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Those pesky Nats & the human side of Jordan Spieth...

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It is probably worth pointing out, even before we get to May, that the Nationals look as if they have a score to settle this season, and not just with the Mets.

Hey, the way I look at it, the only thing separating the Celtics from the Knicks are

and, oh by the way, a bunch of draft choices. Hey, if you take a step back and try to be logical about it,

ringing the bell on a banned substance means she’s made for the Olympics.

It’s not my intent to spoil any of the after-glow on 50-shot, 60-point performanc­e, but would it have killed the Jazz to trap him a couple of times in the fourth quarter?

If the guy who left Arkansas-Little Rock for Vegas and then 19 days later left Vegas for Texas Tech, can get one more job in the next couple of weeks, I think he’ll have set a record that might last longer than hitting streak.

You have to say that if you’re going to have a political debate, have it in Brooklyn.

Okay, and without being the spoiler guy here, I still don’t believe what I saw on “The Blacklist” Thursday night.

If can just pitch the way he did Friday night against the Blue Jays, things will look a lot better for the Boston Red Sox. Here’s the deal on

It was a terrible collapse, terrible to watch last Sunday.

But it wasn’t the worst in major championsh­ip history, because

still holds that particular title for blowing a 7-shot lead with nine holes left at a US Open at Olympic once.

And it wasn’t even the worst in the history of the Masters, not after what happened to

in ’96, a Masters that had Norman at 13-under when he got to the first tee on Sunday, and had seen him shoot 63 in the first round that year.

You know what happened at No. 12 last Sunday?

A gifted 22-year old kid, on a roll that was about to extend through a fifth consecutiv­e major for him, finally acted like a 22-year old kid.

And discovered that you can’t putt your way out of trouble from the bottom of Rae’s Creek.

And only the great seemed to remember, before Spieth even got to No. 11, that he still had five water holes left to play. I keep hearing that if

is just close to the magic number of 1,237 delegates when he gets to the Republican convention in Cleveland, they should just give him the nomination. Yeah. Spieth probably wishes the Masters worked that way.

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