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The slumping Milwaukee Brewers could be losing another of their top hitters for at least a little while. Christian Yelich was pulled for a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning against the Washington Nationals on Sunday with tightness in his left hamstring. The Brewers went on to fall 8-6 for their fifth straight loss. "We're most likely going to get some bad news on Yelich," manager Pat Murphy said after the game. Murphy said the 2018 NL MVP and three-time All-Star felt a "little twinge" in his hamstring and was undergoing imaging. "There is some fluid in there, so let's wait and see," Murphy said. "He wanted to stay in the game, but ... we've just got to be careful with these guys. We're in April." Milwaukee is already missing Jackson Chourio and Andrew Vaughn due to hand injuries. Chourio went on the IL just before Milwaukee's season opener, while Vaughn appeared in one game before joining him. The Brewers also are missing starting pitcher Quinn Priester (right thoracic outlet) and reliever Jared Koenig (elbow). After winning eight of their first 10 games, the Brewers have lost five straight. They never dropped as many as five in a row last year while winning a franchise-record 97 games to post the best record in the majors. The skid is their longest since June 2023. Milwaukee did get some good news Sunday. Murphy said pitchers Brandon Sproat and Kyle Harrison "both seem to be OK" after both had their knees examined following Saturday's loss. "Harrison's wrist is sore, because when he fell, he jammed his wrist, so we're going to check that out," Murphy said. "Sproat says he feels good." Yelich, 34, is batting .314 with one homer and 10 RBIs in 15 games. He was the designated hitter Sunday and went 0 for 2, hitting grounders each time. His replacement, Gary Sanchez, hit a tying, three-run homer in the seventh. Reporting by The Associated Press.

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Apr 12, 2026; Augusta, Georgia, USA; Rory McIlroy plays an approach shot on the 15th hole during the final round of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images | Bill Streicher-Imagn ImagesRory McIlroy stands alone. And then some.A year ago the anointed one from Northern Ireland conquered Augusta National at long last. As his playoff-clinching putt sank on 18 it forever altered the history of professional golf. McIlroy joined the ranks of Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods as the only players to complete the Career Grand Slam.On Sunday some more gates of history unlocked for Rory. By defending his title as Masters Champion with a victory, one that came with a few less dramatic twists than 2025, he joined Jack, Tiger, and Nick Faldo. Rory is amassing entry keys to the most exclusive clubs that the world of golf has to offer.Rory was already the lone European to complete the Career Grand Slam and he now joins Faldo as the other to defend at Augusta National of all places. He is more than just the greatest golfer of his generation. He is unquestionably the greatest European player of all time.Many posited that Rorys first Masters win was poetic with regards to the overall path that he took to the iconic green jacket. It was chaotic. Emotional. Devastating. Enthralling. Captivating. A similar argument can be made that Rorys defense of it was also true to his career form.Consider that Rory held at least a share of the lead after each and every round of this years Masters. He has quite literally never finished a competitive Masters round as a Masters Champion without at least being tied for the lead. This speaks to how his breakthrough empowered him. Winning at Augusta at long last very clearly unleashed Rory in a way that made him untouchable relative to his peers. This April Sunday at Augusta National did not feature the drama that last year did as it was the field who bowed to the mounting pressure not Rory.It was a matter of chasing down Rory for everyone else. Someone was going to have to rip that green jacket off of his shoulders and the fight to even get their hands around his shoulders proved too much for everyone. Tyrrell Hatton made a noble race of it all, Collin Morikawa had an incredible surge, but just when someone like Justin Rose or Cameron Young reached equal footing with Rory the intensity of it all proved too much and their games faded. Even the great Scottie Scheffler, who became the first player in Masters record books that date all the way back to 1942 to go bogey-free in the third and fourth round of the tournament, was no match. Time has shown us that only one man is fit to carry the burden that making this kind of history demands. Only one player of this generation, only one European across the history of the world, has proven capable of living up the legend that so many were imploring them to be.Rory McIlroy, this and last years Masters Champion, is that player. He is the greatest European player of all time beyond any doubt at this point and his super strength was just amplified. He has all of the individual accomplishments, all of the bells and whistles, leads his generation with individual major titles won at six now, and officially has multiple green jackets in his locker at Augusta National Golf Club. There is nothing that anyone has that he needs. He has it all.Congratulations to Rory. Who knows what he will do next?

The green jacket is Rory McIlroy's again. He won the Masters on Sunday by one shot, becoming the first back-to-back winner since Tiger Woods in 2001-02.

The Northern Irishman etched his name into the history books once again after a thrilling final day at Augusta and became just the fourth player ever to win the Masters in back-to-back years.

Bob Hall, a childhood polio survivor who became known as the father of wheelchair racing after twice winning the Boston Marathon and then going on to build racing chairs for the generations of competitors that followed, has died. He was 74.The Boston Athletic Association said on Sunday that Hall's family confirmed his death after a long illness. In 1975, Hall convinced Boston Marathon organizers to let him into the race and was promised a finishers certificate like the one the runners got if he completed the 26.2-mile distance in under 3 hours. (In 1970, Vietnam War veteran Eugene Roberts, who had lost both of his legs in the war, needed more than six hours to finish.)Hall crossed the line in 2:58. It had nothing to do with, per se, the marathon, but it was about the inclusion, Hall said last year, when he served as the grand marshal in Boston on the 50th anniversary of his pioneering ride. It was that I was bringing people along.Hall returned to the Boston race in 1977, when it was designated as the site for the National Wheelchair Championship, and prevailed in a field of seven. As they crested Heartbreak Hill, eventual men's winner Bill Rodgers and fifth-place finisher Tom Fleming slowed to encourage him.The interaction was a sign that we were fully accepted as athletes, Hall said.Hall, who lost the use of both legs from childhood polio, sued in 1978 to have wheelchair racers admitted into the New York Marathon, a fight that wasnt settled until the race created mens and womens wheelchair divisions in 2000. Bob Hall is an incredible man, five-time Boston winner and eight-time Paralympic gold medalist Tatyana McFadden said last year. Im so thankful for him. And I think we all are, as wheelchair racers, because he really paved the way.Hall finished in the top three in Boston three other times, and remained active with the race. More than 1,900 wheelchair racers have followed him from Hopkinton to Boston; this years race on April 20 will include 50 more, along with 50 others in eight para divisions competing for more than $300,000 in prize money.The BAA said that Hall taught how we can continue to ensure athletes of all abilities have competitive opportunities on the highest stage here in Boston.Bob designed innovative wheelchair equipment, raced with courage, and was proud to be a two-time Boston Marathon champion, the BAA said. He helped lead a technological change, transforming simple wheelchairs into racing chairs built for peak athletic performance. Bobs influence and effort five decades ago led to the global circuit of wheelchair racing today.Many of the competitors including McFadden and seven-time Boston winner Marcel Hug learned to race in chairs built by Hall. Because of him crossing that finish line, were able to race today. And its evolved so much since then, McFadden said last year. It was him. It was him being brave and saying, Im going to go out and do this because I believe that we should be able to race Boston Marathon just like everyone else. So he had the courage to do that.___AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports

Bob Hall, a childhood polio survivor who became known as the father of wheelchair racing after twice winning the Boston Marathon and then going on to build racing chairs for the generations of competitors that followed, has died. He was 74.The Boston Athletic Association said on Sunday that Hall's family confirmed his death after a long illness. In 1975, Hall convinced Boston Marathon organizers to let him into the race and was promised a finishers certificate like the one the runners got if he completed the 26.2-mile distance in under 3 hours. (In 1970, Vietnam War veteran Eugene Roberts, who had lost both of his legs in the war, needed more than six hours to finish.)Hall crossed the line in 2:58. It had nothing to do with, per se, the marathon, but it was about the inclusion, Hall said last year, when he served as the grand marshal in Boston on the 50th anniversary of his pioneering ride. It was that I was bringing people along.Hall returned to the Boston race in 1977, when it was designated as the site for the National Wheelchair Championship, and prevailed in a field of seven. As they crested Heartbreak Hill, eventual men's winner Bill Rodgers and fifth-place finisher Tom Fleming slowed to encourage him.The interaction was a sign that we were fully accepted as athletes, Hall said.Hall, who lost the use of both legs from childhood polio, sued in 1978 to have wheelchair racers admitted into the New York Marathon, a fight that wasnt settled until the race created mens and womens wheelchair divisions in 2000. Bob Hall is an incredible man, five-time Boston winner and eight-time Paralympic gold medalist Tatyana McFadden said last year. Im so thankful for him. And I think we all are, as wheelchair racers, because he really paved the way.Hall finished in the top three in Boston three other times, and remained active with the race. More than 1,900 wheelchair racers have followed him from Hopkinton to Boston; this years race on April 20 will include 50 more, along with 50 others in eight para divisions competing for more than $300,000 in prize money.The BAA said that Hall taught how we can continue to ensure athletes of all abilities have competitive opportunities on the highest stage here in Boston.Bob designed innovative wheelchair equipment, raced with courage, and was proud to be a two-time Boston Marathon champion, the BAA said. He helped lead a technological change, transforming simple wheelchairs into racing chairs built for peak athletic performance. Bobs influence and effort five decades ago led to the global circuit of wheelchair racing today.Many of the competitors including McFadden and seven-time Boston winner Marcel Hug learned to race in chairs built by Hall. Because of him crossing that finish line, were able to race today. And its evolved so much since then, McFadden said last year. It was him. It was him being brave and saying, Im going to go out and do this because I believe that we should be able to race Boston Marathon just like everyone else. So he had the courage to do that.___AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports

Rory McIlroy steamrolled to victory at The Masters to win a second Green Jacket in as many years, holding off the likes of Cameron Young, Justin Rose and Scottie Scheffler.It means the Northern Irishman has won back-to-back Masters titles; a feat only managed by Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods before him.It underlines McIlroy's status as one of the best golfers of all time, fending off a determined chasing pack in excruciatingly dramatic circumstances.McIlroy roared in victory, in similar scenes to 12 months ago when he finally completed the career Grand Slam.TRENDINGStoriesVideosYour SayThis time round, McIlroy was much more composed - though a double-bogey on the third hole saw many fans shudder over memories of yesteryear where he had thrown titles away in the past.But having seen a six-shot lead disappear on Saturday, the now-six-time major champion reasserted himself at Augusta to prevail in front of a loving crowd.More to follow...Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter