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🏆 Glory for Gators, Houston sorrow

Florida cut the nets Monday evening in San Antonio after beating Houston, 65-63In a game where they dragged almost all the time.

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Time with lead:

Back on top: The cougars forced the Gators to play their game, but in the end, they played it better, obtaining their third national championship and refusing his first to Houston.

By Jeff Eisenberg by Yahoo Sports:

Houston has once again failed to lose the unwanted label of the largest male basketball program to never win a national title. The cougars have now made seven final ovens and three title games without feeling the joy of cutting the nets.

This time, sorrow came to the hands of a Florida program which entered Air Rareified by winning a third national title. Only the most blue of Blue Bloods – UCLA (11), Kentucky (8), Uconn (6), Caroline du Nord (6), Duke (5), Indiana (5) and Kansas (4) – have more.

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The fact that Florida joined a 12 -point deficit at the start of the second half was an appropriate way for Gators to finish this memorable race. They dragged six or more in the second period in four of their six victories of the NCAA tournament.

They lagged nine points against Auburn at the start of the second half of the match of the last Saturday four and 10 points against Texas Tech in the Elite Eight.

“We have not pointed out, we did not start making hero games, playing defensive,” said head coach Todd Golden. Adding Alijah Martin guard, “we have never blocked eyes. Now we are national champions.”

🎶 Watch: A brilliant moment

📊 By figures: masters week

⛳️ +450

The reigning champion Scottie Scheffler is the Favorite betting (+450 at Betmgm) to win his third green jacket, which only eight men have accomplished. Rory McILroy (+650) has the second best rating and most from Paris (10.6%) of any golfer in the field.

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⛳️ Eight left -handers

There are eight left -handed golfers in the 2025 Masters Fieldmost in the history of the tournament. These are: Phil Mickelson (3x winner), Bubba Watson (2x winner), Mike Weir (1x winner), Akshay Bhatia, Brian Harman, Joe Highsmith, Bob Macintyre and Matt McCarty.

Watch: Do left-handers have an advantage at Augusta National?

⛳️ 41st start

The double champion Bernhard Langer will do his 41st and last masters begin this week. How long has the 67-year-old player have passed? Gene Sarazen, born in 1902, was on the ground when Langer played his first major (1976 Open); Tom Kim, born in 2002, will be on the ground when he plays his last.

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⛳️ $ 1.50

For the 23rd consecutive year, the Pimento cheese sandwich at Masters will cost $ 1.50. The popular menu article cost $ 1 in 1997, but taking into account inflation, the sandwich is actually 50 cents cheaper Today.

📸 through the lens

Washington, DC – President Trump organized dodgers at the White House Monday to celebrate their World Series victory, and later met shohei ohtani in the oval office.

Augusta, Georgia – The first cycle of master’s training was canceled due to the rain. Fortunately, forecasts It looks much better for the rest of the weekIncluding a lot of sun for the arrival of Sunday.

Monte Carlo, Monaco – The male clay court season started this weekAnd for the first time in 25 years, he did it without the “king of clay”, himself, Rafael Nadal.

🏀 NBA qualifiers race: the west is wild

With university hoops now in decline, We pay our attention to the NBA, where the jockey teams Positioning of the playoffs In the last week of the regular season.

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Where it is: The Orient is set, with the qualifying teams and the game teams locked and only on the scale to be determined. But in the West, the fate of nine teams is still at stake.

The West Far: While the Thunder and the Rockets won and the four lower teams were eliminated, the rest of the conference is ripe for the reshuffle.

• Lakers, Nuggets, Clippers, Warriors, Timberwolves and Grizzlies are separated by only two games while pursuing four places in guaranteed qualifying series.

• The two that will intervene in the game tournament, where they will be joined by two of the kings, the mavericks and the Suns.

Come: Here are the remaining hours for these nine teams from the disorderly environment of the Western Conference:

• Lakers: in Thunder (Mar), in Mavericks (sea), against Rockets (Ven), in Trail Blazers (Sun)

• Nuggets: in Kings (sea), against Grizzlies (Ven), in Rockets (Sun)

• Clippers: VS. Spurs (Mar), VS Rockets (sea), in Kings (Ven), in Warriors (Sun)

• Warriors: in Suns (Mar), vs Spurs (sea), in Trail Blazers (Ven), against Clippers (Sun)

• Timberwolves: in Bucks (Mar), in Grizzlies (Thu), against the nets (Ven), against jazz (sun)

• Grizzlies: Aux Hornets (Mar), VS Timberwolves (Thu), in Nuggets (Ven), against Mavericks (Sun)

• Kings: vs Nuggets (sea), against Clippers (Ven), vs Suns (sun)

• Mavericks: VS Lakers (sea), against Raptors (Ven), in Grizzlies (Sun)

• Suns: VS Warriors (Mar), against Thunder (sea), against Spurs (Ven), in Kings (Sun)

In the future: The regular season ends on Sunday, and the game tournament takes place a week from today.

📺 Watchlist: the final 8

The quarterfinals of the Champions League Start today with two first leg games: Bayern Munich against Inter Milan (3 p.m. and, paramount +) And Arsenal against Real Madrid (3 p.m., Paramount +).

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The table of rich children: The eight quarter -finals are among the The 20 richest clubs in the world. Real Madrid (n ° 1) is at the top, followed by PSG (n ° 3), Bayern (n ° 5), Barcelona (n ° 6), Arsenal (n ° 7), Borussia Dortmund (n ° 11), Inter (n ° 14) and Aston Villa (n ° 18).

More to look:

• 🏀 NBA: Celtics at Knicks (7:30 p.m., TNT); Warriors in the sun (10 p.m., TNT) … Phoenix (35-43) needs a victory.

• 🏒 NHL: Maple Leafs at Panthers (7 p.m., ESPN); Golden Knights in Avalanche (9:30 p.m., ESPN) … The four teams won places in the playoffs.

• ⚽️ Friendly: USWNT against Brazil (10:30 p.m., TBS) … In Paypal Park in San Jose, California, where the USWNT has a 5-0 file.

• ⚾️ MLB: Phillies at Braves (7:15 p.m., TBS) … Philly (7-2) has the third best MLB record, Atlanta (1-8) has the worst.

• 🏀 League G finals: Stockton Kings in Osceola Magic (8 p.m., espnu) … Players to watch in match 1: Slam Dunk King Mac McClung (Magic) and the former dry Poy Mason (Kings).

More: Tigers welcomes the Galaxy in Mexico for a place in the semi-finals of the Champions Cup (9 p.m., FS1); “On the range” in Masters (12h-19h, CBSSN); Masters of Monte Carlo (5 a.m., tennis).

🏆 Championship trivia

Florida is the second school* With exactly three DI basketball titles. Who is the other?

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Hint: They won two this century.

*Without counting Louisville, whose third championship (2013) has since been canceled.

Answer at the bottom.

🍻 Brilliant marketing

Budweiser sent festive cans To Budweiser Zero to the guards who made not Be marked by Alex Ovechkin at any time in their careers. This is a short list!

Curtis Joseph (photo above): “Congratulations to the greatest scorer of all time. Feeling very lucky to have not is one of that! 2 shots, 0 goals. “”

Trivia’s response: Villanova (1985, 2016, 2018)

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