Lydia Ko boarded a plane bound for South Korea immediately after winning the Kroger Queen City Championship instead of heading north to Montreal for the 2024 Presidents Cup. For years, there has been talk of turning the lopsided Presidents Cup, which tends to favor the Americans, into a mixed event. Imagine Lydia Ko teaming up…
2 Manchester United have confirmed their 2024/25 Premier League squad list, with new signing Sekou Kone as one of the surprise inclusions. United brought in Kone in the summer from Guidars FC. It’s understood that the Red Devils fended off competition from multiple other clubs to land the highly-rated Mali youth international. Kone drew attention…
The U.S. Open entry list was released earlier this week and Rafael Nadal is on it. At No. 261 in the world, Nadal obviously isn’t ranked high enough to earn direct entry. However, due to his extended injury layoff over the past couple of seasons he was able to use a protected ranking of No….
Things are changing when it comes to the Summer Olympics, as flag football has become an official sport for the 2028 Games, which makes things quite interesting in terms of what players might compete for the United States. In the past, amateurs would compete in the Olympics in popular sports like basketball, which has…
Chambers Bay has proved its ability to test the best professional and amateur players in the world, so much so that the U.S. Golf Association announced it will return to the municipal course on the Puget Sound near Seattle twice over the next 10 years. The USGA will hold the 2027 U.S. Junior Amateur and…
PINEHURST, N.C. — For an organization that has long labored against the perception that it’s led by austere, nerdish killjoys, the U.S. Golf Association must be comforted by the fact that, in these discordant times, it has a CEO that could talk a dog off a meat truck. Mike Whan is a highly polished presenter…
Ons Jabeur expressed some frustration after her 2024 Roland Garros defeat to Coco Gauff, admitting she would have liked a later start to her match. The two quarter-final protagonists stepped out early to compete for a semi-final spot. Their match began at 11 a.m. local time, which wasn’t that thrilling for Jabeur. She played a…
The NBA is reportedly seeking contracts as long as 10 years as they negotiate new media rights deals. The league’s exclusive negotiating window with Disney/ESPN and Turner/TNT expires on Monday night. That will allow the NBA to begin conversations with streaming services such as Amazon, Apple, YouTube or a potential network partner like NBC. The…
