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(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in ‘The TEN”)

1. Rory McIlroy beat Scottie Scheffler by one stroke to win the Masters Sunday for the second straight year.
2. McIlroy became the first back-to-back Masters champion since Tiger Woods in 2001-’02. He is only the fourth overall to repeat as Masters champion joining Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo.
3. Former major league infielder and manager Phil Garner passed away Saturday at the age of 76. Garner was a three-time All-Star who spent 16 years in the majors including five years with the Pittsburgh Pirates and seven with the Houston Astros. He also spent a year with the Dodgers in 1987 and then went to the San Francisco Giants before retiring after the 1988 season. Garner managed in the majors for 15 years including stints with the Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers and the Astros.
4. Doc Rivers is out as the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks after three seasons.
5. Former New York Jets quarterback Browning Nagle, 57, passed away after a battle with cancer.
6. The Dodgers lost to Texas 5-2 Sunday but took two out of three from the Rangers in the series.
7. Michigan men’s head basketball coach Dusty May has agreed to a deal that will have him continue to be the coach of the team “for many years to come.”
8. Former NFL wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. was charged with driving while intoxicated in Tarrant County, Texas on Saturday.
9. The Lakers beat the Utah Jazz 131-107 Sunday night to finish the regular season 53-29. They will be the number four seed in the Western Conference and will face the number five seed Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs.
10. On this date in 1997 Tiger Woods won his first Masters Tournament by a record 12 strokes over runner-up Tom Kite. His 4-round total of 270 (-18) is a tournament record.