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DEAR ABBY
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Dear Abby: My sister and
I are best friends. She has al-
ways been caring, empathetic
and passionate about help-
ing others. Now, however,
COVID has turned her into a
real piece of work.
Since the pandemic began,
she has become increasingly
selfish. She interrupts other
people’s conversations to talk
about herself and complains
nonstop about how COVID
has ruined her life, as if the
rest of us weren’t experienc-
ing this too.
She shouts hysterically at
me when the Wi-Fi stops
working and refuses to vol-
unteer for the most basic
household tasks.
At first I tried to be patient
because I understand it’s a re-
action to an incredibly stress-
ful time in her life.
However, after 10 mon-
ster months of this, I’m at my
wits’ end.
We live together, go to col-
lege together and share the
same friends. How can I tol-
erate her self-centeredness
until the pandemic is finally
over? And what if this new
version of her never goes
away?
— Irked in Idaho
Dear Irked: I wonder if the
friends you share with your
sister are having the same
reaction as you are to being
interrupted and having their
conversations hijacked.
If the answer is yes, a group
intervention may jolt her
back to reality and help her
recognize how obnoxious
it is.
As to the rest of your com-
plaints about her behavior,
the next time she comes
screaming to you about the
Wi-Fi failing, tell her you’ll
be glad to help IF she agrees
to pull her share of the work-
load around the apartment.
It goes without saying that
when you can make other
living arrangements — per-
haps in the fall — you find a
roommate more compatible
than your sister. If you do,
your relationship with her
may improve because you
will be exposed to her less
often.
Dear Abby: My husband
and I have two children. We
have been married for 14
years, the last six of which
have been sexless and love-
less. We tried counseling, and
I have threatened divorce, but
nothing has changed.
After I finally realized
that I couldn’t change him,
I changed myself. I started
stepping out and having
sexual relations with other
men. He recently found out
about my affairs but hasn’t
said a word about it to me.
I’m to the point that I wish
he would confront me and
divorce me, but he acts like
nothing is wrong in our mar-
riage! I’m confused. What do
you recommend I do next?
— Looking Ahead in Kansas
Dear Looking Ahead: It’s
time to decide what YOU
want to happen. Do you
want a divorce? Is the status
quo acceptable to you? If it’s
the latter, do nothing differ-
ent than you have been do-
ing. However, if it isn’t, talk
to your husband about what
you are thinking.
You need to figure out why
the change in your marriage
happened and if it can be
fixed. He may have become
impotent or have someone he
is seeing on the side.
If it’s possible to repair
your marriage, counseling
would be an option. How-
ever, if it’s not, it might be
healthier for both of you to
talk to a lawyer and arrange
an amicable divorce.
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with parents.
Players ‘letting it rip’ in Zurich Classic team event
and No. 10 Patrick Cantlay,
who are on the same team.
They are friends who know
one another’s game well.
“We play almost every week
at least once and we figured it
was a bit of a no-brainer,” said
Schauffele, who tied for third
at the Masters. “We usually are
competing against each other
week-to-week, especially in our
little nine-hole matches. So, we
know our games inside out. I
think that will give us an ad-
vantage.”
The par-72, Pete Dye-de-
signed TPC Louisiana course
is 7,425 yards long and carved
out of a cypress swamp just
southwest of New Orleans.
It’s an exotic-looking course
with Spanish moss dangling
from soaring, old-growth cy-
press trees whose unusual
root system, known as cypress
knees, sometimes protrude up
through the fairway a couple
yards from the base of the tree
trunks. There’s also a large,
semi-famous alligator — called
Tripod because he’s missing
a leg — who often makes ap-
pearances in the water lining
the par-3 17th.
Tickets have been limited to
10,000 because of the corona-
virus pandemic, which caused
the cancellation of the Zurich
Classic in 2020. But the famil-
iar garlic-and-butter aroma of
charbroiled oysters — one of
Finau’s favorite local dishes —
again hangs in the air.
Those sights and smells
bring comfort to Billy
Horschel, the only player to
have won here both in a tra-
ditional single-player format
(2013) and in the team format
(2018) that was adopted in
2017.
Horschel, who’d teamed up
with Scott Piercy three years
ago, tapped Louisiana native
and former LSU player Sam
Burns as his teammate this
time.
“A native Louisiana guy on
my team can only enhance my
chances of hopefully winning
this for a third time,” Horschel
said. “He’s a really good putter.
He drives it a long way.”
The defending champions
are 44-year-old Texan Ryan
Palmer and 26-year-old Span-
iard Jon Rahm, a seemingly
odd pairing from different con-
tinents and generations who
won by three strokes in 2019.
Rahm arrives in Louisiana
without a win this season, but
with one second-place — and
a tie for fifth at the Masters —
among eight top-10 finishes
that have earned him a No. 3
world ranking.
“One of the reasons why the
partnership worked so well
is because we play a similar
game,” Rahm said, noting that
both players like to hit fades.
“It’s a ball-striker’s golf course.
… It should suit our strengths
very well.”
season, has been limited this
spring due to injury.
There is a list of touted
young prospects pushing for
playing time, but the current
starters have paid their dues
and are playing in unison the
way the 2019 offensive line did.
“Those guys aren’t going to
be easy outs for anybody,” Mi-
rabal said. “They’re grown.
They went through the lumps
last year, they went through
playing for the first time, and
now they look like a veteran of-
fensive line in spring ball.”
Other members of the 2017
class who are now team leaders
include Verdell, wide receiver
Johnny Johnson and linebacker
Isaac Slade-Matautia.
“It’s been awesome to play
with George and Alex. Really,
the whole class of 2017, we’ve
been through a lot,” Walk said.
“Maybe not as much as the class
of 2016, but we went through
a lot with the coaching change
and starting off 7-6. That wasn’t
where we wanted to be the first
year. We had to sit behind guys
that were obviously great play-
ers and in the NFL now.
“We’re kind of getting our
turn. It means a lot to grind
with these guys every day.”
Immediately after the 34-17
loss to the Cyclones on Jan. 2
in Glendale, Ariz., Moore told
Mirabal he was going to use the
extra year of eligibility granted
by the NCAA to play alongside
Forsyth and Walk in 2021 as
the Ducks seek a third consecu-
tive Pac-12 title.
“I love to work with them
because they push me to be a
better player each and every
day,” Moore said. “As I go out
there (to practice), I see in their
eyes that they’re just going out
there to work, and that hon-
estly pushed me to come back
to chase the dream that we
want to go win a championship
again.”
BY BRETT MARTEL
Associated Press
AVONDALE, La. — Tony
Finau is among the PGA Tour
players primed to take some
unusual risks and big swings
this week.
The tour is back in New Or-
leans with the Zurich Classic’s
two-man team format being
held for the first time since
2019.
While the second and fi-
nal rounds call for players on
each team to alternate shots,
it’s a best-ball format in the
first round Thursday and third
round Saturday. That’s when
spectators could see some of
the world’s top-ranked play-
ers try to pull off some all-or-
nothing shots.
Finau is among the longer
hitters on tour. So is his team-
mate, Cameron Champ.
“There’s no reason for me
to hold back on certain holes
where Cameron has got it out
there in the middle of the fair-
way,” Finau said. “So, I’ll defi-
nitely crank up my ball speed
on a few shots this week.”
Finau mentioned the 403-
yard 13th hole specifically,
which he called “a drivable
par 4.”
“I can see myself letting it
rip,” he said.
While heavy-hitting Bryson
DeChambeau isn’t in the field,
five players ranked in the
world’s top 10 are. They in-
clude No. 5 Xander Schauffele
Ducks
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“Honestly, these guys here
that I started with, I want to
play with them as much as I
can. We just worked so hard,
that 2017 class with Ryan and
Alex.”
Walk, the former Sheldon
High standout who followed
his buddy Justin Herbert to Or-
egon as a walk-on, said Moore
gets a lot of grief in the locker
room for being older than
some of the program’s graduate
assistants.
But the 6-foot-6, 325-pound
Moore is still having as much
fun playing for the Ducks as
any of the talented teenagers
from the 2020 and 2021 classes
he’s sharing the field with.
“I’m kind of like a big kid. I
feel like I fit in with everybody,
honestly,” Moore said.
“Ryan and Alex, I’ve been
with them so long, they don’t
even see me as the age I am.
They kind of just see me fitting
in with their age group.”
There were some growing
pains last season as Oregon re-
placed all five starters on the
offensive line, including 2019
Outland Trophy winner Penei
Sewell. Learning and execut-
ing new offensive coordinator
Joe Moorhead’s playbook with
limited practice time made the
challenge even more daunting.
Oregon finished 49th in the
FBS in total yards per game
(412.9), including 166.7 rush-
ing yards per game (61st). Iowa
State outgained the Ducks 228-
86 on the ground during the
Fiesta Bowl.
“My coaching of the run
blocking last year left a lot to be
desired,” offensive line coach
Alex Mirabal said. “Those are
things that we’re jumping into
and we’re delving into right
now in spring ball.”
On the first play of the team
portion of last Saturday’s scrim-
mage at Autzen Stadium, C.J.
Verdell, who missed the Pac-12
championship game and Fiesta
Bowl with a thumb injury, ran
for a 67-yard touchdown.
After bursting through the
line of scrimmage, Verdell only
had to make a safety miss on
his way to the end zone.
“It kind of lets you know
that every drill that we work,
every assignment that we do,
hat placement, hands, all that
comes into play when you see
C.J. takes off and scores that
run,” Moore said. “It was kind
of a relief knowing that every-
thing we’re doing, once we go
out there and actually play a
team, it’s going to be put in full
effect.”
Third-year sophomore Ste-
ven Jones (right tackle) and
junior T.J. Bass (guard) are the
other returning starters on
the offensive line. Malaesala
Aumavae-Laulu, who played
right guard and right tackle last
Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP file
Tony Finau tees off on the third hole during the final round of the
Masters at Augusta National on April 11 in Augusta, Georgia. Finau is
among the players primed to take some unusual risks and big swings
this week at the Zurich Classic team event.
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