I missed this article amidst everything going on with UConn’s title celebrations, but this is a must read. Between this and his work at Augusta Brendan Quinn has been absolutely on fire. Bonus points for the Rocky Hill shoutout! theathletic.com/5401629/2024/0…

Happy birthday to college basketball LEGEND and class of '63 graduate, Bill Raftery🧅

#GoExplorers 🔭

Breaking: Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark – the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft – is nearing a lucrative, eight-figure endorsement deal with Nike, per industry sources. Clark is set to receive a signature Nike shoe as well.

Story w/ Shams Charania, Ben Pickman theathletic.com/5424729/2024/0…

Now that Caitlin Clark is a member of the Indiana Fever, it’s time to turn the page on the 2024 WNBA Draft and look ahead to what could be an even more talented class.

Where will Paige Bueckers go in 2025?

Sabreena Merchant big board projections ⤵️
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this is a great read and applies to many many many lines of work. Listen up, young people:

All while courses across the country were likely packed …

From along the pinestraw bordering Augusta's 13th fairway, a 57-year-old patron attending his 48th Masters offered play-by-play action from the 12 green via his binoculars. Those of us around him leaned in, listening close.

My ode to this analogous world
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Over beers at The Athletic’s Masters HQ (an Airbnb owned by a potential hoarder), I asked editor ⁦Hugh Kellenberger⁩ how to tweet-tease my story from today.

He said: “Tell them to justify your existence.”

So. theathletic.com/5414153/2024/0…

Three golfers had the No. 1 player on the ropes at The Masters. They didn't stand a chance.

The scenes of Scottie Scheffler eliminating each contender to remind us: He is inevitable.

Story: theathletic.com/5415636/2024/0…

Spoke to the wonderful, retiring Verne Lundquist last night, and he said he would pinch his leg every time he felt the emotion swell too much yesterday. Anything to distract himself from being overwhelmed by the moment.

#Masters2024

One more spin around the yard for Tommy Fleetwood and local ANGC caddie Gray Moore. They open with a birdie on 1.

icym their story: theathletic.com/5411892/2024/0…

Sunday, Scottie Scheffler will play for his second green jacket starting with a one-shot lead over Collin Morikawa.

But this week, he doesn’t have his wife Meredith with him. And that's why this Masters is different, writes Brody Miller.

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Masters Sunday, a leaderboard lined with subplots, and the long wait for one life to change.

No one summed it up better than Max Homa: “If I catch myself thinking about what could go wrong, I let myself dream about what could go right.'

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“This isn’t the guy you run through a brick wall for; this is the guy you follow after he’s already run through the brick wall for you. He’s the Kool-Aid Man.”

On Mark Pope, tradition, a group text, bike rides with Jeff Sheppard and, yes, a Reed update:
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Tomorrow is gonna rock. theathletic.com/5413181/2024/0…

Max Homa has truly never been in this position before. Now, he just might win the damn Masters. theathletic.com/5411756/2024/0…

The last Amateur standing at Augusta National is an Ohio State grad student from Western Pennsylvania who's riding a wave he never saw coming.

Great read from Gabby Herzig:
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'No matter how many times you’ve been here, it’s a lifetime of work and knowledge.'

Tommy Fleetwood is missing a big part of himself this week, but is in contention at Augusta National. He's had a throwback to another era help get em there.

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On Tommy Fleetwood, his best mate, and the Masters’ oldest caddie who’s carrying more than a bag this week theathletic.com/5411892/2024/0…

On the evolved Bryson DeChambeau, for The Athletic:
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