PEBBLE BEACH >> Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry decorated stunning views Thursday with a hole-in-one for each on different courses. Russell Henley birdied his last two holes for an 8-under 64 and the lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. And there was Scottie Scheffler, looking very much like he was never away.

Scheffler, out of golf for a month from a freak injury making ravioli, opened with a bogey at Spyglass Hill, didn’t make another bogey the rest of the way, missed only one green and began his encore with a 67.

Jordan Spieth, the three-time major champion who last played in August before season-ending surgery on his left wrist, had the birdies dry up after a solid start on the back nine at Spyglass Hill, and he had to settle for a 70.

The conditions were as calm as they probably will get this week, with some cloud cover and cool weather. Pebble Beach typically is the place to be when the wind doesn’t blow because of the scoring opportunities, particularly on the first seven holes. It’s the worst place to be — in golf competition terms, anyway — when the wind arrives.

NBA

2023 NBA game gets looked at by feds >> Unusual betting patterns surrounding the play of then-Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier in a game nearly two years ago are now under investigation by federal prosecutors, part of the same probe that led to the lifetime ban of Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter, the NBA confirmed Thursday.

The Wall Street Journal first reported the investigation, noting that Rozier — who played for the Hornets on the date in question, and now plays for the Miami Heat — has not been charged with a crime, nor has he been accused of wrongdoing.

The NBA said it looked into the matter at the time and did not find that any league rules were broken.

The game involving Rozier that is in question was played March 23, 2023, a matchup between the Hornets and the New Orleans Pelicans. Rozier played the first 9 minutes, 36 seconds of that game — and not only did not return that night, citing a foot issue, but did not play again that season.

Wembanyama is an All-Star >> NBA coaches are obviously convinced: Victor Wembanyama is one of the league’s very best players.

The San Antonio star and reigning rookie of the year is an All-Star for the first time, one of the 14 players announced as members of the reserve pool for the Feb. 16 event in San Francisco.

There were seven players picked by coaches from each conference. From the Eastern Conference: Boston’s Jaylen Brown, Indiana’s Pascal Siakam, Cleveland’s Darius Garland and Evan Mobley, Detroit’s Cade Cunningham, Milwaukee’s Damian Lillard — last year’s All-Star MVP — and Miami’s Tyler Herro.

From the West: Wembanyama, Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards, the Los Angeles Lakers’ Anthony Davis, the Los Angeles Clippers’ James Harden, Memphis’ Jaren Jackson Jr., Houston’s Alperen Sengun and Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams.

Colleges

SAN JOSE STATE, CAL RENEW FOOTBALL SERIES >> San Jose State and Cal are renewing their football series that has been dormant since 1996, the schools announced on Thursday.

On Sept. 9, 2028, Cal will play host to the Spartans.

On Sept. 13, 2031, the Bears will travel to San Jose State.

The teams have met on 35 previous occasions but just once at San Jose State, the 1996 game that Cal won 45-25.

The Bears are 29-6 against the South Bay school.

ESPN extends media rights with the ACC >> ESPN has exercised its option extending its media rights agreement with the Atlantic Coast Conference through the 2035-36 academic year.

The network and the ACC announced the extension Thursday. The deal continues a rights deal that has spanned 35 years and the launch of the ACC Network in August 2019 in a joint effort.

Stanford and Cal began play in the conference last fall.

Figure skating

Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95 >> Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at 95.

Button’s son, Edward, said he died Thursday and did not provide a cause.

Button won two Olympic gold medals, the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history. He also was the voice of his sport and one of its greatest innovators.

As an entrepreneur and broadcaster, Button promoted skating and its athletes, transforming a niche sport into the showpiece of every Winter Olympics.

WNBA

Nashville bids for franchise >> The chairman of the NHL’s Nashville Predators and his wife want to bring the WNBA to Music City and have teamed up with a star-filled investor group including Candace Parker, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning and entertainers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.

The group led by Bill Haslam, a former Tennessee governor, submitted its bid to the WNBA on Thursday for a franchise that would start playing in 2028. The team also would be named the Tennessee Summitt in honor of the late Pat Summitt.

Summitt, who won eight national championships, died in 2016 as the winningest Division I coach four years after retiring following her diagnosis of early onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type.

MLB

Scherzer agrees to a 1-year contract with Toronto >> Max Scherzer is joining the Toronto Blue Jays, agreeing to a 15.5 million, one-year contract, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal.

The 40-year-old Scherzer was limited to nine starts with Texas last year, going 2-4 with a 3.95 ERA. The three-time Cy Young Award winner opened the season on the injured list while he recovered from lower back surgery. He also was on the IL from Aug. 2 to Sept. 13 because of shoulder fatigue, and he missed the end of the season because of a left hamstring strain.

Skiing

Shiffrin finishes 10th >> Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th in a World Cup slalom race on her injury comeback, with Croatian racer Zrinka Ljutic winning in style under floodlights at Courchevel.

Chasing a record-extending 100th World Cup win, the 29-year-old American was fifth after the first run on the Stade Emile Allais course but struggled with her timing on both runs.

Shiffrin crashed on Nov. 30 in a giant slalom in Killington, Vermont, and was injured sliding down the mountain. A couple of weeks later, the two-time Olympic gold medalist had abdominal surgery to clean out a puncture wound.