Tiger Woods returning to PGA Tour; NBA trade deadline is hours away

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TIGER WOODS AND THE PGA TOUR

For the first time in nearly a year, Tiger Woods is back in a PGA Tour field. Woods, 48, will tee it up at next week’s Genesis Invitational, an event he hosts annually. It will mark his first Tour event since the 2023 Masters, from which he withdrew in the third round.

Woods played (and finished) at the Hero World Challenge in December 2023 — the first time he walked 72 holes since the 2023 Genesis Invitational — and participated in the PNC Championship with his son, Charlie, two weeks later. Neither are PGA Tour events.

How Woods plays will obviously draw a ton of attention. What he wears will, too: After 27 years with Nike, he and the apparel giant parted ways, and there should be plenty of options for the 15-time major winner.

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🏀 NBA trade deadline deals, rumors: Celtics, Timberwolves make moves 

The NBA trade deadline is today at 3 p.m. ET, and the moves are starting to trickle in. Wednesday, the Celtics added to their front court, trading for the Grizzlies‘ Xavier Tillman. Memphis is receiving two second-round picks (the Hawks‘ in 2027 and the Mavericks‘ in 2030) and Lamar Stevens in return.

Tillman, 25, has been a solid rotational piece for Memphis. But he’s set to hit free agency this summer, and…