KWBG Sports for April 11th

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - South Africa's Charl Schwartzel is celebrating his first major title, a come-from-behind two-shot victory over Adam Scott and Jason Day in the Masters. On a day when eight different golfers held the lead, Schwartzel finished strongest with four straight birdies in his round of 6-under 66. AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Tiger Woods made a charge and briefly was atop the leader board after starting Sunday's play seven shots off the lead. Woods made four birdies and an eagle during a front nine 31 but shot even-par on the back nine to finish tied for fourth, four shots behind the winner. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Carmelo Anthony scored 34 points, making the go-ahead jumper with 4.9 seconds left and blocking a potential winning attempt and the New York Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers 110-109 last night for their seventh straight win. The Knicks moved ahead of Philadelphia for sixth place in the Eastern Conference. ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The Cleveland Indians are off to their best record in nine seasons at 9-2 after yesterday's 6-4 win and series sweep in Seattle. Now it's on to Anaheim for the Indians, who send out Mitch Talbot when they try for their eighth straight victory tonight. UNDATED (AP) - The defending Stanley Cup champs have backed into the NHL playoffs. The Chicago Blackhawks lost their regular season finale 4-3 to Detroit, but got the final playoff spot in the Western Conference when Minnesota upset Dallas 5-3, denying the Stars a playoff berth.

KWBG Sports for April 8th

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Rory McIlroy and Alvaro Quiros are
co-leaders heading into the second round of the Masters at Augusta
National after they fired 7-under-par 65s yesterday, two shots
ahead of K.J. Choi and Yon-Eun Yang. Matt Kuchar (KOO'-chur) and
Ricky Barnes opened with 68s, and Sergio Garcia and Geoff Ogilvy
are among seven players who shot 69s yesterday. Defending champion
and three-time Masters winner Phil Mickelson finds himself five
shots back through 18 holes, while Tiger Woods is at minus-1.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - More than three years after Barry Bonds was
first indicted, his federal trial is now in the hands of the jury.
Bonds' lawyers and federal prosecutors spent several hours
yesterday delivering their closing arguments to the jury of eight
women and four men. The record-setting baseball star is charged
with three counts of lying to a grand jury in December 2003, and
one count of obstructing that jury's investigation of sports
doping.

BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Red Sox will be looking for their first
win of the season when they play their home opener against the New
York Yankees this afternoon. The Bosox were 1-0 losers at Cleveland
yesterday, thanks to Asdrubal Cabrera's suicide squeeze in the
bottom of the eighth. It's the first time since 1945 the Red Sox
have begun a season with six straight losses.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Kansas is losing a pair of its best
basketball players a year early. Marcus and Markieff (mahr-KEEF')
Morris have announced they are leaving the Jayhawks to enter this
summer's NBA draft. The twins led the Jayhawks in scoring,
rebounding and blocks last season.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - It will be the Minnesota Duluth against
Michigan on Saturday for the NCAA hockey championship after both
teams won on Thursday. Minnesota Duluth advanced to the title game
for the second time as J.T. Brown had a goal and an assist in a 4-3
triumph against Notre Dame. Ben Winnett scored in the first period
and Kevin Hunwick made 40 saves to lead the Wolverines' 2-0 shutout
of North Dakota.

KWBG Sports for April 7th

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The Masters golf tournament starts today with Phil Mickelson the clear favorite to win the first major of the year. Mickelson is the defending champion and is coming off an impressive victory in the Houston Open last weekend. UNDATED (AP) - The Indiana Pacers and New Orleans Hornets both clinched playoff berths last night. The Pacers are in after routing Washington 136-112 while Chris Paul had 28 points and 10 assists in the Rockets' 101-93 victory over Houston. CHICAGO (AP) - The defending Stanley Cup champions are close to clinching a playoff spot in the NHL. Jonathan Toews (tayvz) scored at 3:19 of overtime to give Chicago a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues and move the Blackhawks within two points of a clinching a playoff spot in the Western Conference. UNDATED (AP) - The Cincinnati Reds and Texas Rangers remained baseball's lone unbeaten teams after posting victories yesterday. Meanwhile, there are three teams that have not yet tasted victory this season - the Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The jury of eight men and four women in the Barry Bonds perjury trial is expected to begin deliberations today after the defense declined to call a single witness yesterday. Closing arguments are expected today followed by the judge's instructions on how to consider the evidence submitted during the 11-day trial.

KWBG Sports for April 6th

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Formerly all-male Texas A&M is the holder of the women's NCAA basketball title for the first time. The Aggies downed Notre Dame 76-70 in last night's championship game.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - After making up ground on Western Conference leader San Antonio with a nine-game winning streak, the Lakers have backtracked by losing two straight while the Spurs were winning two in a row. Visiting Utah snapped an eight-game losing streak by beating Los Angeles 86-85 after the Spurs had posted a 97-90 road win against Atlanta. L.A. trails San Antonio by 3 1/2 games with five games left.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - You can understand a little letdown after clinching the Presidents' Trophy for the league's top record, and that's just what's happened to the Canucks. Last-place Edmonton beat Vancouver 4-1 for their second straight win over the first-place club. The Canucks have lost consecutive games after winning 12 of 13 to clinch home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs.

CLEVELAND (AP) - Predicted by many to win the AL East, the Red Sox are off to their worst start since opening 0-6 in 1996. Boston is 0-4 after a 3-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians.

LONDON (AP) - After previously turning down women's ski jumping for the 2010 Vancouver Games, Olympic officials tell The Associated Press that the event is one of five that have been approved for inclusion in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi (SOH'-chee). Ski halfpipe, mixed relay in biathlon, and team events in luge and figure skating are the others. Slopestyle events in snowboard and freestyle skiing and a team Alpine skiing event were put on hold.

KWBG Sports for April 5th

HOUSTON (AP) - Jim Calhoun joined some pretty good company last

night when Connecticut wrapped up a third national title with a

53-41 victory over Butler in the NCAA final. He joins John Wooden,

Adolph Rupp, Mike Krzyzewski (shuh-SHEF'-skee) and Bob Knight as

the only coaches with three or more championships. And at the age

of 68, Calhoun is the oldest coach to win a title.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Frank Haith is returning to the Big 12 as

Missouri's basketball coach. Haith is a former assistant under Rick

Barnes at Texas, who spent the last seven seasons posting a 129-101

record at Miami. He replaces Mike Anderson, who left to coach

Arkansas.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)- Joe Thornton had a goal and an assist to

give him 999 career points and help San Jose clinch its fourth

straight Pacific Division title with a 6-1 victory over the Los

Angeles Kings. It's the Sharks' eighth win in nine games.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - After a 45-minute delay to give workers time

to clean debris from overnight storms before practice rounds at the

Masters, Augusta National opened its gates to badge holders. World

No. 1 Martin Kaymer (KY'-mur) and Alex Cejka (CHAY'-kuh) were first

to venture out on the course.

BRUSSELS (AP) - Kim Clijsters (KLY'-sturz) won't have much time

to prepare for the French Open. The Belgian tennis star has

announced that she's be sidelined for a month with shoulder and

wrist injuries. The U.S. Open and Australian Open champion hopes to

be back on the court May 9 in Rome, giving her two weeks to get

ready for the clay courts in Paris.

KWBG Sports for April 4th

HOUSTON (AP) - Connecticut, the Big East Conference champion, can earn its third national title when it plays Butler out of the Horizon League in tonight's NCAA men's basketball championship. The eighth-seeded Bulldogs are in the championship game for the second straight year after losing to Duke last season. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - After two upsets in the women's Final Four, it's Notre Dame and Texas A&M in Tuesday night's NCAA women's championship. Skylar Diggins scored 28 and the Irish upset the UConn women 72-63 after the Aggies earned their first title trip by rallying from 10 down to nip Stanford 63-62 on Tyra White's go-ahead layin with 3.2 seconds left. HUMBLE, Texas (AP) - Phil Mickelson warmed up for this week's Masters by firing a final-round 7-under 65 to win the Houston Open by finishing 20 under par. Lefty is the last player to win the week prior to a Masters victory, capturing the BellSouth Classic in 2006 before earning his second green jacket at Augusta. RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - The first major of the golf season goes to Stacy Lewis, who captured her first LPGA Tour win in the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Lewis closed with a 3-under 69 to overtake Yani Tseng (YAH'-nee sehng), who stumbled with a final-round 74. NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Knicks are back in the playoffs, clinching their first postseason berth since 2004. The Knicks clinched a berth with a 123-107 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers behind Amare Stoudemire's (ah-MAR'-ay STOW'-duh-my-urz) 28 points.

KWBG Sports for April 1st

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Clayton Kershaw struck out nine and allowed just four hits in seven dominant innings in pitching the L.A. Dodgers to a 2-1 victory over the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants. That makes new Dodgers manager Don Mattingly a winner in his managerial debut. CINCINNATI (AP) - There were some late-inning heroics at Great America Ballpark where last year the Cincinnati Reds won their first six home games in their final at-bat. Yesterday in the Reds' 2011 season opener, Ramon Hernandez hit a two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth in their 7-6 come-from-behind win over Milwaukee. PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies send out NL Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay this afternoon in their home opener against Houston, which sends out ex-Phillie Brett Myers in the opener. Halladay won 21 games last season, including a perfect game in the regular season and a no-hitter in the playoffs. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The former personal shopper for Barry Bonds has testified at his perjury trial that she saw the all-time home run leader getting an injection from his trainer. Kathy Hoskins was the first eyewitness to testify that Bonds' personal trainer, Greg Anderson, injected the slugger. She said she witnessed the injection at Bonds' Bay Area home in 2002. NEW YORK (AP) - Wichita State is the 2011 NIT champion. J.T. Durley and Graham Hatch scored 12 points each to lead a balanced offense, and the Shockers overwhelmed top-seeded Alabama 66-57 to win the NIT championship at Madison Square Garden.