On a course that was supposed to keep the world’s best in check, Collin Morikawa still got to 18 under as he won the WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession Golf Club. Here’s everything you need to know from Sunday in Bradenton, Florida:

Leaderboard: Collin Morikawa (-18), Viktor Hovland (-15), Brooks Koepka (-15), Billy Horschel (-15), Scottie Scheffler (-14)

What it means: At just 24 years old, Morikawa is now part of some exclusive company. No, it has nothing to do with the Workday Slam (Morikawa also won the Workday-sponsored event at Muirfield Village last summer. Rather the Cal product is just the second player under the age of 25 to win both a major and a WGC. The first was Tiger Woods.

How it happened: Morikawa entered the final round with a two-shot advantage at 15 under. He got off to a slow start, bogeying No. 2, and briefly lost his lead to Horschel on the fifth green. Horschel birdied first and Morikawa quickly matched to remain tied. From there, Morikawa’s putter came alive. He sank birdie putts between 7-12 feet on Nos. 7, 9 and 12, but his biggest make arguably was a converted 12-foot par at the par-3 11^th hole, which helped Morikawa keep his comfortable cushion on the back. Hovland was the only other player who got close, pulling to within a shot after birdies at Nos. 12 and 13 – his birdie at the latter came after he got up and down from a near impossible spot near the edge of the woods. However, bogeys on two of Hovland’s next three holes ended his chances. Morikawa parred each of his last six holes, including two par-5s, yet still was able to win by three shots. He sunk an 11-footer at the last for good measure.

Round of the day: Carlos Ortiz capped his tournament in eagle-birdie to shoot 6-under 66 and climb 20 spots on the leaderboard to T-15.

Shot of the day: Hovland’s charge may have been short-lived, but we’ll be talking about this up-and-down birdie for a while.

Biggest disappointment: Rory McIlroy. OK, so he didn’t have much of a chance to win on Sunday, but considering he played the front nine in even par and the back side in 12 under for the week, that’s a disappointing split.

Quote of the day: "It just saved my life this week." – Morikawa on an early-week chipping tip from Paul Azinger

Orlando City SC and Major League Soccer have terminated defender Jonathan Suarez's contract following his arrest on sexual battery charges.

Suarez, 24, mutually agreed to the termination "in order to focus on the allegations made against him," according to a statement released by the team on Sunday.

The league suspended Suarez indefinitely on Wednesday following his arrest in central Florida on Tuesday.

According to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office, Suarez and his brother, Rafael Suarez Jr., were being held without bond after a woman reported that the men sexually attacked her on Feb. 21.

Suarez, listed by police as Suarez-Cortes, was acquired earlier this month by Orlando City on loan from Mexican league team Queretaro FC.

The NCAA has announced the second reveal of the projected top 16 seeds in the Division I women's basketball tournament, plus the fact that the regionals -- all held in San Antonio -- will be named after famous sites in the city: the Alamo, the Hemisfair, the Mercado and the River Walk.

The seed projections are through Saturday's games and don't take into account games on Sunday. The selection show is Monday, March 15 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.

UConn is the overall top seed, followed by No. 2 Stanford, No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 4 South Carolina. Those are the No. 1 regional seeds. In the first reveal on Feb. 15, the top four were UConn, South Carolina, Stanford and Louisville. The Cardinals have fallen from the No. 4 seed overall to No. 9.

Only one team fell out of the top 16 from the first reveal: West Virginia, which was replaced by Arkansas. That gives the SEC six teams in the top 16 -- Texas A&M, South Carolina, No. 11 Georgia, No. 13 Tennessee, No. 14 Kentucky and No. 16 Arkansas -- for the most of any conference.

Meanwhile, the Pac-12 has four teams: Stanford, No. 7 Arizona, No. 10 UCLA and No. 15 Oregon.

The NCAA tournament will be held entirely in the San Antonio area, with some first-round games in nearby San Marcos and Austin. All games from the Sweet 16 on will be at the Alamodome, with the Women's Final Four there on April 2 and 4.

Because it's a single-site event, there will be a true S-curve for the bracket, instead of geography influencing where teams are placed.

In the national semifinals, the Alamo regional winner will face the Hemisfair winner, and the Mercado winner meets the River Walk winner.

Alamo region: 1. UConn, 2. Arizona, 3. Georgia, 4. Arkansas

Arizona is in this regional instead of the River Walk -- which is where the Wildcats fall on the S curve -- to keep Pac-12 foes Stanford and Arizona from being 1-2 in the same region. Baylor goes to the River Walk instead.

River Walk region: 1. Stanford, 2. Baylor, 3. Louisville, 4. Tennessee

Baylor moves up two spots from the last reveal, from No. 10 overall to No. 8.

Mercado region: 1. Texas A&M, 2. Maryland, 3. UCLA, 4. Kentucky

The Aggies moved from No. 5 overall to No. 3 overall from the last reveal.

Hemisfair region: 1. South Carolina, 2. NC State, 3. Indiana, 4. Oregon

The Wolfpack went from No. 6 last time to No. 5, and according to Bracketologist Charlie Creme, NC State is still in the mix for a No. 1 overall seed.

CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson starting cornerback Derion Kendrick is no longer part of the Tigers' program.

A team spokesperson confirmed Kendrick's status Sunday.

Kendrick, a 6-foot, 190-pound senior from Rock Hill, South Carolina, was a highly talented player who last season had several discipline issues and did not play in three games.

After Kendrick didn't play in a win over Pittsburgh in November, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said: "Some people might say he's in the doghouse. I like to say he's in the love shack. Just a little discipline."

Kendrick started eight of the nine games he played in last season. He had 20 tackles and led the team with six pass breakups. He also had a 66-yard fumble recovery touchdown in a victory over Virginia Tech last December.

Kendrick was named a first-team all-ACC cornerback.

Clemson began spring workouts Wednesday. Kendrick becomes the second defensive starter gone from last year's group, which finished 15th nationally with 326 yards allowed per game.

Michigan's offense is adding a veteran presence at quarterback in Texas Tech transfer Alan Bowman, who announced his decision to commit to the Wolverines on Sunday.

Bowman entered the transfer portal on Jan. 25 and is a graduate transfer, so he will be eligible immediately for Michigan. He threw for 1,602 yards, 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions last season for Texas Tech and brings three years of experience to the table.

The Wolverines saw quarterback Joe Milton enter the transfer portal on Feb. 18, after Dylan McCaffrey entered the portal on Jan. 21. That left Michigan with only Cade McNamara, who threw for 425 yards and five touchdowns last season, and incoming freshman J.J. McCarthy, the No. 25-ranked recruit overall and the No. 2 dual-threat quarterback in the class.

Lets get to work!! #GoBlue 〽️ pic.twitter.com/8k4c58obxK

— Alan Bowman (@alanbowman_) February 28, 2021

Bowman gives Michigan another option and some experience to help an offense that ranked 78th in offensive yards per game and 44th in pass yards per game.

The Wolverines also added to the defense on Sunday when ESPN Junior 300 cornerback Will Johnson, the No. 29-ranked recruit overall, committed to the program.

Johnson is the top in-state recruit from Grosse Pointe South in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He chose the Wolverines over Arizona State, Ohio State, Oklahoma and USC, and is now the highest-ranked commitment in Michigan's 2022 class.

Johnson is now following in the footsteps of his father, Deon Johnson, who also played cornerback for the Wolverines in the early 1990s.

The commitment is important for Michigan because it adds an elite player to a secondary that struggled in the 2020 season.

At one point, it appeared Johnson could commit to a different school. He is good friends with ESPN Jr. 300 defensive back Domani Jackson, who committed to USC. The two had said they wanted to be a package deal, but Johnson went on his own. It seemed Ohio State had also gained momentum at one point in his recruitment, especially with some uncertainty around Michigan's defense when Jim Harbaugh fired defensive coordinator Don Brown.

Harbaugh hired Mike Macdonald as co-defensive coordinator from the Baltimore Ravens and also added Maurice Linguist from the Dallas Cowboys as co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach.

Linguist had stints with the Dallas Cowboys, Texas A&M, Minnesota, Mississippi, Iowa State and Buffalo, and is known as an excellent recruiter.

Since hiring Linguist, Michigan has added Johnson, safety Taylor Groves and athlete Kody Jones to the class. The Wolverines now have six total commitments with Johnson and Jones as the only two ranked in the ESPN Jr. 300.

Portland Trail Blazers forward Robert Covington, the NBA's lone player from a Historically Black College and University, is expected to take part in the Skills Challenge during the NBA All-Star Weekend, a source told ESPN's The Undefeated.

The competition, which will feature the former Tennessee State star, will be held prior to the All-Star Game in Atlanta on Sunday. In fact, the NBA will be highlighting HBCUs across All-Star Weekend, which will also include a 3-point and dunk contest.

Covington, a 2018 NBA All-Defensive first-team selection, has had one previous appearance in an All-Star Weekend, winning the Most Valuable Player award in the 2014 G League All-Star Game. He graduated from TSU in 2013.

The NBA and National Basketball Players Association have committed more than $2.5 million in funds and resources toward supporting HBCUs and awareness around equity and access to COVID-19 care, relief and vaccines.

Moreover, NBA All-Star Weekend will feature special performances by HBCU musical groups and content from distinguished alumni and students.

Famed singer Gladys Knight, an HBCU Shaw University graduate, will perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the pregame festivities. The HBCU Clark Atlanta University Philharmonic Society Choir will also perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which is often referred to as the Black national anthem.

SAN DIEGO -- Tommy Pham knows how lucky he was to be in the starting lineup for the San Diego Padres in their spring opener on Sunday, 4½ months after he was stabbed in the lower back during an altercation in the parking lot of a strip club.

It could have been much worse.

"The cut's deep. The doctor here basically told me if I wasn't so muscular, I might be dead or paralyzed," the left fielder said during a videoconference with reporters from Peoria, Arizona.

"I'm lucky. I'm lucky to even be able to play."

As he was being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance on Oct. 11, three nights after the Padres were eliminated from the playoffs, Pham was on the phone with general manager A.J. Preller and trainer Mark Rogow.

"I thought I wasn't going to be able to play," Pham recalls telling the club officials.

"When I got the CT scan, the doc was like, 'I've got great news for you. You can play.' She just said it's going to be a little bit of a recovery."

Pham said late last year that he needed 200 stitches to close the gash. A video posted online showed the lower part of his white shirt soaked in blood.

The San Diego Police Department is still investigating, and no arrests have been made.

Preller said Sunday that "obviously it's not the type of news you're expecting, ever, that type of phone call."

Preller said Pham was "just matter of fact in terms of talking about what happened. The biggest focus for us was just making sure that we were in a position to get our doctors on the case and try to make sure we were being smart to give him every possible advantage in the care he needed at that point."

Preller said the first thing that stood out "is how lucky he was, when you're talking about a stab wound really in any area, but that was as deep and extensive as it was. If it was a centimeter in either direction, maybe a different outcome. Once we got past that hurdle, with his work ethic and the way he attacks things and gets in the gym and takes care of himself, he was going to give himself every possible opportunity to come back.

"He's in great shape. Obviously he had some different injury stuff last year. I think he's ready to go."

Pham said his recovery included bedrest and then he flew to San Francisco every week for about six weeks to get injections of Regenokine to help with the inflammation.

"I worked with a few doctors on getting to where I'm at because it's only been about 4½ months, and the timeline is normally a little bit longer," he said.

The injury affects him when he tries to do squats and deadlifts in the weight room.

"My norms aren't there yet. You don't really have to squat a lot or deadlift a lot to be a good baseball player," he said.

After being traded from the Tampa Bay Rays to San Diego, the 32-year-old Pham was limited to 31 games during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season due to an injury to his left hand that required surgery in mid-August. He hit .211 with three home runs and 12 RBIs. He hit .375 in the playoffs.

He had another hand surgery in October.

He says he's at about 80%.

"I probably have the most to prove because I had a terrible year," said Pham, who rattled off a number of analytics that were down. "Plus, this is my free-agent year as well. So I feel like I have the most to prove."

Pham said his perspective hasn't changed since the stabbing.

"I still look at everything almost the same. If anything, I probably would just spend more money and stop saving as much, because if I died I would feel like I had too much money in the bank and I didn't live enough."

On the anniversary of Ashia Hansen’s world indoor record in 1998, we take a hop, step and jump down memory lane with the triple jump legend

When Ashia Hansen stood on the runway in the fourth round of the triple jump at the European Indoor Championships in Valencia in 1998, her goal was to wrest back the lead from Sarka Kasparkova of the Czech Republic. What unfolded, though, was the performance of her life as the then 26-year-old soared out to a world indoor record of 15.16m.

The crowd in the Palacio de los Desportes Luis Puig gasped as the Briton not only secured gold but added 13cm to Iolanda Chen’s global best. The achievement catapulted Hansen to stardom and proved to be the first of several major titles – a tally that would almost certainly have been even bigger had she not endured such an injury-hit career.

“I remember it clearly,” she says, looking back on a moment from 23 years ago today (Feb 28). “I felt quite relaxed and I remember Debbi Marti was about to take her (high) jump at the same time and I thought ‘you know what, I can’t wait for her to go. I need to go now’. And I just went for it!

“I remember visualising the perfect jump. I was trying to mimic what I was visualising and it all kind of came together at the same time. I was coming down the runway and I could see Debbi out the corner of my eye and I could see some judges out of the corner of my other eye and I thought ‘this is weird, it’s all happening in slow motion’. I’ve never had anything like it since.”

What partly made Hansen’s performance so special was that British athletics had endured a lean spell at major championships over the previous couple of years. For Hansen it was also a breakthrough moment and she was grilled by a large British press pack after her victory.

Much of this centred on a background that included her being born in the United States and brought up in Ghana after being adopted by a man who worked for the United Nations before she moved to London aged eight. A spate of features followed as, almost overnight, she became one of the biggest names in British athletics.

“It was a very, very long time ago,” she laughs. “I don’t think about it much anymore. But I can remember most of it … I think!”

One thing she is certain of is that the world record itself was not a huge surprise. “I definitely knew the world record was possible,” she says. “I’d gone to South Africa beforehand and I jumped quite a long way. It was at altitude, windy and a no jump but it was a long way. We knew we had the capability so it was just a case of bringing it out when it mattered.

“My training changed specifically for the European Indoors because we realised there was a chance we could break the world record,” she explains. “There was a lot of experimenting. We knew I needed to be a lot stronger and faster so we did a little bit of weight training and plyometrics on a daily basis.

“Instead of doing weight training about three times a week and sprinting every other day and jumps about three times per week, we would instead do a few elements of these things on a daily basis. We did this partly so I wouldn’t get injured.”

Remarkably, Hansen had nearly quit in the sport in the previous year or two after some under-par performances. This included no-jumping three times at the 1996 European Indoors in Stockholm, after which she said at the time it was only her fan mail that kept her retiring.

“I had quite a few bad championships in the run up to that,” she recalls. “I’d have times where I’d be injured. Or I wouldn’t make a final. Or I might make a final and wouldn’t make the very final cut. Let’s put it this way, it didn’t come easily. I went to see a sports psychologist, which helped, to see things a different way and to be a lot more positive going into competitions.”

Valencia proved to be a turning point. Later that year Hansen won the Commonwealth crown in Kuala Lumpur followed by the world indoor title in Maebashi in 1999. Then, in 2002, she took a glorious Commonwealth and European double victory before capturing the world indoor title in Birmingham in 2003.

The world indoor record in Valencia proved the longest jump of her career but was it her finest moment? “Obviously it was special,” she says. “It didn’t really sink in for a quite a while either.”

But she adds: “Probably my best memory was Commonwealth Games in Manchester. I was under serious pressure in second place going into the last round and managed to come back and win it by four centimetres. Then a few days later I flew out to Munich to do the European Championships and won that under serious pressure as well. So those (2002 events) were really pleasing because I did it under pressure when it really mattered.”

She was forced to retire after a horrendous knee injury at the 2004 European Team Championships. She battled on to try to qualify for the 2008 Olympics but was never quite the same after knee surgery.

Looking back, Hansen, who was coached by Frank Attoh and then Aston Moore during her career, reflects: “I gave athletics a good crack, really.”

Given the evolving nature of the event in the late 1990s (it made its Olympic debut in 1996), she is surprised performances haven’t improved much since. Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela, for example, set a world indoor record last year with 15.43m but the outdoor world record of Inessa Kravets of 15.50m has stood since 1995.

“I don’t watch any of the competitions, unfortunately,” says Hansen. “But I’m on social networks and I see the odd bits and pieces and often think ‘that’s really quite good’.

“But I’m also aware that there aren’t many people jumping over 15 metres like there used to be when I was jumping. It’s a shame really because I would have thought it would have moved on a lot more in the last 10 years or so.

“I thought more people would be jumping closer to 15.50m because they seemed to be starting to do this when I retired.”

After retiring Hansen barely did much sport or exercise for a few years. She had a couple of daughters who are now aged nine and eleven and they are promising swimmers. When it comes to work she runs a construction business with her husband.

“When I’d had enough (of athletics) I’d really had enough,” she says, “and took seven or eight years off when I didn’t do any training. Then I thought this wasn’t very good for me so I began to do a bit of running – although that didn’t quite cut it for me – some martial arts and boxing but it wasn’t what I wanted until I finally fell into CrossFit.”

Hansen turns 50 at the end of this year but takes her CrossFit training quite seriously and has even done a few formal competitions before the pandemic. The weight lifting side of things is not too much of a problem for her, she says, but she finds the gymnastics elements such as a ‘handstand walk’ challenging.

So when she goes to CrossFit competitions, is she pretty anonymous or do people point and whisper that ‘Ashia Hansen, former triple jump star’ has arrived? “Anonymous, thankfully!” she laughs.

“Although I did go to one competition where there was a big poster of me up on the wall. People were looking at the poster and then looking at me and thinking ‘is that the same person!?’”

Athing Mu breaks the world indoor under-20 800m record, while a remarkable 42 athletes go sub-2:10 at the Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon, led by Kengo Suzuki’s Japanese record

All Star Perche, Clermont-Ferrand, February 27

France’s former world pole vault record-holder Renaud Lavillenie cleared 6.06m, while British record-holder Holly Bradshaw joined him in victory after a best of 4.78m at the final World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting of 2021.

That 6.06m is Lavillenie’s best clearance since 2014, when he recorded his then world record of 6.16m. He followed it with three tries at a would-have-been world record of 6.20m.

Menno Vloon improved his own Dutch indoor record to 5.96m to finish second.

Bradshaw’s clearance of 4.78m meant her winning streak continued as she beat Iryna Zhuk with 4.73m and Alysha Newman with 4.60m.

The Briton then had three attempts at what would have been a PB height of 4.88m.

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Thank you @airlavillenie for such an incredible meet! I'm soooo glad I made it ?? (p.s. you are UNREAL?) pic.twitter.com/FW8wkQC768

— Holly Bradshaw (@HollyBradshawPV) February 27, 2021

Southeastern Conference Championships, Fayetteville, USA, February 27

US teenager Athing Mu stormed to a 1:58.40 800m to take just over half a second off Keely Hodgkinson’s recently-set world indoor under-20 record.

It improves Mu’s own previous best set in January by more than two seconds and also beat the US collegiate indoor record.

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— USTFCCCA (@USTFCCCA) February 28, 2021

Joseph Fahnbulleh ran a 200m world lead of 20.32 but that didn’t last long as Terrance Laird ran 20.28 in another race.

JuVaughn Harrison leapt a PB of 8.33m to win the long jump. The world under-20 high jump bronze medallist also won that event in Fayetteville, clearing a best of 2.20m before retiring from the competition to switch his attention to the long jump contest.

Lake Biwa Marathon, Otsu, Japan, February 28

Kengo Suzuki ran a Japanese record of 2:04:56 to win a race featuring remarkable depth, as the top five athletes broke 2:07, 42 went sub-2:10 and 173 dipped under 2:20.

Hidekazu Hijikata was second with a 2:06:26 PB and Kyohei Hosoya was third, also running a lifetime best of 2:06:35.

Rud/Baerum, Norway, February 28

Two-time world 400m hurdles champion Karsten Warholm marked his 25th birthday by running a world-leading national indoor 300m record of 32.47.

Sir Graeme Douglas International, Auckland, New Zealand, February 27

New Zealand’s shot put great Valerie Adams threw 19.65m to equal the world lead and achieve her best throw for five years.

She also had three other throws beyond 19 metres as the world under-20 champion Maddison Wesche threw 18.12m for second place.

Tom Walsh, who is now a training partner of Adams, won the men’s event with 21.60m in the fifth round.

Big 12 Championships, Lubbock, USA, February 26

Ackera Nugent won her 60m hurdles heat in 7.91 to improve the official world under-20 record, while the mark matches the time clocked by Grace Stark last year which is pending ratification.

The Texas Qualifier — Trials of Miles, Austin, USA, February 26-27

Konstanze Klosterhalfen improved the long-standing German 10,000m record with 31:01.71 on her debut at the distance.

Ajee’ Wilson won the 800m in 1:58.93, while Gabriela DeBues-Stafford won the 1500m in 4:10.09.

The 5000m winners were Elinor Purrier in 15:08.61 and Mason Ferlic in 13:25.92.

Nairobi, Kenya, February 27-28

World half-marathon record-holder Kibiwott Kandie won the 10,000m in 28:28.0, while Gideon Rono ran 13:21.2 to win the 5000m.

Sheila Chelangat won the women’s 5000m in 15.42.2 and Daisy Cherotich took the 10,000m in 32:19.1.

Kingston, Jamaica, February 27

Britain’s European 100m champion Zharnel Hughes ran 10.37 despite a -3.7m/sec wind.

Nesta Carter won the 200m in 21.42 (-3.5).

Atlanta Half Marathon, USA, February 28

Molly Seidel ran 68:29 and Abdisamed Abdi 63:59 to claim victory.

Loughborough Elite Winter Throws, UK, February 28

Jess Mayho moved up to sixth on the British hammer all-time list with a throw of 67.07m.

Taylor Campbell threw 74.38m and Chris Bennett 72.81m in the men’s competition, while Nick Percy had a best of 60.95m in the discus and Kirsty Law threw 57.28m in the women’s discus.

More to follow…