Marlins' Sandy Alcantara throws his 2nd career 'Maddux' and MLB's 1st complete game of the season

MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara never stopped believing in himself.

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Not when Tommy Johnsurgery robbed himof the 2024 season. Not when 2025 ended in a disappointing 11-12 record, and a 5.36 ERA.

Instead, he "always kept the faith."

Alcantara threw the first complete game of the MLB season in a 93-pitch shutout on Wednesday, leading the Miami Marlins toa 10-0 dominationof the Chicago White Sox.

It was Alcantara's second career shutout with fewer than 100 pitches, known as a "Maddux" in honor of Hall of Famer Greg Maddux.

Alcantara also threw his 13th career complete game and fifth shutout.

"Many negative things happened last year but that didn't hold me back trying to be better," Alcantara said. "This year, I am going to give my best every time, win more games and be more aggressive in counts. Today, as a club, we did a tremendous job."

The White Sox did not have a hitter reach second as Alcantara (2-0) scattered three singles, hit a batter and struck out seven. After adominant outing against Coloradoin the season-opener, the 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner extended his scoreless streak to 15 innings.

Alcantara used six pitches to shut down the White Sox. Although his changeup and four-seam fastball were mostly used in his outing, Alcantara also utilized his slider, sweeper, sinker and cutter to carve through the Chicago lineup.

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"Everything was working. Everything was good today," Alcantara said. "I think I did a great job, trying to not miss much."

Alcantara's battery mate Liam Hicks continued his torrid offensive start as he homered, had two singles and drove in four runs to give him a major league-leading 12 RBIs.

"It was fun," Hicks said of catching Alcantara's gem. "He had a lot of pitches working. When you're back there and he's rolling like that, it's cool to see. It makes your job catching easy."

As Alcantara accumulated quick outs, the decision became easier for manager Clayton McCullough to allow his ace to pitch the ninth. With Alcantara needing only three pitches to retire the White Sox in the eighth, it became an easy call.

"I gave him a thumbs up and he gave me a thumbs up," McCullough said.

He called the outing remarkable.

"It's hard to do that today, to go nine innings with how you view workload," McCullough said. "Hitters are good. He was so efficient and guys played great behind him."

There were 29 complete games thrown last season, and pitchers threw just 13 shutouts, the lowest in a non-shortened season since 1873.

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Tommy Fleetwood headlines Texas Open field as The Masters looms

It's go time for the PGA Tour stalwarts who are searching for some form before they travel to Augusta National -- and it's the last chance for everyone else to snag a ticket.

The Valero Texas Open once again occupies the week before the Masters on the tour schedule, and Englishman Tommy Fleetwood will headline the field that tees off at TPC San Antonio on Thursday.

"It's funny, I played by chance in 2024. I was struggling in Florida, took the next week off and threw this one into the schedule," Fleetwood said. "I had a great week. I then had a great Masters right after it. It's been part of our year ever since."

Collin Morikawa was set to play this week as well but withdrew on Tuesday. His agent said in a statement that Morikawa continues to make progress in his rehab from a back issue, but the Texas Open turned out to be too soon for a competitive return.

Fans will still see the likes of Russell Henley, Swedish youngster Ludvig Aberg and major winners J.J. Spaun and Hideki Matsuyama of Japan tune up for the Masters.

But the name that emerges victorious at the end of the week may be none of these. If the winner has not already been invited to the Masters, he will get the last ticket to Augusta, as Spaun did when he won the event in 2022 and Akshay Bhatia replicated in 2024. The Masters field features 93 golfers as of Wednesday.

When Brian Harman won last year's edition of the Texas Open, he posted a modest score of 9-under-par 279, the highest winning score at the event since 2014.

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Might this be the week for Harman to fix the trajectory of his season? Before tying for 11th at The Players Championship, he had two missed cuts and three finishes of 50th or worse among his first six starts.

"Starting the year, I have been happy with my game, just really upset with the results," Harman said. "I felt like I was getting out there and kind of shooting the highest score that I could every day."

Harman said the mental side of the game has been his emphasis amid his slump.

"That's been the big focus lately because the ball-striking's been there, the short game's been there, and now I feel like I'm just trying to get a better picture of what I'm trying to do and try not to get so far ahead of myself," he said. "When you get into a little bit of a funk or a slump, it's really easy to get out in front of yourself and think about the future a lot. I'm a victim of that more often than not. Just trying to stay real present and not dwell on stuff too bad and just kind of try to stay where my feet are."

The last player to go back-to-back at the Texas Open was Zach Johnson in 2008-09.

The course is a challenging par-72, 7,438-yard track that features two par-5 holes exceeding 600 yards, two par-3s that measure 207 and 241 yards and another par-3, the 16th, with a doughnut-shaped green and a bunker in the middle.

"It's a demanding golf course," Fleetwood said. "Can't be overpowered. You've got to really control your ball. I think you have to be patient. I think you have to use an all-around game. It's windy. I think there's just a lot of elements that go into making this a really, really good challenge."

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Pirates' Paul Skenes limits Reds' offense and gets his 1st win of 2026

CINCINNATI (AP) — Paul Skenes quicklyshrugged off the shortest startof his dominant major league career.

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Pirates fans shouldn't worry either after Skenes returned to form on Wednesday.

The reigning NL Cy Young winner allowed one run in five innings and struck out five in thePirates' 8-3 winover the Cincinnati Reds.

"I'm pretty insulated from a lot of stuff that's out there. The stuff that I do see or hear, I don't really care anyway because it doesn't have anything to do with the play. I'm just thinking about getting back to execution and executing my pitches," Skenes said. "Nothing matters except for the game and the pitches."

Skenes walked Cincinnati's TJ Friedl, then retired eight straight, including three strikeouts. He walked Friedl twice in three innings before Elly De La Cruz singled for the Reds' first hit. Two batters later, Nathaniel Lowe doubled in De La Cruz, ending Skenes' 31-inning scoreless streak against Cincinnati.

Skenes' scoreless run was the fourth-longest by a Pirates pitcher against an opponent since 1961. Vernon Law holds the mark, blanking the Mets for 40 innings during 1965-66.

The right-hander retired four of the last five batters he faced and departed after throwing 77 pitches, including 51 strikes.

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"Definitely progress. Nice to get some volume and be out there for more than two-thirds," said Skenes, who improved to 5-0 with a 0.53 ERA in six career starts against the Reds. He has 45 strikeouts and only four walks while holding Cincinnati to a .197 batting average.

Further helping Skenes, the Pirates gave strong run support, scoring three in the first on Oneil Cruz's homer to right.

"With Skenes on the mound, you hate to give them anything early because you know you're going to have to fight to get anything you can get," Reds manager Terry Francona said.

Manager Don Kelly said he wanted to avoid overworking Skenes early, especially after his 37-pitch, two-thirds-inning start in the Mets' opening day win on Thursday. Skenes allowed five runs, tying a career high, with two walks and a strikeout in the 11-7 loss.

"When you're going off one outing and 37 pitches, we had targeted 80 for him," Kelly said. "It was something that we need Paul for the long haul, and he did a great job getting through five. As we go, he's going to be throwing more than five (innings) and 77 (pitches)."

Skenes has a 2.10 ERA through his first 57 starts, the fourth-best mark by any pitcher since 1920. It is also the lowest mark by a Pittsburgh hurler in any span of 57 starts since Babe Adams had a 2.06 ERA between 1918 and '20.

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White Influencer Called Out After Posting AI Image of Her Face on Black Content Creator's Body

Model Tatiana Elizabeth called out influencer Lauren Blake Boultier for using AI to superimpose her face over Elizabeth's in a photo

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• "Pretending to be somewhere you weren't, in something you've never worn, as someone you're not... for social media. It's a little scary," Elizabeth wrote on her Instagram Stories

• Boultier later told TMZ she took "full responsibility" for the incident

Influencer Lauren Blake Boultier said she takes "full responsibility" after another influencer, Tatiana Elizabeth, accused her of using AI to superimpose her face on Elizabeth's body in a two-year-old photo of herself at the U.S. Open.

After Boultier posted the now-deleted photo on Instagram, Elizabeth posted toThreadsand her Instagram Stories to call out the alleged use of AI to put her face onto Elizabeth's body— and on a photo that Elizabeth first posted two years ago. Boultier, who is White, has over 1.6 million Instagram followers.

In the Monday, March 30, Threads post, Elizabeth shared a screenshot of Bouliter's photo next to her original, taken at the 2024 U.S. Open. In the original photo, Elizabeth, who is Black, wore a white tennis skirt, a white short-sleeved cropped t-shirt, along with a green-and-white striped cardigan tied around her shoulders, paired with a coordinating green and white Louis Vuitton purse.

Boultier's photo shows her in the exact same outfit, pose and lighting, along with the same background.

"Bar for bar," Elizabeth began Monday's Threads post. "The weirdest part about this is that it's not even an AI influencer. This is a real person who used AI to put her head on my body. She geotagged MIAMI as if she's at the Miami Open. When my photo was taken at the US open two years ago."

"Well this is..... peculiar...I was here too!!" Elizabeth continued on herInstagram Stories. "In this same exact outfit and the same watch, same bag, picture was taken at the same angle even..omg we even have the same tattoo!!!!!!?"

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Elizabeth then re-shared the original photo on her Instagram Stories. "Pretending to be somewhere you weren't, in something you've never worn, as someone you're not... for social media. It's a little scary," Elizabeth concluded.

The influencer also shared a TikTok video about the situation, where she added, "And by no means am I trying to bash this girls into health is real, and I'm not a bully... I'm just, I'm a little perplexed."

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"I just want to know what was the reason," Elizabeth continued. "Cause social media got to our heads that much that we are completely disregarding couth?"

"Tatiana hopes this situation raises awareness about how AI can blur reality, which can be unsettling. As of now she has not been in contact with the other party," a rep for Elizabeth tells PEOPLE.

"That shouldn't have happened, and I take full responsibility," Boultier toldTMZ Sportson Wednesday, April 1.

"This came from an A.I. content system my team uses to generate images at scale," Boultier told TMZ. "I did not see the original image or intentionally set out to copy anyone's work, but that doesn't change the outcome."

"I understand this impacted another creator, especially when it comes to respecting original work, and I never want to contribute to that kind of frustration or harm within the creative community that I have been a part of for 10 years," Boultier added.

"I take full responsibility for what appears on my platforms," Boultier wrote in a WednesdayInstagramstatement, in which she also said she spoke with Elizabeth privately to apologize.

"I will have more oversight with my agency to ensure my content is handled with the integirty and respect it deserves moving forward," Boultier continued. "I am deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused the original creator and the community at large."

Also on Wednesday, Elizabeth posted screenshots of two apologies she says Boultier sent her via Instagram DM onThreads, as well as the response she sent to Boultier.

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Courtney Love wants Dave Grohl to tell his fans they're 'cool' now, years after feud: 'Be man enough to man up'

Courtney Lovewants Dave Grohl to call off his fans, whom she says are still giving her a hard time after years of feuding with the Foo Fighters rocker.

"Like come out with it and just say we're cool. Like come out with it. Right?" she said Wednesday onThe Magnificent Others With Billy Corganpodcast. "Be man enough to man up."

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The widow of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain has a long history with Grohl, who joined the band in 1990.

Cobaindied in 1994at 27.

Afterward, Grohl and the Hole rocker argued, sometimes over Nirvana, in court.

But both said they had made amends when Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

"Early on in the evening I just tapped her on the shoulder," Grohl toldRolling Stone. "She turned around and I just said, 'Hey.' She said, 'Hey.' Then we gave each other a big hug. I said, 'How are you?' She goes, 'Good, how are you?' I said, 'All right.' And she said, 'Let's do this. Let's rock this tonight.'"

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He added, "We're family, no matter what. And we all love each other, no matter what."

Love said it's important Grohl say the situation between them remains okay, because he's someone that straight men look up to.

"We're cool, but you won't say it because you're afraid you'll lose your audience?" she asked.

"Dave," Love said, "it would really behoove me if the straight white males that are your base, if you will, stop picking on me. Millennials in particular. Gen Z is not picking on me anymore."

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman confirmed that he, too, had seen that Grohl and Love have smoothed things over.

"I can confirm that I've spent time with you and Dave together," Corgan said, "and Dave doesn't have any issue with you."

Entertainment Weeklyhas reached out to reps for Grohl.

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Tiger Woods Gets Judge Approval to Leave U.S. for Treatment Due to 'Privacy' Concerns

A Florida judge has granted Tiger Woods permission to leave the United States as he seeks treatment following his DUI charge

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• Woods' lawyer requested the motion, citing "privacy" concerns for the pro golfer

• Woods will undergo inpatient treatment in an "intensive highly individualized and medically integrated program" outside of the U.S, according to the filing

Tiger Woodshas been granted permission to travel out of the country as he seeks treatment following hiscar crash and DUI charge.

A Florida judge granted Woods, 50, permission to leave the state to undergo treatment outside of the United States, according to court documents obtained and reviewed by PEOPLE on Wednesday, April 1.

Woods' treating physician recommended he seek treatment at a facility out of the country "based upon the Defendant's complex clinical presentation the urgent need for a level of care that cannot safely or effectively be done within the United States," per the documents.

The request to leave the country for treatment was also made due to concerns that the golfer's "privacy has been repeatedly compromised,"

"Ongoing medical scrutiny and public exposure create significant barriers to his care and would result in setbacks and an inability to fully engage in treatment," Woods' lawyer, Douglas Duncan, argued in the filing.

"Based upon Defendant's treating physician's opinions, inpatient treatment at the out of country treatment facility is medically necessary due to the Defendant's complexity, and need for an intensive highly individualized and medically integrated program," the documents said.

Woods will have no restrictions on travel as he faces the DUI charge and a charge for refusal to submit to a urine test, both of which he plead not guilty to on March 31, according to the documents.

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The out of country treatment facility will "provide continuous monitoring and the ability to rapidly adjust treatment interventions in a highly controlled environment" for Woods, his lawyer said in the filing.

The golferbroke his silence on the March 27 rollover car crashin a post on social media on March 31, in which he said he would be seeking treatment.

"I know and understand the seriousness of the situation I find myself in today," he said onX.

"I am stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health. This is necessary in order for me to prioritize my well-being and work toward lasting recovery," Woods continued. "I'm committed to taking the time needed to return in a healthier, stronger, and more focused place, both personally and professionally. I appreciate your understanding and support, and ask for privacy for my family, loved ones and myself at this time."

Sheriff John M. Budensiek alleged in a press conference after the accident that Woods appeared "lethargic" and had "signs of impairment" while speaking with officers after the crash. Woods blew "triple zeros" on a breathalyzer test, but he allegedly refused a urinalysis, and authorities believe he was "not impaired by alcohol but possibly by medication or another substance."

A probable cause affidavit, obtained by PEOPLE on March 31, also revealed that Woods wasin possession of two opioid pillsat the time of his arrest.

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'Bob's Burgers' actor Eugene Mirman rescued from fiery crash by New Hampshire governor's detail

BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) — "Bob's Burgers" voice actor and comedianEugene Mirmansuffered serious injuries after crashing his car into a toll plaza and being pulled from the fiery wreckage by a state trooper assigned to protect the governor of New Hampshire.

The crash happened just before noon Tuesday when a northbound electric vehicle struck the Bedford Toll Plaza and caught fire, New Hampshire State Police said.Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotteand her security detail came upon the crash soon after, and a trooper and two others pulled Mirman from the burning car through a window, said State Police Col. Mark Hall. The governor, who left her vehicle and retrieved a fire extinguisher, was not in any danger, he said.

"Eugene was in a very scary car accident," Mirman's agent Jay Glassner confirmed in a statement Wednesday. "He wants to thank the bystanders, state police, first responders and hospital staff who saved him. He is grateful to be on the mend. At this time, we kindly ask for privacy for Eugene and his family as he focuses on recovering from his injuries."

Hall called the actions of the rescuers "heroic."

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"Without hesitation, they put themselves in danger to render aid to someone who was in need of it," Hall said.

State police identified the driver as Yevgeny Mirman, 51, of Massachusetts. Mirman, who was born in Moscow and grew up in Massachusetts, is known for voicing musical middle child Gene Belcher in more than 300 episodes of the animated comedy "Bob's Burgers" and its movie, in addition to roles on "Flight of the Conchords," "Delocated" and "Archer."

Ayotte said she and her husband were praying for the driver's recovery.

"I want to thank the Trooper on my security detail and the bystanders who stepped up to help at the scene of the crash for their brave lifesaving efforts," she said in a statement.

The crash remains under investigation. No charges have been filed.

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Ryan Seacrest Re-Lists His Stunning Napa Valley Home for $20 Million — See Inside!

Ryan Seacrest has re-listed his Napa Valley estate for sale with a price tag of nearly $20 million

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• The property includes a 10,750-square-foot main house, a pool house, a guest cottage, and an infinity-edge pool

• Seacrest highlights the enclosed porch with valley views as his favorite spot, describing it as peaceful and unforgettable

Ryan Seacresthas put his Northern California home back on the market.

TheWheel of Fortunehost, 51, has re-listed his Napa Valley estate for $19.8 million after previously taking it off the market in November. The St. Helena, Calif., abode features five bedrooms, six full bathrooms and is spread out across 10,750 square feet.

Along with the main residence, the sprawling property includes a pool house, guest cottage and stunning valley and mountain views.

Cyd Greer of Coldwell Banker Brokers of the Valley holds thelisting.

In a press release from Coldwell Banker, Seacrest says his favorite place in the property is the enclosed porch located just off the living room.

"It's such a peaceful spot, and the views out over the valley floor are unforgettable," he says. "You can even see the hot air balloons drifting by in the distance. It's the kind of place where you naturally want to slow down and take it all in."

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The massive estate sits on 40 acres of land and boasts serene vineyard views. It also features multiple terraces, a bocce court and a 220-tree Italian olive grove.

Additional impressive amenities at the property include seven fireplaces, an infinity-edge pool and spa and a spacious central courtyard.

The home, built in 2004, recently underwent renovations in 2024 courtesy ofNobili Marques Arquitecturaand Clint Nicholas Design.

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According toproperty records, Seacrest's abode has been taken on and off the market since 2018. Before this listing, it was put on the market for $22 million in April 2025 and removed later that year in November.

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Former College Football Player Jack Pugh Dead at 24 After Quitting the Sport for His Mental Health

Former Wisconsin football tight end Jack Pugh has died

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• The school confirmed Pugh's death in a post on social media

• Pugh, 24, retired due to mental health reasons in 2023

Former Wisconsin football player Jack Pugh has died, the school confirmed. He was 24.Pugh played tight end for the Badgers from 2021-2023 before retiring due to mental health reasons,theMilwaukee Journal Sentinelreported.No cause of death has been released at this time.Wisconsin football shared a tribute to the former player on X late Tuesday, March 31."The Wisconsin athletics family is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jack Pugh,"the school said. "Jack was a positive light and brought a genuine spirit to our football program. More than that, he cared about people and was loved by his teammates and staff. Jack proudly earned his degree from UW-Madison in 2025 and will forever be remembered and loved."The Columbus, Ohio native was a four-star recruit for the Badgers despite only playing football for his final two years in high school.

Pugh was highly recruited by Michigan, Penn State, Michigan State, Maryland and Minnesota, according to theJournal Sentinel.In 2023, Pugh announced his retirement on Instagram.

"My physical health was not near perfect, but my mental health was the reason I decided to hang it up," he posted at the time. "Over years of prolonged depression and substance abuse, I decided I deserved a better life and to finally find happiness."

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He continued, "In no way was football the root of these problems, but everything in my life had distracted me for so long to the point I didn't want to be alive for years. I never had prioritized my mental health all along, digging a deeper darker hole."

Pugh went on to thank his coaches, teammates and others for their support."I'll never forget the memories. Love y'all," he wrote.Pugh's former teammate, New York Jets running back Braelon Allen, shared the news of his death on social media on Monday night, and added a message to his followers."Protect your mental,"he wrote on X.

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“Love on the Spectrum ”Alum Devin Morrissey Is Engaged: 'One of the Biggest Dreams I've Had'

Love on the Spectrum alum Devin Morrissey is engaged

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• Morrissey proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Andrea Clary, in Salt Lake City on March 29

• The couple have been in a relationship since April 2021

Love on the Spectrumalum Devin Morrissey is engaged!

Morrissey — who is most recognized from his supporting role as a friend of Dani Bowman on seasons 1 and 2 of Netflix's romantic docuseries following autistic people exploring the dating world — proposed to his girlfriend of five years, Andrea Clary, in Salt Lake City on Sunday, March 29.

"One of the biggest dreams I've had since I was very young was to become a husband to the most beautiful girl in the world," he captioned theInstagramannouncement posted on Tuesday, March 31. "Little me would be so happy to see that dream now coming true."

He added, "I can't wait to marry you, my fiancée. Cheers to the future Mr. & Mrs. Morrissey 🩷 3.29.2026 💍."

Morrissey, who is on the autism spectrum, shared nine scenic proposal photos. In one shot, Clary covers her face in shock as Morrissey asks her to marry him while on bended knee. In another image, the groom-to-be jumps up into the air with joy after Clary accepted his proposal. He presented his fiancée with an oval-cut diamond on a gold band.

A fewLove on the Spectrumstars congratulated the couple in the comments section, including Connor Tomlinson's mother, Lise Menard Smith. "Congratulations!!! Eek!" she wrote.

Love on the Spectrum'sSubodh Gargshared his well wishes by resharing Morrissey's post on hisInstagram Stories. He wrote on-screen, "So thrilled for @devinmorrissey and @homeslice29 for their engagement! Congratulations!"

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Morrissey and Clary have been in a relationship since April 2021, per ananniversary post.

Shortly after Morrissey announced his happy news,Love on the SpectrumstarsMadison Marilla and Tyler White's engagementwas revealed when the fourth season of the Netflix hit was released Wednesday, April 1. The couple, both 28, got engaged in front of the cameras at Sunken Gardens in Tampa, Fla. — the exact spot where they met one year earlier.

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"It was our anniversary and I felt like the puzzle was coming together," Marilla exclusively told PEOPLE. "Because earlier in the season when Tyler pulled my parents aside and it was for a long time, I kind of got a feeling that day that he was asking my parents for their blessing. And when he said in Nashville, 'We'll do more trips forever and ever,' I just kinda had a feeling that the pieces of the puzzle were coming together."

White added that the proposal, which is featured in the sixth episode of the new season, was "very emotional," sharing, "I mean, once she started tearing up reading that letter, I started crying, and you know, I couldn't help but cry. I mean, you know. I'm getting emotional just thinking about it right now."

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Once World Cup outsiders, these national teams are crashing the party

One hundred minutes into a scoreless match Tuesday, Jamaican defenders watched the flight of a corner kick as it curled toward their goal. And for a brief, costly, moment everyone forgot about Axel Tuanzebe.

Tuanzebe, of the Democratic Republic of Congo,had called this matchthe biggest of his career. Only the winner of the FIFA World Cup qualifier in Guadalajara, Mexico, would advance to play this summer in the 48-team field comprising the most popular sporting tournament on the planet.

Charging forward, Tuanzebe met the ball as its arc fell just in front of the goal, smashing it for a 1-0 lead.

His goal didn't end the game immediately. Congo had to endure 20 more minutes of extra time before it won, 1-0. But that wait paled to the country's 52-year absence from the world's biggest sporting event — a drought that ended Tuesday, when it became the 47th out of 48 teams to qualify for the World Cup.

"Right now, I don't think we fully realize it yet, but when we get back ​to Kinshasa, it's going to be crazy," Congo strikerCédric Bakambu said, according to Reuters.

Celebrations weren't limited to Kinshasa on a day when the final six countries qualified to round out the World Cup field. The expansion from 32 to 48 countries for this World Cup created opportunities for nations that had spent years on the outside looking in, such as Iraq (which last appeared in 1986), Turkey (2002) and Czechia (2006).

But the longest wait of all had taken place in Congo. The country was still named Zaire in 1974, when the nation was outscored, 14-0, in three group stage games. It was the nation's first World Cup appearance and its last for the next five decades.

The 1974 team had won the Africa Cup of Nations and was encouraged by a figure no less powerful than the president, Mobutu Sese Seko, who had "used football as much as possible for hegemonic regime control,"researchers wrote in 2022.

After a particularly poor performance in 1966, not long after Mobutu began his three-decade run atop the government, the president brought national players playing abroad back to Zaire and outlawed their transfers to other nation's leagues to build up Zaire's domestic competition.

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By 1968, Zaire had won the Africa Cup of Nations. When it repeated in 1974, it became the first nation from sub-Saharan Africa to qualify for the World Cup, and each player was provided housing and a Volkswagen Passat as a show of appreciation, Mohamed Kalambay, a goalkeeper on the team,recalled to the BBC.

But such lavish funding didn't last. The national team, called the Leopards, struggled as the country's domestic league operated without support from sponsors or government funding.

Ahead of the 2026 World Cup, soccer leaders within Congo enlisted a strategy widely used in international soccer — calling in the help of dual-national players with lineage to the country but who developed as players outside its borders. The job of persuading players with Congolese ties to represent the country's national team on its long-shot run to the World Cup fell to Gabriel Zakuani, a Congolese player whose career had been spent mostly in England.

Convincing Aaron Wan-Bissaka, a defender for English Premier League club West Ham, and Tuanzebe were priorities,he told the BBC last year; both had come up within the English national team system. Getting parents on board was helpful, Zakuani said. So was being able to make his case no matter where a player grew up.

"I speak eight (languages), so that helps," Zakuani said.

The country remains marred by fighting in its east. In December, on the same day that U.S. President Donald Trump attended the draw for the World Cup, hehosted leaders from Rwanda and Congoas they affirmed their commitments to a peace deal. But fighting has continued. By then, though, the country was entering the final stages of its qualification.

"It's my country; it's where my parents are from," Wan-Bissakatold the BBC. "I grew up in a Congolese household. I was just proud to represent them. As soon as I joined, they welcomed me, accepted me."

Tuanzebe was born in Congo, but was in Manchester United's academy by grade school. He made his Premier League debut at 17. He now plays for Burnley.

A decade later, this summer, he'll make his World Cup debut thanks to his 100th-minute goal Tuesday.

"To get the winning goal for the country, I mean, this is what as a young boy you dream about," Tuanzebe saidafter the match. "It's happened for me and I'm so very happy."

byAsher Jeferson

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