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Dan Spears

Wilmington

Sports Editor at StarNews

Deputy Sports Strategist, CCJ/@usatodaysports Network; @APSE_sportmedia President; @nuunhydration 2024 ambassador; #CAAHoops #ilm 🏳️‍🌈👟⛳🏐

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  • 2 days ago | apsportseditors.com | Dan Spears

    Olivia Janik will hop on I-94 West this June for the 270-mile drive from Madison, Wis., to Minneapolis and arrive at the 2025 APSE Summer Conference as the Naila-Jean Meyers Grant recipient. The APSE and Minnesota Star Tribune are pleased to honor both Janik, a first-year sports reporter at the Wisconsin State Journal, and Meyers, the 2023-2024 APSE President and Deputy Sports Editor at the Star Tribune. Janik was chosen from a pool of finalists by a group of Star Tribune editors.

  • 1 week ago | augustachronicle.com | Dan Spears

    While Justin Rose holds the dubious distinction of losing a pair of Masters Tournament playoffs, there may be few in the game equipped to handle it like him.  The 44-year-old fell to Rory McIlroy on the first playoff hole of the 2025 Masters Tournament, mirroring his outcome in 2017 against Sergio Garcia.  Following a stellar 65 in Thursday’s opening round, Rose seemed to fade after stumbling through the second nine Saturday.

  • 1 week ago | augustachronicle.com | Dan Spears

    It wasn't easy. And over the past decade for Rory McIlroy, it never has been. But on Sunday afternoon at Augusta National Golf Club, the Irishman's Masters dreams became real life. Shrugging off two more mystifying double bogeys, McIlroy twice righted the ship and fended off Justin Rose in the final round of the 89th Masters Tournament, winning with a birdie in a playoff to beat Justin Rose.

  • 1 week ago | augustachronicle.com | Dan Spears

    Rory McIlroy's been in the golf spotlight for nearly two decades for his success on the course. He's won tournaments worldwide, including four major championships. But for all the publicity and following he has inside the ropes, he's tried to be intensely private off it. That includes his relationship with his wife, Erica Stoll, and their daughter, Poppy. Is Rory McIlroy married? McIlroy, from Northern Ireland, has been married to western New York native Erica Stoll since 2017. Need a break?

  • 1 week ago | augustachronicle.com | Dan Spears

    Editor's Note: To follow along with live updates from Sunday's final round, click here. It's Sunday at the Masters Tournament. Time for high drama, and a green jacket. And, quite likely, history. Will Rory McIlroy exorcise the demons of Augusta National Golf Club and finally win a Masters to complete the career Grand Slam? Will Bryson DeChambeau be the man to again deny McIlroy at the finish line at a major, and win a Masters championship for LIV Golf? Need a break?

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Dan Spears
Dan Spears @DanSpears
8 Apr 25

oh really ...

Steve Berkowitz
Steve Berkowitz @ByBerkowitz

During U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce subcommittee hearing, Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Georgia) says there is a memo circulating on Capitol Hill outlining House GOP tax proposals that includes new tax on college scholarships, including athletic scholarships.

Dan Spears
Dan Spears @DanSpears
8 Apr 25

New Masters intro music: Folsom Prison Blues

Brian Mull
Brian Mull @BGMull

Would love to be a fly on the wall at the Champions Dinner tonight when Tiger, Scottie & Angel start swapping stories about their time behind bars.

Dan Spears
Dan Spears @DanSpears
8 Apr 25

RT @JerryBeach73: Houston's title hope end in complete chaos 40 feet from the basket. Holy history repeating itself.