Today the Memorial Tournament, which is hosted by former Ohio State Buckeye Jack Nicklaus, gets underway at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the tournament, and will feature the majority of the golfers currently in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
For many of the golfers teeing it up at Muirfield at Jack’s Place, it will be their final tune-up before the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in two weeks.
The first Memorial Tournament took place in 1976, with Roger Maltbie defeating Hale Irwin in a playoff. The next year Jack Nicklaus would go on to win the tournament that he hosts. The second **** le for the Golden Bear came in 1984. Nicklaus is one of six golfers with two wins at the Memorial.
Last year Scottie Scheffler had little trouble winning the tournament for a second straight year, beating Ben Griffin by four strokes.
This year Scheffler will try and join Tiger Woods as the only golfers to win the Memorial in three straight years. Woods has won the Memorial five times during his career, which is the most of any golfer. When Woods won in 2012 he registered his 73rd PGA Tour victory, which tied Nicklaus for second-most at the time.

Bayer Leverkusen are parting ways with coach Kasper Hjulmand and Carles Martínez Novell is to take his place, German news reports said on Thursday.
The Bild paper, Kicker sports magazine and Sky TV said that Leverkusen have reached an agreement with Spaniard Novell who was last in charge at French Ligue 1 club Toulouse.
He is said to receive a contract until 2028. There has been no official confirmation so far.
Hjulmand's exit has been expected for weeks. The Dane took over from Erik ten Hag early in the season but the team finished only sixth and missed a place in the Champions league.
Novell would be the next Spanish coach at the club. Xabi Alonso was in charge 2022-2025, leading them to the 2024 German league and Cup double with a first unbeaten Bundesliga season in league history.

The Minnesota Vikings set out to improve their quarterback room this offseason. They signed Kyler Murray early in free agency and then brought back Carson Wentz as well. The idea was that, even if they suffer injuries at quarterback again, the backup situation will be much better than in 2025.
Right now, the Vikings are still trying to sell the public on a quarterback competition between Murray and incumbent J.J. McCarthy. While there are reports that McCarthy has improved, it is still widely believed to be Murray's job to lose.
That could influence several moves at the backup quarterback position. Not only could Minnesota mull McCarthy's future, but they could also look to acquire another quarterback project to sit and learn behind Murray and Wentz.
With reports surfacing that the Indianapolis Colts and 2023 Anthony Richardson mutually agreed to seek a trade, could the Vikings try to acquire the former fourth-overall pick? Moe Moton of Bleacher Report believes the asking price for Richardson could be a Day 3 pick.
It's worth noting that The Athletic's James Boyd reported that "questions still remain" about Richardson's recovery from an orbital fracture from last October.

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The Chicago Cubs knew that the injuries were going to catch up with them at some point, but as usual, president of baseball operations, Jed Hoyer, hasn't done enough to ensure that his team has the best possible chance to win at the highest level.
Now at 32-28, which still isn't that bad given all the injuries Chicago has dealt with, they sit in fourth place in the National League Central and are 5.5 games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers.
It's pretty much do-or-die time for the Cubs at this point. Either they go out and make the necessary moves to improve this roster from top to bottom, or they continue to struggle and don't find much success toward the back end of the season and possibly even miss the playoffs after making multiple expensive moves over the past six months to ensure they're in a position to compete for a World Series.
At this point, the Cubs have no choice but to continue going out and trying to land talented players, with right-hander Seth Lugo now being floated as an option.

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As the Denver Broncos prepare for the 2026 season, they have a lot of positives going for the franchise. One of them would be their defensive line. Once a position group with a lot of questions marks, it has ascended to one of the best units in the National Football League over the past few seasons.
The departure of John Franklin-Myers in free agency may have an impact on the group’s performance for the upcoming gridiron campaign. Though the Broncos are hoping a combination of young players they have drafted over the past several seasons can offset the loss of Franklin-Myers.
One player hoping to make the squad is defensive lineman Jordan Miller. At the conclusion of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Broncos signed Southern Methodist standout and gave him one of the biggest signing bonuses from that cycle. For the past two seasons, Miller has been a practice squad player for the Broncos. After two years learning the ropes, is Miller finally ready to earn a spot on Denver’s final 53-man roster? Let’s discuss.
SMU defensive tackle Jordan Miller is signing with #Broncos as undrafted rookie, per source. #9sports
— MikeKlis9NEWS (mikeklis9news) April 28, 2024

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