reported. “I know in the past, when I’ve been asked about [it], whether it’s our name or the Chief Wahoo, I think I would usually answer and say I know that we’re never trying to be disrespectful, and I still feel that way. But, I don’t think that’s a good enough answer today.

“I think it’s time to move forward and not just say — it’s a very difficult subject. It’s also delicate. … I think I lead the American League in errors made in life, which I’m not necessarily proud of. Even at my age, you don’t want to be too old to learn or to realize that, maybe I’ve been ignorant of some things, and to be ashamed of it, and to try to be better. I was happy that we are going to — [Indians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti, I and general manager Mike Chernoff], we’ve talked about this for years by ourselves. It didn’t have to be a meeting. I’m glad that we’re going to be open to listening, because I think that’s probably the most important thing right now, is being willing to [listen], not necessarily just talk.”

The Indians removed the Chief Wahoo logo off its own merchandise in 2016. The club has insisted it had no intention to disparage Native Americans with its name and logo.

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The Indians said Friday they were open to change.

“We have had ongoing discussions organizationally on these issues,” the team said in a statement. “The recent social unrest in our community and our country has only underscored the need for us to keep improving as an organization on issues of social justice.”

Previously, Indians owner Paul Dolan said he and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred preferred to keep the Indians name, Cleveland.com reported.

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“While the focus of the baseball world shifts to the excitement of an unprecedented 2020 season, we recognize our unique place in the community and are committed to listening, learning, and acting in the manner that can best unite and inspire our city and all those who support our team,” the club said.

Fox News’ Dom Calicchio contributed to this report.

Redskins offered an assist from Harlem Globetrotters over name-change consideration

The Washington Redskins plan to undergo a “thorough review” to consider whether to change its nickname over racial connotations and the Harlem Globetrotters might be willing to help the NFL franchise out.

Globetrotters spokesman Brett Meister told the Action Network on Friday that he’d “love for the franchise or the NFL to call us” about buying the rights to the Washington Generals. Herschend Entertainment, the Globetrotters’ parent company, owns the trademark to the Generals.

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“We think that the Globetrotters are right up there as the most liked team in the world with Manchester United and the New York Yankees,” Meister told Action Network. “Our heritage includes the Washington Generals.”

The Generals were originally owned by the family of Red Klotz, a former NBA player and who played and coached the team against the Globetrotters for several years. Klotz died in 2014 and the Globetrotters began to play the World All-Stars instead, according to the website.

The Generals started to play in 2017 when the Globetrotters’ parent company bought the rights. The Generals have only beaten the Globetrotters three times.

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Washington has come under fire recently amid heightened scrutiny over symbols and figures of the past.

The recent national conversation about racism has renewed calls for the Washington Redskins to change their name. D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser called the name an “obstacle” to the team building its stadium and headquarters in the District, but owner Dan Snyder over the years has shown no indications he’d consider it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The Redskins released a statement on their name change Friday.

“In light of recent events around our country and feedback from our community, the Washington Redskins are announcing the team will undergo a thorough review of the team’s name. The review formalizes the initial discussions the team has been having with the league in recent events.”

Team owner Daniel Snyder also commented on the issue.

“This process allows the team to take into account not only the proud tradition and history of the franchise but also input from our alumni, the organization, sponsors, the National Football League and the local community it is proud to represent on and off the field.”

The franchise came under scrutiny last week as it was revealed the team is reportedly barred from seeking a move from FedEx Field in Maryland to RFK Stadium in Washington unless the team changes its name.

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A day later, FedEx formally requested the Redskins to change their name. FedEx is a corporate sponsor of the Redskins and the NFL. Nike would later remove Redskins gear from its online store and Pepsi would follow suit and ask the team to change its name as well.

Snyder has previously been adamant about not changing the team’s name.

MLS deputy commissioner recalls league’s creation, how he was able to keep star goalkeeper happy

Major League Soccer’s (MLS) historic 25th season is set to pick-up in Florida on July 8 with a match between Orlando City and Inter Miami.

The matches at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex will mark the first time the league has been in action since the coronavirus pandemic shutdown play on March 12.

According to the MLS website, Commissioner Don Garber noted, “The opportunity to have all 26 clubs in a controlled environment enables us to help protect the health of our players, coaches, and staff as we return to play.”

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The 26 MLS teams will compete in a World Cup-style return tournament and be divided into six groups for the opening round, which will be played over 16 consecutive days. Group matches will count toward the regular-season standings.

As MLS teams work to resume play, the league’s deputy commissioner Mark Abbott reflected on the creation of the league 25 years ago. He told Fox News the MLS started as a pitch to get the FIFA World Cup to the United States back in 1994.

“U.S. Soccer said that they would use the World Cup as a way to launch a professional soccer league,” said Abbott. “FIFA looked at the United States, the world’s largest commercial market, and said it would bring the World Cup there to create an excitement and foundation for launching a league, and that’s what happened.”

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Abbott and his colleagues hit the ground running after securing the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States and began lining up investors for what would become the MLS. Along with building the financial infrastructure, they worked to attract international stars and all of the U.S. players with World Cup experience to be part of their new league.

As an example of the lengths MLS went to acquire top talent in the early days, Abbott recalled securing iconic Mexican goalkeeper Jorge Campos. Abbott explained that Campos was newly signed to the Los Angeles Galaxy in 1996, and after playing the first game at the Rose Bowl in front of 69,000 fans, Campos requested a Ferrari.

“The next day, after the game Campos came into the office and said, ‘Look, it seems like I’m a very popular player in the league and you want me to stay here, and I’d like to get a Ferrari,’ so I was tasked to go down to Beverly Hills Ferrari, and buy a Ferrari for Jorge Campos,” explained Abbott. “That was a one-and-only experience and that will never happen again!”

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While MLS began with 10 teams in 1996, today the league has 26 teams, including the addition of two new expansion clubs, Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC. Abbott told Fox News that in the next three years MLS will have 30 teams and work to continue its expansion.

“We’re very fixed on the future, and our best days are ahead of us,” said Abbott. “We’re particularly excited that the World Cup is going to be here in the United States in 2026, and it’s very fitting that the league grew out of the World Cup in 1994, and we’ll be able to celebrate our 30th year with the World Cup being back here.”

Emily DeCiccio is a reporter and video producer for Fox News Digital Originals. Tweet her @EmilyDeCiccio.

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