BASKETBALL

NBA champion and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard has had a heart transplant, his wife said on social media on Friday.

“Scot has a new heart!” Dawn Pollard posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Pollard, who turned 49 on Monday, needed a transplant because of a genetic condition that was likely triggered by a virus he caught in 2021. The same condition killed his father, who died at 54. Pollard’s size complicated efforts to find a donor with a heart big enough to fit his 6-foot-11, 260-pound body. He was admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Feb. 7.

GOLF

Tiger Woods returned to the PGA Tour and lasted only 24 holes, withdrawing Friday at the Genesis Invitational after hitting his tee shot on the seventh hole.

PGA Tour rules official Mark Dusbabek said on the telecast that Woods had an illness, and that it was not related to his ankle or back. Woods was 1-over par for the round and projected just outside the cut when he asked for a cart and was driven off the course by a rules official.