Sports by the numbers: 4/11/11
A. Isaac 
Guyism’s daily look at what’s hot in the world of sports.
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In one of the more compelling Masters in recent years, one man zoomed out of the pack late to win his first tournament. That man was Charl Schwartzel, who birdied the last four holes to win the green jacket. At one point during the day, seven different players had a share of the lead including past champions Tiger Woods and Angel Cabrera. But it was Schwartzel’s putter that proved to be the difference as he sank several long range ones down the stretch in the win. The loser in an all of this, of course, is Rory McIlroy whose final round 80 won’t soon be forgotten.
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49-year old Olympic Track and Field champion Carl Lewis will announce his plans to run for the New Jersey senate today. He has a called Lewis a 2 p.m. news conference in Burlington County to announce his “political plans.” The 10-time Olympic medalist has expressed interest in entering politics before but has never taken that serious first step. Suffice it to say, this is as serious as it gets.
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LeBron James and the Heat may finally be catching their stride against some of their Eastern Conference foes as the playoffs roll around. Yesterday, James and company manhandled the Celtics en route to a 100-77 win. The game was fueled by a nasty flagrant foul by Jermaine O’Neal that prompted a retaliation throw of the ball by LeBron James. Should these teams meet in the playoffs, things will definitely get chippy. In the meantime though, the Heat are just finally happy to get wins against superior opponents.
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