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Scottie Scheffler wins Memorial Tournament

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He’s won at Arnold Palmer’s place. He’s won at the home of the PGA Tour. He ran away with a win at Augusta, and he won a week later in Hilton Head.

Scottie Scheffler was already the top golfer in the world, but Sunday he drove that point even further with a win at the Memorial Tournament — Jack Nicklaus’ signature event — for his fifth win in eight starts.

On a challenging Muirfield Village course with only five players playing Sunday under par, Scheffler held off runs by Collin Morikawa and Adam Hadwin to shoot a final round 74 and beat Morikawa by one stroke.

The win makes Scheffler the first golfer to win five PGA Tour events in a single season since Justin Thomas in 2017, and we’re only in June with two majors and the FedEx Cup Playoffs to go. And all five wins were in signature events: the Masters, the Players Championship, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the RBC Heritage and now the Memorial.

Scheffler entered Sunday with a four-shot lead over Morikawa and the rest of the field. As the course played so fast and firm, Scheffler played the front nine over par while the Canadian Hadwin made a strong push to get within one shot.

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Morikawa also spent much of the back nine within one, but while so much of the field fell back, Scheffler remained steady. Despite missing seven of his first 11 fairways Sunday, he parred eight straight holes to never concede the lead.

Scheffler even bogeyed the 17th hole to give Morikawa an opportunity to tie on 18. Scheffler’s approach shot then took a hard bounce off the green and into the rough, but Morikawa found that same rough behind the pin.

Scheffler had to sink a five-foot putt for par to win, and he was able to grab the victory with an emotional fist pump.

The tight finish represents another tough second-place result for Morikawa, the two-time major winner having his best season since his 2021 campaign but coming up short multiple times. He was in the final pairing at both the Masters and PGA Championship this spring yet finished seven and six shots back of the winner at both, respectively.

He also entered Sunday at the RBC Heritage two back of Scheffler only to end up six back.

Scheffler is currently a 3-to-1 betting favorite at next week’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst as he’s becoming the sport’s biggest favorite since Tiger Woods’ heyday in 2010.

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Eli Manning hilariously shuts down comeback talk as Giants explore Odell Beckham Jr reunion possibility

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The New York Giants have had an active offseason, but fans still want to see a reunion with Odell Beckham Jr.

A video of Beckham scoring a touchdown from his time with the Giants went viral on social media.

“All these Giants signings have been great and all, but there’s still one final piece missing…,” the user posted.

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NFC coach Eli Manning looks on during the NFL Pro Bowl Skills Competition at the UCF Nicholson Fieldhouse in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 1, 2024. (Nathan Ray Seebeck/USA TODAY Sports)

Eli Manning, who threw the touchdown to Beckham in the clip, had some fun with it.

“Guys, I’m not coming back to play! Stop asking,” Manning posted on X.

Manning retired after the 2019 season, ending a 16-year run with the team. Toward the end of his career, Manning struggled, as the team went 9-26 in his starts over the last three seasons of his career.

Before Manning’s play declined, Beckham was one of his favorite targets. Manning threw more touchdowns to Beckham (44) than to any other player in his career.

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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. warm up before a preseason game against the Miami Dolphins at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Aug. 12, 2016. (Danielle Parhizkaran/USA TODAY NETWORK)

Beckham was electrifying in New York. In five seasons with the Giants, Beckham played 59 games, catching 390 passes for 5,476 yards and 44 touchdowns.

He was then stunningly traded to the Cleveland Browns and never recaptured that same form, spending just two and a half seasons with them before they released him.

The Giants recently brought Beckham in for a workout. He played under coach John Harbaugh with the Baltimore Ravens in 2023. The 33-year-old was productive as a depth receiver, catching 34 passes for 565 yards and three touchdowns.

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Harbaugh called Beckham one of his favorite people in the world in March.

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Odell Beckham Jr. started his career with the New York Giants. (Danielle Parhizkaran/USA TODAY NETWORK)

“He and I do talk. We do text,” Harbaugh said. “We’ve maintained a really great relationship. He’s one of my very favorite people in the world. It’s not like you don’t talk to guys on things like that. And certainly we have.”

“We’ll just have to see where it all goes, what’s best for him, what’s best for the Giants.”

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While the Giants have to see where it goes with Beckham, they know for sure Manning is staying in retirement.

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Prep talk: Servite, Notre Dame to qualify athletes at Division 3 track and field prelims

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The Southern Section will hold its four track and field prelims on Saturday at four high schools, but lots of focus will take place at the Division 3 meet at Yorba Linda.

Servite, with its outstanding sprinters, and Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, with sprinters, hurdlers and shotputters, will be trying to qualify their best athletes in preparation to battle it out at the Southern Section championships on May 16 at Moorpark High.

“We’re trying to qualify but also build upon all our races,” Servite coach Brandon Thomas said.

Servite looks finally healthy. Robert Gardner, a sprinter who was hurt all season, ran 10.87 seconds last week in the 100 meters in his comeback race. He’ll be one of four Servite athletes trying to qualify in the 100. Another previously injured athlete, Jaelen Hunter, has also returned and will be in the 400.

Notre Dame’s Brayden Borquez recovered from his spill at the Arcadia Invitational to win the 110 hurdles last week at the Mission League finals. JJ Harel, the defending state champion in the high jump, is also gearing up to score points in the long jump and triple jump.

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Other finals will be held at Trabuco Hills (Division 1), Ontario (Division 2) and Carpinteria (Division 4).

This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email eric.sondheimer@latimes.com.

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Draymond Green refuses to let Charles Barkley bury the Warriors, delivers cutting Rockets jab on air

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Wednesday night on “Inside the NBA” was less of a pregame show and more of a roast session as Draymond Green joined the desk.

The Golden State forward started going at it with Charles Barkley as the Mound Round of Rebound poked fun at the sinking ship that is the Warriors dynasty.

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Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors reacts during a game against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., on April 10, 2026. (Rocky Widner/NBAE)

The tension started when Sir Charles decided to eulogize the Dubs while looking Green dead in the eye.

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“It’s over for the Warriors. No disrespect. It ends for every old team,” Barkley said.

“You had your run; you get old; you let Klay go. You and Steph are on the backside of your careers; it just passed you by.”

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Barkley kept his foot on the gas.

While he gave the Warriors credit for “one of the greatest runs ever,” he made it clear that Father Time remains undefeated in the paint.

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“Sports … listen, sports are for young people,” Barkley added. “You hope to have a great long career, but sports … nobody wins when they’re 37, 38.”

NBA TV analysts Charles Barkley and Chris Webber speak to Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green after Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 7, 2017. (John W. McDonough/Sports Illustrated)

In predictable fashion, Draymond was unable to stomach the banter.

He waited for the opening and went for the jugular, referencing Barkley’s infamous sunset years in Texas.

“Yeah, I mean, I think the goal is just to not look like you in the Houston Rockets uniform,” Green fired back.

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The jab was a direct hit on Barkley’s ring-chasing era in Houston, where the Hall of Famer was famously a shell of his MVP self.

Green then shifted into a rare moment of veteran self-awareness and admitted the Warriors are in a transitional phase, but insisted the pedigree matters more than the box score.

“I think understanding what is success at this point is key for us,” Green explained. “Knowing and understanding that it may not be realistic to win a championship, but can we continue to build to that so that once we leave this organization, it’s still in a great space?”

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Despite Draymond’s talk about maintaining a winning pedigree, this year was a harsh wake-up call for the Golden State faithful.

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Draymond Green and head coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors react during the fourth quarter against the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Ga., on March 21, 2026. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

The Warriors’ season went out with a whimper as they finished 10th in the West and were bounced immediately in the play-in tournament.

Barkley might think the light is fading, but Draymond is clearly going to keep swinging on his way out.

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