In sports, there’s progress — or maybe there isn’t

By Art Spander

The NBA is set to restart, or so we’re told. Baseball’s battle for the moment is about the health of those involved, rather than the salaries. And Denny Hamlin won a NASCAR race and then pulled on a mask with his own face painted on the front.

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This time, Scott gets to keep the Riviera win

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — He said he was delighted to be in the same final grouping as Rory McIlroy, who just had moved atop the world golf rankings. This way, Adam Scott told us, he would, “see how I stack up.”

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Adam Scott got the trophy at Riviera; now he wants the win

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — They gave Adam Scott the trophy but not the win. He came in first in a tournament that didn’t count. Now, 15 years later, in the same event, with a different name, Scott has the chance to do it again, this time officially.

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Scott, Molinari hot, but Romo is the Safeway surprise

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

NAPA, Calif. — So there’s a Masters champ tied for first place after a round of the Safeway Open, and a British Open winner a shot behind? Those guys, in order, Adam Scott and Francesco Molinari, are pros.

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The Sports Xchange: Watson wins Northern Trust with two late birdies

By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — For Bubba Watson, it was two weeks filled with trouble, with joy and finally with yet another victory in the Northern Trust Open, his second in the Los Angeles-area event in three years.

With birdies Sunday on the 16th and 17th holes at Riviera Country Club, Watson overcame a one-shot deficit to win by one stroke.

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