A solution to the NBA's MVP problem, plus Rory's masterful first round |

10/04/2026 12:28 - The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Watch out for the shopping bag today. Coming up: 🏌️ Rory’s back 🏆 NBA players solve MVP 🏒 A Frozen Four classic Hector Vivas / Getty Images A “cool” thing about writing a daily sports newsletter is that each day is a new chance to be wrong. Yesterday, in our preview, we made two points: Defending champion Rory McIlroy was coming into this Masters with plenty of questions around him. We also mentioned that Matt...

A solution to the NBA's MVP problem, plus Rory's masterful first round |

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