Subpar weather conditions at Augusta National have "caused a two-and-a-half-hour delay" to the start of the Masters, with "predictions of showers, potential for thunderstorms, and winds reaching 40 mph." Masters officials have said the Honorary Starters Ceremony will begin at 10:10am ET. The first tee time, which was originally scheduled for 8am, is now scheduled for 10:30am (USA TODAY, 4/11).
Among the 230 guests who attended last night's state dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the East Room of the White House was Dodgers Chair and PWHL owner Mark Walter and his wife Kimbra, as well as Olympic gold medalist figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi (SBJ).
A public service will be held this morning in Boston for late baseball exec Larry Lucchino at St. Cecelia's Church in Boston. Dr. Charles Steinberg, President of the Triple A Int'l League Worcester Red Sox and a longtime colleague of Lucchino's, will give the eulogy (SBJ).
