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>Only two signature events remain on the PGA Tour calendar this year. The first of those is just hours away as play begins tomorrow morning at the 50th Memorial Tournament. Scottie Scheffler is the two-time reigning champion and seeks to become the 17th player in tour history to complete a three-peat, and you can watch him push for history when the third and fourth rounds air Saturday and Sunday on CBS and Paramount+.

>Scheffler boasts the shortest odds to win the Memorial. Our Patrick McDonald is not overthinking things. He's taking the world No. 1 to win for the third straight year.

>Find out who McDonald thinks is the biggest challenger to Scheffler, and check out his sleeper pick, who enters the tournament with 60-1 odds to win.

>The college baseball postseason is one of my favorite times of year. The unpredictability of the NCAA Tournament is unmatched, and the 2026 version is already off to a historically chaotic start. If you like upsets, college baseball is the sport for you. Over the first four days of the tournament, we saw the No. 1 and No. 2 overall seeds tumble out of the bracket, while Little Rock and St. John's pulled off two all-time great stunners.

>I tabbed UCLA as the biggest loser from the regional round after the Bruins became the fifth No. 1 overall seed since tournament expansion in 1999 to fail to reach the super regionals. On the other hand, let me explain why lower-seeded teams were clear winners.

>Super regionals begin on Friday, and I'll release my picks for every series tomorrow.

>🎾 French Open, quarterfinals, 5 a.m. on TNT ⚾ Marlins at Nationals or Tigers at Rays, 1:05 p.m. on MLB Network ⚾ White Sox at Twins, 1:40 p.m. on ESPN Unlimited ⚾ Mets at Mariners, 3:40 p.m. on MLB Network ⚾ Orioles at Red Sox, 6:45 p.m. on Peacock ⚾ Rangers at Cardinals, 7:45 p.m. on ESPN Unlimited 🏀 WNBA Commissioner's Cup: Tempo at Liberty, 8 p.m. on USA Network 🥎 WCWS Final: Texas Tech vs. Texas, Game 1, 8 p.m. on ESPN 🏀 NBA Finals: Knicks at Spurs, Game 1, 8:30 p.m. on ABC ⚾ Dodgers at Diamondbacks, 9:40 p.m. on MLB Network 🏀 WNBA Commissioner's Cup: Mercury at Storm, 10 p.m. on USA Network