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8:51 PM on Thursday, April 9

Facts and figures from the opening round Thursday at the Masters

8:44 PM on Thursday, April 9

Matthew Schaefer of the New York Islanders tied the NHL record for the most goals by a rookie defenseman by scoring his 23rd of the season to match Hall of Famer Brian Leetch’s mark

8:33 PM on Thursday, April 9

Arvell Reese could be the first defensive player off the board during the first round of the NFL draft on April 23 in Pittsburgh

8:25 PM on Thursday, April 9

Cole Caufield is the first Montreal Canadiens player to score 50 goals in a season in more than three decades

8:02 PM on Thursday, April 9

FIFA has added new, even more expensive tiers of tickets for this year’s World Cup, asking up to $4,105 for a front category 1 seat at the U.S. opener against Paraguay in Inglewood, California, on June 12

8:01 PM on Thursday, April 9

Justin Rose is back in contention at the Masters

8:00 PM on Thursday, April 9

Simon Tassy and Ryan Botterill scored 27 seconds apart in the first period and Wisconsin defeated North Dakota 2-1 to put the Badgers in the Frozen Four title game for the first time since 2010

7:40 PM on Thursday, April 9

The 15th hole at Augusta National over the years has been the third-easiest hole at the Masters

7:34 PM on Thursday, April 9

Five Ohio State players plan to attend the first round of the NFL draft on April 23

7:30 PM on Thursday, April 9

Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan appreciates the endorsement from team president and CEO Michael Reinsdorf

7:24 PM on Thursday, April 9

Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jalen Chatfield was scratched for the team's game at Chicago because of an unspecified injury

6:22 PM on Thursday, April 9

The Dallas Wings have traded Diamond Miller to the Connecticut Sun for Rayah Marshall in a swap of frontcourt players

5:43 PM on Thursday, April 9

4:42 PM on Thursday, April 9

Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, even the fate of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran

4:12 PM on Thursday, April 9

Joel Embiid had an appendectomy in Houston after Philadelphia’s star big man was stricken with appendicitis overnight

3:11 PM on Thursday, April 9

The Justice Department is investigating the NFL for potential anticompetitive practices, according to a government official

2:32 PM on Thursday, April 9

Jayson Tatum is set to play at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night for the first time since rupturing his Achilles tendon there in last season’s playoffs

10:05 AM on Thursday, April 9

As Rory McIlroy was warming up on the practice range, Jack Nicklaus was busy touting the star from Northern Ireland by saying he had a “very, very good chance” to repeat as Masters champion

1:16 AM on Thursday, April 9

Rory McIlroy has been savoring his Masters win all week at Augusta National

2:54 PM on Monday, March 30

The Masters is heating up as big names like Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm are on the verge of missing the cut after tough first rounds