MMaasstteerrss TToouurrnnaammeenntt PPrreevviieeww April 9 - April 15, 2021 Vol. 19, Issue 33 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 April 9, 2021 - April 15, 2021 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 33 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 - Issue 33 | April 9, 2021 - April 15, 2021 3 April 9, 2021 - April 15 2021 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 19, Issue 33 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 Osborne to compete in the Masters Cover Photo: AROUND THE AREA bers. Geico Infield Campground campers 4 and fans must remain on the east side of RANGERS REPORT Allison Avenue for the duration of the 5 BY DIC HUMPHREY event weekends. GOLF, ETC - Due to the infield shower/restroom 6 BY TOM WARD Infield Camping returns to No Limits, buildings as well as the Barr Tunnel Texas for Indy Car, NASCAR All-Star PGA TOUR: MASTERS (underground tunnel to/from the grand- 7 TOURNAMENT Weekends stands) being located on the west side of BY PGATOUR.COM AUGUSTA, Georgia – Current SMU After a year of staying indoors, Texas golfer Ollie Osborne competes in the first the infield, access will not be allowed for NINE THINGS ABOUT AUGUSTA Motor Speedway is proud to announce the the May and June event weekends. TMS 8 NATIONAL men's major championship of 2021, the return of infield camping for the upcoming BY PGATOUR.COM Masters Tournament, April 8-11 at Augusta opens its 2021 major event season May 1-2 NTT INDYCAR SERIES doubleheader with an NTT INDYCAR SERIES double- FIVE THINGS TO KNOW AS THE National Golf Club. and NASCAR All-Star Race weekends as 10 TOURNAMENT BEGINS Osborne received an invitation to the header. The Genesys 300 will air live May BY PGATOUR.COM part of the 25th Season of Speed celebra- 1 on NBCSN beginning at 6 p.m. while the event by virtue of his run to the champi- tions at No Limits, Texas. SPIETH IS ONE OF THE onship match of the 2020 U.S. Amateur, XPEL 375 will air live May 2 on NBCSN 11 FAVORITE THIS WEEK RV’s and fifth wheels will once again beginning at 4. BY PGA TOUR.COM and joins Michael Podolak (1986), Hank pull through the speedway’s south tunnel Kuehne (1999), Kelly Kraft (2012) and BAYLOR PROVES THEIR THE to park and set up in the Geico Infield NCBWA Legend 12 BEST Bryson DeChambeau (2016) as Mustangs Campground on the east side of Allison BY RACHEL TREISMAN to compete in this event as an amateur. Russ Anderson Avenue. The outdoor adventure begins Passes away "You start losing some sleep just think- with the May 1 Genesys 300 and May 2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND ing about it," Osborne said at Augusta DALLAS – Longtime 13 NOTES XPEL 375 NTT INDYCAR SERIES dou- executive associate BY BO CARTER National on Tuesday. "After the new year, bleheader and continues through the June after that invitation comes, you definitely director of the AUTO REVIEW 12-13 NASCAR All-Star weekend. National Collegiate 17 BY KBB.COM start thinking about it. Your excitement “We couldn’t be happier to welcome definitely gets higher as the week comes." Baseball Writers Association and assistant our great race fans back to the Geico commissioner of Conference USA Russell 18 THE TICKET WINDOW Now a professional, DeChambeau Infield Campground for two amazing makes up the rest of the SMU representa- D. "Russ" Anderson passed away in Irving weekends of the best auto racing in the Monday and has been memorialized for his 19 RESTAURANT REVIEW tion in the field, and is widely regarded as world during our 25th Season of Speed,” BY RICHARD POLLAK a contender to pick up his second major many contributions to college baseball and said Texas Motor Speedway President and college athletics. A graduate of North championship this weekend. DeChambeau General Manager Eddie Gossage. won the 2020 U.S. Open, is currently in Central College in the Chicago area and The following protocols will be imple- native of Downers Grove, Illinois, Follow us on first place in the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup mented for safety and security: Standings for the 2020-21 season. Anderson was with C-USA from its incep- Twitter & Facebook - RV/Camper searches will be required tion and worked his way from assistant DeChambeau was the low amateur at the for all Geico Infield Campground campers. 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Arizona 7:05 7:05 2:05 8:05 4 April 9, 2021 - April 15, 2021 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 33 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com RANGERS WITH DIC HUMPHREY Starting pitchers look good so far in a Ranger uniform story got written this many occasions. week. Texas traded Odor to the New York The pitching problems have been more Yankees for two minor league outfield with the bullpen. Help should be on the prospects. The Yankees will pay the Major way as Brett Martin and Joely Rodriguez League minimum salary for the two will be activated from the injured list soon. remaining years of Odor’s contract. That is Offensively, center fielder Leody Taveras is $570,700 this season. Next year’s mini- struggling the most. He has just two hits in mum is unknown with the current collec- 19 at bats (.105), and he has struck out 12 tive bargaining agreement expiring after times. With Willie Calhoun getting close this season. President of Baseball opera- to being activated from the injured list, tions Jon Daniels indicated they received Taveras could be moving to the alternate other offers that were more favorable from site on his way to a minor league team a cash standpoint, but they chose the when the minors open for play May 4. Yankee offer to get the two outfield As far as the West goes, the Astros are prospects.