The 2025 Masters is underway and, after an eventful first 18 holes, a packed leaderboard at the top features three former winners including Scottie Scheffler, who is searching for his third green jacket in four years.
"I was still playing β and I understand what my dad felt like coming to watch me play β but now, with social media, it was a little different. Everybody is like, βOh, Kenβs here,β" Griffey Jr. told Mornings @ the Masters.
"My daughter literally stopped dribbling a basketball and just looked at me when she was 5, and I was like, βOK, Iβve got to pay more attention to whatβs going on.β And I figured nobodyβs messing with the photographer. Well, let me pick it up."
Griffey's athletic abilities extend beyond the baseball diamond, and he frequently plays golf. The 13-time MLB All-Star said he's played at Masters events in the past.
Griffey finished his prolific big league baseball career with 630 regular-season home runs. While he is best known for his two stints with the Mariners, Griffey Jr. also played for the Cincinnati Reds from 2000-08.
Details of the allegations are not known, but Bond called them "patently false."
"Regarding the accusation made against me, I would appreciate the time and opportunity to defend myself and prove the claims made, patently false," Bond wrote on X. "I am in full cooperation with the authorities and will remain a willing and active participant in the investigation."
"Unfortunately, claims like these prove to be harmful to all involved, absent full review. I kindly request that all reserve judgment until the authorities provide a complete report based on truth and evidence."
Bond spent his final college season with the Longhorns after both Xavier Worthy and Adonai Mitchell went to the NFL. He caught 34 passes for 540 yards and five touchdowns. He declared for the NFL Draft shortly after the Longhorns were eliminated from the College Football Playoff by eventual national champion Ohio State, who they open the season against.
Before going to Texas, Bond spent his first two college seasons at Alabama. His final touchdown in a Crimson Tide uniform came from Jalen Milroe on a 4th-and-31 with 32 seconds left on the road against Auburn in the Iron Bowl.
The win saved Bama's season as they went to the SEC title game the next week and upset then-No. 1 Georgia, but they lost in the Rose Bowl to Michigan, which later won the national championship.
Bond is expected to be a second-day draft pick this month.
The 1992 Masters champion, at age 65 and playing in his 40th Masters, is positively ageless, becoming the second-oldest player to break par in a Masters round.Β
The words recently spoken by Eagles GM Howie Roseman, self-made 49-year-old father of four and gatherer of Super Bowl champion personnel, made both noise and news.Β
On Thursday morning, the wideout and current NFL prospect turned himself in to Frisco Police, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, regarding an outstanding warrant involving sexual assault.
Justin Rose needed just 22 putts for a 7-under 65 and a three-shot lead at the Masters, while Rory McIlroy had two double bogeys in the final four holes to finish at even par.
