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Saints’ Jenkins joins CNN as social justice contributorSaints’ Jenkins joins CNN as social justice contributor
New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins will join CNN as a contributor focusing on racial and social justice, the network announced Monday. ”I believe I can be a voice for other athlete activists and those who have dedicated their lives to changing legislation, policies and reforms for human equality,” Jenkins said, touting his experience addressing ”the inequalities of our criminal justice system, educational system and disparate wealth in our marginalized communities” during his 11-year NFL career. With protesters amassing in cities nationwide in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd last month in Minneapolis, Jenkins has actively engaged in recent discussions about police brutality and police funding on social and in mainstream media, as well as at rallies.
Zeke testy about COVID results getting leakedZeke testy about COVID results getting leaked
Ezekiel Elliott is upset about his COVID-19 diagnosis going public, even though his own agent was the one to confirm the news.
Robert Morris leaves NEC for Horizon LeagueRobert Morris leaves NEC for Horizon League
Robert Morris is leaving the Northeast Conference to join the Horizon League. The school announced on Monday that it will become the 12th member of the Horizon League on July 1. Robert Morris, located Pittsburgh’s western suburbs, will join the league in 10 sports, including men’s and women’s basketball as well as soccer and track and field.
Source: MLB tells teams scouting can resumeSource: MLB tells teams scouting can resume
Major League Baseball has told its teams they can resume scouting activity, sending up to three scouts to each amateur event this summer, a source told ESPN.
Big Ten commissioner advocating to spark changeBig Ten commissioner advocating to spark change
Kevin Warren has made it a priority that the Big Ten’s nearly 10,000 athletes will have a say in the next election with an initiative to better educate student-athletes.
Featured Groups: RBC HeritageFeatured Groups: RBC Heritage
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA – The PGA TOUR announced Monday the four featured groupings for Thursday-Friday at the RBC Heritage, to be contested at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina. The RBC Heritage, traditionally played the week following the Masters Tournament, was originally scheduled to be played April 13-19, and was announced as canceled on March 17 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, due to flexibility allowed by the postponement of 2020 major championships, the RBC Heritage returned to the PGA TOUR schedule. Full groupings and starting times for the first two rounds of the Charles Schwab Challenge will be released officially at approximately noon ET on Tuesday, June 16. HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (CBS). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday 6:45 a.m.-6 p.m. (featured groups), Saturday-Sunday 7:45 a.m.-3 p.m. (featured groups). Saturday-Sunday 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (featured holes). Radio: Thursday-Friday, 12 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio). Rory McIlroy, C.T. Pan, Rickie Fowler • McIlroy, who is making his first start at the RBC Heritage since 2009, snapped his streak of seven consecutive top-fives on TOUR with a T32 at last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge • Pan earned his first career PGA TOUR victory at the 2019 RBC Heritage, defeating Matt Kuchar by one stroke • Fowler has two top-10s in seven starts on the season (T5/Sentry Tournament of Champions, T10/The American Express); he missed the cut at last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge Daniel Berger, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed • Daniel Berger earned his third career PGA TOUR title at last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge and holds the PGA TOUR’s longest active streak of par-or-better scores (28) • Koepka, making his tournament debut, enters the week No. 204 in the FedExCup standings and has been limited to just six starts during the 2019-20 season due to injury • With five top-10s on the season, including a win at the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship, Reed is No. 4 in the FedExCup standings Jon Rahm, Justin Rose, Justin Thomas • Rahm has four top-10s in six starts on the season, highlighted by a runner-up result at the Farmers Insurance Open; he will compete at the RBC Heritage for the first time • Rose, competing at the RBC Heritage for the first time since 2008, finished T3 at last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge, his best finish on TOUR since the 2019 U.S. Open (T3) • Thomas enters the week No. 2 in the FedExCup standings as one of two players with multiple wins on the season (THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES, Sentry Tournament of Champions) Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama, Gary Woodland • RBC ambassador and South Carolina native Johnson is currently No. 115 in the FedExCup standings and has not missed the TOUR Championship since 2008 (his rookie season) • Matsuyama will make his first start on TOUR since the season was suspended in March and has four top-10s on the season; he missed the cut in his lone start at the RBC Heritage (2014) • Woodland, the reigning U.S. Open champion, has five top-10s on the season, including a ninth-place result at last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge
Power Rankings: RBC HeritagePower Rankings: RBC Heritage
With very little going on in terms of live sports, it stands to reason that the PGA TOUR has attracted new fans in the first two weeks after emerging from the three-month hiatus. Come Sunday, a few have to be wondering if only plaid jackets are awarded to the winners. Just like last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge, this week’s RBC Heritage was relocated to an unfamiliar month due to the pandemic. In recent history, it’s served as the exhale in the week after the Masters in April. This year, it not only is contested for the first time in June, it also assumes the original slot traditionally occupied by the U.S. Open and will finish on Father’s Day. As of midday Monday, the 153-man field at Harbour Town Golf Links includes 117 who competed at Colonial Country Club last week. For what it faces on the par 71 stretching just 7,099 yards, scroll past the projected contenders. POWER RANKINGS: RBC HERITAGE Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama and defending champion C.T. Pan will be among the notables reviewed in Tuesday’s Fantasy Insider. In response to playing time missed as a result of the hiatus, 12 more spots were opened at the RBC Heritage. Customarily, it’s an invitational with 132 golfers, but even with the expansion to 144, the field is nine stronger than rescheduled. This is because all automatic qualifiers are allowed entry regardless of reserved space. Harbour Town will give the robust gathering all it wants. At just 3,700 square feet on average, greens are among the smallest everyone in the field will see all year. The biggest difference between April and June is that the putting surfaces no longer need to be overseeded. This will give the TifEagle bermudagrass planted in advance of the 2016 edition of the tournament the opportunity to really shine. Due to work done to reconfigure cart paths and trim trees, some fairways are wider, but finding the shortest grass off the tee isn’t necessarily the premium at Harbour Town. Not unlike the tee-to-green objective at Augusta National, placement for approach shots is key. That favors the thinking man and course management. Short of finding spot on the dartboards, including on each of the par 5s, shot-shaping under and around overhanging trees accentuates the challenge dimensionally. If the greens were larger, the approach game would have even greater value, but Harbour Town caters to the small ball. As all worthy courses yield so as to prove fairness, there have been exceptions, but the champion likely will have scrambled well, which is to say that he’s putted well. C.T. Pan slotted below the field average in fairways hit last year, and he was right at the field average in greens in regulation, but he was tidiest with his short game, slotting second in putts per GIR. He did hit it tight (seventh in proximity to the holes), but he also made the most of his modest opportunities by ranking fifth in par-breaker conversion percentage with the putter. He finished at 12-under 272 as the field averaged 71.170 for the week. The contingent that has played Harbour Town in April likely will feel more humidity this week. Daytime temperatures will climb into the 80s. A passing shower can’t be ruled out and wind probably won’t factor into club selection until Sunday, if at all. Incidentally, the last four who emerged victorious at the RBC Heritage were first-timers on the PGA TOUR. Wesley Bryan (2017) and Satoshi Kodaira (2018) were tournament debutants. The active streak matches the Barracuda Championship for runner-up honors behind the Sanderson Farms Championship where Sebastián Muñoz became the sixth consecutive first-time winner last fall. If you’re interested in more history of the RBC Heritage, please check out the all-time Power Rankings that published during the original week of this season’s edition. ROB BOLTON’S SCHEDULE PGATOUR.COM’s Fantasy Insider Rob Bolton recaps and previews every tournament from numerous angles. Look for his following contributions as scheduled. MONDAY: Rookie Ranking, Qualifiers, Reshuffle, Medical Extensions, Power Rankings TUESDAY*: Sleepers, Fantasy Insider * – Rob is a member of the panel for PGATOUR.COM’s Expert Picks for PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf, which also publishes on Tuesday.
NBA’s Disney plan only works in a very small worldNBA’s Disney plan only works in a very small world
The plan is in place but the outstanding question is how safe would the Disney bubble be? Experts weigh in on the NBA’s efforts to resume its season.