Everything you need for your weekend and nothing you don't.
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The Last Night's Game Team
PGA (Professional Golfers Association)
The Players Championship is already setting records with the largest purse in PGA history, $20 million. That's a 60% increase from 2019. The field will divide the earnings with the winner taking home $3.6 million, the first tournament ever to crack the $3 million mark.
While you're lulled into your nap by the sweet sounds of a golf broadcast, you might catch a glimpse of the players, caddies and staff wearing blue and yellow ribbons in support of Ukraine. This is just one of the ways the golf industry is supporting Golfers for Ukraine, an industry-wide effort collecting donations for UNICEF. HOLE IN ONE
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Dallas Cowboys (NFL - National Football League) owner Jerry Jones is being sued by a woman who says he's her biological father, and he paid her mom off to keep it a secret.
Why former NFL player and current Jackson State coach Deion Sanders is two toes short of a set
Tiger Woods' hall of fame induction speech is one for the ages.
Sunday night is when all of the magic happens. That night, the teams that will play in both the men's and women's March Madness tournaments are revealed. So be forewarned it'll dominate the conversation on Monday at the office.
Before We Go
Batter up! The baseball season will officially begin on April 7. After a long, arduous negotiation process, the owners and the MLB Players Association agreed on terms that include putting advertisements on team uniforms and helmets and increasing the postseason to 12 teams from 10 teams. The National League will now use a designated hitter, and the minimum wage for a major league player rises from $570,500 to $700,000. STEP UP TO THE PLATE
