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Schauffele dominated at the Open Championship to earn his second major title, but t television ratings were abysmal.
Xander Schauffele won his second major championship at the Open Championship last Sunday. Royal Troon challenged the golfers with its wild conditions, but it seems the fans were not interested.
However, the television ratings for that final round were reportedly the worst in almost a decade. NBC and Peacock drew in 3.39 million viewers to watch Schauffele win by two shots, per Josh Carpenter of Sports Business Journal.

The Winter Olympics are officially headed back to Salt Lake City in 2034, but the International Olympic Committee seemed to stick a bit of a condition on the deal.
It has long been expected that Salt Lake would get its second crack at hosting the Games having done so in 2002, but it was made official Wednesday with an 83-6 vote.

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McLaren believe a ‘small glitch’ led to Lando Norris’ shaky start in the Hungarian Grand Prix
In the hours and days since the Hungarian Grand Prix, McLaren has faced questions regarding how they handled guiding Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to a one-two finish, the first for the team since the 2021 Italian Grand Prix. Much of the focus has been on the set of team orders given to Norris late in the race after he took the lead when the team called him into the pits ahead of Piastri, who was leading the race.

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Unrivaled, a new three-on-three basketball league launched by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, announced the addition of Angel Reese on Wednesday.
Angel Reese is officially joining Unrivaled, a new three-on-three women’s basketball league tipping off in Miami in January. The league officially announced the rookie sensation’s participation on Wednesday morning on X, adding another name to the growing list of basketball stars committed to staying in the US during the WNBA offseason.

Jim Harbaugh’s beef with Ryan Day isn’t over just because he left for the NFL.
Harbaugh and Day have long had an icy relationship stemming from the former’s time at Michigan. A lot of it can be drawn back to Harbaugh’s comment after the Wolverines hammered OSU in 2021 when he told the media, “Sometimes people standing on third base and act like they’ve hit a triple, but they didn’t.”
The comment, without mentioning the Buckeyes coach, clearly implied that Day had inherited an incredible program from Urban Meyer. Urban built it – not Day.

I was never, ever, in a million years going to be the athlete Caitlin Clark currently is when I was a DIII college baseball player. 
Hence, the DIII part. 
BUT, if I was ever good enough to be Caitlin Clark, I think I would’ve hated it, because it seems – and looks – sort of awful. I know I know – you get all the fame and wealth. Notoriety and popularity.
Fortune and glory, as that one unruly child kept telling Indy on Temple of Doom. That’s all great. 
But you also get … just constant nonsense.

A Canadian assistant women’s soccer coach and an analyst have been kicked off the Olympic team after New Zealand’s team said their training session was disrupted by a drone flown by their Team Canada opponents.

Six-year NFL veteran Michael Gallup, who was expected to compete for the Raiders’ No. 3 receiver spot, instead retired Tuesday.

Salt Lake City will host the Olympics again after the IOC formally awarded the 2034 Winter Games to the United States bid Wednesday.

US Open champion Coco Gauff will be the female flag-bearer for the United States at the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony, joining four-time NBA champion LeBron James, the American team said Wednesday.