Florida is the favorite over Houston heading into Monday night's national championship in men’s basketball.

NEW YORK (AP) - The only player in NHL history who has been teammates with Wayne Gretzky and Alex Ovechkin chuckled.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Tiger Woods was playing golf with Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley ahead of the Masters two years ago when Ridley mentioned the club’s soon-to-be-announced project to renovate a municipal course that for nearly a century had been an affordable haven for Augusta’s working-class and Black golfers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli was ejected during Monday night’s game at Kansas City after Twins pitcher Simeon Woods Richardson was called for a pitch clock violation.

NEW YORK (AP) - Brayden Point had two goals an an assist, Nikita Kucherov added a goal and two assists, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 5-1 on Monday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) - James Wood hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning that helped the Washington Nationals hold off Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Monday night for their third straight victory.

PHOENIX (AP) - Zach Eflin pitched six innings of one-run ball and Ryan O’Hearn homered, helping the Baltimore Orioles beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 on Monday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Shohei Ohtani got going again at the plate Monday night, falling just a double short of hitting for the cycle.