Tag: Sports

McIlroy Says He’d Retire If LIV Golf Was the Only Place to Play

GULLANE, Scotland—Rory McIlroy laughed off a Saudi-backed idea that he and Tiger Woods own LIV Golf teams, saying Thursday he would retire if playing for LIV was the only option. The concept came from an April document titled, “The Best of Both Worlds,” provided to Congress ahead of a Senate subcommittee hearing Tuesday on the…


Angels Broadcaster, Former Pitcher Still Going Strong After Life-Threatening Event

Approaching the four-year anniversary of a cardiac event that under most any other circumstances would have taken his life, Angels radio broadcaster and former major-league pitcher Mark Langston can joke about it. That is, after all, how baseball players, and former baseball players, usually deal with adversity and frightening situations. Mr. Langston was on the…


Ben An Shoots 61, Strolls to Scottish Open Lead

South Korea’s Ben An carded nine birdies to tie the course record with a 9–under 61 on Thursday, July 13,  at the Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland. American Davis Riley finished at 7-under, two back of An and one stroke ahead of Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy and Belgian Thomas Detry….


MLB All-Star Game Draws Record-Low Viewership for 2nd Year in Row

NEW YORK—Baseball’s All-Star Game drew a record low in viewers for the second straight year. The National League’s 3–2 win over the American League in Seattle on Tuesday night was seen by 7,006,000 viewers on Fox, down from 7.51 million last year. The game drew a 3.9 rating, down from a 4.2 last year, and…


Messi Mania Engulfs Miami Over the Arrival of the Argentine Soccer Superstar

MIAMI—A hamburger and drink combination called the Lionel Messi. A huge sketch of the soccer star’s smiling face on a restaurant wall beside a viral meme from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. A beer with a pink label matching the color of the Inter Miami jersey he will wear. Wherever you turn in Miami…


Ons Jabeur Beats Aryna Sabalenka to Reach Her 2nd Wimbledon Final in a Row

WIMBLEDON, England—Ons Jabeur came back from a set and a break down to defeat Aryna Sabalenka 6–7 (5), 6–4, 6–3 on Thursday and reach the Wimbledon final for the second consecutive year. This will be the third title match for Jabeur in the past five Grand Slam tournaments. The 25-year-old from Tunisia already was the only Arab woman and only…


Former NBA Player Enes Kanter Freedom Says He Lost $50 Million in Earnings After Speaking out Against CCP

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom has claimed to have lost roughly $50 million in salaries and possible endorsements after his career ended abruptly when he spoke out against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The basketball player made the claims in a hearing on July 11 before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), which is chaired…


Panama Upsets US 5–4 on Penalty Kicks After 1–1 Tie to Reach CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

SAN DIEGO— After winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup with its junior varsity two years ago, the United States failed to repeat. Adalberto Carrasquilla converted the decisive penalty kick after Cristian Roldan was stopped in his attempt, and Panama beat the Americans 5–4 in a shootout following a 1–1 tie on Wednesday night, July 12, to…


Daniil Medvedev Ends Christopher Eubanks’ Wimbledon Run

Third-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev halted Christopher Eubanks’ dream run at Wimbledon on Wednesday, July 13, in a five-set quarterfinal thriller in London. Medvedev’s hard-fought 6–4, 1–6, 4–6, 7–6 (4), 6–1 victory in 2 hours and 57 minutes set up a semifinal showdown with No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, who eliminated No. 6 Holger…


Shohei Ohtani Takes Note of Seattle Crowd Asking for Him to Call Northwest Home

SEATTLE—Shohei Ohtani had an entire stadium asking him in unison to come to Seattle in free agency. “Never experienced anything like that, but I definitely heard it,” the two-position star said through his interpreter. “But I was trying to focus on my at-bat.” Ohtani was the biggest star of the All-Star Game on Tuesday night,…