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Americans in the field include Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Keegan Bradley, Jim Furyk and Brandt Snedeker, winner at last week’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am. MORE: Riviera leaderboard | This season’s Tour winners Sergio Garcia leads the international contingent that includes Vijay Singh, Hideki Matsuyama and Luke Donald. Canada’s Graham DeLaet was off to a strong start, with Mike Weir and David Hearn also competing. The quality of this week’s competition is no surprise....

As if the thrill of meeting Joe Flacco weren’t enough. Reports were flying Saturday that Flacco, the Baltimore Ravens’ quarterback, made a waiter’s night by signing his check with a whopping bonus for good service. (At 75 percent, either Flacco was extravagantly generous or received ungodly good service. We pick “all of the above.”) Not only did Flacco go all out in his largess, he did it in Pittsburgh, where the Ravens prepared to play the Steelers in Saturday’s AFC wild-card game....

The Nintendo Gigaleak was a massive amount of data obtained from Nintendo that revealed numerous prototypes, cut content, and design documents for some of the industry giant’s biggest franchises. Whether fans preferred to catch ’em all or fight with the master sword, there was something of interest in the Nintendo Gigaleak. Now, while some information is still being exposed from the Nintendo Gigaleak, there are some discoveries that stand out from the rest in Nintendo’s biggest franchises like Super Mario, Pokemon, and The Legend of Zelda....

In this week’s recap of gaming news, the eShop marketplaces for both the Wii U console and 3DS handheld will be shutting down as of March next year, while some functionality will remain. Capcom’s not particularly subtle countdown led to the unveiling of the next Street Fighter game. The massive next-gen update for Cyberpunk 2077 is now available for players, and includes a ton of new features/improvements. Horror/thriller game Martha is Dead is receiving some unintended changes specifically on PlayStation consoles due to a censorship concern....

Juventus and Barcelona made the two most significant moves in January. The Turin-based club snapped up Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina, while the Spanish giants acquired the services of Ferran Torres. These were the only players that cost more than €50 million. January transfer window saw a change in the market values of top five leagues A team’s market value is determined by the cumulative market value of its players. By finding the sum of the market values of all clubs, one can calculate the market value of a league....

Sunil Gavaskar Sunil Gavaskar was responsible for putting Indian batting on the global map. In the 70s and 80s, he was the best opener in international cricket and averaged above 50 in Test cricket. He performed superbly against the best fast bowling attack of his era and scored 13 centuries in 27 matches against the then mighty West Indies. He did not have the backing of a strong bowling attack and this prevented him from winning more matches for India....

The second act of her remarkable career is about something more. At 21, she has a greater appreciation of her own natural abilities than she did when she won four golds at the 2016 Olympics. She wants to find out where all that talent and all that power can take her and her sport. “I have nothing to prove,” Biles said. “I can quit if I wanted to.” No chance....

According to a new book, the Trump-appointed AG said he also told the then-president that attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential vote resembled a “clown show,” adding: “No self-respecting lawyer is going anywhere near it. It’s just a joke.” The remarks were detailed in a series of interviews with ABC’s Jon Karl for the reporter’s upcoming book Betrayal—the latest in a string of publications on the politics of Tump’s White House....

That puts Belichick in the company of George Halas, Don Shula, Tom Landry and Curly Lambeau as the only coaches with 200 victories for one team. In his 17th season with New England, Belichick has had only two seasons with fewer than double-digit wins. MORE: SN’s 50 greatest coaches of all time For the record, Belichick is 200-71 record with the Patriots, including four Super Bowl championships and six total AFC titles....

Jackson’s blistering “findings of fact”–which will provide the basis, together with the “conclusions of law,” due next year, for his eventual decision–provided several unintended ironies. Although he had earlier expressed hopes the two sides could settle, by siding with prosecutors on almost every factual issue he emboldened the Justice Department and its allies, the 19 state attorneys general who had joined the government’s antitrust suit. As one government insider told NEWSWEEK, “the debate has shifted more toward the stronger remedies....

His work Tuesday night in Phoenix was bonkers, if you looked at some of the internet reactions. The ESPN analyst is pure performance art. Sure, he “called” Texas A&M vs. Arizona with play-by-play/comedy partner Dave Pasch, but come on, he was there for everything else, including, somehow, a personalized debate over solar power vs. coal power. No clue why (video from @sonofthebronx via Clippit): MORE: Bill Walton embarrassed about UCLA arrests...

The basketball commentator tried his hand at baseball Friday night, working with White Sox play-by-play man Jason Benetti in Anaheim, Calif. It was about what you would expect, if you’ve watched Walton do his hardwood shtick. MORE: Best classes of rookie pitchers in post-strike era It appears that MLB Twitter was smitten with the tie-dyed one: For the record, Benetti didn’t walk into this situation cold; he worked a college basketball game with Walton on ESPN at the Maui Invitational last November....

A new report from Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) and the Institute for Policy Studies’ Program on Inequality says billionaire wealth has grown 20 percent between March 18 and June 17. The two groups’ analysis of Forbes data shows the total net worth of U.S. billionaires increased from $2.948 trillion to $3.531 trillion in the three-month time frame. Since the national shutdown which began in mid-March, the U.S. has added 29 billionaires, now totaling 643 across the country....

Buffalo comes in with a few extra days of rest after handily defeating the Patriots 24-10 on Thursday Night Football in Week 13. Rookie RB James Cook saw a season-high 20 touches and 105 total yards, while Josh Allen avoided an INT for just the second time since Week 6. Despite falling in a 20-6 first-half hole against the Vikings last week, the Jets rallied back, cutting the deficit to five points in the fourth quarter....

BC Igokea, which has won six championships in the Bosnian League in its 44 years, announced Saturday it had signed Preston to play for its club. MORE: Kansas freshman Billy Preston continues to ride bench as school checks out his wheels Preston, 20, is a 6-10, 230-pound power forward originally from Santa Ana, Calif., who was rated the No. 20 prospect in the 2017 recruiting class by 24/7 Sports....

“I don’t think so, because so many people have already been vaccinated,” Biden said at a press conference when asked if the variant could prompt a new shutdown nationally. “But the Delta variant can cause more people to die in areas where people have not been vaccinated. Where people have gotten the two shots, the Delta variant is highly unlikely to result in anything.” He added, “The existing vaccines are very effective so no, it’s not a lockdown, but some areas will be very hurt....

Biden promised on Monday that his legislation would provide cost relief to Americans, lowering the costs of copays, insulin, vaccines and more, according to the Associated Press. “It’s safe to say that all of us can agree that prescription drugs are outrageously expensive in this country… I’m committed to using every tool I have to lower prescription drug costs for Americans consistent with the drug companies getting a fair return on their investment,” Biden said....