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Mickelson spoke for the first time about the PGA Tour’s agreement with the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.
For the first time since the PGA Tour announced its partnership with the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), Phil Mickelson has weighed in. Well, outside of his initial quick tweet announcing it was a great day.
“Going forward, we are all very optimistic about where professional golf is headed.” Mickelson said Wednesday. “I think actions are a little bit stronger than words.
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — (Sergio Garcia of Spain and Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland walk together off a tee during a practice round prior to The PLAYERS Championship on The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass on March 11, 2020. | Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images
McIlroy and Garcia disagreed on the state of professional golf, which led to a falling out. They appear to be friends again after a kind gesture.
Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia appear to have ended a brief feud and are friends once again.
Idols become rivals. Rivals become contentious. Contentious rivals become … teammates? It’s just another signal the NBA changes faster than ever.
Jayden Daniels may or may not be the starting quarterback at LSU in 2023. Although he is the incumbent and led the Tigers to the SEC Championship last year, Garrett Nussmeier is breathing down his neck and waiting in the wings.
Nussmeier, a former four-star recruit in the Class of 2021, will be a redshirt sophomore this fall. He has played sparingly in 11 games over the last two seasons, but hasn’t had the chance to be the guy.
Garrett Nussmeier with a play Joe Burrow would approve of. pic.twitter.
The Timberwolves declined the team option on the final year of veteran forward Taurean Prince’s contract on Wednesday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Wojnarowski announced the contract move on Twitter in classic “Woj Bomb” fashion, and it seems that his tweet was the first that Prince had heard about the team’s decision.
“Sheesh, appreciate the heads up Woj,” Prince wrote on Twitter.
Rather than hear it from the Timberwolves organization, Prince apparently discovered his fate from the report on social media.
The 29-year-old was due to make $7.
A horse racing track in Washington put on a PETA-approved event by hosting a grandparents race.
Seriously.
According to USA Today, It’s exactly what it sounds like, and was part of Emerald Down’s Grandparents Weekend festivities in Auburn, Washington. They loaded a whole bunch of elderly folks into the gates and let them loose on a 40-yard mad dash to the finish.
Now, look, I wanted to make fun of this — and I’m going to — but let’s give credit where it’s due: I did not expect some of these senior citizens to have wheels like they did.
A few of them were shot out of a cannon.
Suspensions are coming down the pike for Colts cornerback Isaiah Rodgers and other players that broke the NFL’s policy on gambling, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Rodgers and other suspended players are expected to be sidelined for an entire season, reinforcing the league’s strict punishment against a growing issue.
Isaiah RodgersTo Receive NFL’s Full Wrath
As relayed by OutKick’s Dan Zaksheske, Rodgers placed “[a]pproximately 100 bets in the $25-50 range were placed on the account under the name of an associate of Rodgers.
We break down some of the skills that make the top players in this year’s draft unique.
In a year with a number of surprisingly disappointing teams, the San Diego Padres might be a close second to the New York Mets.
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After a flurry of trades during the 2022 season and a massive free agent deal to Xander Bogaerts, San Diego fans, quite reasonably, had expectations of the team’s first division title since 2006.
To say it hasn’t worked out well is a dramatic understatement.
Tuesday night, the Padres lost their third game in a row, getting blown out by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Inter Miami made one huge splash this summer by luring Argentina forward Lionel Messi to Major League Soccer upon his departure from Paris-Saint Germain.
On Wednesday afternoon, the club found an appropriately big-name coach to pair with him.
Inter Miami is hiring longtime manager Gerardo “Tata” Martino as its next head coach, the club announced in a release.
Martino, 60, most recently served as Mexico’s manager from 2019-22. He led El Tri to the CONCACAF Gold Cup title in 2019.