The Masters provided much of the excitement this weekend with Rory McIlroy winning his second straight title at Augusta National.
McIlroy finished at 12 under, one shot better than Scottie Scheffler.
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New York Yankees third baseman Ryan McMahon, left, looks away after Tampa Bay Rays' Chandler Simpson, right, slid into third base for a triple during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 12, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)
Boston Celtics forward Ron Harper Jr. (13) reacts after scoring during the second half of an NBA basketball game against Orlando Magic, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Brooks Barnhizer, right, shoots over Phoenix Suns forward Khaman Maluach during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips)
Scottie Scheffler finishes his final round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits from the bunker on the 18th hole during the final round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
The NBA’s regular season also came to an end, with the play-in tournament beginning Tuesday, followed by the playoffs next weekend.
Here’s a look at how things played out over the weekend at the BetMGM online sportsbook:
McIlroy went into the Masters at +1100 to win, which was tied for the second-best odds with Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm. In pre-tournament outright winner bets, he took in 3.6% of the bets and 3% of the money. Scheffler entered with the best odds at +550, and took in 9.4% of the bets and 14.3% of the money.
McIlroy went into the final round at +160 to win, followed by Cameron Young at +240. The two were tied at 11-under.
The Thunder (-5.5 vs. Suns) and Magic (-12.5 vs. Celtics) were the two most-bet teams in the NBA. Both teams failed to cover, as the Suns upset the Thunder 135-103 and the Celtics beat the Magic 113-108.
The Yankees lost to the Rays 5-4 on Sunday to fall to 8-7 on the year. New York (-150) was the most-bet MLB team in terms of number of bets and money on Sunday.
Toronto (-120) was the second-most bet MLB team in terms of number of bets and money on Sunday, and they lost to the Twins 8-2.
The Thunder have the best odds to win the NBA Finals at +135, followed by the Spurs at +450 and the Celtics at +550.
Next in line are the Nuggets at +1000, the Cavaliers at +1400, and the Pistons and Knicks at +1800.
This column was provided to The Associated Press by BetMGM online sportsbook.
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New York Yankees third baseman Ryan McMahon, left, looks away after Tampa Bay Rays' Chandler Simpson, right, slid into third base for a triple during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 12, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)
Boston Celtics forward Ron Harper Jr. (13) reacts after scoring during the second half of an NBA basketball game against Orlando Magic, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Brooks Barnhizer, right, shoots over Phoenix Suns forward Khaman Maluach during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips)
Scottie Scheffler finishes his final round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits from the bunker on the 18th hole during the final round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Iran reversed its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports remained in effect.
The escalating standoff over the critical choke point threatened to deepen the energy crisis roiling the global economy and push the two countries toward renewed conflict, even as mediators expressed confidence that a new deal was within reach.
The strait is closed until the U.S. blockade is lifted, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy said Saturday night. Hours earlier, two gunboats from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard opened fire on a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. It reported that the tanker and crew were safe, without identifying the vessel or its destination.
Roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil passes through the strait and further limits would squeeze the already constrained supply, driving prices higher once again. Meanwhile, a 10-day truce between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon appeared to be holding.
The fighting in the Middle East conflict, which is approaching the two-month mark, has killed at least 3,000 people in Iran, nearly 2,300 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states. Thirteen U.S. service members have also been killed.
Here is the latest:
Iran’s parliamentary Speaker Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as long as the U.S. imposes a naval blockade on Iran.
“It is impossible for others to pass through the Strait of Hormuz while we cannot,” he said in televised comments aired by Iranian semiofficial media late Saturday.
Qalibaf, who is Iran’s chief negotiator with the United States, said that the strait is now under Iran’s control, linking the choke point’s reopening to the U.S. lifting of its blockade.
“If the U.S. does not lift the blockade, traffic in the Strait of Hormuz will definitely be restricted,” he said.
He said that the ceasefire was on verge of collapse when the U.S. attempted to mine-clear the strait.
He said Iran viewed the U.S. attempt as a violation of the ceasefire.
“The situation escalated to the point of conflict but the enemy retreated,” he said.
Israel’s military says another soldier died in combat in southern Lebanon, the second death announced in under 12 hours.
It brought the total number of soldiers killed in Lebanon to 15, and was the second soldier killed in combat since the ceasefire.
The military said that another soldier was badly wounded, along with four moderately wounded and four slightly injured.
The navy of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said that it extended the closure to the corridor it had earlier designated for the safe passage of vessels through the strategic waterway and declared the strait fully closed until the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports and ships is lifted.
On Friday, Iran said that vessels could move through the strait in coordination with it and against the payment of a toll.
But in a statement late Saturday carried by Iran’s state media, the navy warned that any violating vessel would be targeted.
Iran considers the U.S. blockade a violation of the ceasefire between the two countries. Two vessels were attacked earlier on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz and off Oman’s coast, at least one of them by Iranian gunboats.
Excavators remove rubble from destroyed buildings that were hit on Thursday by Israeli airstrikes, as they keep searching for victims in Tyre city, southern Lebanon, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
A woman member of the Basij paramilitary, affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard, holds her gun during a state-organized rally in support of the supreme leader marking National Girl's Day in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
President Donald Trump listens to speeches before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Barber Mohammad Mehdi cuts the hair of his client Ayman Al Zein inside his shop, which was damaged in an Israeli airstrike that also damaged Al Zein's shop, in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
The sun rises behind a tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)
